单选题 How can we get rid of garbage? Do we have enough energy sources to meet our future energy needs?
These are two important questions that many people are asking today. Some people think that man might be able to solve both problems at the same time. They suggest using garbage as an energy source, and at the same time it can save the land to hold garbage.
For a long time, people buried garbage or dumped(倾倒) it on empty land. Now, empty land is scarce. But more and more garbage is produced each year. However, garbage can be a good fuel to use. The things in garbage do not look like coal, petroleum, or natural gas; but they are chemically similar to these fossil(化石) fuels. As we use up our fossil fuel supplies, we might be able to use garbage as an energy source.
Burning garbage is not a new idea. Some cities in Europe and the United States have been burning garbage for years. The heat that is produced by burning garbage is used to boil water. The steam that is produced is used to make electricity or to heat nearby buildings. In Paris, France, some power plants burn almost 2 million metric tons of the cities garbage each year. The amount of energy produced is about the same as would be produced by burning almost a half million barrels of oil.
Our fossil fuel supplies are limited. Burning garbage might be one kind of energy source that we can use to help meet our energy needs. This method could also reduce the amount of garbage piling up on the earth.
单选题 What two problems can man solve by burning garbage?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 事实细节题。根据文章第二段第三句,消除大量垃圾和得到能源可以同时解决。所以选B。
单选题 Which of the following is not the result of burning garbage?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 事实细节题。文章第四段第三、四句提到燃烧垃圾产生的热量可以烧水,产生的蒸汽可以用来发电或给附近的楼房供暖。只有A未提到。
单选题 According to the passage which of the following is NOT true?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 推理判断题。A、B、C在文章中都是原话,分别见第四段的第五句、第三段的第三句、最后一段;文中讲述的利用垃圾即燃烧垃圾,而燃烧垃圾一点也不“expensive”,所以D选项不正确。
单选题 What is the author"s attitude?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 推理判断题。作者在第二段提出有人认为通过燃烧垃圾可解决能源少、垃圾多的问题。接下来作者用事实证明这句话的正确性,所以是一种“同意、赞成”的态度。
单选题 The best title for the passage may be ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 归纳概括题。概括全文的内容,我们不难发现作者一直在提倡利用垃圾、将垃圾也作为一种能源,故D最恰当。