1 . Families will be rewarded for the first time for putting out less rubbish under new plans to significantly promote recycling, especially of valuable materials like glass.

The new plan for collecting waste in England will scrap fines (罚款) for putting plastic in the wrong recycling bin. Instead, families will be offered rewards for recycling more rubbish measured by a microchip (芯片) in the rubbish bin. Caroline Spelman, an Environment Secretary, said, “It is better to use a plan that offers people rewards, rather than punishing them. We want to help those people who want to do the right thing by reducing waste and recycling at home. This means making sure communities are getting the collection services they want and not punishing hard-working families who make mistakes by putting bins out on the wrong day or leaving the waste in the wrong recycling bin.”

Though the punishment for putting waste in the wrong recycling bin has been given up, plans to try and remove the unpopular twice-a-week bin collections have largely failed despite the efforts of Eric Pickles, a Communities Secretary. Although Mrs. Spelman made it clear that communities will be supported in efforts to increase the times of collections, and the Conservative Party will not force local authorities to return to weekly collections. Most communities expect the introduction of weekly rubbish collections, as this will solve some of the problems about environment.

“We will continue to help local communities develop local solutions to collecting and dealing with family waste and will work with communities to meet families’ reasonable expectations for weekly collections, particularly of smelly waste.” said Mrs. Spelman.

1. What will families be rewarded for in future?

A．Producing less rubbish.	B．Putting bins out on the right day.
C．Throwing rubbish into the bin.	D．Leaving rubbish in the wrong recycling bin.

2. Which can replace the underlined word “scrap” in Para.2?

A．reduce

B．remove

C．increase

D．pay

3. What can we know from what Mrs. Spelman said?

A．The Conservative Party refuses the weekly collection.

B．Both Rewards and punishment should be carried out.

C．Local solutions to collecting family waste will be stopped.

D．People will not be punished for putting rubbish wrongly.

4. Which section of a newspaper does the text probably come from?

A．Travel.

B．Literature.

C．Environment.

D．Medicine.