1 . Tiny trash factories

Not all waste has to go to waste. Most of the world’s 2.22 billion tons of annual trash ends up in landfills or open dump. Veena Sahajwalla, a materials scientist and engineer at the University of New South walks, has created a solution to our massive trash problem: waste microfactories. These little trash processors house a series of machines that recycle waste and transform it into new materials with thermal technology. The new all-in-one approach could leave our current recycling processes in the dust.

Sahajwalla launched the world’s first waste microfactory targeting electronic waste in 2018. A second one began recycling plastics in 2019. Now, her lab group is working with university and industry partners to commercialize their patented Microfactoric technology. She says the small scale of the machines will make it easier for them to one day operate on renewable energy, unlike most large manufacturing plants. The approach will also allow cities to recycle waste into new products on location. With a micro-factory, gone are the days of needing separate facilities to collect and store materials, extract elements and produce new products.

Traditionally, recycling plants break down materials for re us c in similar products. It is like melting down plastic to make more plastic things. Her invention evolved this idea by taking materials from an old product and creating something different. “The kids don’t look like the parents,” she says.

For example, the microfactories can break down old smart phoned and computer monitors and extract silica and carbon, and then combine them into silicon car bide nanowires. This generates a common ceramic material with many industrial uses. Sahajwalla refers to this process as “the fourth R,” adding “_________” to the common phrase “reduce, reuse, recycle.”

In 2019, just 17.4 percent of e-waste was recycled, so the new ability offers a crucial new development in the challenge recycling complex electronic devices. “We can do so much more with materials,” says Sahajwala.” Traditional recycling has not worked for every recycling challenge.” She and her team are already working to install the next waste microfactory in the Australian town of Cootamundra by early 2021, with the goal of expanding around the country over the next few years.

1. Which of the following is the feature of the waste microfactory?

A．It can restore the waste to their original forms.

B．It is cleaner than the traditional recycling plant.

C．Waste can be recycled where they are dump at.

D．There is only one machine in the waste microfactory.

2. According to the passage, what are the scientists working on presently?

A．Establishing the first waste microfactory.

B．Expanding the variety of waste it can recycle.

C．Trying to make a profit from microfactory technology.

D．Developing renewable energy to operate microfactories.

3. Which of the following words is most suitable to fill in the blank in paragraph 4?

A．recall

B．reform

C．release

D．reverse

4. Which of the following statement is true, according to the message?

A．Traditional recycling is actually useful for only a small part of waste recycling.

B．Microfactories make it possible for scientists to create various things with wastes,

C．Microfactories can directly make waste electronic device into household utensils.

D．By now, Australia is the first country in the world that has realized the popularization of waste microfactofies.

4 . 假定你是逸仙中学学生会主席，你校即将举行主题为“No Plastic Water Bottles”的一项环保活动。请你用英语写一封倡议书，要点包括：
1．倡导No Plastic Water Bottles的原因；
2．你的建议（至少三点）。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

No Plastic Water Bottles

Dear fellow students,
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Students' Union

6 .

A．11.

B．3.

C．7.

D．8.

7 . When I was a puppy, I entertained you and made you laugh. You called me your child, and despite a number of chewed shoes and a couple of murdered pillows, I became your best friend. Whenever I was “bad”, you’d shake your finger at me and ask “How could you?”—but then you rolled me over for a belly (腹部) rub.

I remember those nights of rubbing you in bed and listening to your secret dreams, and I believed that life could not be any more perfect.

Gradually, you began spending more time at work and on your career, and more time searching for a human mate. She, now your wife, is not a “dog person”—still I welcomed her into our home, tried to show her affection, and obeyed her. I was happy because you were happy.

Then the human babies came along and I shared your excitement. I was fascinated by the pinkness, how they smelled, and I wanted to mother them, too. Only she and you worried that I might hurt them, and I spent most of my time in another room.

There had been a time, when others asked you if you had a dog, that you produced a photo of me from your wallet and told them stories about me. These past few years, you just answered “yes” and changed the subject. I had gone from being “your dog” to “just a dog”.

Now, you have a new career opportunity in another city, and you and they will be moving to another apartment that does not allow pets. You’ve made the right decision for your “family”, but there was a time when I was your only family.

People in the animal shelter are attentive to me, but I lost my appetite. At first whenever anyone passed, I rushed to the front, hoping it was you—that this was all a bad dream or I hoped it would at least be someone who cared, anyone who might save me.

1. How did the dog’s owner treat the puppy when it was at a younger age?

A．He entertained the puppy with jokes and gestures.

B．He treated the puppy as if it were a family member.

C．He disciplined the puppy when it made a mess.

D．He kept the puppy at a distance for the chewed shoes.

2. Why was the puppy excluded from the room after the babies were born?

A．The puppy was tempted by the babies’ pinkness and sweet smell.

B．The puppy poses a serious danger to the health and well-being of babies.

C．The couple were concerned that the babies would be in danger.

D．The master envied the natural affection between the babies and the puppy.

3. What can we infer from the last 3 paragraphs?

A．It was hard for the puppy to accept the fact that it was ignored.

B．The master had a mixed feeling for the advancement in career.

C．The puppy felt relieved for the master’s establishment of a new family.

D．It was urgent for the master to give up the puppy and move to another city.

4. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?

A．A Good Heart to Lean on	B．New Member of the Family
C．The Words of an Abandoned Dog	D．Animal Shelter: the Last Home for Puppies

9 .

A．11.

B．3.

C．7.

D．8.

10 .

A．Get his car window closed.	B．Lend his umbrella to the woman.
C．Borrow the woman’s car key.	D．Listen to the weather forecast.