Question

    Garbage or trash is a major kind of environmental pollution. Each person produces about two kilograms of trash a day. We are making waste products faster than nature can break them down. And we are using up resources(资源) faster than they can be replaced(取代).

This adds up to trouble for the environment. Where does all that garbage go? What can be done to help dispose of(处理) garbage? How can we make less garbage?

Garbage isn’t just the smelly rotting fruit, vegetables or meat that we throw away in our homes. Those are only a small part of all the stuff we throw away. We create other kings of waste in construction, mining and in our factories.

Did you ever wonder what happens to your garbage? Most is burned or buried in landfills(垃圾填埋场).Less than a quarter of our waste is recycled.

With a population of 1.3 billion, garbage is a big problem for China. Chinese cities create around 148 million tons of garbage every year. The amount is growing at around 10 percent each year.

Once, we used about 3 billion plastic shopping bags every day in China. The result was a great waste of resources and serious pollution. Last year we did something about that. Now we use more cloth bags and shopping baskets when we shop.

In the coming years, China will build waste-to-energy plants in cities to clean up garbage. But there’s a lot more that needs to be done. And you can play a part.

1.What can be learned from the first paragraph?

A.Garbage is the most serious kind of environmental pollution.

B.Each person produces 20 kilograms of garbage a week.

C.We may use up our resources if we don’t take any action.

D.We are doing something to make less garbage.

2.Which of the following places probably produce the most garbage?

A.Homes B.Factories C.Schools D.Farms

3.The underlined word “plants” in the last paragraph means__________.

A.工厂 B.植物 C.垃圾场 D.栽种

4.What is the best title for the story?

A.Garbage on Earth B.How to deal with garbage

C.Environmental D.Let’s make the Earth a cleaner place

5.Who do you think the writer most likely is?

A.An English scientist. B.A Chinese journalist

C.A UN governor D.A garbage collector

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.B

【解析】

本篇短文分析地球上垃圾的来源——生活垃圾、建设、采矿、工厂的生产的废物；由于我们制造废物的速度比自然分解废物的速度快，虽然人们采取很多的措施来处理垃圾，但还远远不够，文章呼吁人们要行动起来，使地球成为更干净的地方。

1.推理判断题。可知垃圾是一种主要的污染；每人每天生产2公斤的垃圾，一周14公斤；我们制造废物的速度比自然分解废物的速度快，我们使用资源的速度比替换它们的速度还快，选项A、B、D表述错误，故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段“Garbage isn’t just the smelly rotting fruit, vegetables or meat that we throw away in our homes. Those are only a small part of all the stuff we throw away. We create other kings of waste in construction, mining and in our factories”可知生活垃圾只是一小部分，家庭、学校、农场都是生活垃圾，因此工厂有可能产生最多的垃圾，故选B。

3.词义猜测题。由构词法推测waste-to-energy指以垃圾作为能源的或废物再生能源的，由此判断本句是指在城市建设废物再生能源的工厂以清理垃圾；故选A。

4.最佳标题。短文分析地球上垃圾的来源，虽然人们采取很多的措施来处理垃圾，但还远远不够，文章呼吁我们要行动起来，使我们的地球成为更干净的地方；故选D。

5.推理判断题。A..英国科学家；B.中国记者；C.联合国理事D.垃圾工；文章讲述垃圾造成地球污染，配有详实的数据，呼吁人们要行动起来，使地球成为更干净的地方；由此推断此文来自记者；故选B。