Every day there is less and less space on Earth for rubbish. Yet every day we make more and more rubbish. What can we do? We can recycle some of our rubbish. Recycling means that the rubbish will be made into something that can be used again.

Recycling helps Earth. And it saves space in rubbish dumps. Half of everything that we put into landfills could be recycled instead. In fact, most things made of paper, metal, glass and plastic can be recycled.

Paper can be broken into small pieces and made into new paper. Steel and aluminum cans(金属雄)can be melted down(熔化)and made into new cans. The same is true of glass bottles. This can be done aver and over again. Recycling doesn't take as much energy as making these things the first time. So we can use less of Earth's fuel resources.

Plastic can be melted down, too. Then it can be formed into park benches, playgrounds and so on. Some people call plastic the "wood" of the future. Things made of plastic will last about 400 years-even if they stay outside in the weather. No wood can do that!

1.The underlined word "landfills" in Paragraph 2 probably means _____________.

A.bench factories B.places for rubbish

C.green mountains D.recycling centres

2.According to the passage, what happens last to the can?

A.The can is put into a recycling bin. B.The can is melted down and reused.

C.A steel can gets filled with corn. D.A person uses the corn in the can.

3.What is the main idea of the passage?

A.Cans should be melted down.

B.Old newspapers can be reused.

C.We can build benches that last 400 years.

D.We should recycle everything that we can.

Adam Braun set up the organization(组织) Pencils of Promise in2008. Its goal is to make sure all children have a chance for education. Six years later , the non-profit organization is building a new school somewhere every 90 hours.It has helped more than 22.000 children in Africa,Asia and Latin America.

It all started when Adam Braun was a college student. He was visiting India when a boy stopped him and asked for money on the street, Mr. Braun asked the boy what he would want, if he could have anying in the world.

“I thought the answer was going to be ‘a house’ or ‘a car’ or ‘a boat’. His answer was ‘a pencil’ So I gave him my pencil and he was just happy and excited . I realized he never had been to school before ,and that was the reality(现实) for 57 million children around the world. ” Braun said.

Adam Braun started working in finance(金融) after he graduated from college, But he never forgot the boy and the problem he realized.

“We live in a world in which every child can have a chance to get a good education ,because we have everything necessary already. We are able to educate every child . So I promised to help create that world .” Braun said.

Mr Braun raised money for his project. He paid for building the first Pencils of Promise school, in Laos, five years ago. Since then ,his organization has helped pay for more than 200 schools in the countryside of Laos, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Ghana.

根据短文内容回答下列问题。

1.When did Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of Promise?

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2.How often is the organization building a new school somewhere six years later?

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3.What would the boy in India want if he could have anything in the world?

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4.What did the boy’s answer make Adam realize?

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5.Why did Adam Braun set up the organization Pencils of Promise?

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