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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage:
Howcanwegetridofgarbage?Dowehaveenoughenergysourcestomeetourfutureenergyneeds?
Thesearetwoimportantquestionsthatmanypeopleareaskingtoday.Somepeoplethinkthatmanmightbeabletosolvebothproblemsatthesametime.Theysuggestusinggarbageasanenergysource,andatthesometimeitcansavethelandtoholdgarbage.
Foralongtime,peopleburiedgarbageordumped(倾倒)itonemptyland.Now,emptylandisscarce.Butmoreandmoregarbageisproducedeachyear.However,garbagecanbeagoodfueltouse.Thethingsingarbagedonotlooklikecoal,petroleum,ornaturalgas;buttheyarechemicallysimilartothesefossil(化石)fuels.Asweuseupourfossilfuelsupplies,wemightbeabletousegarbageasanenergy
source.
Burninggarbageisnotanewidea.SomecitiesinEuropeandtheUnitedStates,havebeenburninggarbageforyears.Theheatthatisproducedbyburninggarbageisusedtoboilwater.Thesteamthatisproducedisusedtomakeelectricityortoheatnearbybuildings.InParisFrance,somepowerplantsburnalmost2millionmetrictonsofthecitiesgarbageeachyear.Theamountofenergyproducedisaboutthesameaswouldbeproducedbyburningalmostahalfmillionbarrelsofoil.
Ourfossilfuelsuppliesarelimited.Burninggarbagemightbeonekindofenergysourcethatwecanusetohelpmeetourenergyneeds.Thismethodcouldalsoreducetheamountofgarbagepilingupontheearth.
Whattwoproblemscanmansolvebyburninggarbage? A.Theshortageofenergyandairpollution
B.Theshortageofenergyandthelandtoholdgarbage
C.Airpollutionandtheshortageoffossilfuel
D.Airpollutionandtheshortageoflandtoholdgarbage
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