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When tom Szaky sees a juice container thrown away, he doesn' t see rubbish; he sees a pen- cil case. Sweet wrappers (包裝紙) ? A beautiful kite. But these are not the imaginings of a dream- er. For the 28-year-old CEO of Trenton, New Jersey-based TerraCycle, they're a business model. The fast-talking Szaky is leading the new industry of upcycling. Instead of recycling ( shred- ding or breaking down materials and enabling them to be reproduced as other products), TerraCycle takes packaging headed for landfills(垃圾填理) and reuses it--more or less whole. TerraCycle' s85 employees make nearly 200 products, sold at shops such as Petco, Krnart, Whole Foods Mar-ket, and Target.
Szaky's $ 7.4 million company, now also moving ahead in Mexico, Canada. the United Kingdom and Brazil is a far cry from the business he founded with classmate Jon Beyer in 2002 as a freshman at Princeton University. The two entered a business competition with a plan to sell an organic plant fertilizer(有機肥料) made from worm waste. They lost the competition but started the business anyway.
With their goal--to make products entirely out of rubbish--suddenly clear, Szaky knew the time was right to drop out of Princeton.
TerraCycle' s first product used dining-hall waste to feed the worms and thrown-away bottles to package the fertilizer. The result: a cheap, green breakthrough. Word spread, and in 2004, Home Depot began carrying the fertilizer in its Canadian stores.
to Szaky, waste does not exist in nature. Terra Cycle is a "second chance" employer of, say, a piece of furniture, an ice-cream container. As Szaky points out: "The biggest problem with most green, fair-trade, and organic products is that they tend to cost more. At Terra Cycle, everything is made from rubbish, and rubbish is free. People should be able to protect the planet without having to pay a cost for that right. "
64. Who is tom Szaky?
A. A student at Princeton University.
B. The manager of a food company.
C. An employee of Home Depot.
D. CEO of TerraCycle.
65. What do we know about the new industry of upcycling?
A. It puts waste materials directly into new use.
B. It promotes completely natural foods.
C. It buries waste materials in landfills.
D. It makes organic plant fertilizer.
did Szaky get the idea of upcycling?
A. From his visits to foreign companies.
B. From his studies at Princeton University.
C. Through shopping at big stores in America.
D. Through the experience of a business competition.
67. What is the advantage of upcycling according to Szaky?
A. The cost is kept low.
B. The product is free.
C. The product has a longer life.
D. More materials are available.
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在湯姆·薩奇的眼中，一個扔掉的果汁盒不是垃圾，而是一個鉛筆盒，漂亮的包裝紙，美麗的風箏。但是這些並非是夢想家的想象。對於位於新澤西的特林頓公司28歲的CE0來說，這些都是商業模型。
薩奇語速很快，他引領了升級改造新產業潮流。特林頓公司並不從事回收產業，即將物質粉碎或者打破之後重新制成別的產品，它是把即將被當做垃圾填埋的包裝進行重新利用，可能是整個或者是部分的利用。公司85個僱員製作近兩百種產品，在美國寵物用品連鎖超市、凱馬特、全食超市、塔吉特等地出售。
薩奇擁有的這個價值740萬美金的公司現在正在開拓墨西哥、加拿
大、英‘國和巴西的市場。比起薩奇在2002年剛上普林斯頓大學時和同班同學喬恩·拜爾一起建立的'那個小生意相較，確實今非昔比。那時，兩人蔘加了一個商業比賽，計劃是賣從蟲子排洩物中製作出的有機肥料，儘管比賽失利，但是此項生意卻由此開始了。
他們的目標——從垃圾中製作產品——變得清晰了，於是，薩奇覺得是時候從普林斯頓大學輟學了。
特林頓公司的第一件產品是使用餐廳泔水去餵養蟲子，用廢棄的瓶子包裝肥料，這是成本低廉並且環保的突破。通過人們的口口相傳，在2004年.美國家得寶公司開始把特林頓公司的肥料引入了其加拿大的店鋪。
對於薩奇來說，廢品並不是自然存在的物品。特林頓公司是給了某件傢俱或是某個冰淇淋盒子第二次利用的機會。正如薩奇所言，“最大的問題是.大多數綠色有機產品成本都比較高。在特林頓公司，每個產品都是由垃圾製成的，而這些都是免費的。人們應該不需要為保護我們的星球付出任何成本。”
64.D【精析】細節題。題幹意為“湯姆·薩奇是誰?”。由文章第一段最後一句“…the 28-year—old CEO of Trenton…”，可知，薩奇是該公司的執行長。故D為正確答案。
65.A【精析】推理題。題幹意為“我們可以瞭解關於升級改造新產業的什麼?”。依據文章第二段第二句所陳述的“Instead of recy—a Cycle takes packaging heatled for l am fills and reuses it…”，可知，特林頓公司並不從事回收產業，它是把即將被當作垃圾填埋的包裝進行重新利用，可能是整個或者是部分的利用。故A為正確答案。
66.D【精析】推理題。題幹意為“薩奇是如何有了從事升級改造產業的靈感?”。根據文章第三段的內容“…but started the business an—way.”可知，薩奇在大學的時候因為參加一個比賽嘗試過這種活動，之後就開始從事這方面的商業活動。故D為正確答案。
67.A【精析】推理題。題幹意為“薩奇認為升級改造產業的優勢是什麼?”。根據文章最後一段第三、四句“…the biggest problem…is that them tend to cost more…and rubbish is free.”可知，產業最大的優勢就是原料是免費的，因此成本相對低廉。故A為正確答案。
