Dealing with waste is a huge global problem. Unfortunately, many people don’t usually think much about what happens (1) ____


their old fridge when they update to the latest model. A few just dump it (2) ____

the street without another thought.



As a result, Britain currently has over a million old fridges (3) ____


in dumps in fields and in warehouses because the country does not have enough equipment to dispose (4) ____


them. New European Union regulations say that from 1 January 2002, all material that depletes the ozone layer, such as CFC coolants, (5) ____


from fridges before they are put in landfill sites. It is (6) ____


to take quite a while to solve the problem.



But it is not only fridges (7) ____


are difficult to get rid of. What about old computers, TVs and other hi-tech junk? For example, GuangdongProvince, in the southeast of China, has been suffering from problems (8) ____


by imported waste electrical goods like computers. Workers there (9) ____


old computers to extract the recyclable parts like chips, and precious metals (10) ____


gold and platinum.

1. A. at B. to C. of D. on

2. A. in B. at C. from D. off

3. A. rotted B. rot C. rotten D. rotting

4. A. away B. off C. of D. at

5. A. must remove B. must be removing

C. must have removed D. must be removed

6. A. liking B. like C. likeness D. likely

7. A. that B. what C. which D. why

8. A. causing B. cause C. caused D. has caused

9. A. have broken up B. have been breaking up

C. have been broken up D. are breaking up

10. A. as B. like C. for D. than