【Mostofthethingsaroundyouwillbereplacedorthrownawaysomeday.Wherewilltheygowhentheyarethrownout?WhatkindsofwastewilltheycreateandhowwillitaffecttheenvironmentMostofourcrashgoestoplacescalledlandfills】

　　Mostofthethingsaroundyouwillbereplacedorthrownawaysomeday.Wherewilltheygowhentheyarethrownout?Whatkindsofwastewilltheycreateandhowwillitaffecttheenvironment

　　Mostofourcrashgoestoplacescalledlandfills.ALANDFILLisalowareaoflandthatisfilledwithgarbage（垃圾）.Mostmodernlandfillsarelinedwithacoverofplastictokeepdangerousliquids（液体）frompollutingearthandgroundwatersupply.Theproblemisthatmorethanhalfofthestatesinthiscountryarerunningoutofplacestolandfilltheirgarbage.Becauseoftheunhealthymaterialslandfillsdonotmakegoodneighbors，andpeopledon’twanttolivenearthem.Manylandfillsaresetinpoorneighborhoods.

　　TheFreshKillslandfillonStatenIslandNewYorkwasthelargestgarbagelandfillintheworld.Foryearspeoplewholivenearbycomplainedaboutairandwaterpollutioncausedbytheenormouspileoftrash.Theysaythatthesmokehavemadepeoplesick.Thelandfillclosedin

　　April2001.Nowcanaharmfulwaste—materialthatcanpolluteairlandandwater–bedisposedofinasafeway.

　　Anotherwaytogetridoftrashistoburnit.Trashisburnedinanincinerator._Becauseincineratorsinoperationcangetridofalmostallofthetrashsomecommunitieswouldratheruseincineratorsthanlandfills.Thereisaproblemthough.Leftoverashandsmokefromburningtrashmayhavedangerouschemicalsandevenmakeithardforsomepeopletobreathe.Theycanharmplantsanimalsandpeople.

　　Youcanhelpreduce（减少）wastebyreusingbottlesbatteriesandpaper.Youcanalsorecyclenewspaperglassandplasticsttoprovidematerialsformakingotherproducts.

　　Fromrecycledmaterialsmanythingsaremade.Forexamplefromrecycledpaperwecangetnewspapersboxesandsoon.Fromrecycledplasticwecangetsodabottlestablesandbackpacks.

　　小题1:Whydon’tlandfillsmakegoodneighbors?A．Becausethereareunhealthymaterialsinthem.B．Becausepeopleprefertoliveinthecitycenter.C．Becauselandfillsarenotbigenoughfortrash.D．Becausemoststatesarerunningoutofplaces.小题2:Whatdoestheunderlinedword“incinerator”_probablymean?A．An