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时间:2018-07-23
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1、阅读理解Intoday'sthrowawaysociety,dealingwiththecity'sgrowingmountainofwasteisanincreasingchallengeforthecitycouncil(市议会).Recently,Edinburghisfacedwiththeproblemofdisposingof(处理)about250,000milliontonsofwasteayear.Despitedifferentwaystodisposeofmuchofitinagreenmanner—largelythroughencouragin
2、grecycling—itsagingfacilitiessuchasthePowderhalllandfilldonothavetheabilitytodealwithit.TheEuropeanUnion(EU)hasissuedanewpolicy,regulatinghowsuchmountainsofwastearetobedisposedof.Thefivecouncils(Edinburgh,EastLothian,WestLothian,MidlothianandBorders)facefinesaround£18millionayearfrom2013
3、iftheydon'tincreaserecyclinglevelsandrelylessonlandfill.Withthisinmind,thecouncilsgottogetherwiththeideaofbuildingalargeincineratorplant(垃圾焚烧厂)toburnhalfofthewasteproducedintheirdistricts.ButthisplanfellapartafterthechangeoftargetlevelsbyanewUKgovernmentwastepolicywhichrequiredthatnomore
4、than25%ofthecity'swasteshouldbedisposedofinthiswayby2025.Aftertheplanwasabandoned,aprivatecompanywhichalreadytransportedmillionsoftonsofthecity'swastebytraintoalandfillsitenearDunbar,offeredanalternativesolutionwhenitsuggestedopeningahugewastesitenearPortobello.SincePowderhallissupposedt
5、oclosein2015,itseemednecessaryforthemembersoftheEdinburghCounciltoacceptthesuggestion.Butsoontheyturneditdown—after700localobjectionsreachedthem—becauseitwouldhavemeanthundredsoflorriesadaymakingloudnoisethroughheavilypopulatedareas.Thatstillleavesthecouncilwithaproblem.By2013,only50%of1
6、995levelsofwastewillbeallowedtobesenttolandfill.Evenifrecyclingtargetsaremet,therewillstillbealargeamountofrubbishtobeburntup.Duetothis,EdinburghandMidlothiancouncilshavenowdecidedtoworktogethertobuildanincineratorplantastimetofindasolutionisfastrunningout.回收利用曾是最绿色的垃圾处理方式。但是,这种处理方法却不能短时
7、间内满足欧盟对于及时解决废物的政策需求,因此,在回收利用的同时,他们还是得重建一所大型的垃圾焚烧厂。1.ThemainwayofhandlingwasteinagreenmannerinEdinburghis________.A.recyclingB.restoringC.buryingD.burning答案:A。细节判断题。第二段中的信息词“largelythroughencouragingrecycling”可以断定选项A的说法是与原文保持一致的。2.Thefivecouncilsworkedoutaplantobuildaninci
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