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PartIIReadingComprehension(35 minutes)
PassageOne
Questions21 to25 arebasedonthefollowingpassage.
WithfifteenyearsBritainandothernationsshouldbewellonwiththebuildingofhugeindustrialcomplexesfortherecyclingofwaste. Thewordrubbishcouldloseitsmeaningbecauseeverythingwhichgoesintothedumps(垃圾堆) wouldbemadeintosomethinguseful. Eventhemostdangerousandunpleasantwasteswouldprovideenergyifnothing
else.
Thelatestprojectistotakeacityofaroundhalfamillioninhabitantsanddiscoverexactlywhatrawmaterialsgointoitandwhatgoout. Theaimistofindouthowmuchoftheserawmaterialscouldbeprovidedifaplantforrecyclingwastewerebuiltjustoutsidethecity. Thisplantwouldrecyclenotonlymetalsuchassteel, leadandcopper, butalsopaperandrubberaswell.
Anothernewprojectisbeingsetuptodiscoverthebestwaysofsortingandseparatingtherubbish. Whenthisprojectiscomplete, therubbishwillbeprocessedlikethis: First, itwillpassthroughsharpmetalbaswhichwilltearopentheplasticbagsinwhichrubbishisusuallypacked; thenitwillpassthroughapowerfulfantoseparatethelightestelementsfromtheheavysolids; afterthatgroundersandrollerswillbreakupeverythingthatcanbebroken. Finally, therubbishwillpassundermagnets(磁铁), whichwillremovethebitsofironandsteel; therubberandplasticwillthenbesortedoutinthefinalstage.
Thefirstfull-scalegiantrecyclingplantsareperhapsfifteenyearsaway. Indeed, withthegrowingcostoftransportingrubbishtomoredistantdumps, somebigcitieswillbeforcedtobuildtheirownrecyclingplantsbeforelong.
21. Thephrase“bewellonwith...” (Para. 1, Line1) mostprobablymeans________.
A) havecompletedwhatwasstarted
B) getreadytostart
C) haveachievedagreatdealin
D) putanendto(A)
22. WhatisNOTmentionedasapartoftherecyclingprocessdescribedinParagraph3?
A) Breakingupwhateverisbreakable.
B) Sharpeningmetalbars.
C) Separatinglightelementsfromtheheavyones.
D) Sortingoutsmallpiecesofmetal.(B)
23. What’sthemainreasonforbigcitiestobuildtheirownrecyclingplants?
A) Todealwithwastesinbetterway.
B) Toprotecttheenvironmentfrompollution.
C) Togetrawmaterialslocally.
D) Togetbigprofitsfromthoseplants.(A)
24. Thefirstfull-scalehugerecyclingplants________.
A) begantooperatefifteenyearsago
B) willprobablytakelessthanfifteenyearstobuild
C) willbebuiltfifteenyearslater
D) willprobablybeinoperationinfifteenyears(C)
25. Thepassageismainlyabout________.
A) acheapwaytogetenergy
B) thelocationofrecyclingplants
C) newwaysofrecyclingwastes
D) theprobablyofcityenvironment(C)
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