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Three?quarters of a million tourists flock to the white beaches every year, but this booming industry has come at a price. Poisonous smoke rising from open fires, rubbish made up of plastic bottles, packets...it's_a_far_cry_from the white sands, clear waters and palm trees that we associate with the Maldives(馬爾代夫), the paradise island holiday destination set in the Indian Ocean.

Of its 200 inhabited islands, which are spread across an area of 35,000 square miles, 99 are good resorts(度假勝地). So many tourists come every year, more than double the local population. Of these tourists, over 100,000 travel from the UK. The capital, Malé， is four times more densely populated than London. Given these facts, it's hardly surprising that the Maldives has a waste disposal problem.

Years ago, when the tourists left, the government had to deal with a stream of rubbish. Their solution was to turn one of the islands into a dumping ground. Four miles west of Malé is the country's dumping ground, Thilafushi. What you are seeing here is a view of the Maldives on which no honeymooners will ever clap eyes. Each visitor produces 3.5 kg of waste per day. The country dumps more than 330 tons of rubbish on the island every day.

Now, since many waste boats, fed up with waiting seven hours or more, directly offload their goods into the sea, the government of the Maldives has banned the dumping of waste on the island. So, the waste boats ship the rubbish to India instead.

1.What is the main cause of the waste disposal problem?

A．The big local population.

B．Too many waste boats.

C．The large number of tourists.

D．Open fires on the islands.

2.The underlined part can probably be replaced by “________”．

A．it's quite similar to B．it's a long distance from

C．it's a loud shout from D．it's totally different from

3.What can we learn from the text?

A．It is much more crowded in Malé than in London.

B．Another island will be used as a dumping ground.

C．No honeymooners are willing to visit the Maldives.

D．Waste on islands will be offloaded directly into the sea.

4.What's the author's purpose in writing the text?

A．To attract more tourists to the Maldives.

B．To state the waste disposal problem in the Maldives.

C．To call on us to protect the environment.

D．To explain the causes of pollution in the Maldives.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】本文介紹了美麗的島國馬爾代夫的污染現狀以及垃圾的處理情況。

1.答案：C　細節理解題。通讀第二段的內容可知，大量的游客是造成馬爾代夫面臨垃圾處理難題的主要原因。

2.2】答案：D　句意理解題。由畫線部分前面描述的污染現狀和其后的“the white sands，clear waters and palm trees”可推知，畫線部分意為“完全不同于”，故D項正確。

3.3】答案：A　細節理解題。由第二段的倒數第二句“The capital，Malé，is four times more densely populated than London.”可知，A項正確。

4.4】答案：B　寫作意圖題。通讀全文內容可知，作者寫本文意在陳述馬爾代夫面臨垃圾處理的難題，所以B項正確。

疑難詞匯解讀

1．boom v．繁榮

Music born in Hong Kong is booming.

香港音樂正迅速發展。

n．繁榮，熱潮　the economic boom經濟繁榮

2．paradise n．天堂，天國，理想的去處

This island is a paradise for bird?watchers.

這個島是鳥類觀察者的理想去處。