Would the voice of Amanda Holden saying “your city had talent” encourage you to use a litter bin? Or maybe former Monty Python star Michael Palin telling you no one had expected “the Spanish bin-quisition”？
Organizers of a plan persuading celebrities（名人）to lend their voices to “talking bins”believe it can make a real difference to keeping Britain tidy. They hope that by using humor, they will succeed where fines and warnings have failed in keeping streets and parks clean.
A similar experiment in Sweden found a talking bin received nearly three times as much rubbish as an ordinary one because people were attracted by its quality of being new and unusual value.
Twenty-five specially adapted bins to be installed（安裝）in the streets of London and Liverpool next  month will use a sound card to play a themed message when litter is placed inside. For example，one near the Royal Opera House will play a “thank-you” message sung by Janis Kelly to the tune of Nessun Dorina. Bins installed in Liverpool will play Beatles-themed messages. For others，Britain’s Got Talent  judge Holden is expected to record the message：“This is Amanda, and this city’s got talent.”
The campaign，entitled Bin Thinking, is being organized by art group Sing London. If successful，talking bins could become a familiar feature on Britain’s streets.
Colette Hiller, director of Sing London, said, “ The idea is to reward people in a small way for changing their behavior and raise awareness through a sense of fun.”
小題1:What is the plan persuading celebrities to lend their voices to “talking bins” aimed at？
A．Attracting passers’-by attention on celebrities.
B．Encouraging people to use the litter bins to keep Britain tidy.
C．Making fun of those who won’t keep the streets and parks clean.
D．Thanking people for cleaning the litter bins through a sense of fun.
小題2:The following stars’ voices are to be lent to “talking bins” except_________________.
A．Amanda Holder’ sB．Michael Palin’s
C．Janis Kelly’sD．Nessun Dorma' s
小題3:We can infer from the text that_________________.
A．children are most attracted by “talking bins”
B．different messages will be played due to different streets
C．Britain is the first city where the experiment on “talking bins” was made
D．“talking bins” might take the place of ordinary litter bins in Britain
小題4:What would be the best title for the text?
A．Lending your voice to “talking bins”
B．Sing London art organization
C．A campaign named Bin Thinking
D．A new experiment on litter bins

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:D
小題4:A

試題分析：
小題1:推理題，由第一段的第一行Would the voice of Amanda Holden saying “your city had talent” encourage you to use a litter bin可以知道鼓勵人們用垃圾桶保持英國干凈，所以選B
小題2:細節(jié)題，由由第一段可以找出Amanda Holden和Michael Palin，在倒數(shù)第三段倒數(shù)第四行可以找到Janis Kelly，所以選D
小題3:推理題，由文章的主要意思“談論垃圾桶可以保持干凈”，所以選D
小題4:推理題，由本文的中心思想“用聲音探討垃圾桶可以保持干凈”，所以選A
點評：本文說明了探討垃圾可以保持干凈，先通讀全文，然后帶著問題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀。本文主要考查推理題，要求學生有很強的推理分析能力。
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