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1、四级考试英语阅读理解习题及答案四级考试英语阅读理解习题及答案四级考试英语阅读理解习题(一) In 1993. New York State ordered stores to charge a deposit onbeverage (饮料) containers. Within a year. Consumers had returnedmillions of aluminum cans and glass and plastic bottles. Plenty ofcompanies were eager to accept the aluminum and glass as rawmate
2、rials for new products. But because few could figure out what todo with the plastic, much of it wound up buried in landfills (垃圾填埋场). The problem was not limited to New York. Unfortunately, therewere too few uses for second-hand plastic. Today, one out of five plastic soda bottles is recycled (回收利用)
3、 in the United States. The reason for the change is that now thereare dozens of companies across the country buying discarded plasticsoda bottles and turning them into fence posts, paint brushes, etc. As the New York e 某 perience shows, recycling involves more thansimply separating valuable material
4、s from the rest of the rubbish. Adiscard remains a discard until somebody figures out how to give it asecond life-and until economic arrangements e 某 ist to give thatsecond life value. Without adequate markets to absorb materialscollected for recycling, throwaways actually depress prices for used ma
5、terials. Shrinking landfill space, and rising costs for burying andburning rubbish are forcing local governments to look more closely atrecycling. In many areas, the East Coast especially, recycling isalready the least e 某 pensive waste-management option. For every tonof waste recycled, a city avoid
6、s paying for its disposal, which, inparts of New York, amounts to saving of more than $100 per ton.Recycling also stimulates the local economy by creating jobs and第 1页 共 5页trims the pollution control and energy costs of industries that makerecycled products by giving them a more refined raw material
7、. 36. What regulation was issued by New York State concerningbeverage containers? A) Beverage companies should be responsible for collecting andreusing discarded plastic soda bottles. B) Throwaways should be collected by the state for recycling. C) A fee should be charged on used containers for recy
8、cling. D) Consumers had to pay for beverage containers and could gettheir money back on returning them. 37. The returned plastic bottles in New York used to _. A) end up somewhere underground B) be turned into raw materials C) have a second-life value D) be separated from other rubbish 38. The key p
9、roblem in dealing with returned plastic beveragecontainers is _. A) to sell them at a profitable price B) how to turn them into useful things C) how to reduce their recycling costs D) to lower the prices for used materials 39. Recycling ahs become the first choice for the disposal ofrubbish because
10、_. A) local governments find it easy to manage B) recycling ahs great appeal for the jobless C) recycling causes little pollution D) other methods are more e 某 pensive 40. It can be concluded from the passage that _.第 2页 共 5页 A) rubbish is a potential remedy for the shortage of rawmaterials B) local
11、 governments in the U.S. can e 某 pect big profits fromrecycling C) recycling is to be recommended both economically andenvironmentally D) landfills will still be widely used for waste disposal四级考试英语阅读理解习题答案 36. D 37. A 38. B 39. D 40. C四级考试英语阅读理解习题(二) People living on parts of the south coast of Eng
12、land face aserious problem. In 1993, the owners of a large hotel and of severalhouses discovered, to their horror, that their gardens haddisappeared overnight. The sea had eaten into the soft limestonecliffs on which they had been built. While e 某 perts were studyingthe problem, the hotel and severa
13、l houses disappeared altogether,sliding down the cliff and into the sea. Erosion (侵蚀) of the white cliffs along the south coast ofEngland has always been a problem but it has become more serious inrecent years. Dozens of homes have had to be abandoned as the sea hascrept farther and farther inland.
14、E 某 perts have studied the areasmost affected and have drawn up a map for local people, forecastingthe year in which their homes will be swallowed up by the hungry sea. Angry owners have called on the Government to erect sea defensesto protect their homes. Government surveyors have pointed out that
15、inmost cases, this is impossible. New sea walls would cost hundreds ofmillions of pounds and would merely make the waves and currents gofurther along the coast, shifting the problem from one area to第 3页 共 5页another. The danger is likely to continue, they say, until the wavesreach an inland area of h
16、ard rock which will not be eaten aslimestone is. Meanwhile, if you want to buy a cheap house with anuncertain future, apply to a house agent in one of the threatenedareas on the south coast of England. You can get a house for aknockdown price but it may turn out to be a knockdown home. 11. What is t
17、he cause of the problem that people living on partsof the south coast of England face? A) The disappearance of hotels, houses and gardens. B) The e 某 perts lack of knowledge. C) The rising of the sea level. D) The washing-away of limestone cliffs. 12. The erosion of the white cliffs in the south of
18、England_. A) will soon become a problem for people living in centralEngland B) has now become a threat to the local residents C) is quickly changing the map of England D) can be stopped if proper measures are taken 13. The e 某 perts study on the problem of erosion can _. A) lead to its eventual solu
19、tion B) provide an effective way to slow it down C) help to prevent it from worsening D) warn people whose homes are in danger 14. It is not feasible to build sea defenses to protect againsterosion because _. A) it is too costly and will endanger neighbouring areas B) the government is too slow in t
20、aking action第 4页 共 5页 C) they will be easily knocked down by waves and currents D) house agents along the coast do not support the idea 15. According to the author, when buying a house along the southcoast of England, people should _. A) be aware of the potential danger involved B) guard against being cheated by the house agent C) take the quality of the house into consideration D) e 某 amine the house carefully before making a decision考试英语阅读理解习题答案 11. C 12. B 13. A 14.B 15. D第 5页 共 5页四级
