词汇：
region  n. 地区，区域
relax  v. (使)松驰，放松
religion  n. 宗教，信仰
religious  a. 宗教的，信教的
remain  v. 1. 留下2. 尚须3. 仍然是4. 保持 ( = keep，stay)
remember  v. 记住；转达问候
repair  n. 修理v. 补救；修理
repay  v. 偿还；报答
repetition  n. 重复，反复
repeatedly  ad.重复地,再三地
reply  v./n. 回答，答复
report  n. 报告，汇报v. 报告，汇报
republic  n. 共和国
reputation  n. 名声，声望
request  v./n. 请求，要求
research  v./n. 研究
residence  n. 住处，住宅
resident  n. 居民，常住者
restaurant  n. 餐馆，饭店
rice  n. 稻，米
riddle  n. 谜，谜语
ring  n. 戒指；环；铃声v. 响铃
risk  v. 冒……的危险
robbery  n. 抢劫，盗取
rock  n. 岩石；v. 摇动
rocket  n. 火箭v. 迅速上升，猛涨
romantic  a. 浪漫的；好幻想的
roof  n. 屋顶
rope  n. 绳，索
roundabout  a. 迂回，转弯抹角的n. 环状交叉路
 
阅读理解：
Disposing 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 increasingly 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 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 of pollution dangers has resulted in more strict rules of waste disposal. Pollution of rivers, ground water, land and air is a price people can no 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.
1.       The most suitable title for this passage would be ______.
A．Places for Disposing Waste
B．Waste Pollution Dangers
C．Ways of Getting Rid of Waste
D．Waste Disposal Problem

2．During the 18th century, people disposed their waste in many ways EXCEPT for ______.
A．burying it
B．recycling it
C．burning it
D．throwing it into rivers

3．The main purpose of writing this article is to ______.
A．draw people’s attention to waste management
B．warn people of the pollution dangers we are facing
C．call on people to take part in recycling programs
D．tell people a better way to get rid of the waste
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
答案解析：
1．解析：D正确
这篇文章的最佳标题是什么？
文章讨论的主要就是垃圾处理问题，找到关键词就不难选择了。

2解析：B正确
垃圾循环利用没有出现在18世纪人们处理垃圾的方法当中。

3．解析：A正确
作者提出垃圾处理问题面临的困境，希望引起人们对此的重视。
参考译文：
垃圾处理从人类开始制造垃圾开始就一直是个问题。随着越来越多的人选择聚集在城市中，垃圾处理问题变得愈加困难。

18世纪，通常的做法是，几个毗邻的城镇一起选择一个很远的地方作为垃圾倾倒场。住户或是垃圾拖运工将家庭垃圾，腐烂的木头和旧物运到垃圾倾倒场。人们定期焚烧或是掩埋这些垃圾。这种令人不悦的场景和气味不会引起问题，因为附近没有住户。

工厂，作坊和其他工业用地同样有需要处理的废物。在河流附近的工厂常常把废物倒进河水里。有些则建造巨大的带有烟囱的焚烧炉来解决这个问题。

在现代社会这些做法因为某些原因难以接受。第一个问题就是垃圾场，现在称为垃圾填埋场，在人口密集处需求最大。但是那样的地方很少有供垃圾填埋的空地。要么地价太贵，要么太靠近住宅区。长途垃圾拖运称为普遍做法，但是一旦农地拒绝接受其他地方的垃圾，便宜且在大型城市区域卡车运输距离以内的地方就不复存在了。

对污染危害的意识衍生出对垃圾处理更加严格的标准。河流，地下水，土地和空气污染不再是人们为了处理垃圾而要做出的牺牲。然而，垃圾的数量在持续增加。

人们采取回收利用的方法，许多城镇要求居民参与其中。然而，即便是最高效的回收利用系统也只能有望处理城市大约50%的可再生垃圾。
词汇及短语：
dispose: vt. & vi. 处理; 处置
trash hauler: 垃圾拖运者
dump: 倾倒, 丢弃, 倾卸, 堆放
haul: vt. & vi. 拖, 拉;运送
landfill: 废弃物填埋场;废弃物填埋;填埋的废弃物
commonplace:普通的, 平庸的
reusable:可再用的，可重复使用的，可重用的