Have you ever seen a piece of recycled paper? About one third of all the paper products made each year are made from waste paper. For example, recycled paper is usually used to make paper sacks. Recycling paper, such as newspapers, reduces the number of trees that must be cut each year to make new paper.

Each person wastes a lot of solid waste. In the United States, the average is eight kilograms of waste each person each day. Most of the waste is garbage and rubbish. Finding places to dispose of solid wastes is a major problem.

In many cities, solid wastes are collected and the rubbish is burned in incinerator plants. Air pollution control devices are used to prevent pollution. Heat produced in the burning may be used to generate electricity. Waste that is not burned is taken to a dump. One kind of dump for the disposal of solid wastes is a sanitary landfill. This method involves burying the wastes and bulldozing soil over them. Parks, baseball fields, airports, and other developments may be built on completely filled landfills.

Recycling solid wastes decreases our need for methods of disposal. The metal in broken cars can be recycled and made into new steel. Worn-out rubber tires can be turned into new ones and used again. Plastics and other rubber products can be recycled. Metal cans and glass bottles can also be recycled. Increased recycling can help meet the increased demand for natural resources.

By recycling resources, people imitate nature. Elements important to life are naturally recycled. Nothing lasts forever. Wood decays, iron rusts, and concrete are worn away by wind and rain. All natural resources used by people eventually go back into the air, water, and earth.

1. What is the main cause of the increased waste according to the passage?

A. Expansion of cities.

B. Development of the paper-making industry.

C. Increased population.

D. Lack of recycling methods.

2. According to the passage, recycling paper is important because _______.

A. better paper sacks can be made out of waste paper

B. the prices of new paper are very high

C. trees are no longer available in the developed countries

D. more trees on the earth can be saved

3. A big problem of solid waste disposal is that _______.

A. solid wastes are poisonous

B. it is difficult to find places to dispose of solid wastes

C. the disposal process is too backward

D. we don’t have enough manpower to dispose of solid wastes

4. Which of the following can not be called recycling?

A. Making new paper from used paper.

B. Using worn-out rubber tires to make new ones.

C. Burying metal cans and glass bottles.

D. Producing new steel from metal in broken cars.

5. What is the writer’s attitude towards recycling?

A. The writer thinks that recycling is necessary and important.

B. The writer thinks it no use recycling.

C. The writer doubts whether recycling is useful to people.

D. The writer thinks that it is a waste of time and money recycling.

Increased population increases the need for natural resources and also increases waste products. Making a new useful product out of a waste product decreases out need for natural resources. Recycling means using something over again after it has been used once.

Have you ever seen a piece of recycled paper? About one third of all the paper products made each year are made from waste paper. For example, recycled paper is usually used to make paper sacks. Recycling paper, such as newspapers, reduces the number of trees that must be cut each year to make new paper.

Each person wastes a lot of solid waste. In the United States, the average is eight kilograms of waste each person each day. Most of the waste is garbage and rubbish. Finding places to dispose of solid wastes is a major problem.

In many cities, solid wastes are collected and the rubbish is burned in incinerator plants. Air pollution control devices are used to prevent pollution. Heat produced in the burning may be used to generate electricity. Waste that is not burned is taken to a dump. One kind of dump for the disposal of solid wastes is a sanitary landfill. This method involves burying the wastes and bulldozing soil over them. Parks, baseball fields, airports, and other developments may be built on completely filled landfills.

Recycling solid wastes decreases our need for methods of disposal. The metal in broken cars can be recycled and made into new steel. Worn-out rubber tires can be turned into new ones and used again. Plastics and other rubber products can be recycled. Metal cans and glass bottles can also be recycled. Increased recycling can help meet the increased demand for natural resources.

By recycling resources, people imitate nature. Elements important to life are naturally recycled. Nothing lasts forever. Wood decays, iron rusts, and concrete are worn away by wind and rain. All natural resources used by people eventually go back into the air, water, and earth.

