V.閱讀測驗（10％） Yourcell phone can save your life in an emergency. But when the timecomes to get a new o

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V.閱讀測驗（10％） Yourcell phone can save your life in an emergency. But when the timecomes to get a new one, your cell phone can endanger your life andthe lives of other people and animals. Millions of people discardtheir old cell phones every year. When they toss them into the trash,the phones contaminateour air, soil, and water supplies with toxic materials. Cellphones and other wireless electronic products contain many dangerouschemicals. If these electronic products are burned as waste, thechemicals are released into the air. If they are buried in alandfill, the chemicals seep out into the soil and groundwater. Thesechemicals, which have been linked to cancer as well as nervous systemand reproductive disorders, remain in the environment for longperiods of time without breaking down. They can build up in thetissues of animals, causing a health risk to the animals themselvesand to anyone who uses the animals as food. Manyenvironmentalists are urging manufacturers to reduce the toxicmaterials these devices contain and to design them in ways that maketheir reuse easy and economical. Governments around the world arebeginning to pass laws encouragingelectronics manufacturers to do just that. But even so, it will beyears before electronic products can be considered trulyenvironmentally-friendly. Inthe meantime, you can help by safely discarding your old cell phone.Donate it to a charity that will give it to a needy person, send itto a group that will recycle it to be used in a developing country,or ask the manufacturer to recondition and resell it. Just don’ttoss it in the trash!

46Which of the following statements about the chemicals containedin the cell phone is true?

(A)Someof the chemicals in cell phones will affect our health, while mostdon’t.

(B)Whenburied, the chemicals will do less harm than when they go into theair.

(C)Itwill take a very long time to ensure the safety of the chemicals incell phones.

(D)Peoplewill not be put at the risk of consuming the chemicals as long asthey don’t eat the

animalsraw.

46 Which of the following statements about the chemicals contained in the cell phone is true?
(A)Some of the chemicals in cell phones will affect our health, while most don’t.
(B)When buried, the chemicals will do less harm than when they go into the air.
(C)It will take a very long time to ensure the safety of the chemicals in cell phones.
(D)People will not be put at the risk of consuming the chemicals as long as they don’t eat theanimals raw.[!--empirenews.page--]

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答案：[無官方正解]
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(0),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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