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Massachusetts （美国一州名） became the first state in the nation to ban the dumping （倾倒;抛弃） of electronic equipment such as computer monitors and television sets．It means people there can no longer put computer monitors, TV sets and other devices containing glass picture tubes out on the street for pickup by garbage cleaners．

Official said much of this equipment is loaded with poisonous heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and mercury．These poisonous heavy metals could go into groundwater or be released （释放） into the air．

The Boston Globe reports the state has set up a system to recycle techno-garbage at state expense through community recycling centers．

Robin Ingenthron of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection said the state has been trying to get its electronics-recycling program in place ‘before the future wave of electronics hits’．The National Safety Council estimates some 300 million computers will enter the nation’s waste system in the next few years．

In addition, millions of people will be getting rid of their old television sets．New high-quality digital televisions and new rules will make old TV sets no longer in use over the next several years．

1.The word ‘techno-garbage’ in the 3rd paragraph probably means ________．

A．all kinds of dirty things B．deserted TV sets

C．heavy metals D．used electronic equipment

2.Which is NOT a reason that the state enforces （强制执行） a ban on electronic equipment dumping?

A．This kind of garbage is poisonous．

B．Recycling systems are not working well．

C．The poisonous heavy metals can go to the underground water and the air．

D．There will be much more electronic garbage soon．

3.According to the last paragraph many people will be dumping their TV sets because ________．

A．they are broken B．they are poisonous

C．new TV standards have come out D．people will be tired of them

4.The passage tells us chiefly about __________．

A．forbidding of a certain type of garbage dumping

B．new problems of environmental protection

C．household problems raised by computers and TV sets

D．the handling of garbage

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Another person’s enthusiasm was what set me moving toward the success I have achieved.That person was my stepmother.

I was nine years old when she enterd our home in rural Virginia. My father__36__me to her with these words:“I would like you to meet the fellow who is___37 for being the worst boy in this county and will probably start throwing rocks at you no ___38 than tomorrow morning.”

My stepmother walked over to me, ___39 my head slightly upward,and looked me right in the eye.Then she looked at my father and replied,“You are ___40 .This is not the worst boy at all, ___41 the smartest one who hasn’t yet found an outlet（释放的途径）for his enthusiasm.”

That statement began a(n) ___42 between us.No one had ever called me smart,My family and neighbors had built me up in my ___43 as a bad boy . My stepmother changed all that.

She changed many things.She ___44 my father to go to a dental school,from which he graduated with honors.She moved our family into the county srat,where my father’s career could be more ___45 and my brother and I could be better___46 .

When I turned fourteen,she bought me a secondhand___47 and told me that she believed that I could become a writer.I knew her ernthusiasm,I___48

it had alreadly improved our lives.I accepted her ___49 and began to write for local newspapers.I was doing the same kind of___50 that great day I went to interview Andrew Carnegie and received the task which became my life’s work later.I wasn’t the ___51 beneficiary (受益者).My father became the ___52 man in town.My brother and stepbrthers became a physician,a dentist,a lawyer,and a college president.

What power __53 has!When that power is released to support the certainty of one’s purpose and is ___54 strengthened by faith,it becomes an irresistible（不可抗拒的）force which poverty and temporary defeat can never ___55 .

You can communicate that power to anyone who needs it.This is probably the greatest work you can do with your enthusiasm.

36.A.rushed B.sent C.carried D.introduced

37.A.distinguished B.favored C.mistaken D.rewarded

38. A.sooner B.later C.longer D.earlier

39. A.dragged B.shook C.raised D.bent

40. A.perfect B.right C.wrong D.impolite

41. A.but B.so C.and D.or

42. A.ageement B.friendship C.gap D.relationship

43. A.opinion B.image C.espectation D.mind

44. A.begged B.persuaded C.ordered D.invited

45. A.successful B.meaningful C.helpful D.useful

46. A.treared B.entertained C.educated D.respected

47. A.cemera B.radio C.bicycle D.typewriter

48. A.considered B.suspected C.ignored D.appreciated

49. A.belief B.request C.criticism D.description

50. A.teahing B.writing C.studying D.reading

51. A.next B.same C.only D.real

52. A.cleverest B.wealthiest C.strongest D.bealthiest

53. A.ebthusiasm B.sympathy C.fortune D.confidence

54. A.deliberately B.happily C.traditionally D.constantly

55. A.win B.match C.reach D.doubt