Question

"Reduce, reuse and recycle, this familiar environmentalist slogan tells us how to reduce the amount of rubbish that ends up in landfills and waterways.

The concept is being used to deal with one possibly dangerous form of waste – electronic junk (電子垃圾), such as old computers, cell-phones, and televisions. But this process for managing e-waste may be used in an unscrupulous way more often than not used, a recent report suggests.

“A lot of these materials are being sent to developing nations under the excuse of reuse – to bridge the digital divide,” said Richard Gutierrez, a policy researcher.

One of the problems is that no one proves whether these old machines work before they hit the seaways. Because of this, the report says, e-waste is a growing problem in Lagos, Nigeria, and elsewhere in the developing world. Much of the waste ends up being thrown away along rivers and roads. Often it’s picked apart by poor people, who may face dangerous exposure to poisonous chemicals in the equipment.

Businessmen also pay workers a little money to get back materials such as gold and copper. This low-tech recovery process could expose workers and the local environment to many dangerous materials used to build electronics. According to Gutierrez, this shadow economy exists because the excuse of recycling and reusing electronics gives businessmen “a green passport” to ship waste around the globe. “Developing nations must take upon some of the responsibility themselves,” Gutierrez said. But, he added, “A greater portion of this responsibility should fall on the exporting state.”

China, for example, has become a dumping place for large amounts of e-waste. The nation is beginning to take action to stop the flow of dangerous materials across its borders. The Chinese government, after many years of denial, is finally beginning to take the lead.

The underlined word “unscrupulous” in Paragraph 1 probably means ________.

       A. unsafe               B. tricky                C. wrong                      D. immoral

What does the fourth paragraph mainly discuss?

       A. Old computers and TVs still work before they are sent abroad.

       B. Poor people break up e-waste to collect some valuable materials.

       C. A lot of e-waste is dumped in developing countries.

       D. The problem of e-waste is growing in developing countries.

From what Gutierrez said we can learn that ________.

       A. exporting countries should mainly be responsible for this problem.

       B. neither rich nor poor countries should be blamed for this problem

       C. developing countries should be responsible for this problem

       D. poor countries should blamed for this problem

It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _______.

       A. China has hidden a large amount of e-waste in many secret places

       B. China has greatly changed hre idea about the problem of e-waste

       C. China has prevented poisonous materials from entering China for a long time

       D. China is falling behind other countries in dealing with e-wast

The passage mainly tells us that _______.

       A. developing countries are facing serious environmental problems

       B. e-waste is a growing problem in developed countries

       C. e-waste is sent to developing countries under the excuse of reuse

       D. developing countries are making full use of e-waste

Answer 1

【小題1】D

【小題2】D

【小題3】A

【小題4】B

【小題5】C

解析:

分解，再利用與再循環(huán)。這個熟悉的環(huán)保人士口號告訴我們怎樣以垃圾掩埋法和水處理法減少垃圾的數(shù)量。這種概念同時也被用來處理一種具有潛在危險性的電子垃圾，例如舊的電腦，電話和電視。但是，一份最近的報道指出，這種處理電子垃圾的程序可能經(jīng)常以不道德的方式進行。

【小題1】 詞義判斷題。根據(jù)劃線詞后面的意思(more often than not…)

【小題2】 主旨大意題。第四段主要說：在發(fā)展中國家許多進口來的電子垃圾被人們沿著河邊與公路扔掉，成了越來越棘手的問題了。通常又被窮人撿回，這些窮人可能面臨著那些設備發(fā)出的有毒化學物質(zhì)的危險。

【小題3】 判斷理解題。根據(jù)第五段最后一句But, he added, “A greater portion of this responsibility should fall on the exporting state.（但他又補充道“大部分責任應該由出口國擔當”）”，故選A。

【小題4】 推理判斷題。最后一段的意思是“中國已經(jīng)成為大量電子垃圾的排放地。這個國家已經(jīng)開始采取行動來阻止危險物質(zhì)進入邊境。中國政府在否認了很多年后，終于帶頭開始行動了�！惫蔬xB。

【小題5】 主旨大意題。根據(jù)第三段內(nèi)容可判斷答案為C。這些電子垃圾很多都以重新利用的名義運往發(fā)展中國家。