出自:国家开放大学-开放英语4
Dealing with waste is a huge global problem. Unfortunately, many people don’t usually think much about what happens (1) ____
their old fridge when they update to the latest model. A few just dump it (2) ____
the street without another thought.
As a result, Britain currently has over a million old fridges (3) ____
in dumps in fields and in warehouses because the country does not have enough equipment to dispose (4) ____
them. New European Union regulations say that from 1 January 2002, all material that depletes the ozone layer, such as CFC coolants, (5) ____
from fridges before they are put in landfill sites. It is (6) ____
to take quite a while to solve the problem.
But it is not only fridges (7) ____
are difficult to get rid of. What about old computers, TVs and other hi-tech junk? For example, GuangdongProvince, in the southeast of China, has been suffering from problems (8) ____
by imported waste electrical goods like computers. Workers there (9) ____
old computers to extract the recyclable parts like chips, and precious metals (10) ____
gold and platinum.
1. A. at B. to C. of D. on
2. A. in B. at C. from D. off
3. A. rotted B. rot C. rotten D. rotting
4. A. away B. off C. of D. at
5. A. must remove B. must be removing
C. must have removed D. must be removed
6. A. liking B. like C. likeness D. likely
7. A. that B. what C. which D. why
8. A. causing B. cause C. caused D. has caused
9. A. have broken up B. have been breaking up
C. have been broken up D. are breaking up
10. A. as B. like C. for D. than