2025年高考英语各类题型提分与突破课下天天练（四十四）　阅读语言运用组合练(带解析).docx

课下天天练(四十四)阅读语言运用组合练

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Ⅰ.阅读理解

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[2023·湖北十一校联考]Oneoftheproblemsdamagingourplanetisthenumberofthingswethrowaway.Rubbishofallkindsispilingupinlandfillandpollutingourriversandtheocean.Amorerecentadditiontothelistofthingswechuckawayise-waste—electronicitemsthatarebrokenandnotrecycled.Nowsolutionsarebeingfoundtogivethisstuffanewlife.

Manymillionsoftonnesoftelevisions,phones,andotherelectronicequipmentarediscardedeachyear,partlybecauseitscheapertoreplacethemthantofixthem,butalsobecausewelacktheskillstorepairthem.AUNreportclaimsthe50milliontonnesofe-wastegeneratedeveryyearwillmorethandoubleto110milliontonnesby2050,makingitthefastestgrowingwastestreamintheworld.

However,theresagrowingtrendforrepaireventsandclubswhichcouldbepartofasolutiontothegrowingamountofelectricalandelectronicjunk.TheBBCvisitedaRestartProjectinLondon,whichisoneofthemanyprojectsfoundedaroundtheworld.Oneofitsvolunteers,FrancescoCalo,saidthat“thisprojectallowsyoutoreducewaste,extendthelifeofobjects,andithelpspeoplewhocannotaffordtogetridofitemsthathavedevelopedafault”．

Asmanyelectronicitemscontainvaluablemetals,anotherideaise-wastemining.AnexperimentattheUniversityofNewSouthWalesinvolvesextractingthesematerialsfromelectronicgadgets.Itsthoughtthatdoingthiscouldbemoreprofitablethantraditionalmining.Withphonestypicallycontainingasmanyas60elements,thiscouldbepartofthesolutiontoourappetitefornewtechnology.

Theseprojectsmaketotalsense—collectionsofe-wasteforrecyclingare“stagnatingorevendecreasing”accordingtoRuedigerKuehr,directoroftheUnitedNationsUniversity.Andincountrieswherethereisnolegislation,muchofitjustgetsdumped.However,theEuropeanUnion,forexample,istrying