It is reported that some developed countries have shipped(运往)broken parts of computers to China. 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. Every time an old computer breaks down,it needs to be dealt with safely. What is worse,at present,broken computer parts are usually buried. It may be hundreds of years before they are really gone 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 yuan. But it comes at a cost.

Many of the poisons in e?waste find their way into the environment. An environmental group has found the air,the earth and the rivers in Guiyu badly polluted.

Luckily,the Chinese government wants to change the situation. This year,China passed a new environmental protection law. Computer companies like Lenovo and Dell will be asked to take back their old computers. 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.降解

C.回收 D.掩埋

3.The town of Guiyu in Guangdong Province ________.

A.is the e?capital of the world

B.has serious e?waste pollution

C.deals with the e?waste safely

D.spends much money on e?waste

4.This year,the Chinese government ________.

A.closed some computer companies

B.asked people to hand in old computers

C.made a new environmental protection law

D.tried to change people's life

What would the world be like if cars could drive themselves?Imagine seeing an empty car passing by on its way to pick up its owner, or a car full of passengers who are reading, listening to music or even sleeping. But none of them is worried about the road ahead.

Well, all of these could be the future of driving. There are several companies, for example, Google, working on driverless cars. So far, no Google self?driven car has got a traffic ticket, but some of them have been in accident when other cars hit them.

These cars are now still in the testing stages. If the tests are successful, these electric, self?driven cars could be available very soon. But how is it possible for a car to drive itself?Cars already have many features allowing them to take the place of drivers during certain situations. Some features include cars being able to park themselves, or slow down when they notice other cars close by. They can also control the speed if there are dangerous conditions.

Scientists believe that with the help of wireless signals, cameras and GPS, it is possible to create a safe self?driven car very soon.

The cause of deadly road accidents is usually careless drivers or dangerous conditions. The self?driven car may be able to stop this. However, some people do not like the idea. American lawyer Whit Drake, for example, doesn't believe these cars are safe. He thinks that technologies can also be mistakes.

1.The main purpose of the first paragraph is to ________.

A.get readers to pay attention to road safety

B.tell readers the danger of self?driven cars

C.ask readers to keep away from heavy traffic

D.make readers be interested in self?driven cars

2.The testing self?driven cars need ________ to run.

A.solar energy B.water

C.electricity D.coal

3.From the passage, we know that the testing self?driven cars can already ________.

A.stop any accident on the road

B.turn around when getting near other cars

C.control the speed in dangerous situations

D.park themselves with the help of the drivers

4.Which is NOT helpful to make the self?driven cars run safely according to the passage?

A.E?reading. B.Wireless signals.

C.Cameras. D.GPS.

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