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
考研
By 2010, half the recoverable material in Britain’s dustbins will be recycled—that, at least, was the target set by Chris Patten
By 2010, half the recoverable material in Britain’s dustbins will be recycled—that, at least, was the target set by Chris Patten
admin
2010-01-13
45
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 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 and 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 5,Para. 2)probably mean?
选项
A、difference
B、separation
C、classification
D、mixture
答案
D
解析
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,而在英国实验计划正在进行”,原文中的“A bewildering assortment of different collection schemes”就是指的不同回收利用方法的混合掺杂,所以D项“mixture”正确。A项“difference”如果放入句中,就与“different”相重复,故排除;B项“separation”表示“分离”,C项“classification”表示“分类”,这两项与句意都不相符合,因此排除。故选D。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/a0mi777K
0
在职申硕(同等学力)英语
相关试题推荐
与SLE病情活动性无关的实验室检查是
Insomeways,theUnitedStateshasmadespectacularprogress.Firesnolongerdestroy18,000buildingsastheydidintheGreat
TodayblackchildreninsouthAfricaarestillreluctanttostudysubjectsfromwhichtheywereeffectivelybarredforsolong.
Thethreedisrespectfulsonsbegantofeelworriedabouttheultimate______ofthefamily’sproperty.
Researchshowsheavycoffeedrinkingis______asmallincreaseinbloodpressure,butnotenoughtoincreasetheriskforhighb
Cananinventivesocietygetbolderasitgrowsolder?Thatquestionaffectspeopleofallages—especiallythoselivingintheU
Directions:Inthispart,youaretowritewithin30minutesacompositionofnolessthan150wordsaboutTheEnergyUsedinAm
Woman:Look,Idon’twanttobotheryou,butthestereoisreallyloud.Man:Ididn’trealizeyoucouldhearit.Question:
FrictionbetweenAmerica’smilitaryanditscivilianoverseersisnothingnew.America’s220-yearexperimentinciviliancontrol
Havingcomefromanaffluentsociety,Dickfounditdifficulttoadjusttoasmall,countrytown.
随机试题
AAtthestation,IBtoldthatCanoldladyhadallhermoneyDstolen.
A.雌、孕激素序贯试验(+)B.雌、孕激素序贯试验(-)C.孕激素试验(+)D.孕激素试验(-)E.垂体兴奋试验可以鉴别闭经病因是在下丘脑或在垂体()
取得注册结构工程师执业资格证书者,要从事结构工程设计业务的须申请注册,但有下列( )情形的,不予注册。①不具备完全民事行为能力的;②因受刑事处罚,自处罚完毕之日起至申请注册之日止不满5年的;③因在结构工程设计或相关业务中犯有错误
当会计单位实现了会计核算电算化以后,该单位的全部会计工作就实现了电算化。()
如果在分配辅助生产费用时,将辅助生产车间按计划单位成本分配转出数与辅助生产车间实际发生的费用的差额,全部计入了管理费用,这种费用的分配方法是()。
专家指出,如果春季前期降水偏少或无降水,由于地表干燥、土质疏松,这样就为形成沙尘暴天气提供了大量沙尘源,当西伯利亚冷空气爆发形成大风时,空气对流形成强风垂直切变产生上升流运动,强迫将地面沙尘卷至高空形成沙尘暴天气。此外,专家强调沙尘暴的形成还有许多更复杂的
解放区土改意义重大,主要包括()
Women’smindsworkdifferentlyfrommen’s.Atleast,thatiswhatmostmenareconvincedof.Psychologistsviewthesubjectei
Theamazingsuccessofhumansasa【C1】______istheresultoftheevolutionarydevelopmentofourbrainswhichhasled,amongoth
Newresearchsuggeststhatregularlyplayinganinstrumentchangestheshapeandpowerofthebrainandmaybeusedintherapyt
最新回复
(
0
)