My sister Allie and I have been trying to get people to stop dropping cigarette butts (烟头) for seven years.

One day, we were walking in our hometown and saw hundreds of cigarette butts on the ground. ________ They made the town look so ugly that we decided to start a group to make people stop dropping butts. We called it “No Butts about It”.

At first, we drew pictures with “The Earth Is Not Your Ashtray (烟灰缸)” written on them. We put the pictures around our hometown—in parks, by beaches, and along roads.

We wanted to make people understand that dropping butts does harm to the environment. Most smokers don’t think that dropping butts harms the earth. _________

Later, we wrote to companies and asked them for money to help us. We used the money to buy ashtrays to give smoker.

We wanted smokers to carry the ashtrays with them so they didn’t have to drop butts. At the moment, we are trying to get cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each pack of cigarettes. _________

Many people he started to join our group since it began. ________ And there are even groups in England, Australia and India!

Many newspapers have written about my sister and I over the last seven years. And we have won many prizes for our good work. ________ We just want to make the earth a better and cleaner place for animals, plants and people.One day it will be.

根据材料内容,从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项,使短文意思通顺、内容完整,并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上。

A. Some companies would like to do it.

B. But we are not interested in prizes.

C. Today there are 45 other “No Butts about It” groups in America.

D. They made the ground dirty.

E. But it does! And so does all rubbish.

1.______

2.______

3.______

4.______

5.______

Marty would turn eleven in just three days.

Marty's parents wanted to give him a surprise. They talked about the list of gifts one night after Marty went to sleep. Dad said, "I think Marty will just get tired of the basketball, and he doesn't like taking pictures." Mom said, "We just bought him a new bicycle last Christmas."

"I think we should get Marty the telescope," said Dad, "he's so interested in space and the planets."

"Sounds good," said Mom.

Dad stopped by a store the next day after work and picked out a telescope. He waited until Marty was asleep and brought the telescope from his car into the house.

"Wow! This is wonderful," said Marty's mom, "now where are we going to hide it until Sunday?"

"Why not put it in the study? Marty won't find it there."

Sunday morning came. Marty was so excited about his birthday, He ran into the kitchen, but didn't see anything special as usual. "Happy birthday!" said his mom and dad from the next room. Marty looked confused. Dad told Marty to follow him to the study. "This is fantastic!" yelled Marty, "I was hoping for the telescope myself, too. Thanks so much for knowing me so well." "You're welcome," said Mom and Dad. That night, Marty saw many beautiful stars and even the planet Mars.

1.How old is Marty now?

A.Ten. B.Nine. C.Twelve. D.Eleven.

2.What gift did Marty really hope to get for his birthday?

A.A telescope. B.A camera. C.A basketball. D.A bicycle.

3.Where did Marty's parents hide the gift?

A.In the sitting room. B.In his father's car.

C.In the kitchen. D.In the study.

4.The underlined words "picked out" probably mean "

A.gave B.chose C.felt D.entered

5.What can we learn from the passage?

A.Marty really loved playing basketball.

B.Marty's family were all interested in space.

C.Marty wasn't sure what gift to get before his birthday.

D.Marty got a bicycle from his parents on his last birthday.

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