2010年10月自考英语二试题及详细解答.ppt

Ⅲ．Reading Comprehension（30 points, 2 points for each） Several nations ②have passed laws about e-waste to try and keep it out of landfills, or in landfills which are equipped to handle toxic materials. The heavy metals in e-waste pose serious environmental and health risks. While many consumers are trained to think of things like cathode ray tubes (阴极射线管) as dangerous articles that require special disposal, most do not connect cell phones, for example, with beryllium, a toxic heavy metal which can cause severe damage to the lungs. In addition to the toxins it contains, e-waste also takes a very long time to biodegrade, which means that it will be taking up landfill space for centuries. Ⅲ．Reading Comprehension（30 points, 2 points for each） Sometimes this e-waste is shipped under the cover of humanitarian (人道主义) reasons, arguing that old technology can still help bridge4 the gap between first and third world. Slow computers which are not wanted in the United States, for example, might make a big difference to someone living in Africa. However, much of this equipment actually arrives in an unusable and broken state, and people desperate for money try to harvest usable materials such as valuable metals from donated equipment. ④Unfortunately，most of these individuals lack training in how to handle the dangerous materials used in electronics manufacture, and expose themselves and their communities to toxic chemicals and metals. Ⅲ．Reading Comprehension（30 points, 2 points for each） The critical issue now is that such changes could lead to considerable reduction in service jobs at a time when people with want to (or need to) work longer. Services in the first half of the twenty-first century might thus resemble manufacturing ④in the second half of the twentieth century, with considerable unemployment and significant incentives(诱因) for early retirement. ⑤If we are to minimize the panic, we need first to see it coming. Word Spelling (10 points, 1 p