题目内容
He added, "President Obama is going to do_____ he thinks is necessary to get our economy moving again."
A. everything what B. no matter what C. whichever D. whatever
D
Reduce, reuse, and recycle. This familiar environmentalist slogan tells us how to reduce the amount of rubbish that ends up in landfills and waterways. The concept is being used to deal with one possibly dangerous form of waste — electronic junk (电子垃圾), such as old computers, cell phones, and televisions. But this process for managing e-waste may be used in an unscrupulous way more often than not used, a recent report suggests.
“A lot of these materials are being sent to developing nations under the excuse of reuse — to bridge the digital divide,” said Richard Gutierrez, a policy researcher.
One of the problems is that no one proves whether these old machines work before they hit the seaways. Because of this, the report says, e-waste is a growing problem in Lagos, Nigeria, and elsewhere in the developing world. Much of the waste ends up being thrown away along rivers and roads. Often it’s picked apart by poor people, who may face dangerous exposure to poisonous chemicals in the equipment.
Businessmen also pay workers a little money to get back materials such as gold and copper. This low-tech recovery process could expose workers and the local environment to many dangerous materials used to build electronics. According to Gutierrez, this shadow economy exists because the excuse of recycling and reusing electronics gives businessmen “a green passport” to ship waste around the globe. “Developing nations must take upon some of the responsibility themselves,” Gutierrez said. But, he added, “A greater portion of this responsibility should fall on the exporting state.”
China, for example, has become a dumping place for large amounts of e-waste. The nation is beginning to take action to stop the flow of dangerous materials across its borders. The Chinese government, after many years of denial is finally beginning to take the lead.
【小题1】 The passage mainly tells us that _______.
| A.developing countries are facing serious environmental problems |
| B.e-waste is sent to developing countries under the excuse of reuse |
| C.developing countries are making full use of e-waste |
| D.e-waste is a growing problem in developed countries |
| A.A lot of e-waste is dumped in developing countries. |
| B.Poor people break up e-waste to collect some valuable materials. |
| C.The problem of e-waste is growing in developing countries. |
| D.Old computers and TVs still work before they are sent abroad. |
| A.immoral | B.wrong | C.proud | D.unsafe |
| A.developing countries should be responsible for this problem |
| B.exporting countries should be mainly responsible for this problem |
| C.neither rich nor poor countries should be blamed for this problem |
| D.poor countries should be blamed for this problem |
Eating a diet high in processed(经过加工的) food increases the risk of depression(抑郁), research suggests. What's more, people who ate plenty of vegetables, fruit and fish actually had a lower risk of depression, the University College London team found.
Data on diet among 3,500 middle-aged civil servants were compared with their emotional state five years later, a British journal reported. They split the participants(参与者) into two types of diet--those who ate a diet largely based on whole food,which includes lots of fruit, vegetables and fish,and those who ate a mainly processed food diet, such as sweetened desserts, fried food, processed meat,refined(精制的) grains and high fat dairy products After accounting for factors such as gender, age, education, physical activity, smoking habits and chronic(慢性的) diseases, they found a significant difference in the future depression risk with the different diets.
Those who ate the most wholefood(全天然食物) had a 26% lower risk of future depression than those who ate the least wholefood. By contrast, people with a diet high in processed food had a 58% higher risk of depression than those who ate a diet low in processed foods.
Study author Dr. Archana Singh Manoux pointed out there was a chance that the finding could be explained by lifestyle factor they had not accounted for.(解释原因) He also pointed in a paper that a Mediterranean(地中海) diet was associated(有关) with a lower risk of depression, but the problem with that is if you live in Britain, the likelihood (可能)of you eating a Mediterranean diet is not very high.
Dr.Andrew McCulloeh, chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation, said, this study adds to an existing body of solid research that shows the strong links between what we eat and our mental health.
He added people's diets were becoming increasingly unhealthy. The UK population is consuming (消费)less nutritious, fresh produce and more saturated(饱和) fats and sugars.
【小题1】The text is mainly about______.
| A.the increasingly unhealthy diet of the UK population |
| B.the link between processed food and depression |
| C.the relationship between physical and mental health |
| D.the emotional state of the British People |
| A.It is difficult for most British people to have a Mediterranean diet. |
| B.The Mediterranean diet is the most healthy in the world. |
| C.Many studies have been done on the Mediterranean diet before. |
| D.The Mediterranean diet is not good for depression. |
| A.our diets are closely related to our mental health |
| B.the present study needs more facts and other information |
| C.the UK population will become ill in the near future |
| D.more saturated fats and sugars should be taken in |
| A.To tell people what a healthy diet actually is. |
| B.To prove people’s diets are increasingly unhealthy. |
| C.To encourage people to cut down on processed food. |
| D.To introduce some experts on the research team. |