Question

New Lives for Old Phones

When a new mobile phone starts to be sold in stores, many people rush out to buy one. We all want the newest, latest thing.1.

Mike Townsend works at Total Recall, a mobile phone recycling company. "Don't throw your old phone away. 2.If you throw it away, it goes with other rubbish to become landfill. In other words, it is put in a big hole in the ground-and it becomes a big problem," he says.

Mobile phones contain some poisonous materials. If your phone goes to a landfill, these poisonous materials can get out and get into the water under the ground. That's the water we need to drink or water goes into rivers or the ocean. 3. That's a lot of landfill and a lot of poisonous materials.

"At Total Recall, we separate the old phones into pieces. Most of the materials in the mobile phones can be recycled and used again.4. For example, phone batteries contain nickel and cadmium. The nickel is used to make steel, and the cadmium can be used to make new batteries," explains Mike.

"5.You can usually just take it into a mobile phone shop and they will send it to us," says Mike.

So before you throw that old mobile phone away, use it one last time: search for a recycler near you and give them a call.

A. Send it to us and we'll recycle it.

B. Recycling your old phone is easy.

C. How much is your old mobile phone worth?

D. But what should we do with our old mobile phones?

E. Millions of mobile phones are thrown away every year.

F. We take apart the old phones and they are used to make new products.

G. Recycling materials helps keep the environment greener and cleaner.

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.E

4.F

5.B

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。文章叙述的是“旧手机的新生活”。在你扔掉旧手机之前，最后一次使用它：在你附近找一个回收商，给他们打个电话。

1.上文提到“当一款新手机开始在商店销售时，许多人会冲出去买一部手机。我们都想要最新的东西。”承接上文，D项But what should we do with our old mobile phones?（但是我们应该怎么处理我们的旧手机呢?）切题。因为买了新手机自然会想到如何处理旧手机。该项中的but将上下紧密连在一起。故选D。

2.上文提示“不要扔掉你的旧手机。”下文提示“如果你把它扔掉，它会和其他垃圾一起变成垃圾填埋场。”承接上下文，A项Send it to us and we'll recycle it.（把它寄给我们，我们会回收它。）切题。故选A。

3.本段段落首句“手机含有一些有毒物质。”这也是本段的主题。空格下文提示“那是很多垃圾填埋场和有毒物质。”承接段落主题和下文，E项Millions of mobile phones are thrown away every year.（每年有数百万的手机被扔掉。）切题。也就是说“数百万被扔的手机是垃圾填埋场，是许多有毒物质。”故选E。

4.上文提示“手机中的大部分材料都可以回收再利用。”承接上文，F项We take apart the old phones and they are used to make new products.（我们把旧手机拆开，它们被用来制造新产品。）切题。上文中的be recycled and used again和该项中的make new products相吻合。故选F。

5.下文提示“你可以把它带到手机商店，他们会把它寄给我们”。承接下文，B项Recycling your old phone is easy.（回收旧手机很容易。）切题。故选B。