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 biodegradable, so it does not pose as much threat to the environment when it is discarded. (3) 45 out of every 100 tonnes of wood fibre used to make paper in Australia comes from waste paper, the rest comes directly from virgin fibre 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 fibre. (7) , industry’s use of recycled fibres is expected to increase at twice the rate of virgin fibre over the coming years.
Already, waste paper (8) 70%
A. compounds
B. compositions
C. mixtures
D. items
It is often observed that the aged spend much time thinking and talking about their past lives, rather than about the future. These reminiscences are not simply random or trivial memories, (1) is their purpose merely to make conversation. The old person’s recollections of the past help to (2) an identity that is becoming increasingly fragile: (3) any role that brings respect or any goal that might provide (4) to the future, the individual mentions their (5) as a reminder to listeners, that here was a life (6) living. (7) , the memories form part of a continuing life (8) , in which the old person (9) the events and experiences of the years gone by and (10) on the overall meaning of his or her own almost completed life.
As the life cycle (11) to its close, the aged must also learn to accept the reality of their own impending death. (12) this task is made difficult by the fact that
A. keeps
B. draws
C. inclines
D. tends
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2002年某省文物事业机构数目由上年的158个增加到了164个,文物事业机构人员数由上年的2420人减少到了2393人。具体如下:
文物单位:文物单位个数为63个,比上年增加5%,文物单位人员数为320人,比上年增加7.02%。其中:文物保护管理单位个数为61个,比上年增加5.17%,文物科研及其它文物单位个数为2个,与上年相等:文物保护管理单位人员数266人,比上年增加 9.47%,文物科研及其它单位人员数为54人,比上年减少3.57%。
博物馆:博物馆个数为90个,比上年增加3.45%,博物馆人员数为1690人,比上年减少2.14%。其中:综合类博物馆个数为43个,比上年增加16.22%,历史类博物馆个数为 34个,比上年减少8.11%,艺术类博物馆个数为6个,比上年增加20%,其他博物馆个数为7个,比上年减少12.5%;综合类博物馆的人员数为1004人,比上年增加2.76%,历史类博物馆的人员数为568人,比上年减少11.25%,艺术类博物馆人员数为69人,比上年增加21.05%;其他博物馆人员数为49人,比上年减少7.55%。 文物商店:文物商店个数为11个,与上年相等,文物商店人员数为383人,比上年减少2.79%。
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