Dealing with waste is a huge global problem. Unfortunately, many people don’t usually think much about what happens (1) ____
their old fridge when they update to the latest model. A few just dump it (2) ____
the street without another thought.
As a result, Britain currently has over a million old fridges (3) ____
in dumps in fields and in warehouses because the country does not have enough equipment to dispose (4) ____
them. New European Union regulations say that from 1 January 2002, all material that depletes the ozone layer, such as CFC coolants, (5) ____
from fridges before they are put in landfill sites. It is (6) ____
to take quite a while to solve the problem.
But it is not only fridges (7) ____
are difficult to get rid of. What about old computers, TVs and other hi-tech junk? For example, GuangdongProvince, in the southeast of China, has been suffering from problems (8) ____
by imported waste electrical goods like computers. Workers there (9) ____
old computers to extract the recyclable parts like chips, and precious metals (10) ____
gold and platinum.
1. A. at B. to C. of D. on
2. A. in B. at C. from D. off
3. A. rotted B. rot C. rotten D. rotting
4. A. away B. off C. of D. at
5. A. must remove B. must be removing
C. must have removed D. must be removed
6. A. liking B. like C. likeness D. likely
7. A. that B. what C. which D. why
8. A. causing B. cause C. caused D. has caused
9. A. have broken up B. have been breaking up
C. have been broken up D. are breaking up
10. A. as B. like C. for D. than

答案
正确答案是 :
1. 答案应选B。 happen to为固定用法,意思是“临到,发生于”,例如: What has happened to your arm?你的胳膊怎么了?
2. 答案应选A. in the street是固定用法,意思是“在街上”。注意“在街上”偶尔有时也可用on the street,但是on the street还有流浪街头,无家可归之意。
3. 答案应选D。此处需要填入现在分词,做后置定语修饰fridges。
4. 答案应选C。 dispose of为固定短语,意思是“处理掉”。
5. 答案应选D。 此处考察的是与情态动词连用的被动语态,其构成为“情态动词+be+动词的过去分词”,因此只能选择D。
6. 答案应选D。It is likely to do sth 意思是“有可能要做什么”,例如:It’s likely to rain. 有可能要下雨了。注意likely是形容词,意思是“可能的”。
7. 答案应选A。此处是强调句型,即It is … that…,因此只能选A。
8. 答案应选C。根据后面by的提示,可以判断此处需要填入的是过去分词形式,因此只能选C,caused。
9. 答案应选B。根据上下文时态判断(have been suffering…),此处需要填入现在完成进行时,其构成是have/has been doing,因此只能选B。
10. 答案应选B。根据空格前后词语之间的上下义关系,可以判断后面的gold 和 platinum是两个说明precious metals的例子,因此应该使用介词like.