11．In 1996，John Tierney suggested in a New York Times Magazine article that"recycling is garbage．"He wrote，"The money spent on recycling programs should have been spent on real social and environmental problems．Recycling programs not only increase energy use and pollution，but also cost more money than the disposal （處理） of plain old garbage．Recycling may be the most wasteful activity in modern America．"
Environmental groups were quick to express their disagreement．They wrote reports on how recycling programs in cities can reduce pollution and cost less than regular garbage pickup and disposal．Michael Shapiro，an official of the US Environmental Protection Agency（EPA），said that"recycling can be good value for money，although there's still room for improvements．"
But in 2002，New York City，a pioneer of recycling，found that its recycling program was losing money，so it stopped glass and plastic recycling．Other major cities watched closely to see how New York was doing with its remaining program （the city never stopped paper recycling）．But then it closed its last landfill （垃圾填埋地），and private companies out of New York raised prices due to the increased workload of carrying away and disposing New York's garbage．As a result，glass and plastic recycling became profitabl e for the city again，and New York brought the program back．According to Cecil Adams of The Chicago Reader，the lessons learned by New York are relevant everywhere．He believes that，if managed correctly，recycling programs should cost cities less than garbage disposal．
Even though the benefits of recycling over disposal are many，keep in mind that it better serves the environment to"reduce and reuse"before recycling is even considered as a choice．
32．Why did John Tierney think"recycling is garbage"？D
A．Because he didn't like the environmental groups．
B．Because he didn't think recycling was a new idea．
C．Because he found few people would like to recycle．
D．Because he considered recycling a wasteful activity．
33．Which argument was put forward by the environmental groups？A
A．Recycling programs save money．
B．Recycling technologies are mature．
C．Recycling programs cause pollution．
D．Recycling technologies are valueless．
34．Why did other cities watch closely to see how New York was doing？B
A．Because New York was doing extremely well．
B．Because they felt worried about the waste of money．
C．Because they didn't want to have a recycling program．
D．Because New York was running a new recycling program．
35．Which of the following would the author most probably recommend？A
A．Always bring your own shopping bag when you go shopping．
B．Always put your shopping bag into the dustbin after use．
C．Never go shopping where shopping bags are offered for free．
D．Never use a shopping bag which is not recycled．
分析 短文主要講了John Tierney認(rèn)為回收項(xiàng)目是浪費(fèi)錢(qián)的一項(xiàng)活動(dòng)，但其他環(huán)境小組通過(guò)事實(shí)表明回收是對(duì)環(huán)境有益的．
解答 32．D，細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子Recycling may be the most wasteful activity in modern America可知，John Tierney認(rèn)為回收利用是美國(guó)最浪費(fèi)的一項(xiàng)活動(dòng)，故答案為D．
33．A，細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)句子They wrote reports on how recycling programs in cities can reduce pollution and cost less than regular garbage pickup and disposal．可知，環(huán)境小組覺(jué)得回收利用項(xiàng)目能減少污染并花費(fèi)更少，故答案為A．
34．B，推理判斷題，根據(jù)句子But in 2002，New York City，a pioneer of recycling，found that its recycling program was losing money可以推測(cè)其他主要的城市密切關(guān)注紐約的做法是因?yàn)樗鼈円矒?dān)心回收項(xiàng)目浪費(fèi)錢(qián)，故答案為B．
35．A，推理判斷題，根據(jù)文章最后一句Even though the benefits of recycling over disposal are many，keep in mind that it better serves the environment to"reduce and reuse"before recycling is even considered as a choice．可知，作者建議在回收之前要減少浪費(fèi)并重復(fù)使用，可以得知作者建議我們購(gòu)物的時(shí)候帶上自己的購(gòu)物袋，故答案為A．
點(diǎn)評(píng) 解答任務(wù)型閱讀理解題，首先對(duì)原文材料迅速瀏覽，掌握全文的主旨大意．因?yàn)殚喿x理解題一般沒(méi)有標(biāo)題，所以，速讀全文，抓住中心主旨很有必要，在速讀的過(guò)程中，應(yīng)盡可能多地捕獲信息材料．其次，細(xì)讀題材，各個(gè)擊破．掌握全文的大意之后，細(xì)細(xì)閱讀每篇材料后的問(wèn)題，弄清每題要求后，帶著問(wèn)題，再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關(guān)信息．最后，要善于抓住每段的主題句，閱讀時(shí)，要有較強(qiáng)的針對(duì)性．對(duì)于捕獲到的信息，要做認(rèn)真分析，仔細(xì)推敲，理解透徹，只有這樣，針對(duì)題目要求，才能做到穩(wěn)、準(zhǔn)．
