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阅读理解 Wealthy countries are exporting millions of tons of plastic waste to Southeast Asia, where local recycling systems cannot process all of it. Greenpeace and the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, or GAIA, studied the issue. Their findings showed that the export of plastic waste is causing widespread pollution problems. In early 2018, China banned the import of plastic waste for recycling, which threw the international trade in recycled materials into disorder. Greenpeace and GAIA workers gathered information from the top 21 importers and exporters of plastic waste. They looked at the recycling trade before and after the Chinese ban. Over half of the plastics — more than 3 million tons a year — used to go to China. It is now being sent to Southeast Asia. Huge mountains of plastics are growing in Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, among other countries. The Malaysian village of Jenjarom is about 50 kilometers away from Kuala Lumpur. Greenpeace workers found huge piles of plastic waste on the ground in the middle of a palm oil farm. Nobody was working to reduce the size of the piles. The writing on the bottles, boxes and plastic bags showed where they came from. Much of the waste traveled thousands of kilometers from Europe and North America. People are suffering from the waste, said local environmentalist Pua Lay Peng. "They just throw the non-recyclable plastics or the rejected products, and then they burn them in the backyard of these factories. The poisonous smoke has already caused a lot of health problems for our residents." Kate Lin, a project leader at Greenpeace, said wealthy countries are simply exporting their waste. They do not follow up what happens after it crosses the border. Many Southeast Asian countries are beginning to restrict the import of plastic waste, which forces the rubbish to go to markets with less control, such as Indonesia and India. Greenpeace said improving recycling is not the final solution. Instead, the world must severely reduce plastic production and consumption. （1） What did China's ban in early 2018 lead to? A . Southeast Asian countries making similar bans. B . Southeast Asian countries producing less plastic waste. C . European countries paying more attention to plastic waste. D . European countries exporting plastic waste to Southeast Asia countries. （2） Why does the author mention Jenjarom? A . To show the danger of burning plastic waste. B . To explain how imported plastic waste is dealt with. C . To show imported plastic waste is harming local people. D . To encourage local governments to handle plastic better. （3） What does the underlined word "restrict" in Paragraph 5 mean? A . Fear. B . Limit. C . Consider. D . Increase. （4） How can plastic waste be effectively solved according to Greenpeace? A . People avoid producing and using plastic products. B . People recycle plastic products shortly after using them. C . Developing countries refuse the import of plastic waste. D . Wealthy countries export plastic waste to developed Asian countries. 答案： D C B A

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