Question

Moon Cake Box Recycling Campaign (运动) People in Hong Kong throw away about three million moon cake boxes every year. These boxes weigh (重) up to 750 tons and can fill up about a hundred 50-metre-long swimming pools. They are going to become garbage (垃圾) and end up in the landfills (垃圾填埋地). Let’s have a green Mid-Autumn Festival this year! Bring your moon cake boxes. Show that you care! Date: September 28, 2012 ~ October 14, 2012 Time: 9:00 am ~ 9:00 pm Collection point: G/F, Sunshine Shopping Centre Please keep the moon cake boxes clean. We will sell all moon cake boxes to recycling companies. We will hold a tree-planting campaign with the money collected. Save Our Earth (HK) An organisation for environmental protection Telephone: [phone] Website: www.saveourearth.org.hk E-mail: [e-mail]

1.How many moon cake boxes do people in Hong Kong throw away every year?

A. About 1,000,000.    B. About 1,500,000.

C. About 3,000,000.   D. About 1,300,000.

2.How long will the Moon Cake Box Recycling Campaign last?

A. One week.          B. Half a month.

C. 17 days.            D. One month.

3.Who will buy the moon cake boxes?

A. Recycling companies.         B. Moon cake factories.

C. Moon cake box companies.    D. Sunshine Shopping Centre.

4.Which organization holds this campaign?

A. Green Leaf.                 B. Save Our Earth (HK).

C. Save Ourselves (HK).         D. Save Our Earth (UK).

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the reading above?

A. The moon cake boxes will be collected in the landfills.

B. The money the campaign can get will be used to help poor children.

C. The moon cake boxes will be used to fill up swimming pools.

D. People should keep the moon cake boxes clean when bringing them to the collection point.

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.B

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了香港的拯救地球组织发起了一项回收月饼盒的环保活动。该海报介绍了活动的名称，时间，地点，及活动的原因及内容。

1.People in Hong Kong throw away about three million moon cake boxes every year.可知人们大约扔三千万个月饼盒，故选C

2.短文Date: September 28, 2012 ~ October 14, 2012可知活动将持续17天，故选C。

3.We will sell all moon cake boxes to recycling companies可知月饼盒卖给回收公司，故选A。

4.Save Our Earth (HK) An organisation for environmental protection可知是HK的组织，故选B。

5.短文Please keep the moon cake boxes clean.可知要使月饼盒干净。故选D。

考点：环保类短文阅读。