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  21. What is said about the two deceased elderly women?

        A) They lived out a natural life.

       B) They died of exhaustion after the long plane ride.

        C) They weren't accustomed to the change in weather.

        D) They died due to lack of care by family members.

22. The author had to conduct the two women's funerals probably because ________.

       A) he wanted to console the two families

       B) he was an official from the community

       C) he had great sympathy for the deceased

D) he was priest of the local church

23. People feel guilty for the deaths of their loved ones because ________

      

， www.51jxk.com; A) they couldn't find a better way to express their grief

       B) they believe that they were responsible

       C) they had neglected the natural course of events

D) they didn't know things often turn out in the opposite direction

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24. In the context of the passage, "... the world makes sense" (Line 2, Para, 4) probably means that ________.

       A) everything in the world is predetermined

       B) the world can be interpreted in different ways

       C) there's an explanation for everything in the world

D) we have to be sensible in order to understand the world

25. People have been made to believe since infancy that ________.

       A) everybody is at their command

       B) life and death is an unsolved mystery

       C) every story should have a happy ending

D) their wishes are the cause of everything that happens

Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

    Frustrated with delays in Sacramento, Bay Area officials said Thursday they planned to take matters into their own hands to regulate the region's growing pile of electronic trash.

    A San Jose councilwoman and a San Francisco supervisor said they would propose local initiatives aimed at controlling electronic waste if the California law-making body fails to act on two bills stalled in the Assembly~ They are among a growing number of California cities and counties that have expressed the same intention.

    Environmentalists and local governments are increasingly concerned about the toxic hazard posed by old electronic devices and the cost of safely recycling those products. An estimated 6 million televisions and computers are stocked in California homes, and an additional 6,000 to 7,000 computers become outdated every day. The machines contain high levels of lead and other hazardous substances, and are already banned from California landfills ( 垃圾填埋场 ).

Legislation by Senator Byron Sher would require consumers to pay a recycling fee of up to $30 on every new machine containing a cathode ( 阴极 ) ray tube. Used in almost all video monitors and televisions, those devices contain four to eight pounds of lead each. The fees would go toward setting up recycling programs, providing grants to non-profit agencies that reuse the tubes and rewarding manufacturers that encourage recycling.

A separate bill by Los Angeles-area Senator Gloria Romero would require high-tech manufact

， www.51jxk.comurers to develop programs to recycle so-called e-waste.

    If passed, the measures would put California at the forefront of national efforts to manage the refuse of the electronic age.

    But high-tech groups, including the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group and the American Electronics Association, oppose the measures, arguing that fees of up to $30 will drive consumers to online, out-of-state retailers.

    "What really needs to occur is consumer education. Most consumers are unaware they're not supposed to throw computers in the trash," said Roxanne Gould, vice president of government relations for the electronics association.

    Computer recycling should be a local effort and part of residential waste collection programs, she added.

    Recycling electronic waste is a dangerous and specialized matter, and environmentalists maintain the state must support recycling efforts and ensure that the job isn't contracted to unscrupulous ( 毫无顾忌的 ) junk dealers who send the toxic parts overseas.

"The graveyard of the high-tech revolution is ending up in rural China," said Ted Smith, director of the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. His group is pushing for an amendment to Sher's bill that would prevent the export of e-waste.

26. What step were Bay Area officials going to take regarding e-waste disposal.'?

       A) Exert pressure on manufacturers of electronic devices.

       B) Lay down relevant local regulations themselves.

       C) Lobby the lawmakers of the California Assembly.

D) Rally support to pass the stalled bills.

27. The two bills stalled in the California Assembly both concern ________.

       A) regulations on dumping hazardous substances into landfills

       B) the sale of used electronic devices to foreign countries

       C) the funding of local initiatives to reuse electronic trash

D) the reprocessing of the huge amounts of electronic waste in the state

28. Consumers are not supposed to throw used computers in the trash because __.

       A) they contain large amounts of harmful substances

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sp;  B) this is banned by the California government

       C) some parts may be recycled for use elsewhere

D) unscrupulous dealers will retrieve them for profit

29. High-tech groups believe that if an extra $30 is charged on every TV or computer purchased in California, consumers will _______.

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， www.51jxk.comp;     A) abandon online shopping

       B) buy them from other states

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