It was your birthday, and you just opened your biggest gift — a smooth silver laptop. You can’t wait to instant-message your friends with the news, but first you have to get rid of your old desktop computer. Do you just throw away the monitor and keyboard in the trash? Not anymore!
Three states, that is, California, Maine, and Maryland, recently passed laws prohibiting people from throwing away electronic waste, or e-waste, includes televisions, computers, and cell phones. Although they don’t make you sick when you use them, they do when they are destroyed, for they contain heavy metals that can be harmful to human bodies. For example, cell phone batteries contain a kind of chemical causing damage to kidneys and deserted computer monitors can damage brains. And flat TV screens may cause injury to the nervous system. Those metals can leak into the ground or give off pollutants when burned.
It is required that e-waste be placed at special sites rather than usual landfills. Several other states are considering similar laws and California is also pushing for a law banning the application of such dangerous substances.
Government officials are not the only people taking aim at e-waste; environmentalists are also urging people to recycle their outdated equipment.
“It is just a waste … to not recycle,” Patrick, an associate professor of occupational and environmental health at university of Iowa, told The Daily Iowan, “Allowing dangerous chemicals to leak into the environment for decades seems irresponsible.”
What Can You Do?
Reduce. Be a responsible shopper, and take care of your electronics so they will last longer.
Re-use. Donate or sell your old high-tech equipment.
Recycle. To find a responsible recycler, contact a local or state environmental group.
小題1:What’s the best title of this passage?
A．E-waste is being made good use of.
B．E-waste, a big threat to us.
C．E-waste is dangerous to us all the while.
D．Goodbye, e-waste.
小題2:Why is e-waste harmful and dangerous to human beings?
A．Because they can go off at times and threaten us.
B．Because they can make people sick, as long as people use them.
C．Because they contain poisonous chemical substances.
D．Because they take too much space when placed in trashes.
小題3:What can we know from Patrick’s words?
A．Waste can’t be recycled.
B．Waste can be made use of by recycling
C．We have to recycle e-waste to protect the environment.
D．Protecting the environment is important.
小題4:Which of the following is NOT given as a piece of advice to help with e-wastes?
A．Taking care of your electronics so they will last longer.
B．Donating or selling your old high-tech equipment.
C．Contacting a local or state environmental group.
D．Asking fewer people to use electric products.

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:C
小題4:D

試題分析：本文主要講述的是人們處理電子垃圾方面的具體的措施和建議。
小題1:B 主旨大意題。本文主要講述的是人們處理電子垃圾的問題，而根據(jù)文章第二段Although they don’t make you sick when you use them, they do when they are destroyed, for they contain heavy metals that can be harmful to human bodies. For example, cell phone batteries contain a kind of chemical causing damage to kidneys and deserted computer monitors can damage brains. And flat TV screens may cause injury to the nervous system. Those metals can leak into the ground or give off pollutants when burned.很多的電子垃圾對(duì)人的身體都是有害的。故B正確。
小題2:C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段3,4行they do when they are destroyed, for they contain heavy metals that can be harmful to human bodies.可知這些電子垃圾里含有很多的有害的物質(zhì)。故C正確。
小題3:C 推理題。根據(jù)文章第四段“It is just a waste … to not recycle,” Patrick, an associate professor of occupational and environmental health at university of Iowa, told The Daily Iowan,可知Patrick認(rèn)為不回收利用就是浪費(fèi)。說明他建議我們回收利用這些電子垃圾。故C正確。
小題4:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后3行Reduce. Be a responsible shopper, and take care of your electronics so they will last longer.
Re-use. Donate or sell your old high-tech equipment.
Recycle. To find a responsible recycler, contact a local or state environmental group.
可知ABC三項(xiàng)都是作者建議做的事情，只有D項(xiàng)不是文章的建議。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文主要講述的是人們處理電子垃圾方面的具體的措施和建議。本文考查細(xì)節(jié)題為主，細(xì)節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時(shí)使用的具體事實(shí)、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細(xì)節(jié)信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細(xì)節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題，然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文，找出與問題有關(guān)的詞語或句子，再對(duì)相關(guān)部分進(jìn)行分析對(duì)比，找出答案。
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A．memoryB．characterC．.abilityD．emotion
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小題1:We can infer from the text that humans and animals _________.
A．depend on one sense in choosing food
B．a(chǎn)re not satisfied with their food
C．choose food in similar ways
D．eat entirely different food
小題2:Which of the following eats only one type of food?
A．The white butterfly.B．The small bird.
C．The bear. D．The fox.
小題3:Certain animals change their choice of food when ___________.
A．the season changes
B．the food color changes
C．they move to different places
D．they are attracted by different smells

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