高中英語閱讀理解練習(xí)100篇 Sorting

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Excused from recycling because you live in a high rise with a rubbish chute? You won't be for long. Miami's Mark Shantzis has made it simple for those living in tall buildings to use the chute and recycle too.

In Shantzis' Hi-Rise Recycling System, a chute leads to a pie-shaped container with six boxes that can turn around when operated. The system, which fits in the same space as the chute and container now in use, enables glass, plastic, paper, metal, and other rubbish to go into separate boxes.

The system is controlled from a board fixed next to the chute door. The board has a button for each class of recycling materials (as well as for unrecyclables). At the press of a button, a microcomputer locks all other floors' chute door and sets the recycling container turning until the right box comes under the chute. The computer also counts the loads and gives a signal by phone when the box is full. And a particular piece of equipment breaks up the nonrecyclables.

Sorting(分類) recyclables before they are collected saves the use of expensive materials recovery equipment which otherwise has to do the sorting. Such equipment often makes recycled materials very expensive, so expensive that tons of recyclables remain wasted. Shantzis believes his system could help recycled materials become more cost-effective.

1. The purpose in writing this text is ________.
A. to encourage people to recycle their rubbish
B. to introduce a recycling system for high rises
C. to describe the use of computer technology in recycling
D. to explain the need for rubbish collection in high rises

2. When he says "You won't be for long" the writer means that ________.
A. you'll soon be living in a cleaner building
B. rubbish chutes will become out of date before long
C. you won't wait long for your turn to recycle rubbish
D. it won't be long before you'll have to recycle your rubbish

3. Before dropping rubbish into the chute you have to ________.
A. lock the other floors' chute doors
B. check if the container is full
C. press the correct button
D. break up the rubbish

4. The biggest advantage of this new system is that _________.
A. it reduces the cost of recycling
B. it saves time and space
C. it saves money for people living in high rises
D. it makes better use of the existing recovery equipment

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1. B。考查寫作目的。文章第1段說：由于你住在帶有垃圾通道的高層建筑里，對(duì)垃圾的回收不便是情有可原的;但是在不久的將來這種不回收的借口是不存在的了。美國邁阿密州 Mark Shantzis 已經(jīng)使住在高層建筑里的人們利用垃圾通道回收利用垃圾變得簡單了，應(yīng)選 B。

2. D。Mark Shantzis 已經(jīng)使得住在高層建筑里的人們利用垃圾通道回收利用垃圾變成了一件簡單的事，應(yīng)選D。

3. C。文章第2段言及這套垃圾處理系統(tǒng)含有六個(gè)可旋轉(zhuǎn)的容器;文章第3段言及只要你按一種按鈕，這個(gè)電腦系統(tǒng)就將其余各層其余的通道鎖住，只讓你按的那個(gè)按鈕的通道暢通。因此按何種按鈕是垃圾分類的關(guān)鍵。

4. C。文章最后一段提及，在收集垃圾之前將它們分類節(jié)省了使用分類設(shè)備的費(fèi)用，而使用這些設(shè)備又得被回收物質(zhì)白白地浪費(fèi)了。Shantzis 相信這套回收系統(tǒng)有助于可回收物質(zhì)變得更有(經(jīng)濟(jì))效益。