Question

With fifteen years Britain and other nations should be well on with the building of huge industrial complexes for the recycling of waste. The word “rubbish” could lose its meaning because everything which goes into the dumps would be made into something useful. Even the most dangerous and unpleasant wastes would provide energy if nothing else.

The latest project is to take a city of around half a million inhabitants and discover exactly what raw materials go into it and what go out. The aim is to find out how much of these raw materials could be provided if a plant(發(fā)電廠) for recycling waste were built just outside the city. This plant would recycle not only metal such as steel, lead and copper, but also paper and rubber as well.

Another new project is being set up to discover the best ways of sorting and separating the rubbish. When this project is complete, the rubbish will be processed like this: First, it will pass through sharp metal bars which will tear open the plastic bags in which rubbish is usually packed; then it will pass through a powerful fan to separate the lightest elements from the heavy solids; after that founders and rollers will break up everything that can be broken. Finally , the rubbish will pass under magnets(磁鐵), which will remove the bits of iron and steel; the rubber and plastic will then be sorted out in the final stage.

The first full-scale giant recycling plants are perhaps fifteen years away. Indeed, with the growing cost of transporting rubbish to more distant dumps, some big cities will be forced to build their own recycling plants before long.

1. The phrase “be well on with ……” (Para .1) most probably means __________.

A. have completed what was started

B. get ready to start

C. have achieved a great deal in

D. put an end to

2.What is NOT mentioned as a part of the recycling process described in paragraph 3?

A. Breaking up whatever is breakable.

B. Sharpening metal bars.

C. Separating light elements from the heavy ones.

D. Sorting out small pieces of metal.

3.What’s the main reason for big cities to build their own recycling plants?

A. To deal with wastes in a better way.

B. To protect the environment from pollution.

C. To get raw materials locally.

D. To get big profits from those plants.

4.The first full-scale huge recycling plants __________.

A. began to operate fifteen years ago

B. will take less than fifteen years to build

C. will be built fifteen years later

D. will probably be in operation in fifteen years

5.The passage is mainly about __________.

A. a cheap way to get energy

B. the location of recycling plants

C. new ways of recycling wastes

D. the probability of city environment

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

5.C

【解析】

試題分析: 垃圾一直是城市環(huán)境的一大難題�，F(xiàn)在，英國等許多國家正在計(jì)劃建造大型的垃圾處理廠，把沒用的垃圾為清潔的能源。

1.詞義推測題。文章第一段介紹，在15年之內(nèi)，英國和其他國家應(yīng)該會順利地建起大型工業(yè)中心以處理回收的廢棄物。 “垃圾”有可能不再是垃圾，因?yàn)槔�圾會變成有用的東西。如果沒有別的提供能量，即使是最危險(xiǎn)的和令人不愉快的廢物都會用來提供能源。所以選C。（在某一方面取得很大的成就。）

2.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。第三段介紹，垃圾處理的方法：垃圾分類和分別處理。第一，用尖的金屬棒，撕開裝垃圾的塑料袋；然后將用強(qiáng)力風(fēng)扇分開最輕的和沉重的固體；之后把能打碎的都打碎。最后，用磁鐵除去鋼鐵碎片；最后把橡膠和塑料整理出來。各選項(xiàng)的意思是A. Breaking up whatever is breakable.打碎可以打碎的任何東西；B. Sharpening metal bars.磨尖金屬棒；C. Separating light elements from the heavy ones.輕、重元素分開；D. Sorting out small pieces of metal.小的金屬塊被分類。故B沒有提及，所以選B。

3.文章最后一句話可知，事實(shí)上，運(yùn)送垃圾到更遙遠(yuǎn)的垃圾場使成本日益增長，將迫使一些大城市建立自己的回收工廠。選A。

4.細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段The first full-scale giant recycling plants are perhaps fifteen years away. 第一個(gè)完整的大型回收廠也許還有十五年才能建成。所以選D。

5.主旨大意題。全文的意思是，垃圾將來會通過工廠加工成為能源。這是處理垃圾的心方法。所以選C。

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