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(1)D.细节理解题.根据第一段第三、四句"Under the new regulation,residents ae required to classify household waste into four categories:kitchen,recyclable,hazardous and other waste.People who fail to sort their garbage properly can be fined from 50 to 200 yuan."意为:根据新规定,居民需要将生活垃圾分为四类:厨房垃圾、可回收垃圾、危险垃圾和其他垃圾.对垃圾分类不规范的,罚款50﹣200元.可知,D项符合原文信息.B项不符合规定,排除B;根据第二句"Since May 1,Beijing has started to carry out mandatory (法定的)garbage﹣sorting in new efforts to better protect the environment."意为:自5月1日起,北京开始实施强制垃圾分类,以更好地保护环境.可知,新规定已生效,排除A;根据第二段第二句" According to Xinhua,residents can earn points by classifying their domestic waste correctly and then exchange the points they accumulate for daily necessities such as soap."意为:据新华社报道,居民可以通过对生活垃圾进行正确分类来获得积分,然后将积累的积分兑换成肥皂等生活必需品.可知,如果人们把生活垃圾分类正确的话,他们可以赚到积分来换日用品而不是赚钱.排除C.故选D.
(2)B.细节理解题.根据第四段第二、三句"However,garbage﹣sorting is still a big problem in China…it's partly because many people lack the willingness to sort their own waste."意为:然而,垃圾分类在中国仍然是一个大问题……部分原因是许多人缺乏自己分类的意愿.可知,有些人不想费心分类垃圾.B项符合原文信息.根据第四段第一句"According to a report by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment,over 90 percent of the public believe that garbage﹣sorting is important for the protection of the environment."意为:根据生态环境部的一份报告,超过90%的公众认为垃圾分类对于保护环境很重要.可知,大多数人都知道垃圾分类在保护环境方面的重要性.排除A项;C与D项文中未涉及.故选B.
(3)B.推理判断题.根据最后一段刘建国所说的话 "It's a must to have a legal guarantee to promote garbage sorting.Aside from China,many countries like Germany,Spain and Britain,also ask people to sort waste into specific categories.In Japan,there is a fixed time for the sorting of each kind of garbage and littering."意为:推进垃圾分类必须有法律保障,除了中国,德国、西班牙和英国等许多国家也要求人们将垃圾分类.在日本,每种垃圾的分类都有固定的时间.由此可以判断,B项,垃圾分类需要一些法律,与原文信息一致,故选B.
(4)A.标题归纳题.本文主要介绍了中国实施垃圾分类的规定及遇到的一些问题,结合文章第一句"If the three Rs (reduce,reuse and recycle) is a guideline to save the planet,garbage﹣sorting is where the efforts start."意为:如果说三个R(减少、再利用和再循环)是拯救地球的指导方针,那么首先就从垃圾分类开始努力.A项中包含了Garbage sorting,a new start ,in China,符合题意,故选A.