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Passage Four
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
In 1993, New York State ordered stores to charge a deposit on beverage(饮料) containers. Within a year, consumers had returned millions of aluminum cans and glass and plastic bottles. Plenty of companies were eager to accept the aluminum and glass as raw materials for new products, but because few could figure out what to do 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, there were too few uses for second |hand plastic.
Today, one out of five plastic soda bottles is recycled (回收利用) in the United States. The reason for the change is that now there are dozens of companies across the country buying discarded plastic soda bottles and turning them into fence posts, paint brushes, etc.
As the New York experience shows, recycling involves more than simply separating
valuable materials from the rest of the rubbish. A discard remains a discard until somebody figures out how to give it a second life-and until economic arrangements exist to give that second life value. Without adequate markets to absorb materials collected for recycling, throwaways actually depress prices for used materials.
Shrinking landfill space, and rising costs for burying and burning rubbish are forcing local governments to look more closely at recycling. In many areas, the East Coast especially, recycling is already the least expensive waste |management option. For every ton of waste recycled, a city avoids paying for its disposal, which, in parts of New York, amounts to savings of more than $100 per ton. Recycling also stimulates the local economy by creating jobs and trims the pollution control and energy costs of industries that make recycled products by giving them a more refined raw material.
36. What regulation was issued by New York State concerning beyerage containers?
A) Beverage companies should be responsible for collecting and reusing discarded
plastic soda bottles.
B) Throwaways should be collected by the state for recycling.
C) A fee should be charged on used containers for recycling.
D) Consumers had to pay for beverage containers and could get their 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 problem in dealing with returned plastic beverage containers 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 has become the first choice for the disposal of rubbish because _______.
A) local governments find it easy to manage
B) recycling has great appeal for the jobless
C) recycling causes little pollution
D) other methods are more expensive
40. It can be concluded from the passage that _______.
A) rubbish is a potential remedy for the shortage of raw materials
B) local governments in the U.S. can expect big profits from recycling
C) recycling is to be recommended both economically and environmentally
D) lanfills will still be widely used for waste disposal
Part Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Section A
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A) , B) , C) and D) . Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Anwer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41. It is important that the hotel receptionist _______ that guests are registered
correctly.
A) has made sure B) made sure C) must make sure D) make sure
42. I suggested he should _______ himself to his new conditions.
A) adapt B) adopt C) regulate D) suit
43. I'll never forget _______ you for the first time.
A) to meet B) meeting C) to have met D) having to be meeting
44. Cancellation of the flight _______ many passengers to spend the night at the
airport.
A) resulted B) obliged C) demanded D) recommended
45. That young man still denies _______ the fire behind the store.
A) start B) to start C) having started D) to have started
46. _______ in a recent science competition, the three students were awarded
scholarships totaling $21,000.
A) Judged the best B) Judging the best
C) To be judged the best D) Having judged the best
47. Wihtout proper lessons, you could _______ a lot of bad habits when playing the
piano.
A) keep up B) pick up C) draw up D) catch up
48. Everything we eat and drink contains some salt; we can meet the body's need for it
from natural sources without turning _______ the salt bottle.
A) up B) to C) on D) over
49. He always did well at school _______having to do part-time jobs every now and then.
A) in spite of B) regardless of C) on account of D) in case of
50. ______ receiving financial support from family, community or the government is
allowed, it is never admired.
A) As B) Once C) Although D) Lest
51. All the key words in the article are printed in _______ type so as to attract
readers' attention.
A) dark B) dense C) black D) bold
52. The basic features of the communication process are identified in one question:Who
says _______ through what channel to whom?
A) how B) when C) what D) such
53. I didn't _______ to take a taxi but I had to as I was late.
A) assume B) suppose C) mean D) hope
54. The hours _______ the children spend in their one-way relationship with television
people undoubtedly affect their relationships with real-life people.
A) in which B) on which C) when D) that
55. I'd rather have a room of my own, however small it is, than _______ a room with
someone else.
