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【題目】 People feel good about recycling, maybe even more so when it comes to electronics. While electronics recycling isn't bad, making it a panacea(萬能藥) for the e-waste problem we currently have certainly is. Unfortunately, that's how we think of recycling — and companies to jump on that trend to appear more “green”.

A case in point: Apple. In 2016, there was lots of report on Liam, a robot able to dismantle(拆卸) an iPhone in just 11 seconds — a good way to recycle 1.2 million units a year. That sounds amazing until you take into account the fact that Apple had actually sold 231 million new iPhones the year before. Liam, actually, is the perfect symbol for recycling in the field of high-tech: a drop of green water in an ocean of pollution.

According to a recent UN report, the US produces about 6.3 million tons or 14% of the world's electronic waste. Worldwide, almost 45 million tons of electronic waste were produced in 2016. Among them, only 20% had been recycled in some shape or form. The remaining 80% made its way to a more environmentally damaging end at the landfill(垃圾填埋場).

Of course, we can say it's time to double our recycling efforts. However, the huge amount of e-waste is impossible to cope with. The UN report points out that while there is an increased focus on recycling today compared to the past, the effort to reuse used devices simply can't keep pace with the high consumption rates for new devices.

In their environmental responsibility report, Apple admits that 77% of the carbon footprint of their electronics comes from their manufacture, versus(相對于) 17% comes from its actual use. The environmental effect of replacing a device, even if it is recycled after, remains significant.

【1】Which of the following can best describe Liam?

A.It's useful but can't make a big difference.

B.It's energy-saving but too expensive.

C.It's well-made but won't become popular.

D.It's advanced but impractical.

【2】What caused the e-waste recycling problem?

A.Few high-tech companies.

B.Not enough recycling efforts.

C.High demand for new electronics.

D.Difficult recycling processes.

【3】What does the author think of the electronics recycling?

A.It is very effective.

B.It is quite good.

C.It is environmentally damaging.

D.It is far from “green” recycling.

【4】What can be the best title for the text?

A.A Recent UN Report on E-Waste Problem

B.The Limitation of Electronics Recycling

C.A Good Way to Cope With E-Waste

D.The Responsibility for Apple to Decrease E-Waste

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

本文是一篇議論文。文章討論了電子產(chǎn)品的回收。盡管人們對于電子產(chǎn)品的回收感到滿意，但是現(xiàn)在電子產(chǎn)品的回收卻有很大的局限性。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段Liam, actually, is the perfect symbol for recycling in the field of high-tech: a drop of green water in an ocean of pollution.可知在高科技領(lǐng)域Liam是回收的完美代表，但事實上，只是污染世界里的一點綠滴。由此可見Liam不會產(chǎn)生太大影響，故選A。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段the effort to reuse used devices simply can't keep pace with the high consumption rates for new devices.可知回收再利用電子產(chǎn)品的努力無法跟上對新電子產(chǎn)品的高消費率。由此可知對新電子產(chǎn)品的強烈需求導(dǎo)致了電子產(chǎn)品回收存在的問題。故選C。

【3】推理判斷題。首先根據(jù)第一段Unfortunately, that's how we think of recycling — and companies to jump on that trend to appear more “green”.可知大部分公司只是跟隨潮流讓自己顯得很環(huán)保，事實上并非如此，然后，根據(jù)The environmental effect of replacing a device, even if it is recycled after, remains significant.可知即使被回收，替換電子產(chǎn)品對環(huán)保的影響仍然很大。綜上判斷出我們可以得出電子產(chǎn)品的回收遠非“綠色”回收。故選D。

【4】主旨大意題。通覽全文可知，文章討論了電子產(chǎn)品的回收。盡管人們對于電子產(chǎn)品的回收感到滿意，但是現(xiàn)在電子產(chǎn)品的回收卻有很大的局限性。因此選項B. The Limitation of Electronics Recycling（電子產(chǎn)品回收的局限）為最佳標題。故選B。

推斷判斷題就是推斷隱含意義，根據(jù)文章的某個句子、段落或全文所提供的事實進行邏輯推理，推斷出作者沒有提到、沒有明說或者可能發(fā)生的事實。推理判斷題的題干特點：推斷隱含意義的題干中常含infer（推斷），suggest（暗示），imply（暗示），indicate（暗示），conclude（推斷，得出結(jié)論）等詞語。常見的題干形式如下：Wecanknowfromthepassagethat...；Wecaninferfromthe（first/last）passagethat...；Thepassage/authorimplies/suggeststhat...；Itcanbeconcludedfromthepassagethat...；Theunderlinedsentenceindicatesthat...等等，它的主要解題方法就是找到推理的依據(jù)，然后理解相關(guān)信息點的字面意義，最后結(jié)合語境和常識，在字面意義的基礎(chǔ)上進行符合邏輯的推斷，從而得到作者的言外之意。如第3小題，推理判斷題。首先根據(jù)第一段Unfortunately, that's how we think of recycling — and companies to jump on that trend to appear more “green”.可知大部分公司只是跟隨潮流讓自己顯得很環(huán)保，事實上并非如此，然后，根據(jù)The environmental effect of replacing a device, even if it is recycled after, remains significant.可知即使被回收，替換電子產(chǎn)品對環(huán)保的影響仍然很大。綜上判斷出我們可以得出電子產(chǎn)品的回收遠非“綠色”回收。故選D。