Extracurricular Reading
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Garbage Sorting in China
With the ever-increasing amou nt of garbage piling up at a speed which exceeds the capacities of landfills and incinerators ability to____1__it，the Chinese authority now seeks to deal with the problem at the source．Garbage sorting has already started in big cities like Shanghai，Beijing and Shenzhen and is headed to some local communities，only this time the implementation will come with strict regulations and____2__．
There are four categories of garbage：_____3___waste；kitchen waste；harmful waste；and other wastes respectively．
The earlier garbage sorting campaigns，which were carried out as trial projects in selected communities in cities like Beijing and Shanghai，did not show much____4__as residents still lack the initiative and imperative to sort their own waste．To raise the____5__，the government was considering the possibilities to make it mandatory alongside a series of penalties for those who do not____6__of their waste properly according to the regulation．
Shenzhen was the first on the list．In this populous city in the south，daily domestic waste reaches 1．4 tonnes which means the amount of waste disposal for one week can____7__up as high as a 24-floor building，according to a committee from the authority．The landfills and incinerators dealing with wastes will soon exceed their capacity．Difficulty deciding on new landfill locations（due to the long argument among the locals）is a strong reason for the government to____8__mandatory garbage sorting at full scale within the city as soon as possible．
With the regulation coming into force in Guangzhou from 1 April 2011，those who are caught failing to put their garbage into the right bin will be fined up to 50 Yuan（approximately five euros）．For companies which fail to do so，a penalty of 500 Yuan（50 euros）per m3 will be fined．The property management companies which do not place the bins at the____9__area will be fined up to 30，000 Yuan（3，000 euros）．
The promotion and education of garbage sorting started in April 2011 so that citizens could_____10___themselves with the system while penalties became effective from May 2011 onwards．City management officers，neighbourhood committee personnel，community property management staff as well as volunteers will be trained to promote waste sorting among the public．
The effectiveness，however，has yet to improve．The problems include a lack of appropriate bins for sorting，while some bins were filled with wastes from the wrong category．The concept of refuse sorting is also rather unfamiliar to the general residents．It would be hard for them to adapt to it within such a short time，facing the chances of being fined．
Apart from cities，garbage sorting systems will possibly start in some villages，as suggested by the newly drafted refuse management proposal of Chengdu，capital city of Sichuan province of southwestern China；though temporarily planned just as a trial scheme．(https://www.daowen.com)
The feasibility would，as with any other garbage sorting schemes，depend heavily on the awareness of the locals and the user-friendliness of the system．After all，a change in people’s consumption behaviour is necessary for reducing waste in the first place to keep waste management sustainable in the long-run．
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＼Banked Cloze＼
Directions：Read the above passage through carefully and select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in the following word bank．
＼Further Reflection on Reading＼
Directions：Think about and answer the following questions．
1．After you read the above three passages，try to tell what would be the suitable relationship between environmental protection and economic development．
2．Some governments have established strict laws to prevent or stop environmental pollution．After reading the above three passages，what suggestions would you like to give to our government concerning the protection of our environment？