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Rubbish:Easy to Produce,but Hard to Get Rid of

We produce a lot of rubbish.There is no question about it.The amount of rubbish we throw away is surprising (surprise).Scientists report that Americans produce about five 41____(pound)of rubbish per person-every day.Forty years ago,each person 42____ (produce)only half of it each day.There are 43____ (near)300 million people in the US.You do the math.How much rubbish do we produce every day?

In 44____ (add)to the amount of rubbish we produce,how we get rid of it is another problem.The plastic bags that we place outside of our homes need to be 45____ (carry)away every week.These bags are not 46____ (friend)to the environment at all.

Nobody is sure how long a plastic bag takes to totally break down,because we've only been 47____ (use)plastic as a business for about 90 years.It is 48____ (believe),however,that it may take 100 years for a plastic bag to completely break down.I am sure that you will feel 49____ (happy)to think that a plastic bag can live longer than the 50____ (major)of people on earth.
【正确答案】：41.pounds
42.produced
43.nearly
44.addition
45.carried
46.friendly
47.using
48.believed
49.unhappy
50.majority
【题目解析】：41、【pounds】空格前面是“five”，所以名词使用复数形式，填入“pounds”。
42、【produced】根据后面“forty years ago（四十年前）”，可判断这个空填动词的过去式，填入“produced”。
43、【nearly】“There are ____ 300 million people in the US.（美国有____3亿人。）”，根据句子意思判断填入副词“nearly（差不多，将近）”。
44、【addition】“in addition to”是固定搭配，意思是“除...之外”，则填入“addition”。
45、【carried】该空前面有个“be”，则填入动词的被动语态“carried”。
46、【friendly】该空应填入形容词，根据意思填入“friendly（友好的）”。
47、【using】“have been doing”是现在完成进行时，表示从过去一直持续到现在，并且现在并未停止，还将持续到将来。根据原文的意思“use plastic as a business”这个动作还会在将来持续下去，因此填入“using”。
48、【believed】“it is believed that”为固定搭配，意思是“人们认为”，则填入“believed”。
49、【unhappy】该空应该填入形容词，根据原文的意思“想到一个塑料袋可以比地球上大部分人活得更长”应该是感到不开心，则填入“unhappy”。
50、【majority】“the”是冠词，后面接名词，“majority of”意思是“大多数；大部分”，则填入“majority”。