A new set of R's are here: Recycle, Reduce and Reuse. These three “Rs”，when used every day, can reduce the amount of waste going into landfills, reduce the litter polluting the land and water, conserve (节约) energy and save your money.
Recycling is one of the easiest ways to save energy, money and time while reducing the amount of garbage going into landfills.
Most communities have roadside pickup service to recycle common household items like glass, steel, aluminum, newspaper and cardboard. By separating out the recyclable items from normal household trash, you can reduce the amount of trash entering a landfill by more than 75 percent.
Recycling one aluminum beverage can saves enough energy to run your television for three hours. Even better, local recyclers or scrapmetal dealers may pay money for your metal recyclables.
It is estimated that the 54 billion cans recycled last year in the US saved 15 million barrels of oil. That is equivalent (相等的) to the US oil consumption for one day. Recycling other household items offers similar savings in money and energy.
Composting food waste will reduce your trash load even more. A basic compost pile built with the help of instructions from numerous resources on the web can be constructed over a weekend, using materials easily obtained from local hardware or home improvement stores. In addition to reducing your waste, this allnatural recycling provides safe, clean and organic fertilizer for your garden, eliminating the need to buy chemicalderived products.
Finally, recycling other household items like computers, televisions and monitors and household chemicals like pesticides (农药) and paints will remove dangerous chemicals like mercury (水银) and lead from the landfills.
If your community doesn't offer recycling programs, contact your local government to get one established.
1.What's NOT true about recycling in the eyes of the author?
A. It's energyefficient.
B. It's moneysaving.
C. It's timeconsuming.
D. It's environmentallyfriendly.
2.Recycling________aluminum beverage cans save enough energy to keep your TV on for half a day.
A. three B. four
C. five D. six
3.What's the possible meaning of the underlined word “composting” in the sixth paragraph?
A. Turning waste into fertilizer.
B. Throwing waste into dustbin.
C. Making waste clean and useful.
D. Finding new land to put the rubbish in.
4.The passage tells us the way of living a ________life.
A. happy B. rich
C. green D. economical
My husband and I were on our way home to Adlaide after holidaying in Queensland with our three children. It was late afternoon as we were heading for Narrandera, where we ______ to stay the night.
The car became difficult to control and we ______ we had a flat tyre (轮胎). It was quite ______ by the time we'd ______ all the camping equipment and ______ the tyre. Then, not long after getting back on the road, another tyre ______ . But now we had no ______.There was no traffic on the road and only farms along the way.
Just as we were debating whether to sleep in the car or ______ to the nearest farm for help, car headlights ______ in the distance. My husband walked to the middle of the road to flag it down, ______ the children and I sat in the car with the inside light on so the driver could ______ we were a family and not a threat.
______， it was a lovely couple and their three children who lived on a nearby______ farm. We all piled into their car, and a short drive later we ______ their farm. They suggested we spend the ______ on the floor of their sitting room.
The next morning, after cooking us a great ______， the farmer took my husband into the nearby town to buy new tyres. Our two ______ got on so well that they ______ us to stay on for another day to learn about the workings of the farm and watch their daughter ______ ride one of the huge pigs.
We finally continued home to South Australia, very ______ for the kindness this family had shown us.
1.A. planned B. refused C. managed D. hesitated
2.A. promised B. admitted C. remembered D. realized
3.A. cold B. hot C. dark D. light
4.A. loaded B. removed C. bought D. destroyed
5.A. changed B. afforded C. improved D. exchanged
6.A. blew B. came C. stayed D. started
7.A. money B. time C. spare D. share
8.A. escape B. return C. drive D. walk
9.A. helped B. remained C. appeared D. waited
10.A. since B. though C. while D. unless
11.A. hear B. see C. smell D. prove
12.A. Luckily B. Unfortunately C. Strangely D. Naturally
13.A. chicken B. duck C. pig D. cow
14.A. got away from B. arrived at C. lived up to D. looked for
15.A. day B. holiday C. night D. weekend
16.A. supper B. lunch C. dinner D. breakfast
17.A. children B. families C. friends D. strangers
18.A. invited B. ordered C. required D. allowed
19.A. uselessly B. endlessly C. fearlessly D. carelessly
20.A. eager B. ready C. sorry D. grateful
These comments are not directly________ to the inquiry about safety standards.
A. controversial B. accessible
C. appropriate D. relevant
He was robbed last night, but________he didn't have much money on him then.
A. fortunately B. eventually
C. certainly D. surprisingly
—What happened to you?
—I ________in the street when someone patted me on the shoulder，which frightened me.
A. was walking B. had walked
C. was about to walk D. was on the point of walking
The young dancers looked so charming in their beautiful clothes that we took________pictures of them.
A. many of B. the number of
C. large numbers of D. a large amount of
