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1、2001年广东省普通高等学校本科插班生考试英语试题PartI.ReadingComprehension(40%)PassageOneDidyouknowthattheemptyplasticsoftdrinkbottlesyouthrowawayeverydaycanbeturnedintocarpetorautomobileparts?Thatusedglassbottlesandaluminumcanscanbeturnedintonewones?Andthatyesterday’snewspapercanbeturnedinto
2、tomorrow’s?Itallhappensbecauseofrecycling.Thissimplewastewethrowawayisa“naturalresource”that,withrecycling,canbeusedtoproduceavarietyofmewproducts.Unfortunately,Americarecyclesonly10%ofitsrubbish,burns10%anddeposits(存放)80%inwastedisposalgrounds.Asaresult,ithastocopewith
3、aserioussolidwasteproblem.Everyyear,Americansthrowawayabout160milliontonsofrubbish.Ofthattotal,plasticsmakeuplessthan8%,paperabout36%,andglassandmetalabout20%,allbyweight.Plasticsarenaturallylighter,butstill,whenpressedtogether,accountforonlyabout20%byvolume(体积).Asaresu
4、lt,inthepast10yearstheUnitedStates’wastedisposalgroundshavedecreasedfromabout18,500to6,000.Infiveyears2,000morewillclose.Intheprocessoffindingsolutions,somepeoplehaveproposedtostopusingplastics.Unfortunately,stoppingusingplasticswoulddomuchharmandnogood.Wewouldloseallof
5、thesafety,healthandconveniencefeaturesofplastics.Besides,packaging（包装)wouldstillbeneeded.A1987studyshowswhatwouldhappenifplasticswerenotused---theenergyneededtoproduceotherpackaging,itscost,andthevolumeofwastecollectedwouldallrisegreatly.SomeAmericansbelievepartoftheans
6、wertoAmerica’swasteproblemliesinrecyclingeverythingfromglasstometalstopapertoplastic.Today,recyclingisontherise.Therearenowmorethan1,000wasterecyclingprogramsintheU.S.Manyarebeginningtorecycleplastics.Rightnow,almost200companiesarerecyclingmillionsofusedplasticcontainer
7、sintotoys,trafficsigns,wastebaskets,floormaterials,andparkbenches.Plasticsareamongtheeasiestmaterialstorecycle.Morethan150millionpoundsor20%ofallplasticsoftdrinkbottleswererecycledin1987.1.Whatcan’ttheplasticsoftdrinkbottlebeturnedinto?A.NewspapersB.AutomobilepartsC.Toy
8、sD.Trafficsigns2.OfalltherubbishintheU.S.,plasticsaccountfor____byweightand____byvolume.A.20%,20%B.8%,20%C.36%
