Question

【題目】Why Is Sorting Important When Recycling?

We all agree that we should recycle more at home, in the office or when out and about. 【1】Consequently, they can be collected and taken to the right place for recycling. This is what the process of sorting allows us to do.

【2】And the effective sorting needs to happen first, in our own home and second, in sorting plants to which waste is collected. When you put a plastic bottle in the right recycling bag or bin, you are helping sort recyclables so that the right material can be fed into the right recycling process. If sorting does not happen，a lot of recyclable materials can end up in landfills. It will lead to valuable resources lost from our economy.

【3】For instance, in Brussels consumers put plastic packaging, cans and beverage cartons in blue bags designed for recyclable packaging; paper in yellow bags for recycling; and glass needs to be taken to specific collection bins. Somewhat differently, in Vienna (Austria), citizens can expect their paper, metal, glass and plastic to be separately collected in different weeks of the year.【4】．

Once recyclable materials are collected from your home, they are further sorted in specialized facilities which ensure the quality of the recycling process. 【5】Traditionally, sorting has been done either manually with workers sorting what can be recycled and picking out the materials to be discarded or mechanically. Today, however, new sorting technologies are being developed in order to speed up the process of sorting but to also cause better results. Exciting technologies using magnets or optical systems are being used to effectively sort materials so more of it can be recycled.

A．For effective recycling we need effective sorting.

B．Packaging at work is the first step towards recycling.

C．This is where different sorting techniques come into play.

D．So citizens need to be aware of their local collection system.

E．Collection systems can be very different from country to country.

F．The rest was landfilled or burned even though they could have been recycled or reused.

G．But for materials to be recycled, they first need to find their way to the right waste stream.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】A

【3】E

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

本文是說明文。文章講述了在環(huán)保方面垃圾回收分類的重要性及如何具體分類。

【1】根據(jù)上文We all agree that we should recycle more at home, in the office or when out and about.（我們都同意我們應(yīng)該在家里、辦公室或外出時回收更多的垃圾）及下文Consequently, they can be collected and taken to the right place for recycling.（因此，可以將它們收集起來并送到正確的位置進(jìn)行回收）可知，我們都贊同多回收垃圾，但是要回收材料，首先需要找到正確的廢物來源。G項But for materials to be recycled, they first need to find their way to the right waste stream.（但是要回收材料，他們首先需要找到正確的廢物來源）符合文意。故選G。

【2】根據(jù)下文And the effective sorting needs to happen first, in our own home and second, in sorting plants to which waste is collected.（有效的分類首先需要在我們自己的家里進(jìn)行，其次需要在收集垃圾的工廠里進(jìn)行）可知，本段在講述垃圾如何分類。A項For effective recycling we need effective sorting.（為了有效回收，我們需要有效分類）符合文意。故選A。

【3】根據(jù)下文For instance, in Brussels consumers put plastic packaging, cans and beverage cartons in blue bags designed for recyclable packaging; paper in yellow bags for recycling; and glass needs to be taken to specific collection bins.（例如，在布魯塞爾，消費者將塑料包裝、易拉罐和飲料紙箱放在設(shè)計用于可回收包裝的藍(lán)色袋子中；將紙張放在黃色袋子中進(jìn)行回收；玻璃需要被帶到特定的收集箱中）可知，此處列舉了布魯塞爾、維也納等地的不同收集方法，也就是說不同國家的收集系統(tǒng)可能非常不同。E項Collection systems can be very different from country to country.（收集系統(tǒng)可能因國家而異）符合文意。故選E。

【4】根據(jù)上文Somewhat differently, in Vienna (Austria), citizens can expect their paper, metal, glass and plastic to be separately collected in different weeks of the year.（有些不同的是，在維也納(奧地利)，市民可以期望他們的紙、金屬、玻璃和塑料在一年中不同的星期被分別收集）可知，不同國家的收集系統(tǒng)可能非常不同，因此人們需要了解自己當(dāng)?shù)氐氖占�系統(tǒng)。D項So citizens need to be aware of their local collection system.（因此，市民需要了解其當(dāng)?shù)氐氖占�系統(tǒng)）符合文意。故選D。

【5】根據(jù)上文Once recyclable materials are collected from your home, they are further sorted in specialized facilities which ensure the quality of the recycling process.（一旦可回收的材料從您的家中收集，他們進(jìn)一步分類在專門的設(shè)施，以確保回收過程的質(zhì)量）及下文Traditionally, sorting has been done either manually with workers sorting what can be recycled and picking out the materials to be discarded or mechanically.（傳統(tǒng)上，分揀工作要么由工人手工完成，對可回收的材料進(jìn)行分揀，挑選出要丟棄的材料，要么用機械方法）可知，在專門的設(shè)施里，不同分類技術(shù)發(fā)揮各自的作用。C項This is where different sorting techniques come into play.（這是不同分類技術(shù)發(fā)揮作用的地方）符合文意。故選C。

七選五題型主要考查上下文的理解與推斷，雖然文章整體難度一般低于閱讀理解，但是卻給很多同學(xué)造成了很大的心理障礙。七個選項中選五個，比四個選項中選一個，感覺干擾性更大，很多同學(xué)在做這個題目時，總有一種眼花繚亂、心煩氣躁的感覺，致使往往正確率不高。在這里提醒同學(xué)們，首先要克服心理障礙，同時要注意方式方法。其次，注意設(shè)空前后的句子，因為這些句子之間是順承和聯(lián)系的，所有一定要聯(lián)系和理解上下文的語境。例如第4小題，根據(jù)上文Somewhat differently, in Vienna (Austria), citizens can expect their paper, metal, glass and plastic to be separately collected in different weeks of the year.（有些不同的是，在維也納(奧地利)，市民可以期望他們的紙、金屬、玻璃和塑料在一年中不同的星期被分別收集）可知，不同國家的收集系統(tǒng)可能非常不同，因此人們需要了解自己當(dāng)?shù)氐氖占�系統(tǒng)。D項So citizens need to be aware of their local collection system.（因此，市民需要了解其當(dāng)?shù)氐氖占�系統(tǒng)）符合文意。故D選項正確。