4 . Garbage sorting (分类) has become a hot topic around China, especially after Shanghai began carrying out a regulation (规章) on July 1.

Beijing has been expected to do the same. At present the regulation gives garbage sorting responsibilities to government departments, property management groups and other organizations. It also gives rules for companies, explaining how they’re responsible for waste collection, transportation and treatment. Citizens are free of responsibilities for the moment.

The long-awaited revision will soon change the situation. “Taking out the trash without sorting it properly will be illegal,” said Sun Xinjun, director of the Beijing Commission of Urban Management. In Shanghai, violators (违背者) are now fined up to 200 yuan for trash-sorting violations. “The maximum fine in Beijing will not be less than that,” he said.

The Beijing city government first promoted garbage sorting in 2009. Authorities have since called on citizens to sort their household waste into four types—recyclable waste, kitchen trash, dangerous waste and others , and leave it in a colored dustbin or trash can. Blue-colored dustbins are for recyclable items, green for kitchen trash, red for dangerous materials and grey for other waste.

To promote the awareness of garbage sorting and expand the base of participants, authorities have employed workers to help citizens. With intelligent devices, those who throw in recyclable waste at given places will be rewarded with bonus points, which can be used to buy daily goods. At some communities, there are no color-coded dustbins. Instead, a scheduled garbage collection service is offered to help improve the environment. In other communities, workers offer a door-to-door service to collect recyclable or kitchen waste.

Beijing Environmental Sanitation Engineering Group has been promoting new garbage sorting facilities such as recycling cabinets and smart kitchen waste trash cans since 2016, Xinhua News Agency reported.

1. Which of the following shouldn’t be thrown into a blue dustbin?

A．Coke cans.	B．Thrown-away batteries.
C．Used books.	D．Broken iron pots.

2. We can learn from the passage that __________.

A．citizens are not responsible for garbage sorting in Beijing now

B．recyclable waste like newspapers should be thrown in green dustbins.

C．people sorting recyclable waste will be rewarded in Beijing

D．Shanghai carried out garbage sorting later than Beijing

3. What is the best title for the text?

A．An Example in Garbage Sorting in Shanghai

B．Action to Be Taken to Sort Garbage in Shanghai

C．New Garbage Sorting Regulation in Beijing

D．Present Garbage Collection in Beijing

4. Where can you read the article?

A．A fashion magazine.	B．A science book.
C．A newspaper.	D．A government report.

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Waste Management Booming

Several sculptures made from cans, tires and plastic bottles     1     (display) around a recyclable transfer center in Shanghai last year. The idea of making sculptures with trash is to make people aware that trash can be useful when     2     (sort) properly.

It was in 2018，when President Xi Jinping emphasized the importance of trash classification，

    3     the initiative(倡议) started to get on the fast track. The question “What kind of trash are you（carrying）?”became a popular joke when Shanghai enforced a law that household waste is required to be sorted     4     four categories：recyclables, kitchen, hazardous(危险的) and residual waste.     5     many people doubted it initially, the trash sorting program has achieved great success. Moreover, in the     6     (propose) for the 14th Five-Year Plan(2021—2025), the Central Committee said the country should speed up the building of waste recycling systems.

Besides the efforts made by the government, many companies are entering the trash separation and recycling market. Huazhan Environment,     7     high-tech company in Jiangsu province, launched a new brand, Mr. Cat in English, selling intelligent trash stations and bins to communities.     8     (equip) with cameras, sensors and screens, the smart trash stations are     9     (interact) and help people     10     (reasonable) deal with different kinds of trash. They can also alert waste transportation companies when bins are full.

8 . 现在，你们学校积极参与垃圾分类活动，请你为学校的英语报写一篇简讯，介绍此项活动，内容包括：
1. 活动情况；
2. 做法介绍；
3. 一点感想。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 标题已给出，不计入单词总数。

Waste Classification

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9 . If you live in Shanghai, you might have to take a "lesson" in sorting garbage, as the city recently introduced new garbage-sorting regulations. It's now required that people should sort garbage into four categories, namely recyclable, harmful, dry and wet waste. However, if people fail to sort their garbage properly, they can be fined up to 200 yuan. More cities are introducing similar regulations, following the practice in Shanghai. By the end of 2020, garbage-sorting systems will have been built in 46 major Chinese cities, including Beijing and Shenzhen, reported People's Daily.

