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It was a cold day, but the students from Prosser Middle School in Chicago were sorting through the waste when they found that their school produces 1,500 pounds every day.
Prosser is just one school that throws out nearly 4,000 meal trays every day. Counting all of Chicago’s public schools, the number comes to nearly a quarter of a million a day. That’s more than 1 million a week and about 5 million a month.
“None of the trays are being recycled,” said a teacher. “ Everyone agrees that it’s very bad.”
Luckily, concerns about the environment and health have made some US cities take action. Dozens of schools have begun programs to reduce the use of food trays in school.
These schools have also banned (禁止)some fast food, including McDonald’s. Instead, they offer students recyclable trays. They encourage students to sort out lunchroom waste, then wash and recycle milk cartons and trays . So far, the program has helped schools to save a total of 820,000 trays each week.
Jay Stream Middle School in Illinois teaches its students how to collect trays. The school has cut its lunchroom waste by two thirds now that students recycle their used trays instead of breaking them.
Prosser Middle School also sees the benefits of the program. Students have organized about 20 clubs and volunteer activities to cut down on cafeteria garbage. They now recycle 80 percent of the school waste. “ I joined the club,” said Erika Santana, a 16-year-old junior in Prosser, “because I want to make Earth a better place.”

【小題1】Did Prosser Middle School create much garbage every day before the program ?
【小題2】How many meal trays do public schools in Chicago throw out a day?
【小題3】What does Jay Stream Middle School teach its students to do?
【小題4】Who joined the club?
【小題5】What’s the passage about ?

Answer 1

【小題1】Yes.
【小題2】Nearly a quarter of a million .
【小題3】How to collect trays.
【小題4】Erika Santana
【小題5】Too much school waste in the US and actions they have taken to reduce it.

解析試題分析：短文首先介紹了各個學校每天產(chǎn)生大量的垃圾，列舉了許多學校每天扔掉餐盤的數(shù)目，現(xiàn)在大家都已經(jīng)認識到這種情況的嚴重性，因此，各個學校都已經(jīng)制定了一定的措施來減少垃圾的產(chǎn)生。有的學校還組織了自愿者活動。
【小題1】細節(jié)理解題。問題：在這項活動之前，普羅瑟中學每天都產(chǎn)生大量的垃圾嗎？分析原文：It was a cold day, but the students from Prosser Middle School in Chicago were sorting through the waste when they found that their school produces 1,500 pounds every day. 句意：在寒冷的一天，普羅瑟中學的學生正在整理學校的垃圾，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)學校每天產(chǎn)生垃圾達到1，500英鎊。說明每天創(chuàng)造了很多垃圾。故填：Yes.
【小題2】細節(jié)理解題。問題： 在芝加哥的公立學校每天要扔掉多少餐盤？聯(lián)系原文：Counting all of Chicago’s public schools, the number comes to nearly a quarter of a million a day. 句意：計算一下，芝加哥的全部公立學校，一天扔掉餐盤的數(shù)量接近一百萬的四分之一。故填：Nearly a quarter of a million .
【小題3】細節(jié)理解題。問題：Jay Stream中學教學生做什么？分析原文：Jay Stream Middle School in Illinois teaches its students how to collect trays.句意：在美國伊利諾斯州（美國州名）的Jay Stream 中學教學生們?nèi)绾稳ナ占�托盤。明確答案。故填：How to collect trays.
【小題4】細節(jié)理解題。問題：誰加入了這個俱樂部？聯(lián)系原文：“ I joined the club,” said Erika Santana.句意： 埃里卡桑塔納說： “我加入了俱樂部”故填：Erika Santana
【小題5】細節(jié)理解題。問題：這篇短文是關(guān)于什么的？分析：短文首先介紹了各個學校每天產(chǎn)生大量的垃圾，現(xiàn)在各個學校都在進行相應的措施來減少垃圾的產(chǎn)生。故填：Too much school waste in the US and actions they have taken to reduce it.
考點：新聞報道類短文閱讀。