Question

短文填空

阅读短文，根据短文内容从方框中选择合适单词并用其适当形式填空，使短文内容完整。（每词限用一次，有两个词多余）

be， take， or， if， good， throw， it， like， have， must， start， without

Do you know how to properly throw garbage (垃圾) away? Into the garbage can of course， you might answer. But things are not that simple.

After you dump (扔) your trash， it doesn’t just sit in the garbage can. People have to collect the waste and move 1.______ to landfills (垃圾填埋场). There， people sort (分类) the waste and decide whether to burn， bury (埋) or recycle it. It 2._____ lots of time and work for many people. So if we can sort our garbage before 3._______ it away， we can make a big difference.

Each year， China creates around 300 million tons of garbage. Less than a quarter of the waste is recycled. Most garbage is buried in landfills or burned 4.____ being sorted. Landfills take up a lot of space in cities. It can also pollute the nearby soil and water.

Things in developed countries are much 5.___， thanks to their sorting systems.

In Japan， for example， there6.___ strict rules for dumping garbage. One 7._____ to put the right garbage in the right place at the right time. The garbage is usually sorted into eight categories (类别): burnable， non-burnable， plastic bottles， recyclable plastic， other plastic， paper， harmful rubbish and then hard rubbish 8._____ desks and old TV sets.

China has been promoting garbage sorting in recent years. Beijing， for example， 9.____ a promotion plan next year. According to the plan， people get WeChat bonus points (积分) by sorting out garbage. They can later exchange the points for shopping cards 10.____ even cash!

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