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【题目】 The 32nd Summer Olympic Games. will be held in Tokyo, Japan in 2020. Recently, the organizers showed the medals (奖牌) to be presented at the Games. The design of the medals is simple, but they look shiny from any direction. And do you know that these medals were made from old smartphones and other electronics (电子产品)?

The idea was first introduced in 2016 by a group of young Japanese environmentalists. They wanted people to pay attention to the amount of e-waste created by the country's tech-loving people who change their electronics very often. To protect the environment, the Organizing Committee started the "Everyone's Medal" program in April 2017. The program encouraged people to drop used electronics in certain places. By the time the collection ended in March 2019, 78,985 tons of used smartphones and other small electronics had been collected. The program finally got 32 kilos of gold, 3,500 kilos of silver (银), and 2,200 kilos of bronze-more than enough metals (金属) to make every medal.

The Olympic Committee hopes the Tokyo 2020 Olympic medals will draw people's attention to the fast increase in e-waste not just in Japan, but worldwide and cause people to rethink upgrading (更新) electronics unnecessarily.

Though Japan is the first Olympic host country to make all the medals by using metals from used electronics, it is not the only one to think of the idea. Brazil made 30% of the silver and bronze medals for the 2016 Summer Olympics from recycled materials(回收材料).

【1】What do Japanese people use to make medals for the coming Summer Olympic games?

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【2】Why did young Japanese environmentalists suggest making the special medals?

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【3】How long did the "Everyone's Medal" program last?

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【4】How did the program collect metals for medals?

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【5】Is Brazil the first Olympic host country to make all the medals by using e-waste?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Gold, silver and bronze from old smartphones and other electronics.

【2】Because they wanted people to pay attention to the amount of e-waste created by the country's tech-loving people who change their electronics very often.

【3】About 2 years.

【4】By encouraging people to drop used electronics in certain places.

【5】No.

【解析】

本篇介绍2020年奥运会的主办国日本是第一个用废旧电子产品制造所有奖牌的奥运会主办国，这些奖牌是用旧的智能手机和其他电子产品制成的，奥林匹克委员会希望东京的奥运奖牌会引起日本还有全世界人关注电子垃圾的快速增长，使人们重新考虑不必要地升级电子产品。

【1】根据第一段“And do you know that these medals were made from old smartphones and other electronics”可知这些奖牌是用旧的智能手机和其他电子产品制成的，故答案为Gold, silver and bronze from old smartphones and other electronics.

【2】根据第二段“They wanted people to pay attention to the amount of e-waste created by the country's tech-loving people who change their electronics very often.”可知他们希望人们关注由热爱科技的人们因变换他们的电子设备而产生电子垃圾的产生量；故答案为Because they wanted people to pay attention to the amount of e-waste created by the country's tech-loving people who change their electronics very often.

【3】根据第二段“To protect the environment, the Organizing Committee started the "Everyone's Medal" program in April 2017….By the time the collection ended in March 2019”可知这个项目运营大约有2年时间，故答案为About 2 years.

【4】根据第二段“”The program encouraged people to drop used electronics in certain places.可知该计划鼓励人们在某些地方丢弃旧电子产品，故答案为By encouraging people to drop used electronics in certain places.

【5】根据第四段“Though Japan is the first Olympic host country to make all the medals by using metals from used electronics”可知日本是第一个用废旧电子产品制造所有奖牌的奥运会主办国，不是巴西，故答案为No.

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