Question

Taking away a city’s rubbish is a big job. Every day trucks come into a city to collect it. Most rubbish is made up of things we can’t eat or use. If we kept these things we would soon have a mountain of rubbish.

In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of the city to a dump(垃圾站). Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole. The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system. The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs(澡盆) and other places.

To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish. Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land. Finally, a house or a school may be built there, and then you’d never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump.

In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places. The fire burns everything but the metal. Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal. The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus(腐殖土), which looks like black earth. It is rich with kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow.

1.You can most probably read the passage in _______.

A．a history book      B．a TV guide         C．a science book     D．a telephone book

2.The underlined word “sewage” in the passage means_______.

A．排污             B．染色             C．洗涤             D．吸尘

3.According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again_______.

A．to feed animals     B．to feed plants      C．to build a house     D．to make machines

4.How should we take care of a used metal box according to the passage?

A．By burning it off.                        B．By putting it in water.

C．By throwing it away.                      D．By reusing and recycling it.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要谈到了城市垃圾的处理问题，详细介绍了城市垃圾的一些常见处理方法。

1.本文主要谈到了如何处理城市垃圾的问题，故有可能出自一本科学类书籍，故选C。

2.联系下文takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs(澡盆) and other places.可知此处指的是排污系统，故选A。

3.根据最后一段The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus(腐殖土), which looks like black earth. It is rich with kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow.描述，可知选B。

4.根据Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal.描述，可知金属可以进行回收利用，故选D。

考点：关于城市垃圾处理的说明文阅读