A) share B) to share C) sharing D) to have shared
56. In Disneyland, every year, some 800,000 plants are replaced because Disney refused
to _______ signs asking his "guests" not to step on them.
A) put down B) put out C) put up D) put off
57. _______ difficulties we may come across, we'll help one another to overcome them.
A) Wherever B) Whatever C) However D) Whenever
58. So many directors _______, the board meeting had to be put off.
A) were absent B) been absent C) had been absent D) being absent
59. On New Year's Eve,New York City holds an outdoor _______ which attracts a crowd of
a million or more people.
A) incident B) event C) case D) affair
60. American football and baseball are becoming known to the British public through
televised _______ from the United States.
A) transfer B) deliveries C) transportation D) transmissions
61. He will surely finish the job on time _______ he's left to do it in his own way.
A) in that B) so long as C) in case D) as far as
62. If this kind of fish becomes _______, future generations may never taste it at all.
A) minimum B) short C) seldom D) scarce
63. The bank is reported in the local newspaper _______ in broad daylight yesterday.
A) being robbed B) having been robbed
C) to have been robbed D) robbed
64. Agriculture was a step in human progress _______ which subsequently there was not
anything comparable until our own machine age.
A) in B) for C) to D) from
65. The same factors push wages and prices up together, the one _______ the other.
A) emphasizing B) reinforcing C) multiplying D) increasing
66. No one had told Smith about _______ a lecture the following day.
A) there being B) there be C) there would be D) there was
67. Operations which left patients _____ and in need of long periods of recovery time
now leave them feeling relaxed and comfortable.
A) exhausted B) abandoned C) injured D) deserted
68. I was halfway back to the cottage where my mother lived ______ Susan caught up
with me.
A) when B) while C) until D) though
69. _______ the temperature falling so rapidly, we couldn't go on with the experiment.
A) Since B) For C) As D) With
70. The bed has been _______ in the family.It was my great-grandmother's originally.
A) handed out B) handed over C) handed down D) handed round
Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
In 1993, New York State ordered stores to charge a deposit on beverage(饮料) containers. Within a year, consumers had returned millions of aluminum cans and glass and plastic bottles. Plenty of companies were eager to accept the aluminum and glass as raw materials for new products, but because few could figure out what to do 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, there were too few uses for second |hand plastic.
Today, one out of five plastic soda bottles is recycled (回收利用) in the United States. The reason for the change is that now there are dozens of companies across the country buying discarded plastic soda bottles and turning them into fence posts, paint brushes, etc.
As the New York experience shows, recycling involves more than simply separating
valuable materials from the rest of the rubbish. A discard remains a discard until somebody figures out how to give it a second life-and until economic arrangements exist to give that second life value. Without adequate markets to absorb materials collected for recycling, throwaways actually depress prices for used materials.
Shrinking landfill space, and rising costs for burying and burning rubbish are forcing local governments to look more closely at recycling. In many areas, the East Coast especially, recycling is already the least expensive waste |management option. For every ton of waste recycled, a city avoids paying for its disposal, which, in parts of New York, amounts to savings of more than $100 per ton. Recycling also stimulates the local economy by creating jobs and trims the pollution control and energy costs of industries that make recycled products by giving them a more refined raw material.
36. What regulation was issued by New York State concerning beyerage containers?
A) Beverage companies should be responsible for collecting and reusing discarded
plastic soda bottles.
B) Throwaways should be collected by the state for recycling.
C) A fee should be charged on used containers for recycling.
D) Consumers had to pay for beverage containers and could get their 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 problem in dealing with returned plastic beverage containers 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 has become the first choice for the disposal of rubbish because _______.
A) local governments find it easy to manage
B) recycling has great appeal for the jobless
C) recycling causes little pollution
D) other methods are more expensive
40. It can be concluded from the passage that _______.
A) rubbish is a potential remedy for the shortage of raw materials
B) local governments in the U.S. can expect big profits from recycling
C) recycling is to be recommended both economically and environmentally
D) lanfills will still be widely used for waste disposal
Part Ⅲ Vocabulary and Structure (20 minutes)
Section A
Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A) , B) , C) and D) . Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Anwer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
41. It is important that the hotel receptionist _______ that guests are registered
correctly.
