首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
By 2010, half the recoverable material in Britain’s dustbins will be recycled -- that, at least, was the target set by Chris Pat
By 2010, half the recoverable material in Britain’s dustbins will be recycled -- that, at least, was the target set by Chris Pat
admin
2010-10-14
32
问题
By 2010, half the recoverable material in Britain’s dustbins will be recycled -- that, at least, was the target set by Chris Patten, Secretary of State for the Environment. But he gave no clues as to how Britain should go about achieving it. While recycling enthusiasts debate the relative merits of different collection systems, it will largely be new technology, and the opening up of new markets, that makes Patten’s target attainable: a recycling scheme is successful only if manufacturers use the recovered materials in new products that people want to buy.
The first question is how best to separate clean element -- glass containers, plastics, and some paper and metal containers that is relatively clean when discarded -- from mixed refuse. This clean element is the main target for Britain’s recyclers. The method of collection is important because manufacturers will not reuse collected material unless it is clean and available in sufficient quantities. A bewildering assortment of different collection schemes operates in the rest of Europe, and pilot schemes are now under way in many British cities.
A realistic target for recycling mixed refuse is somewhere between 15 and 25 percent by weight, according to researchers at the Department of Trade and Industry’s Laboratory. Statistics compiled by researchers at the University of East Anglia show that Britain could almost halve(减半)the total weight of domestic waste going to landfill by a combination of "collect" schemes(such as doorstep collections for newspapers), "bring" schemes(such as bottle banks)and plants for extracting metals.
This estimate makes two important ’assumptions. One is that the government will bring in legislation to encourage the creation of markets for products made from recycled materials, especially glass, paper an plastics. The other is that industry will continue to introduce new technology that will improve both the products and the techniques used to separate recoverable materials from mixed refuse.
What does the word "assortment"(Line , Para. 2)probably mean?
选项
A、difference
B、separation
C、classification
D、mixture
答案
D
解析
语义理解题。根据原文第二段末“在欧洲,人们利用不同的收集方法回收利用垃圾,而在英国实验计划正在进行”,原文中的A bewildering assortment of different collection schemes指的就是不同回收利用方法的混合掺杂,所以D(mixture)正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/QGy7777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
WhatdoAmericansoftenthinkofwhenthinkingoffreedom?
Inmanycountries,authorityisseldomquestioned,eitherbecauseitishighlyrespected,orbecauseitisfeared.Sometimes,to
InasurveyconductedbyresearchfirmHarrisInteractive,71%ofAmericanssaidthatspendingextramoneyontravelduringthe
Inhisyouth,KnuteAxelbrodwantedtolearnmanylanguages,toknoweverythingabouthumanhistory,to【C1】______wisebyreadin
Inhisyouth,KnuteAxelbrodwantedtolearnmanylanguages,toknoweverythingabouthumanhistory,to【C1】______wisebyreadin
A、Hewouldfeelashamed.B、Hewouldgiveuptryingagain.C、Hewouldloseconfidenceinhimself.D、Hewouldlearnfromhisexper
A、Scientists.B、Artgraduates.C、Children.D、Women.C本篇所有题目选项中,重复比较多的问右“science”“arts”等,可初步判断本篇是有关科学和艺术两门学科的。本题询问谁被采访了。录音开头就提到“要
A、Bill’sbrother.B、Bill’swife.C、Bill’sfather.D、Bill’sfather-in-law.D题目询问谁病了。关键是听到女士说“他妻子叫他回去送她的父亲去医院”,可判断选项D(Bill的岳父)正确。
Materialculturereferstowhatcanbeseen,held,felt,used--whatacultureproduces.Examiningaculture’stoolsandtechnolo
Allthatwereallyneedtoplotoutthefutureofoaruniverseareafewgoodmeasurements.Thisdoesnotmeanthatwecansitd
随机试题
交感神经节及横纹肌兴奋引起副交感神经异常兴奋引起
分泌雄激素的细胞是
男性,60岁,慢性咳嗽,气喘20年,近1周来病情加重。血气分析:pH7.19,PaCO29.86kPa(74mmHg),HCO3-27.6mmoL/L,BE﹣5mmol/L。考虑下列哪项诊断恰当
A、脾虚失运,痰浊内牛B、脾失健运,水湿泛滥C、脾虚下陷,统摄无权D、脾虚湿盛,流注下焦E、脾肾阳虚,水湿泛滥带下过多脾虚证的病机是
手阳明大肠经在何处交于何经()
图示T形截面杆,一端固定另一端自由,作用在自由端下缘的外力F与杆轴线平行,该杆将发生的变形是()。
公司融资项目资本金来源于公司的()。
根据《标准施工合同》,下列引起暂停施工的情形中,属于承包人责任的是()。
对贵重物资一般要经常进行局部清查,至少应每月清查盘点一次。()
在GB/T2828.1中,检验水平确定了()之间的等级对应关系。
最新回复
(
0
)