2023-2024学年全国全部人教版高考专题英语高考真卷习题及解析.pdfVIP

2023-2024学年全国全部人教版高考专

题英语高考真卷

1.阅读理解

第1题.

Americansmaybeshockedtolearnthatalotofthemarenotverygoodat

sortingrubbish.Afterall,theypridethemselvesontheirrecycling

technologiesandhavearecyclingrateof80%,oneofthehighestofanyrich-

worldcountries.

ScottSmithline,whooverseesrecyclingatCaliforniasEnvironmental

ProtectionAgency,admitsthatitishardtoblamegeneralpublicalone.First

ofall,manypeopledonotknowwhatisactuallyrecyclable.Beerbottlesand

soft-drinkcansare.Somethingsarerecyclableontheirown,butnotwhen

combined,suchaspapercupslinedwithplasticfilm.hesays.Theother

problemisthatresidents

（居民）onlyhavetoseparaterecyclablesfromnon-recyclables.Cans,bottles

andpapersareallmixedintogetherandthrownintoonebin.Thismixcan,to

somedegree,besortedatplants,enabledbyclevertechnologywhichuses

sensorsandmagnets

（磁铁）toseparatematerialsautomatically.However,ScottSmithlinesays,

thesearenomatchforhumanswhenitcomestoprecisesorting.Asthe

amountofrecyclablewasteswellsinAmerica,thequalityofrecycledoutput

hasbeendeclining.

ThisdidnottroubleAmericanssolongastheycouldsendtheir

increasinglyimpurestockabroad.ThenChinaannounceditwouldnotaccept

anyplasticsorcardboardtravelingfromAmerica.AnxietyhitAmericansand

Americanwastemanagementcompanieswerescramblingtolookforwhatto

dowithlargequantitiesofpoor-qualitywastepilingupintheircountry.

Othereffortsarespringinguptoteachresidentshowbettertosorttheir

rubbish.SomeAmericancitiesnowpickupdifferentmaterialsonalternate

（交替的）days.Vendingmachines,whichacceptemptydrinksbottlesand

returnmoneytousers,areappearinginsupermarkets.Morecitiesare

adoptingpay-as-you-throwways.

Butconsumerhabitswilltakelongertochange.Thedevelopedworld

needstorelear