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【題目】 At 9 pm, Li Zhigang was sitting in front of his fruit shop on a busy street in central Shanghai’s Xujiahui area, removing the thin plastic film from rotten pears and oranges. “This is so much trouble!” he complained while throwing the plastic into one garbage can and the fruit into another. In the past, Li simply threw away what could not be sold with the packaging on, but from July 1, 2019, he could be fined up to 200 yuan for doing so.

Like Li, many of the tens of millions of residents in Shanghai have been complaining recently that the introduction of compulsory household garbage sorting is making life difficult, but at the same time have been having to learn to do it.

Calls for garbage sorting have brought little progress in China in the past decade, but Shanghai is leading a fresh start for the world’s second-largest waste producer. “If we say China is now classifying its waste, then it’s Shanghai that is really doing it,” said Chen Liwen, an environmentalist who has devoted herself to waste classification for the past decade. “It’s starting late, compared with the US or Japan, but if it’s successful in such a big city with such a huge population, it will mean a lot for the world,” she said. While the measures force a change of habits for most people, they bring opportunities for some. Du Huanzheng, director of the Recycling Economy Institute at Tongji University, said waste sorting was important for China’s recycling industry. “Without proper classification, a lot of garbage that can be recycled is burned, and that’s a pity,” he said. “After being classified, things suitable to be stored and transported can now be recycled.” Besides, prices of small sortable garbage cans for home use have increased on e-commerce (電子商務) platforms, while garbage can makers are also developing smart models in response to new needs. What’s more, garbage sorting is also an important part of a country’s soft power. “For China, it is an opportunity to improve its international reputation. However, it is a long process that requires effort from government, enterprises and individuals (個人),” Du said.

【1】What do the underlined words “doing so” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A.Packaging fruit with plastic film.

B.Selling rotten fruit to customers.

C.Throwing rotten fruit into a garbage can.

D.Throwing fruit and its packaging into the same garbage can.

【2】What does the author want to show by writing Paragraph 2?

A.The new garbage sorting rules in Shanghai are strict.

B.Garbage sorting puts Shanghai residents into trouble.

C.It is not easy to learn how to sort garbage.

D.It’s necessary to sort garbage in Shanghai.

【3】What is Chen Liwen’s attitude towards garbage sorting in China?

A.Hopeful.B.Doubtful.

C.Uninterested.D.Worried.

【4】Which of the following is mentioned as a benefit of garbage sorting?

A.It helps reduce the burden of individuals.

B.It makes smart garbage cans affordable.

C.It helps improve China’s hard power.

D.It avoids recyclable things being burned.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】D

【解析】

這是一篇新聞報道。文章通過李志剛分類扔爛水果和包裝紙的事例，引出了垃圾分類的話題。同李一樣，上海數(shù)千萬居民中的許多人最近都在抱怨，強制分揀垃圾的做法讓生活變得艱難，但與此同時，他們也要學會垃圾分類。垃圾分類也是國家軟實力的體現(xiàn)。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第一段中In the past, Li simply threw away what could not be sold with the packaging on在過去，李志剛只是簡單地扔掉了帶包裝紙的不能賣的爛水果。可知，現(xiàn)在不能再把包裝紙和不能賣的爛水果一起扔了，因此劃線短語doing so意思是“把水果及其包裝扔進同一個垃圾桶�！惫蔬xD項。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中many of the tens of millions of residents in Shanghai have been complaining recently that the introduction of compulsory household garbage sorting is making life difficult上海數(shù)千萬居民中的許多人最近都在抱怨，強制垃圾分類的做法讓生活變得艱難。由此判斷出，作者寫這段的目的是講述垃圾分類給上海市民帶來了麻煩。故選B項。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中“If we say China is now classifying its waste, then it’s Shanghai that is really doing it,” said Chen Liwen, an environmentalist who has devoted herself to waste classification for the past decade. “It’s starting late, compared with the US or Japan, but if it’s successful in such a big city with such a huge population, it will mean a lot for the world,” she said. “如果我們說中國現(xiàn)在正在對其垃圾進行分類，那么實際上是上海在這么做，”在過去十年里一直致力于垃圾分類的環(huán)保主義者陳麗文說。她表示:“與美國或日本相比，中國起步較晚，但如果它在一個人口眾多的大城市取得成功，將對世界意義重大�！庇纱伺袛喑觯�陳麗文對于中國的垃圾分類是支持的態(tài)度。故選A項。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中“Without proper classification, a lot of garbage that can be recycled is burned, and that’s a pity,” he said. “After being classified, things suitable to be stored and transported can now be recycled.” “沒有正確的分類，很多可以回收的垃圾都被焚燒了，這很可惜，”他說�！胺诸惡�，適合儲存和運輸?shù)臇|西現(xiàn)在可以回收利用了�！笨芍�，垃圾分類的一個好處是它避免了可回收的東西被燒焚燒。故選D項。