Section I Use of English

　　Directions:

　　Read the following text. Choose the best word(s) for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1. (10 points)

　　Paper is different from other waste produce because it comes from a sustainable resource: trees. 1 the minerals and oil used to make plastics and metals, trees are 2 . Paper is also bio-degradable, so it does not pose as much threat to the environment when it is discarded. 3 45 out of every 100 tons of wood fiber used to make paper in Australia comes from waste paper, the rest comes directly from virgin fiber from forests and plantations. By world standards this is a good 4 since the world-wide average is 33 percent waste paper. Governments have encouraged waste paper collection and 5 schemes and at the same time, the paper industry has responded by developing new recycling technologies that have 6 even greater utilization of used fiber. 7 , industry’s use of recycled fibers is expected to increase at twice the rate of virgin fiber over the coming years.

　　Already, waste paper 8 70% of paper used for packaging and advances in the technology 9 to remove ink from the paper have allowed a higher recycled 10 in newsprint and writing paper. To achieve the benefits of recycling, the community must also 11 . We need to accept a change in the quality of paper products; 12 stationery may be less white and 13 a rougher texture. There also needs to be 14 from the community for waste paper collection programs. Not only do we need to make the paper 15 to collectors but it also needs to be separated into different types and sorted from contaminants such as staples, paperclips, string and other miscellaneous 16 .

　　There are technical 17 to the amount of paper which can be recycled and some paper products cannot be collected for reuse. These include paper 18 books and permanent records, photographic paper and paper which is badly contaminated. The four most common 19 of paper for recycling are factories and retail stores which gather large amounts of packaging material 20 goods are delivered, also offices which have unwanted business documents and computer output, paper converters and printers and lastly households which discard newspapers and packaging material. The paper manufacturer pays a price for the paper and may also incur the collection cost.

　　1.A.Despite B.Unlike C.With D.Even

　　2.A.replaceable B.removable C.respectable D.responsible

　　3.A.While B.When C.If D.Because

　　4.A.function B.quality C.consequence D.performance

　　5.A.tidying B.classifying C.placing D.selecting

　　6.A.given rise to B.thrown light on C.paved the way for D.made use of

　　7.A.As a result B.In the end C.All in all D.In conclusion

　　8.A.consumes B.consults C.constructs D.constitutes

　　9.A.inquired B.required C.resorted D.indicated

　　10.A.contest B.contact C.content D.contend

　　11.A.contribute B.pay C.award D.reward

　　12.A.such as B.just as C.other than D.for example

　　13.A.by B.in C.of D.for

　　14.A.encouraged B.supported C.defended D.bred

　　15.A.available B.compatible C.durable D.negligible

　　16.A.compounds B.compositions C.mixtures D.items

　　17.A.requests B.needs C.limitations D.problems

　　18.A.in the form of B.in the light of C.in the case of D.in the name of

　　19.A.materials B.resources C.substances D.sources

　　20.A.to which B.in which C.by which D.through which