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【題目】Disposing (處理) of waste has been a problem since humans started producing it. As more and more people choose to live close together in cities, the waste disposal problem becomes 【1】 (increase) difficult.

During the eighteenth century, it was usual for several neighboring towns to get together to select a faraway spot 【2】 a dump site (垃圾場). People 【3】 (transport) household rubbish, rotted wood, and old possessions to the site. Regularly some of the trash was burned and the rest was buried. The 【4】(pleasant) sights and smells caused no problem because nobody lived close by. Factories, mills (制造廠), and other industrial sites also had waste to be disposed of. Those located on rivers often just dumped the unwanted 【5】(remaining) into the water. Others built huge burners with chimneys to deal with the problem.

Several facts make these choices 【6】(accept) to modern society. The first problem is space. Dumps, 【7】 are now called landfills, are most needed in heavily populated areas. Such areas rarely have empty land suitable for this purpose. The land is either too expensive or too close to residential neighborhoods. A long distance dump has been a common practice, 【8】 once farm areas are refusing to accept rubbish from elsewhere, cheap land within trucking distance of major city areas is nonexistent. 【9】(aware) of pollution dangers has resulted in more strict rules of waste disposal. Pollution of rivers, ground water, land and air is a price people can no longer pay to get rid of waste. The amount of waste, however, continues to grow.

【10】(recycle) efforts have become commonplace, and many towns require their people to take part. Even the most efficient recycling programs, however, can hope to deal with only about 50 percent of a city’s reusable waste.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】increasingly

【2】as

【3】transported/ would transport

【4】unpleasant

【5】remains

【6】unacceptable

【7】which

【8】but

【9】Awareness

【10】Recycling

【解析】本文是一篇說明文，介紹了垃圾處理在現(xiàn)代社會一直是個難題。

【1】increasingly 考查副詞用法。文中表示越來越困難，修飾形容詞difficult，故用副詞形式。

【2】as 考查介詞。句意：在18世紀(jì)，幾個相鄰的城鎮(zhèn)通常會一起選擇一個偏遠(yuǎn)的地點作為垃圾場。as作介詞意為“作為，當(dāng)作”。

【3】transported/ would transport 考查謂語動詞的時態(tài)。人們把垃圾運送到垃圾場。講的是18世紀(jì)的事，故用一般過去時或過去將來時。

【4】unpleasant 考查形容詞。根據(jù)上文，滿地垃圾的場面和發(fā)散的氣味是難聞的，故用unpleasant。

【5】remains 考查名詞。把不想要的垃圾倒入河水里，故用名詞remains。

【6】unacceptable 考查形容詞。句意：幾個事實使這些選擇不被現(xiàn)代社會所接受。故用unacceptable。這里用形容詞作make的賓語補足語。

【7】which 考查非限制性定語從句的引導(dǎo)詞。句意：Dumps，現(xiàn)在被稱作landfills(垃圾填筑地)。非限制性定語從句的先行詞為事物dumps，故用which來代指dumps。

【8】but 考查上下文聯(lián)系。上句說在郊外建造的垃圾場現(xiàn)在是一種常見的措施，下句寫農(nóng)場一旦拒絕傾倒垃圾，那么這種造價低的垃圾場就不存在了。上下句為轉(zhuǎn)折，故用but。

【9】Awareness 考查名詞辨析。該句指污染危險的意識已經(jīng)促使制定了更加嚴(yán)格的垃圾處理制度�？瞻滋幵诰渲凶髦髡Z，故用名詞awareness。

【10】Recycling 考查動名詞。回收利用方面的舉措已經(jīng)成為了常態(tài)�？瞻滋幤鹦揎椬饔帽碛猛�，故用動名詞 Recycling。