A) has made sure B) made sure C) must make sure D) make sure
42. I suggested he should _______ himself to his new conditions.
A) adapt B) adopt C) regulate D) suit
43. I'll never forget _______ you for the first time.
A) to meet B) meeting C) to have met D) having to be meeting
44. Cancellation of the flight _______ many passengers to spend the night at the
airport.
A) resulted B) obliged C) demanded D) recommended
45. That young man still denies _______ the fire behind the store.
A) start B) to start C) having started D) to have started
46. _______ in a recent science competition, the three students were awarded
scholarships totaling $21,000.
A) Judged the best B) Judging the best
C) To be judged the best D) Having judged the best
47. Wihtout proper lessons, you could _______ a lot of bad habits when playing the
piano.
A) keep up B) pick up C) draw up D) catch up
48. Everything we eat and drink contains some salt; we can meet the body's need for it
from natural sources without turning _______ the salt bottle.
A) up B) to C) on D) over
49. He always did well at school _______having to do part-time jobs every now and then.
A) in spite of B) regardless of C) on account of D) in case of
50. ______ receiving financial support from family, community or the government is
allowed, it is never admired.
A) As B) Once C) Although D) Lest
51. All the key words in the article are printed in _______ type so as to attract
readers' attention.
A) dark B) dense C) black D) bold
52. The basic features of the communication process are identified in one question:Who
says _______ through what channel to whom?
A) how B) when C) what D) such
53. I didn't _______ to take a taxi but I had to as I was late.
A) assume B) suppose C) mean D) hope
54. The hours _______ the children spend in their one-way relationship with television
people undoubtedly affect their relationships with real-life people.
A) in which B) on which C) when D) that
55. I'd rather have a room of my own, however small it is, than _______ a room with
someone else.
A) share B) to share C) sharing D) to have shared
56. In Disneyland, every year, some 800,000 plants are replaced because Disney refused
to _______ signs asking his "guests" not to step on them.
A) put down B) put out C) put up D) put off
57. _______ difficulties we may come across, we'll help one another to overcome them.
A) Wherever B) Whatever C) However D) Whenever
58. So many directors _______, the board meeting had to be put off.
A) were absent B) been absent C) had been absent D) being absent
59. On New Year's Eve,New York City holds an outdoor _______ which attracts a crowd of
a million or more people.
A) incident B) event C) case D) affair
60. American football and baseball are becoming known to the British public through
televised _______ from the United States.
A) transfer B) deliveries C) transportation D) transmissions
61. He will surely finish the job on time _______ he's left to do it in his own way.
A) in that B) so long as C) in case D) as far as
62. If this kind of fish becomes _______, future generations may never taste it at all.
A) minimum B) short C) seldom D) scarce
63. The bank is reported in the local newspaper _______ in broad daylight yesterday.
A) being robbed B) having been robbed
C) to have been robbed D) robbed
64. Agriculture was a step in human progress _______ which subsequently there was not
anything comparable until our own machine age.
A) in B) for C) to D) from
65. The same factors push wages and prices up together, the one _______ the other.
A) emphasizing B) reinforcing C) multiplying D) increasing
66. No one had told Smith about _______ a lecture the following day.
A) there being B) there be C) there would be D) there was
67. Operations which left patients _____ and in need of long periods of recovery time
now leave them feeling relaxed and comfortable.
A) exhausted B) abandoned C) injured D) deserted
68. I was halfway back to the cottage where my mother lived ______ Susan caught up
with me.
A) when B) while C) until D) though
69. _______ the temperature falling so rapidly, we couldn't go on with the experiment.
A) Since B) For C) As D) With
70. The bed has been _______ in the family.It was my great-grandmother's originally.
A) handed out B) handed over C) handed down D) handed round