B

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 in-creasingly 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 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 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 cannot 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 the most efficient recycling programs, however, can hope to deal with only about 50 percent of a city's reusable waste.

60The most suitable title for this passage would be       .

APlaces for Disposing Waste              BWaste Pollution Dangers

CWays of Getting Rid of Waste           DWaste Disposal Problem

61During the 18th century, people disposed their waste in many ways EXCEPT for         .

Aburying it                                 Brecycling it

Cburning it                                 Dthrowing it into rivers

62What can be inferred from the fourth paragraph?

AFarm areas accept waste from the city in modern society.

BThere is cheap land to bury waste in modern society.

CIt is difficult to find space to bury waste in modern society.

DWays to deal with waste in modern society stay the same.

63The main purpose of writing this article is to        .

Adraw people's attention to waste management

Bwarn people of the pollution dangers we are facing

Ccall on people to take part in recycling programs

Dtell people a better way to get rid of the waste

C

You are standing under the most famous neon lights in the centre of London, waiting to cross the road. Suddenly the traffic stops. You hear the distant sounds of cheering, clapping and shouting. Then, like a multi-colored train, 2, 000 people with wheels on their feet zoom past you .You have just witnessed the London Skate, a twice weekly roller-skate event that attracts people in their hundreds and thousands London Skate is a completely free tour of the streets of London—the only condition is that you go along on roller-skates. It lasts between two and three hours and by the end of it you have skated between 10 and 12 miles.

The skate snakes sound the streets of London along several different routes. Many of the routes pass by tourist attractions such as Buckingham Palace and Big Ben.

Marshals(交通协调员)go ahead of the group, stopping the traffic so that people can skate as safely as possible. Everyone is welcome to take part and people from the age of 4 to 63 years old join the fun. “I love it very much, it is amazing. It feels just like a carnival(狂欢节)，” said Celeste Beverage regular skater.

Roller-skating is really taking off across Europe and America. It is a very good way to keep fit and can be practised anywhere there is a smooth surface. Many big cities in Western Europe and in the US now have a regular group skating event.

The biggest skates take place in Paris and Munich and tens of thousands of fans show up on warm evenings. “Roller-skating is taking over the world,” said Julian Grenoble, a 25-year-old ski shop employee from London. Grenoble went to the Paris-Roller(Paris skate) regularly until he moved to Britain.

“It's so exciting to skate in Pairs. Everyone skates so fast and puts in their best efforts!” he said. The Paris?Roller is well known because of the huge attendance, the presence of marshals and the police protection. Paris is a great city for roller-skating because of its long wide streets and smooth surfaces. Roller-skating is also becoming more popular in China among young people and children. Skating fans' favorite places to practice in China are big squares.

64This article mainly talks about

Aplaces and streets for roller-skating            Broller-skating in big cities

CLondon Skate Event                          Droller skaters in different countries

65The underlined phrase “taking off ”in the passage means

Arising from the ground                       Bbecoming popular

Csetting out                                      Dgetting exciting

66We can infer from the passage that London Skate Event

Ais probably supported by the city government

Battracts a great many tourist from all over the world

Cusually causes a lot of traffic problems

Ddraws people of all ages into the sport

67Paris is regarded as one of the most suitable places for roller-skating because

Aa large under of roller players attend it

Bthe police protect the roller skaters

Cthe streets are safe, wide and smooth

Dthe event usually takes place on warm evenings

D

●Put sunscreen on before going out in the sun .

●Take it with you.

●Use it

—after a swim

—every hour or so while playing outdoors

—if you get sweaty.

●Cover up when the sun is overhead

—10 a.m.- 2 p.m.

—especially at lunch time.

●Get your suntan gradually and not too much.

●Controlled exposure to sunshine helps avoid skin cancer.

Ask your chemist to recommend a suitable sunscreen.

Queensland Cancer Fund

P.O.Box

Spring Hill,QLD.4000

Phone (07) 839 7077

Provided for community awareness by the Queensland Cancer

68. This passage is most likely to be

A  an article from a student text book

B  a direction from a bottle of medicine

C  an advertisement from a newspaper

Da suggestion from a chemist

69Which statement is true?

AThe more you get sunshine, the better your health will be.

BYou'll never have skin cancer with controlled exposure.

CYou mustn't stay outside from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

DYou should frequently put on sunscreen while playing outdoors.

70According to the passage we can see that Queensland Cancer Fund wants to           .

Asell sunscreen, shirt and hat

Bencourage people to play in the sun

Chelp people guard against skin cancer

Dmake money out of sunscreen

71If you want a sunscreen , you should ask       for advice.

Athe seller      Bthe advertiser

Cyour parents   Dyour doctor