According to a study by the Policy Research Center for Environment and Economy, under the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, over 90 percent of the public believe that garbage sorting is important for the protection of the environment. However, garbage sorting is still a big problem in China. Only 30 percent of participants said they think they are adequately sorting their trash, the study noted.

According to Xinhua News Agency, it's partly because many people lack the willingness to sort their own waste, In the past. Some previous garbage regulations didn't give clear fines for people who failed to sort garbage. "It's a must to have a legal guarantee to promote garbage sorting." Liu Jianguo, a professor from Tsinghua University, told China Daily. He also added "the importance of the new regulations in Shanghai is to change the past voluntary action into compulsory action for everyone.

Aside from China, many other foreign countries have also introduced garbage-sorting regulations. In Japan, waste sorting has become a basic survival skill, reported Xinhua. There is a fixed time for disposal of each kind of garbage and littering can result in high fines and even jail time. In Germany too, people are asked to sort waste into specific categories, reported HuffPost. For example, in Berlin, people have yellow bins for plastic and metals and blue bins for paper and cardboard.

1. What can we learn from paragraph 1?

A．All the cities use the same regulations as Shanghai.

B．Shanghai works as a pioneer in garbage sorting.

C．Poisonous waste belongs to four categories in sorting.

D．People will be fined not less than 200 yuan.

2. Which statement is true according to the passage?

A．Not all the public attach importance to garbage sorting.

B．Garbage-sorting system have been built in 46 major cities.

C．People may be put in prison because of littering in Germany.

D．People aren't fined clearly if they fail to sort garbage now.

3. What can be inferred from Liu Jianguo's words?

A．The sorting action should be changed from compulsory to voluntary.

B．He thinks highly of the legal regulations in garbage sorting.

C．There is a growing concern over garbage sorting worldwide.

D．Legal guarantee is a must to promote garbage sorting.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．Regulations Are of Great Importance

B．Shanghai Puts Garbage-sorting Into Practice

C．Cities Get Serious About Waste

D．Garbage Is Hard to Recycle Appropriately

10 . Germany is the leader of the world’s waste-recycling race. The country has quite a detailed way of sorting their waste – down to the color of glass waste, the type of paper, the separate bin for metals, etc.

Here below are what you should know about Germany’s waste sorting system:

● You are expected to gather your waste in your apartment/housing area’s local public garbage bins.

● There are commonly several types of public garbage bins available in the German’s apartment/housing area:

● Blue bin –– for paper and cardboard

● Green and white bin –– for glass, different bins for differently colored glass, not available for holiday decorations and lights

● Yellow/orange bin –– for plastic and metals

● Brown bin –– for goods that can be changed naturally by bacteria into substances that don’t harm the environment, like leftovers, fruit and vegetables

● Gray/black bin –– for everything else that can’t be recycled such as used cat litter and animal waste

● Some items don’t belong in these public garbage bins. Items like used batteries, electronics, unused paints, and lights must be returned to the special agents/locations so they can be properly recycled. Other items such as clothes, shoes, and oversized rubbish and furniture are advised to be donated or sold.

● There’s this thing called Pfand in Germany, a certain part of the price for a bottled drink that you get back if you send back the bottle to certified shops. German law requires shops over a certain size selling bottled drinks have a Pfandruckgabestelle, or place for bottles with deposits. These bottles usually made of glass or plastic will be refilled. Of course, there’re strict health regulations.

1. Which bin should the abandoned pet food be classified into?

A．The blue bin.	B．The grey/black bin.
C．The brown bin.	D．The green and white bin.

2. How can Germans deal with a large old sofa?

A．By giving it away to those in need.	B．By placing it in a specific location.
C．By returning it to special agents.	D．By donating it to a Pfandruckgabestelle.

3. What is the function of Pfand?

A．Ensuring the cleanliness of refilled bottles.	B．Encouraging consumers to return bottles.
C．Reducing the use of non-recyclable bottles.	D．Having shops reuse plastic or glass bottles.