1. What is the main cause of the increased waste according to the passage?

A. Expansion of cities.

B. Development of the paper-making industry.

C. Increased population.

D. Lack of recycling methods.

2. According to the passage, recycling paper is important because _______.

A. better paper sacks can be made out of waste paper

B. the prices of new paper are very high

C. trees are no longer available in the developed countries

D. more trees on the earth can be saved

3. A big problem of solid waste disposal is that _______.

A. solid wastes are poisonous

B. it is difficult to find places to dispose of solid wastes

C. the disposal process is too backward

D. we don’t have enough manpower to dispose of solid wastes

4. Which of the following can not be called recycling?

A. Making new paper from used paper.

B. Using worn-out rubber tires to make new ones.

C. Burying metal cans and glass bottles.

D. Producing new steel from metal in broken cars.

5. What is the writer’s attitude towards recycling?

A. The writer thinks that recycling is necessary and important.

B. The writer thinks it no use recycling.

C. The writer doubts whether recycling is useful to people.

D. The writer thinks that it is a waste of time and money recycling.

阅读理解

　　Increased population increases the need for natural resources and also increases waste products. Making a new useful product out of a waste product decreases(reduces)our need for natural resources. Recycling means using something over again after it has been used once.

　　Have you ever seen a piece of recycled paper? About one third of all the paper products made each year are made from waste paper. For example, recycled paper is usually used to make paper sacks. Recycling paper, such as newspapers, reduces the number of trees that must be cut each year to make new paper.

　　Each person wastes a lot of solid(固体的)waste. In the United States, the average(平均)is eight kilograms of waste per person each day. Most of the waste is rubbish. Finding places to dispose(处理)of solid waste is a major problem.

　　In many cities solid wastes are collected and the rubbish is burned in incinerator plants(焚化场). Air pollution control devices(设备)are used to prevent pollution. Heat produced in the burning may be used to produce electricity. Waste that is not burned is taken to a dump(垃圾堆). One kind of dump for the disposal of solid wastes is a sanitary landfill(废渣处理池). This method involves(包含)burying the wastes and bulldozing(平整)the soil over them. Parks, baseball fields, airports, and other developments may be built on completely filled landfills.

　　Recycling solid wastes decreases our need for methods of disposal. The metal in broken cars can be recycled and made into new steel. Worn-out rubber tires can be turned into new ones and used again. Plastics and other rubber products can be recycled. Metal cans and glass bottles can also be recycled. Increased recycling can help meet the increased demand for natural resources.

　　By recycling resources, people imitate(模仿)nature. Elements(元素)important to life are naturally recycled. Nothing lasts forever. Wood decays(腐烂), iron rusts(生锈), and concrete(混凝土)is worn away by wind and rain. All natural resources used by people finally go back into the air, water, and earth.

1．What is the main cause of the increased waste, according to the passage?

[　　]

A．Increased size of cities.

B．Development of the paper-making industry.

C．Increased population.

D．Being short of recycling methods.

2．According to the passage recycling paper is important because ________.

[　　]

A．better paper sacks can be made out of waste paper

B．the prices of new paper are very high

C．trees are no longer available(可获得的)in the developed countries

D．more trees on earth can be saved

3．A big problem of solid waste disposal is that ________.

[　　]

A．solid wastes are poisonous

B．it is difficult to find places to dispose of solid wastes

C．the disposal process is too backward

D．we don't have enough manpower to dispose of solid wastes

4．Which of the following can NOT be called recycling?

[　　]

A．Making new paper from used paper.

B．Using worn-out rubber tires to make new ones.

C．Burying metal cans and glass bottles.

D．Producing new steel from metal in broken cars

5．What is the writer's attitude towards recycling?

[　　]

A．The writer thinks that recycling is necessary and important.

B．The writer thinks it is no use recycling.

C．The writer doubts whether recycling is useful to people.