Years ago,when the tourists left,the government had to deal with a stream of rubbish.Their solution was to turn one of the islands into a dumping ground.Four miles west of Malé is the country’s dumping ground,Thilafushi.What you are seeing here is a view of the Maldives on which no honeymooners will ever clap eyes.Each visitor produces 3.5 kg of waste per day.The country dumps more than 330 tons of rubbish on the island every day.

　　Now,since many waste boats,fed up with waiting seven hours or more,directly offload their goods into the sea,the government of the Maldives has banned the dumping of waste on the island.So,the waste boats ship the rubbish to India instead.

　　17.What is the main cause of the waste disposal problem?

　　A.The big local population.

　　B.Too many waste boats.

　　C.The large number of tourists.

　　D.Open fires on the islands.

　　答案:C

　　解析:细节理解题。通读第二段的内容可知,大量的游客是造成马尔代夫面临垃圾处理难题的主要原因。

　　18.The underlined part can probably be replaced by “　”. 

　　A.it’s quite similar to B.it’s a long distance from

　　C.it’s a loud shout from D.it’s totally different from

　　答案:D

　　解析:句意理解题。由画线部分前面描述的污染现状和其后的 “the white sands,clear waters and palm trees”可推知,画线部分意为 “完全不同于”,故D项正确。

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