Question

A new factory that turns used wine bottles into green sand could revolutionize the recycling industry and help to filter(過濾) the nation's drinking water.

For the last 100 years special high grade white sand quarried(開采) at Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire has been used to filter tap water to remove bacteria and impurities—but this may no longer be necessary.

The green sand has already been successfully tested by water companies and is being used in 50 swimming pools in Scotland to keep the water clean.

Backed by one million pounds from the European Union and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs(Defar), a company based in Scotland is building a factory to turn beverage bottles back into the sand from which they were made.

The idea is not only to avoid using up increasingly scarce sand in Scotland and avoid any further quarrying but also to solve a crisis in the recycles only 750 000 tones of it.

Howard Dryden, the scientist and managing director of the company has spent six years working on what he calls Active Filtration Meadia, or AFM, the recycled glass. He says he needs bottles that have already contained drinkable liquids to be sure that drinking water would not be polluted.

"The fact is that tests show that AFM does the job better than glass, it is easier to clean and reuse and has all sorts of properties that make it ideal for other applications, "he claimed. He also thinks the market will be able to take 250 000 tones of green sand a year. The plan is to build five or six factories in cites in UK where the bottles come from to cut down on transport.

The factory will be completed this month and is expected to go into full production on January 14 next year. Once it is providing a "regular" product, the government's drinking water inspectorate will be asked to perform tests and approve it for general use by water companies.

1.It may no longer be necessary to use high-grade white sand to keep water clean because____.

A. the green sand has been used to keep the water clean

B. there is no need to keep water clean

C. a new factory has been set up

D. white sand is being use up

2.According to the passage, the new idea can do the following except ______.

A. cutting down the cost on transport

B. avoiding using up increasingly scarce sand

C. avoiding further quarrying of white sand

D. solving the crisis in the recycling industry

3.Tests show that ______ in keeping the water clean.

A. AFM is more efficient than white sand

B. white sand is more efficient than green sand

C. AFM is more efficient than glass

D, glass is more efficient than AFM

4.The underlined word "Backed" in the fourth paragraph can best be replaced by "______".

A. Allowed B. Opposed

C. Supported D. Forbidden

Answer 1

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文是說明文。這篇文章向我們介紹一家工廠發(fā)現(xiàn)一種能革新回收行業(yè)和幫助過濾飲用水的新材料——酒瓶轉(zhuǎn)換后的濕砂。這個發(fā)現(xiàn)經(jīng)證實確實可行，并預(yù)計明年1月14日進入全面生產(chǎn)。

1.】A.推理判斷題：根據(jù)第三段The green sand has already been successfully tested by water companies and is being used in 50 swimming pools in Scotland to keep the water clean.（濕砂已成功被水務(wù)公司測試了,并用于蘇格蘭的50個游泳池保持水的清潔）知，可能沒有必要去開采優(yōu)質(zhì)白沙用于過濾自來水，去除細菌和雜質(zhì)，故選A。

2.2】A.細節(jié)理解題：根據(jù)第五段The idea is not only to avoid using up increasingly scarce sand in Scotland and avoid any further quarrying but also to solve a crisis in the recycles only 750 000 tones of it.（這樣做不僅是為了避免使用蘇格蘭越來越稀缺的沙子和進一步的開采白沙，也是解決只能回收750 000噸酒瓶的危機），可排除BCD，故選A。

3.3】C.細節(jié)理解題：根據(jù)第六段 tests show that AFM does the job better than glass（測試顯示AFM比玻璃更有效），故選C。

4.4】C.判斷詞義題：Allowed允許；Opposed反對；supported支持；Forbidden禁止。根據(jù)第四段后半句a company based in Scotland is building a factory to turn beverage bottles back into the sand （總部位于蘇格蘭的公司在建立一個工廠,把飲料瓶子變回沙子），可知這一發(fā)現(xiàn)是他們所支持的，故選C。

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