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(2015·安徽卷)In our modern world，when something wears out，we throw it away and buy a new one.The__1__is that countries around the world have growing mountains of __2__because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.
How did we__3__a throwaway society? First of all，it is now easier to__4__an object than to spend time and money to repair it.__5__modern manufacturing (制造业) and technol
ogy，companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively.Products are plentiful and__6__．
Another cause is our__7__of disposable (一次性的) products.As__8__people，we are always looking for__9__to save time and make our lives easier.Companies__10__thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates，plastic cups，and cameras，to name a few.
Our appetite for new products also__11__to the problem.We are__12__buying new things.Advertisements persuade us that__13__is better and that we will be happier with the latest products.The result is that we__14__useful possessions to make room for new ones.
All around the world，we can see the__15__of this throwaway lifestyle.Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger.To__16__the amount of rubbish and to protect the__17__，more governments are requiring people to recycle materials.__18__，this is not enough to solve (解决) our problem.
