Disposing(处理)of waste has been a problem since humans started producing it.As more and mo

Disposing(处理)of waste has been a problem since humans started producing it.As more and more people choose to live close together in cities,the waste-disposal problem becomes Increasingly difficult.
During the eighteenth century,it was usual for several neighboring towns to get together to select a faraway spot as a dump site.Residents or trash haulers(垃圾拖运者)would transport household rubbish,rotted wood,and old possessions to the site.Periodically(定期的)some of the trash was burned and the rest was buried.The unpleasant sights and smells caused no problem because nobody lived close by.
Factories,mills,and other industrial sites also had waste to be disposed of.Those located on rivers often just dumped the unwanted remains into the water.Others built huge burners with chimneys to deal with the problem.
Several facts make these choices unacceptable to modern society.The first problem is space Dumps,which are now called landfills,are most needed in heavily populated areas.Such areas rarely have empty land suitable for this purpose.Property is either too expensive or too close to residential(住宅区的) neighborhoods.Long-distance trash hauling has been a common practice but once farm areas are refusing to accept rubbish from elsewhere,cheap land within trucking distance of major city areas is almost nonexistent.
Awareness(意识) of pollution dangers has resulted in more strict rules of waste disposal. Pollution of rivers,ground water,land and air is a price people can no longer pay to get rid of waste. The amount of waste,however,continues to grow.
Recycling efforts have become commonplace,and many towns require their people to take part.Even he most efficient recycling programs,however,can hope to deal with only about 50 Percent of a city’s reusable waste.
【小题1】The most suitable title for this passage would be .A．Places for Disposing WasteB．Waste Pollution DangersC．Ways of Getting Rid of WasteD．Waste Disposal Problem【小题2】During the 18th century,people disposed their waste in many ways EXCEPT for .A．burying itB．recycling itC．burning itD．throwing it into rivers【小题3】What can be inferred from the fourth paragraph?A．Farm areas accept waste from the city in modern society.B．There is cheap land to bury waste in modern society.C．It is difficult to find space to bury waste in modern society.D．Ways to deal with waste in modern society stay the same.【小题4】The main purpose of writing this article is to .A．draw people’s attention to waste managementB．warn people of the pollution dangers we are facingC．call on people to take part in recycling programsD．tell people a better way to get rid of the wasteD

(答案→)D 解析：【小题1】提示:第一段告诉了读者本文的中心思想。答案:D【小题2】提示:从文章第二、三段可知。答案:B【小题3】提示:实际所使用的垃圾处理方法是烧、埋、倾倒进河里。第四段论述了这些方法在现代社会的不可接受性。文中例数了用这些方法处理垃圾的问题，可见在方法上没有进展。答案:D【小题4】提示:文章介绍了过去与现在的垃圾处理方法，论述了这种方法所带来的问题和人们对这一问题的认识。最后一段强调利用回收的方法依然不能解决问题的严峻形势。文章旨在引起人们对废物管理的进一步关注。答案:A

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