Question

【題目】 When your pen is broken, you think that’s the end of its life. You throw it away. It then joins tons of other garbage that is becoming a big problem in cities.

Each day, about 10,000 tons of waste is produced in Guangzhou, and 17,000 tons of household waste is produced in Beijing. In other countries, the case is similar. “If you’re like most of us, most Americans, you’re making seven pounds (3.17kg) of trash a day,” US writer Edward Humes told CNN. So, an American makes 102 tons of trash in a lifetime.

If you simply throw away that broken pen, it goes to a landfill(垃圾填埋場) and is buried together with many other trash. To prevent polluting the groundwater, workers cover the trash with soil and keep it dry. And your pen will stay there for a long, long time, without having further use. But it could have a better destination: the recycling bin.

Have you ever noticed the different colors of trash bins in the street? Many cities in China have been running a waste-sorting campaign. They divide trash into “recyclable waste” and “unrecyclable waste”. So in Yiwu there are many “Little Yellow Dog” appearing all around the city, even in our campus.

Recycling waste can save energy, reduce greenhouse gas, and keep space free for the unrecyclable trash. Take your pen as an example. At the recycling factory, its metal parts could be taken out and reused to make other things.

But recycling is not enough, experts say. Making less waste in the first place is the way forward. “The best thing to do is just to keep using your stuff for as long as you can,” US writer Adam Minter told Time Out magazine.

【1】How much trash does each American make every year on average?

A. 7 kgB. 3.17kgC. 102 tonsD. over 1 ton

【2】According to the story, how should we deal with broken pens?

A. Throw them away.B. Bury them in a landfill.

C. Put them into a recycling bin.D. Give them to our friend.

【3】Waste should be recycled because this can ___.

a. save energy b. produce greenhouse gas c. save landfill space d. save water

A. abB. bcC. ad D. ac

【4】What is the best way to reduce waste？

A. Recycle different kinds of waste.

B. Keep using your things as long as you can.

C. Keep waste inside your house.

D. Tell people about the importance of recycling.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

在我們的日常生活中，每天都產(chǎn)生大量的垃圾，這成了很多城市遇到的一個問題。如何減少垃圾？短文中提出了兩個觀點：首先做好垃圾分類，回收還能利用的垃圾；其次盡可能長時間地使用你的東西。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段“If you’re like most of us, most Americans, you’re making seven pounds (3.17kg) of trash a day,”可知，一個美國人一天可以制造3.17千克的垃圾，一年就是3.17*365=1157.05千克，也就是1噸多。故應(yīng)選D。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第五段Take your pen as an example. At the recycling factory, its metal parts could be taken out and reused to make other things.可知，如果我們的鋼筆壞了，我們應(yīng)該把它放在回收垃圾箱里，讓它可以用的部分進行回收再利用。故應(yīng)選C。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第五段Recycling waste can save energy, reduce greenhouse gas, and keep space free for the unrecyclable trash.可知，回收垃圾可以節(jié)約能量，也能給那些不能回收的垃圾留出空間。由此可知a和c是對的，故選D。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文最后一段“The best thing to do is just to keep using your stuff for as long as you can,” US writer Adam Minter told Time Out magazine.可知，最好的做法是盡可能長時間地使用你的東西。由此可知應(yīng)選B。

這篇短文講述了如何處理現(xiàn)在日益增長的垃圾問題。短文主題明確，文章內(nèi)容貼近學(xué)生們的日常生活，文章用學(xué)生們熟悉的壞掉的鋼筆為例，引出主題，讓學(xué)生們比較容易理解。做題時，應(yīng)先通讀短文，了解大意；然后根據(jù)題目所問，鎖定文章相關(guān)段落作答。例如第1小題，這是一個計算題，題目中問的是一個美國人一年制造多少垃圾，做題時可以American為關(guān)鍵詞定位，但文章第二段的“If you’re like most of us, most Americans, you’re making seven pounds (3.17kg) of trash a day,”這句話只告訴了我們一天制造的垃圾，所以我們需要再計算一下，用3.17千克*365天，就可以算出答案。再如第4小題，利用題目中the best way to reduce waste可以定位到短文最后一段“The best thing to do is just to keep using your stuff for as long as you can,” US writer Adam Minter told Time Out magazine.這句話，由此可知答案。