Whenyourpenisbrokenyouthinkthat’stheendofitslife.Youthrowitaway.Itthenjoinstonsofothergarbagethatisbecomingabigproblemincities.Eachdayabout10000tonsofwasteisproducedinGuangzhouand17000tonso
Whenyourpenisbrokenyouthinkthat’stheendofitslife.Youthrowitaway.Itthenjoinstonsofothergarbagethatisbecomingabigproblemincities.
Eachdayabout10000tonsofwasteisproducedinGuangzhouand17000tonsofhouseholdwasteisproducedinBeijing.Inothercountriesthecaseissimilar.“Ifyou’relikemostofusmostAmericansyou’remakingsevenpounds(3.17kg)oftrashaday”USwriterEdwardHumestoldCNN.SoanAmericanmakes102tonsoftrashinalifetime.
Ifyousimplythrowawaythatbrokenpenitgoestoalandfill(垃圾填埋场)andisburiedtogetherwithmanyothertrash.Topreventpollutingthegroundwaterworkerscoverthetrashwithsoilandkeepitdry.Andyourpenwillstaythereforalonglongtimewithouthavingfurtheruse.
Butitcouldhaveabetterdestination:therecyclingbin.Haveyouevernoticedthedifferentcolorsoftrashbinsinthestreet?ManycitiesinChinahavebeenrunningawaste-sorting(垃圾分类)campaign.Theydividetrashinto“recyclablewaste”and“unrecyclablewaste”.
Recyclingwastecansaveenergyreducegreenhousegasandkeepspacefreefortheunrecyclabletrash.Takeyourpenasanexample.Attherecyclingfactoryitsmetalpartscouldbetakenoutandreusedtomakeotherthings.Butrecyclingisnotenoughexpertssay.Makinglesswasteinthefirstplaceisthewayforward.
“Thebestthingtodoisjustkeepusingyourstuffforaslongasyoucan”USwriterAdamMintertoldTimeOutmagazine.
小题1:根据短文内容完成句子填空（每空限填一个单词）。
InsecondparagraphwecanknowChinais____________________othercountriesinproducingwaste.
小题2:根据短文内容完成句子填空（每空限填一个单词）。
Workerscoverthetrashwithsoilinorderto__________it__________pollutingthegroundwater.
小题3:根据短文内容回答问题。
Accordingtothestorywhatisthebestwaytosaveenergy?
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小题4:把短文中画线的句子译成汉语。
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小题5:根据短文内容用一个完整的英文句子（限10个词以内）回答问题。
What’sthemainpurposeofthepassage?
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