Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The beat generation refused to do any duty.
B. The beat generation was in support of almost everything traditional.
C. The beat generation believes no one except that he is over thirty.
D. The beat generation's ideas were not impractical.
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The latest project is to take a city of around half a million inhabitants and discover exactly what raw materials go into it and what go out. The aim is to find out how much of these raw materials could be provided if a plant for recycling waste were built just outside the city. This plant would recycle not only metal such as steel, lead and copper, but also paper and rubber as well.
Another new project is being set up to discover the best ways of sorting and separating the rubbish. When this project is complete, the rubbish will be processed like this: first, it will pass through sharp metal bars which will tear open the plastic bags in which rubbish is usually packed; then it will pass through a powerful fan to separate the lightest elements from the heavy solids; after that grounders and rollers break up everything that can be broken. Finally the rubbish will pass under magnets, which will remove the bits of iron and steel; the rubber and plastic will then be sorted out in the final stage.
The first full scale giant recycling plants are, perhaps, fifteen years away. Indeed, with the growing cost of transporting rubbish to more distant dumps, some big cities will-be forced to build their own recycling plants before long.
The main purpose of the passage is ______.
A. to show us a future way of recycling wastes
B. to tell the importance of recycling wastes
C. to warn people the danger of some wastes
D. to introduce a new recycling plant
Cynicism in this passage most probably means ______.
A. a state of mind against realism
B. a state of mind doubting everything in existence
C. a theory advocating mutual help
D. a theory advocating individualism
To do the most effective reading, you should ______.
A. try every possible means to increase your reading rate
B. above all improve your comprehension of the text
C. hunt for whatever is implied in the reading material
D. increase your reading speed and improve your understanding
Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. You are expected to read various kinds of materials at the same rate.
B. A great deal of specialized knowledge is required to read books of general interest.
C. Titles, introduction and paragraph heading are of great help for grasping the overview of the text.
D. It is less likely that you can raise your average reading rate over the whole range of materials you wish to cover within a short time.