Unit 12 Life is full of the unexpected.单元话题阅读理解（含答案+解析） -2025年九年级英语下册单元重难点高频易错题专练（人教版）.docx

2025年

Unit12Lifeisfulloftheunexpected.

单元话题阅读理解

一、阅读理解

Readthepassagesandfinishtheexercises.

AlizeeBuysschaert,thefounderofZeroWasteShanghai,hasreceivedmanymessagesabouttrashsorting(分类)inthepastmonth.Shesaid,AlmosteveryoneItalkwithasksmeabouttrashsorting.EvenlastnightwhenIwasinabar,Iheardpeopletalkingabouthowtheyshouldsorttheirtrash.WhenIfirstcametoShanghaiin2014,peoplewerenotfullyawareoftrashsorting,andeverythingwentinonebin,butthingschangesoquickly.

ShanghaibecamethefirstcityinChinatocarryoutitsstrictest-evertrashsortingrulesonJuly1st,2019.Theyrequireeveryfamilyandofficetosorttheirtrashintofourkinds—recyclablewaste,harmfulwaste,wetwasteanddrywaste.Individuals(个人)whofailtosorttrashfacefines(罚款)ofupto200yuan(about$30).Companiescanbefinedupto50,000yuan.

Therehasbeenaheateddiscussionabouttrashsortingonline.SomepeoplepraiseShanghaiforbeingarolemodelinsolvingthetrashproblem,whileothersthinkitbringsinconveniencetotheirdailylives,andmakejokesaboutsortingtheirtrash.

Oneofthemostpopularjokesgoes,Thinkaboutpigsbeforesortingyourtrash—thingspigscaneatgotowetwaste,thingspigsdonteataredrywaste,thingspigsmightdiefromwhileeatingthemareharmful,andthingsthatcanbesoldformoneytobuyapigbelongtorecyclablewaste.

XiaoGuiyu,deputydirectoroftheStandingCommitteeoftheShanghaiMunicipalPeoplesCongress,said,Althoughitsajoke,itmakeseveryoneunderstandthekeyoftrashsortingeasily.Asfortheinconvenience,thegovernmentrepliedthatthenewrulesarelaws,andjustliketrafficrules,peoplehavetolearntokeepitaslongastheyliveinShanghai.

1．Thefirstparagraphtellsusthat____.

A．trashsortinghasbecomeahottopic

B．everyoneattacksAlizeeBuysschaertonline

C．AlizeeBuysschaertgoestothebareverynight