Question

【題目】 Rainbow-coloured rubbish is the colourful waste created by a Swedish city with a unique recycling system. Like many cities in Sweden, Eskilstuna has an impressive recycling record. It met the EU's 2020 target of recycling 50% of waste many years ago.

Almost everyone who lives here follows a strict recycling policy at home. People are expected to sort their household waste into seven separate categories, including food, textiles, cartons and metal. But what really makes the system stand out is the bright colour code.

The reason for this becomes clear at the city's recycling plant. The bags arrive all jumbled up（被混在一 起）because they're collected altogether, once a fortnight from outside people's houses.

But thanks to those bright colours, scanners can select the bags and separate them efficiently. The food waste in green bags is processed on site into slurry to make biogas, which powers the city's buses. One of the benefits of this method of recycling is that there is less cross-contamination, so more of the recycled waste can actually be used to make new things.

Like the rest of Sweden, Eskilstuna is committed to sending zero waste from its citizens to landfill. Waste that cannot be recycled is incinerated（焚化）at a local plant to generate electricity. This reduces reliance on fossil fuels, but does create greenhouse gases.

As countries around the world try to improve their recycling rates, some may think of Eskilstuna as an example to follow, as long as they think they can persuade their citizens to get busy sorting at home.

【1】What can we say about the recycling system used in Eskilstuna?

A.It is a colorful policy.B.It is a temporary success.

C.It is an ordinary recycling system.D.It is a practical method of recycling.

【2】What really makes the system of rainbow-colored recycling outstanding?

A.The strict recycling policy.B.The self-discipline of citizens.

C.The bright colour.D.The eco-friendly code.

【3】Why is the non-recyclable waste burnt to ashes at a local plant in Eskilstuna?

A.To send zero waste to landfill.B.To make electricity.

C.To reduce dependence on fossil fuels.D.To decrease greenhouse gases

【4】What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.Some countries set a good example to Eskilstuna.

B.Eskilstuna follows in the footsteps of other countries.

C.Some countries may adopt the system of rainbow-colored recycling.

D.Eskilstuna may force its citizens to get busy sorting at home.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章主要介紹瑞典城市Eskilstuna在垃圾回收時(shí)將不同類別的垃圾用不同顏色的垃圾袋收納的獨(dú)特之舉，同時(shí)分析了此種舉措存在的優(yōu)勢(shì)。

【1】

推理判斷題。由第四段的第一句“But thanks to those bright colours, scanners can select the bags and separate them efficiently.”和最后一句“One of the benefits of this method of recycling is that there is less cross-contamination, so more of the recycled waste can actually be used to make new things.”可知，但是幸虧有那些明亮的顏色，掃描器能夠有效地選擇袋子和分離它們。這種回收方法的其中一個(gè)優(yōu)勢(shì)是有更少的交叉污染，所以更多的回收廢物能夠?qū)嶋H地被用來(lái)制造新的事物。由此可見，在Eskilstuna使用的回收系統(tǒng)，它是一種實(shí)用的回收方法。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知，選項(xiàng)D正確。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段的最后一句“But what really makes the system stand out is the bright colour code.”可知，但是實(shí)際上使得這個(gè)系統(tǒng)突出的是這個(gè)明亮的顏色代碼。由此可知，明亮的顏色讓彩虹顏色的回收系統(tǒng)變得顯著。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知，選項(xiàng)C正確。

【3】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第五段的第二句“Waste that cannot be recycled is incinerated（焚化）at a local plant to generate electricity.”可知，不能回收的廢物在當(dāng)?shù)氐墓�廠焚化來(lái)發(fā)電。由此可知，沒有回收的廢物會(huì)在Eskilstuna的當(dāng)?shù)毓�廠燃燒成灰燼，是因?yàn)檫@樣可以發(fā)電。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知，選項(xiàng)B正確。

【4】

推理判斷題。由最后一段“As countries around the world try to improve their recycling rates, some may think of Eskilstuna as an example to follow, as long as they think they can persuade their citizens to get busy sorting at home.”可知，當(dāng)全世界的國(guó)家努力提高它們的回收率時(shí)，有些國(guó)家可能會(huì)想到Eskilstuna這個(gè)例子去跟隨，只要它們認(rèn)為它們能夠說服它們的公民去在家忙于分類。由此可知，一些國(guó)家可能會(huì)采用這個(gè)彩虹顏色回收系統(tǒng)。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知，選項(xiàng)C正確。