How can we get rid of garbage? Do we have enough energy sources to meet our future energy needs? These are two important questio

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问题     How can we get rid of garbage? Do we have enough energy sources to meet our future energy needs? These are two important questions that many people are asking today.
    Some people think that man might be able to solve both problems at the same time. They suggest using garbage as an energy source, and at the same time it can save the land to hold garbage.
    For a long time, people buried garbage or dumped it on empty land. Now, empty land is scarce. But more and more garbage is produced each year. However, garbage can be a good fuel to use. The things in garbage do not look like coal, petroleum, or natural gas, but they are chemically similar to these fossil fuels. As we use up our fossil fuel supplies, we might be able to use garbage as an energy source.
    Burning garbage is not a new idea. Some cities in Europe and the United States have been burning garbage for years. The heat that is produced by burning garbage is used to boil water. The steam that is produced is used to make electricity and to heat nearby buildings. In Paris, France, some power plants burn almost 2 million metric tons of the city’s garbage each year. The amount of energy produced is about the same as would be produced by burning almost a half million barrels of oil.
    But there are problems in using garbage as a fuel. Garbage that burns easily, such as food scraps(残羹剩饭) and paper, must be separated from metals, glass, and other materials that do not burn easily. This separation process is normally costly. Another problem is that burning garbage can pollute air.
    Our fossil fuel supplies are limited. Garbage might be one kind of energy source that we can use to help meet our energy needs. Burning it could also reduce the amount of garbage piling up on the earth.
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

选项 A、About 2 million metric tons of garbage is burned in France each year.
B、In the modern society, more and more garbage is produced each year.
C、Using garbage is a good way to solve the problem of energy shortage.
D、Burning garbage is an old idea.

答案A

解析 根据第四段倒数第二句“In Paris, France, some power plants burn almost 2 million metric tons of the city’s garbage each year. ”可知,在法国巴黎,一些发电厂每年燃烧近200万吨的城市垃圾,A项中描述的却是整个法国,与文章内容不符,所以A项不正确;根据第三段第三句“But more and more garbage is produced each year. ”可知,每年产生的垃圾越来越多,所以B项正确;根据最后一段第二句“Garbage might be one kind of energy source that we can use to help meet our energy needs. ”可知,垃圾可能是我们可以用来满足能源需求的一种能源,所以C项正确;根据第四段第一句“Burning garbage is not a new idea. ”可知,燃烧垃圾不是一个新想法,即是一个旧想法,所以D项正确。故选A。
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