It is reported that some developed countries have shipped broken parts of computers to China. Such a thing can be founded every day although it is against international laws. Last month Hong Kong officers found 131,000 kilograms of broken computers, TVs and phones sent from Japan.

Things like these are called electronic waste, or e-waste. Dealing with them is not an easy job because dangerous poison like mercury(汞) and lead (铅) can be found in them. Every time an old computer breaks down, it needs to be dealt with safely. But at present, broken computer parts are usually buried. It may be hundreds of years before they are really goes in the earth.

Many places in China are polluted by e-waste. Guiyu in Guangdong province is one of them. This town is named as “the e-waste capital of the world”. It has to deal with 1.5 million kilograms of e-waste each year, from which it makes 75 million years. But it comes at a cost. Many of the poison in e-waste find their way into the environment. Plastic is burned outdoors and chemical water is poured into rivers, Greenpeace, an environmental group, has found the air, the earth and the rivers in Guiyu badly polluted.

The Chinese government wants the country to develop, but in a way that doesn’t do harm to the environment and people’s life. This year, China presents a new protection law, the strictest one we have ever had. Computer companies like Lenovo and Dell will be asked to take back their old computers. This is because the companies that make computers know best to deal with them safely. Hopefully, the problem with e-waste will be solved in the near future.

1.The e-waste found in Hong Kong last month was from________.

A. France B. Japan C. Germany D. Australia

2.The underlined word buried probably means ______ in the passage.

A. 焚烧 B. 障碍 C. 回收 D. 掩埋

3. The town of Guiya in Guangdong Province_________.

A. is the e-capital of the world

B. has serious e-waste pollution

C. Deals with e-waste safely

D. speeds much money on e-waste

4.This year, the Chinese government __________.

A. tried to change people’s life

B. closed some computer companies

C. make a new environment protection law

D. asked people to hand in their old computers

5.The passage is mainly about ________.

A. the way in dealing with e-waste

B. the cost of burning e-waste

C. the e-waste problem in China

D. the need to pass a law against e-waste

Some people have to use public transport, some dislike it and still some love it. If everyone has a car and drives anywhere they want to go, there will be serious traffic problems on the road. Luckily, trains are a good form of public transport.

British people use trains a lot. This is especially so for people who are travelling from London to Paris. Every day about 20 trains leave London. They travel at a very high speed and people feel glad that the trains take only 2 hours and 30 minutes to reach Paris. It's much faster to travel by train than by bus or by car. This is because people have to drive cars or buses very carefully and lowly for many reasons, such as speed limits and traffic jams. However, when you are travelling by train, the speed is almost the same and there is no traffic jam for a train.

Besides, Londoners think taking a train is one of the safest ways of travelling on the ground. Trains take quite a number of quality tests while they are made. More importantly, they have to take many safety checks before they are used on the rail track.

What's more, trains in Britain are comfortable and provide fine services for their users. When you are on a London train, you will find that the train has comfortable tables and seats where people can sit. They also provide food services and power plugs(电源插头) for personal computers or mobile phone.

1.The main idea of the passage is that ________.

A. British people enjoy public transport

B. it's fast to travel from London to Paris

C. trains in Britain provide fine services for their users

D. trains are a good form of public transport for Londoners

2.In a traffic jams on the road, ________.

A. drivers can drive fast

B. drivers can drive carelessly

C. cars are not moving fast

D. cars will stop working

3.The 3rd paragraph of the passage mainly talks about the ________ of trains.

A. speed B. safety

C. services D. problems

4.Londoners often travel by train because trains are ________.

A. old and slow

B. large, clean and powerful

C. fine and important

D. fast, safe and comfortable

5.What can we know from the passage?

A. We can travel from London to Paris in less than 2hours.

B. We can do our work with personal computers on the train.

C. We have to wait till we get off the train in order to have some food.

D. The trains are only checked for quality reasons before they are used.

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