Question

    Plastic waste is a huge problem in Indonesia, and this has led the country's second-largest city to come up with a novel approach to encourage residents to recycle—free bus rides in exchange for used plastic bottles and cups. The city of Surabaya launched the initiative back in April—the first Indonesian city to put it into practice, and citizens can ride city buses by either dropping off the plastic bottles and cups at terminals(终点站) or using the plastic items to pay their fare directly.

Under the new recycling initiative, a two-hour bus ticket costs up to five plastic bottles or 10 plastic cups, depending on the size. The city hopes this scheme will help it meet its target of becoming free of plastic waste by 2020.

''Garbage, like plastic bottles, piles up in my neighborhood, so I brought it here, so the environment is not only cleaner but also to help ease the workload of garbage collectors,'' said Linda, a resident of Surabaya.

According to Reuters, data show that 15 percent (nearly 400 tons) of the city's daily waste is plastic. The data also show that one bus can collect up to 550 pounds of plastic each day, totaling about 7.5 tons each month. After collecting the plastic waste, workers remove labels and bottle caps before the plastic is sold to recycling companies. This money then goes toward bus operations and to fund urban green spaces.

1.What does the underlined word ''initiative'' probably mean?

A.A new price of riding buses.

B.Dropping off the plastic bottles.

C.Selling plastic items to get fares.

D.The first action to recycle plastic.

2.What's Surabaya’s new way to deal with plastic waste?

A.Plastic items are only sold to companies.

B.Citizens are encouraged to sort plastic bottles.

C.Natives can take city buses instead of driving.

D.People can trade plastic waste for free bus rides.

3.What's Linda's attitude towards the program?

A.Doubtful. B.Supportive. C.Negative. D.Uncaring.

4.What's the purpose of Surabaya's taking the measure?

A.To develop the city's economy.

B.To call on green travel in the city.

C.To raise the environmental awareness.

D.To solve the worldwide social problem.

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.B

4.C

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了印度尼西亚城市Surabaya为了鼓励居民循环使用塑料废品以降低垃圾污染实行了一个计划，那就是让居民用塑料废品换取免费乘坐大巴。通过这种方式提高居民的环保意识，最终实现2020年城市无塑料垃圾的目标。

1.

词义猜测题。根据第一段的Plastic waste is a huge problem in Indonesia, and this has led the country's second-largest city to come up with a novel approach to encourage residents to recycle—free bus rides in exchange for used plastic bottles and cups. The city of Surabaya launched the initiative back in April—the first Indonesian city to put it into practice可知，塑料垃圾在印度尼西亚是一个巨大的问题，这导致该国的第二大城市想出了一个新的方法来鼓励居民循环使用——以用过的塑料瓶和杯子来换取免费乘坐大巴。早在四月Surabaya发起了initiative——第一个把它付诸实践的印度尼西亚城市。根据句意，尤其是the first Indonesian city to put it into practice，推测划线部分的意思是“第一个循环使用塑料的行动”。D. The first action to recycle plastic.(第一个循环使用塑料的行动)符合以上说法，故选D项。

2.

细节理解题。根据第一段的Plastic waste is a huge problem in Indonesia, and this has led the country's second-largest city to come up with a novel approach to encourage residents to recycle—free bus rides in exchange for used plastic bottles and cups. (塑料垃圾在印度尼西亚是一个巨大的问题，这导致该国的第二大城市想出了一个新的方法来鼓励居民循环使用——以用过的塑料瓶和被子来换取免费乘坐大巴。)可知，人们可以用塑料废品换取免费乘坐大巴。D. People can trade plastic waste for free bus rides.(人们可以用塑料废品免费乘坐大巴车)符合以上说法，故选D项。

3.

推理判断题。根据第三段的''Garbage, like plastic bottles, piles up in my neighborhood, so I brought it here, so the environment is not only cleaner but also to help ease the workload of garbage collectors,'' said Linda, a resident of Surabaya.( Surabaya的居民Linda说：“像塑料瓶之类的垃圾堆满了我的小区，因此我把它带来这里，这样不仅环境更清洁了，而且也可以减少垃圾收集员的工作量。”)可推测，Linda支持这个计划。B. Supportive.(支持的)符合以上说法，故选B项。

4.

推理判断题。根据第二段Under the new recycling initiative, a two-hour bus ticket costs up to five plastic bottles or 10 plastic cups, depending on the size. The city hopes this scheme will help it meet its target of becoming free of plastic waste by 2020.(根据新的回收计划，按照塑料杯的大小，一张两小时的大巴车票需要5个塑料瓶或10个塑料杯。该市希望这一计划能帮助实现到2020年无塑料垃圾的目标)可推测，Surabaya 市采取该措施的目的是提高居民的环保意识，鼓励他们循环使用塑料废品，以最终实现城市无垃圾的目标。C. To raise the environmental awareness.(为了提高居民的环保意识)符合以上推测，故选C项。