3.There is a change in the air at the tea factory in Thika,Kenya.It is free of the dark smoke that rises from the boilers(鍋爐) of Kenya's other tea factories.
Makomboki Company has begun to use a less costly and more environmentally friendly fuel.Instead of burning wood,the tea maker is burning briquettes(煤球) made of animal material waste and something else,The Kenya Tea Development Authority supervises(治理) Kenya's 66 tea factories.Makomboki is the only one that does not use firewood in tea production.The factory is deep in central Kenya's hilly and fertile tea-growing Muranga County.The employees feed the factory's boilers with briquettes of plants and rice husks-the dry outer covering of the seeds
-mixed with sawdust(鋸屑).John Gitau,manager at the factory,expressed excitement about their change in fuels.They haven't used a single cubic meter of firewood in the last six months.
In 2010,the International Trade Center started a training project.It aimed to teach Kenyan tea makers new production methods to help limit the release of climate change gases.Since then,Makomboki Company has increased its use of optional fuels and stopped depending on firewood.Taylors of Harrogate is a Makomboki customer.The British tea and coffee company helped the Kenyan factory change fuels.It connected Makomboki with the Living Earth Foundation.The non-governmental group donated the machines to make the briquettes.The husks for the briquettes come from otherfactories within Muranga and Kiambu counties.The sawdust comes from factories near the tea factory.
John Gitau said it takes the factory six months to produce about 2.5 million kilograms of tea.During that time,their boilers would use up to 10,000 cubic meters of wood-or about 30,000 trees worth.Furthermore,the factory used to spend 542,000ayearonfirewood.Now,theintroductionofbriquetteshascuttheenergybillto295,600.
John Gitau said representatives from other factories have visited Malomboli to learn more about the optional fuel.He hopes more factories will follow his company's lead in 2016.
28.Malomboki use optional fuels mainly forD.
A.economic benefits           
B.quality of the products
C.the foreign assistance          
D.environmental protection
29.Malomboki Company might not have changed its fuel ifD.
A.it hadn't enough money for it         
B.Taylors hadn't helped it   
C.Harrogate hadn't offered it machines               
D.it were not located in Muranga county
30.What do the factories mentioned in Para.3 probably do?A
A.They have fuel processing        
B.They have rice processing
C.They have wood processing   
D.They carry out tea production
31.Which of the following is NOT true?A
A.There are only 66 tea factories in Kenya and they are all environmentally friendly factories
B.Now Makomboki has saved 246,000 dollars on energy a year
C.John thinks highly of the briquettes as an environmentally friendly fuel in tea production  
D.Makomboki is a tea factory that doesn't use firewood to produce tea.

分析 文章介紹了在in Thika,Kenya的一些茶廠改變了用燃料的方式,從原來的燒木材到現(xiàn)在的煤炭,節(jié)約了成本也保護(hù)了環(huán)境.

解答 D D A A
28.D 細(xì)節(jié)題.在第二段的第一句話Makomboki Company has begun to use a less costly and more environmentally friendly fuel告訴我們開始使用一種更加低成本但更環(huán)保的燃料,所以目的是為了保護(hù)環(huán)境.
29.D 細(xì)節(jié)題.The factory is deep in central Kenya's hilly and fertile tea-growing Muranga County該公司是唯一一家地處Muranga county中心的茶廠,所以其地理位置決定了它使用新型燃料的必要性.
30.A推理題.在第三段提到其他工廠提供煤球,還有sawdust都是對(duì)新型燃料提供加工過程.
31.A細(xì)節(jié)題.文章并沒有提到在該地區(qū)只有66 tea factories 所以A是錯(cuò)誤的;根據(jù)文章最后一段During that time,their boilers would use up to 10,000 cubic meters of wood-or about 30,000 trees worth.Furthermore,the factory used to spend 542,000ayearonfirewood.Now,theintroductionofbriquetteshascuttheenergybillto295,600.
可知,John Gitau 高度贊揚(yáng)了新型燃料,所以BC是正確的.

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