In recent years, Ethiopia has become a leader in solid waste management in Africa. Last year, the country transformed a rubbish site into a new waste-to-energy plant. The plant incinerates up to 1,400 tons of solid rubbish every day, supplying the capital with 25 percent of its electricity need.

Despite the great progress, challenges remain in Ethiopia. Laws and policies for the management of harmful wastes are still at an early stage and not effective in preventing illegal dumping (倾倒) of waste.

To help Ethiopia meet these challenges, the Waste Management Program that has been founded is supporting the country with a three-year project to improve institutional ability of sound management of harmful wastes.

In the initial stages, a project management unit will be formed. This unit will be responsible for reviewing and assessing Ethiopia’s present law frameworks, which does not specifically target the importation, production, transport, use and disposal (处理) of harmful wastes. Once legal gaps (漏洞) are identified, the project will seek to update existing law frameworks.

This project will work to promote the participation of women in policy development and decision-making processes. This will help make sure that existing policies and programs, as well as future institutional changes, are assessed with particular attention to women.

Many people in Ethiopia are not aware of the criminal influences of environmental violations and the need to report such crimes to the police. To solve this problem, Ethiopia will be conducting a series of activities, including creating awareness-raising programs. Ethiopia will also set up a national cooperation system for waste management. Authorities will also make budget in national and regional planning to make sure that these policies can survive even after the project’s completion.

The depth and breadth of these actions will make sure that this project has a lasting influence. In so doing, the recent progress Ethiopia has made in waste management will be not only kept, but become the basis for an environmental policy for years to come.

【小题1】Which of the following can replace the underlined word “incinerates” in paragraph 1？

A．Creates.

B．Burns.

C．Gathers.

D．Absorbs.

【小题2】What led to the set-up of the Waste Management Program？

A．The immaturity of the environmental laws.	B．The effect of solid waste management.
C．The support of Ethiopia’s government.	D．The transformation of the rubbish sites.

【小题3】What is the problem with people in Ethiopia according to the text?

A．Their tolerance of environmental pollution.	B．Their discrimination against women in life.
C．Their ignorance of environmental protection.	D．Their resistance to the environmental policies.

【小题4】What is the text mainly talking about?

A．How Ethiopia tries to protect environment.	B．Why waste management is effective in Ethiopia.
C．How Ethiopia’s women affect policies.	D．Who has the word in environmental protection.