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Malaysia will send 3,000 tonnes of non-recyclable plastic waste back to the countries they came from, the Environment Minister said on Tuesday. Malaysia last year became the world's main destination for plastic waste after China banned its import, disrupting the flow of more than 7 million tonnes of the trash a year. Dozens of recycling factories have appeared in Malaysia, many without operating licences, and communities have complained of environmental problems.

Yeo Bee Yin, Minister of Energy, Technology, Science, Environment and Climate Change, said 60 containers of trash that had been imported illegally would be sent back. “These containers were illegally brought into the country under false declaration, which clearly violates our environmental law,” Yeo told reporters, after inspecting the shipments at Port Klang, on the outskirts of the capital.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte last week ordered his government to hire a private shipping company to send containers of garbage back to Canada and leave them within its territorial waters if it refuses to accept them. Canada says the waste, exported to the Philippines between 2013 and 2014, was a commercial transaction done without government consent. Canada had agreed to take the rubbish back but Duterte lost patience as arrangements were being made and ordered out.

Malaysian officials have identified at least 14 origin countries, including the United States, Japan, France, Canada, Australia and Britain, for its unwanted waste. Yeo said citizens of developed nations were largely unaware that their rubbish, which they think is being recycled, is instead mostly being dumped in Malaysia, where it is disposed of using environmentally harmful methods. Plastic unsuitable for recycling is burnt, which releases toxic chemicals into the atmosphere.

1.Why was a lot of plastic waste sent to Malaysia?

A Malaysia had dozens of recycling factories.

B Malaysia gave factories operating licences.

C Malaysia had no environmental problems.

D Malaysia didn’t ban the import of waste.

解析：选D。推理判断题。根据文章第一段第二句Malaysia last year became the world's main destination for plastic waste after China banned its import可知，由于中国禁止塑料垃圾进口才导致了马来西亚成为洋垃圾的目的地，之所以会这样是因为该国没禁止垃圾的进口，故选D。

2.Why would 60 containers of trash be sent back?

A Officials broke the environmental law.

B The communities had realized environmental problems.

C The trash shouldn’t be brought on the outskirts of the capital.

D The trash were illegally brought into the country under false declaration.

解析：选D。推理判断题。根据文章第二段第二句These containers were illegally brought into the country under false declaration, which clearly violates our environmental law可以得知他们的虚假报关违反了环境保护法，所以这些垃圾将会被退回，故选D。

3.The underlined word “them” in the third paragraph may refer to ______.

A the president and the ship

B the ship and the government

C containers of garbage

D the government and the ship company

解析：选C。词义猜测题。总统下令菲律宾政府雇佣一家私营航运公司，将装垃圾的集装箱运回加拿大，如果加拿大拒绝接受这些集装箱，就将它们留在其领海内。此处them就是指代前面提到的containers of garbage，故选C。

4.What will be polluted by the harmful method of disposing rubbish?

A The air.

B The forest.

C The water.

D The soil.

解析：选A。细节理解题。根据文章第四段最后一句Plastic unsuitable for recycling is burnt, which releases toxic chemicals into the atmosphere.可知，人们燃烧不能循环的塑料，会向空气中排放有毒气体，因此会污染空气，故选A。