13.Cigarette ends are everywhere-littering our streets and beaches-and for decades they've been thought of as"unrecyclable".But a New Jersey based company,called TerraCycle,has taken on the challenge,and has come up with a way to recycle millions of cigarette ends and turn them into industrial plastic products.Its aim is to recycle things that people normally consider impossible to reuse.
Obviously it would be even better for the environment if everyone just stopped smoking,but the statistics show that although there has been an increase in anti-smoking ads and messaging,between 2000 and 2014,global sales of cigarettes increased by 8 percent,and a whole lot of those cigarette ends are ending up as trash.Since most of our litter eventually ends up in waterways,cigarette ends can surely pollute the surrounding environment."It only takes a single cigarette end to pollute a liter of water,"TerraCycle founder,Tom Szaky,said."Animals can also mistake littered cigarette ends for food."
So how do you go about turning all those poisonous ends into something useful?TerraCycle does this by first breaking them down into separate parts.They mix the remaining materials,such as the tobacco and the paper,with other kinds of rubbish,and use it on non-agricultural land,such as golf courses.The filters (過濾嘴) are a little harder.To recycle these,TerraCycle first makes them clean and cuts them into small pieces,and then combines them with other recycled materials,making them into liquid for industrial plastic products.
They're now also expanding their recycling offerings to the rest of the 80 percent of household waste that currently can't be recycled,such as chocolate packaging,pens,and mobile phones.The goal is to use the latest research to find a way to stop so much waste ending up in landfill (垃圾填埋),and then get companies to provide money for the process.And so far,it's working.
21.What does TerraCycle intend to do?D
A.Search for recyclable materials for use.
B.Deal with as many cigarette ends as possible.
C.Produce new kinds of industrial plastic products.
D.Recycle what used to be considered unrecyclable.
22.The underlined word"trash"in Paragraph 2 probably meansA.
A.rubbish
B.poison
C.disaster
D.ruin
23.What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?B
A.The effective use of cigarette ends.
B.The process of recycling cigarette ends.
C.The difficulty in recycling cigarette ends.
D.The reason for breaking down cigarette ends.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了TerraCycle試圖循環(huán)利用過去被認(rèn)為不可回收的東西的過程.
解答 21.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段Its aim is to recycle things that people normally consider impossible to reuse可知TerraCycle試圖循環(huán)利用過去被認(rèn)為不可回收的東西;故選D.
22.A.詞義猜測題.根據(jù)第二段between 2000 and 2014,global sales of cigarettes increased by 8 percent,and a whole lot of those cigarette ends are ending up as trash可知2000和2014之間,香煙的全球銷量增長了8%,和一大堆的那些煙頭都成了垃圾;意為垃圾;故選A.
23.B.段落大意題.根據(jù)第三段They mix the remaining materials,such as the tobacco and the paper,with other kinds of rubbish,and use it on non-agricultural land,such as golf courses.The filters (過濾嘴) are a little harder可知第3段主要講回收煙蒂的過程;故選B.
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