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Jiang Nan, a full-time mother in Beijing, keeps a dozen or so cloth bags at home, carefully selecting one or two before heading out to get groceries. “Most of them were giveaways from advertising marketing campaigns, but
others had been handed out in the street by various environmental protection organizations,” she explained.
Since June 2008 China has forbidden the production,
sale and usage of plastic bags thinner than 0.025 millimeter (毫米), and retailers(零售商) are not allowed to provide free plastic bags to their customers, regardless of the thickness.
Many Chinese consumers like Jiang have learned to refuse plastic bags whenever possible in their shopping. “A plastic bag may only cost a few jiao, but it’s more about how bad they are for the environment,” Jiang said.
The plastic ban is for the most part well carried out in big cities, and has been distinctly effective in reducing white waste. On the first anniversary of the plastic ban Global Village of Beijing, an NGO environmental organization, shows that during the year of the ban the consumption of plastic bags fell by about 40 billion pieces in chain supermarkets alone, saving more than 1.2 million tons of petroleum.
However, enforcement shows considerably less muscle in smaller cities, towns and country-
side. In a remote town like Lichuan, the awareness of environmental protection is not as strong as that in big cities. Street vendors(街头小贩) worry that they are likely to lose customers if they charge them for plastic bags. Seeing no significance in the issue, local government often turn a blind eye to banned bag traffic in the market.
There are still those who don’t have an interest in living green. Cui Lin, another Beijinger, often forgets to bring a cloth bag when shopping, and has to buy plastic bags. “Anyway I think plastic bags are neater and cleaner, and I don’t mind paying a couple more jiao,” he shrugged.
Mrs Yu, a vegetable vendor in Lichuan County, Jiangxi Province, recalled that before plastic bags became popular in the early 1990s, Chinese people always carried a bamboo basket when they visited the market. “Plastic bags are more convenient,” she comments, and her view might be that of the tens of millions of people in the nation who still cling to plastic bags, paid or free. This is suggested by her trade where piles of plastic bags are still passed out every day.
49. In Paragraph 1, the writer uses Jiang Nan’s case to __________.
| A. introduce a topic | B. tell a story |
| C. describe a person | D. offer an argument |
| A. She bought them at a low price. C. She borrowed them from her relatives. | B. She got them for free. D. She made them herself. |
| A. Cloth bags are difficult to get and heavy to carry. |
| B. People’s awareness of environmental protection is not strong enough. |
| C. People don’t mind paying a couple more jiao for plastic bags. |
| D. Street vendors worry that they are likely to lose customers if they charge them. |
| A. To reduce white waste is urgent. |
| B. The plastic bag ban has achieved great success. |
| C. There is still a long way to go for the plastic bag ban. |
| D. People’s awareness of environmental protection should be stressed. |
The Catherine family enjoyed the good things in life as much as anyone else. They ___36___games, books, music, toys, good food and good times. But sometimes ___37___seemed, especially to Mrs. Catherine who ___38___the house, that they had too much stuff in the closets, in the drawers, in the basement, and almost ___39___. It made Mrs. Catherine a little ___40___.
One day, at breakfast, Mrs. Catherine made a（n） ___41___. “This family,”she said firmly, “has too much stuff. It's time to get ___42___of some of them. ”The three children all ___43___with this idea and helped pile used things and unused things they were never going to use into the car.
Their first ___44___was Home for the Aged where the older went to live. Nurses and doctors looked after them, but sometimes the older got a little lonely and ___45___. They liked visitors and things to do. When the family arrived at Home for the Aged, they ___46___out their games and puzzles to the older and then sat down to play games and do puzzles with them. They had a ___47___time and they were sorry when it was time to leave.
Their next stop was the Young Cubs Hospital. The Catherine family dropped ___48___their load of used toys which were very welcome. The hospital workers said the toys would be given out at the hospital ___49___party.
Their last stop was People Who Care store. This was a store that sold things to ___50___money for those who needed warm clothes and good food. The Catherine family lugged all their old clothes and furniture into the store.
After that, the Catherine family ___51___home with warm feelings about what they had done. ___52___they drove along, they passed the lighted ___53___of supermarkets which were beautifully decorated for Christmas. There was window after window of the very latest things, but they were so filled with special thoughts about helping others that they ___54___noticed the wonderful things in the windows except maybe out of the ___55___of their eyes.
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| I was cleaning out an old box when an old card caught my eye: Queen City Casket Company. "What is it?" I 1 . I turned it over. There, in faded (已褪色的) ink, was a hand-scrawled (手写的) 2 . Immediately my mind traveled back many years.  I was nine years old, 3 down the cold, wet streets of Springfield, with a bag of 4 on my shoulder. On my 5 that day, I came to that Company finally, whose owner, Mr. Rader, had always 6 me there to ask his workers whether they 7 any magazines.  Shaking off the 8 like a wet dog, I entered Mr. Rader's office. After a quick glance he 9 me over to the fire-place. Noticing the hole in the top of my 10 , he said, "Come with me!", pulling me into his pick-up truck. We pulled to a stop before a shoe shop. Inside, a salesman 11 me with the finest pair of Oxfords I had ever 12 . I felt about 10 feet tall when I 13 in them. "We'd like a air of new 14 , too." Mr. Rader said. Back in his office, Mr. Rader took out a 15 , wrote something on it, and handed it to me. With 16 eyes, I read, "Do to others as you would have them do to you." He said affectionately (深情地), "Jimmy, I want you to 17 I love you." I said good-bye, and for the first time I 18 a flicker (闪烁) of hope that somehow things would be all right. With people like Mr. Rader in the world, there was hope, kindness and 19 and that  would always make a 20 .  | ||||
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While eating lunch with my 4-year-old daughter this afternoon at a fast food restaurant, I noticed an old man walking to the table with a stick. The manager kindly carried the food for him. During the meal I 36 the man tell a woman it was his 37 . So I 38 what I heard to my daughter. She loves it when people have birthdays. I told her it was OK for her to wish him a happy birthday. He 39 was spending this special day alone.
At first she was 40 and decided against it. As I was 41 our plates into the dustbin she turned to him and quietly 42 him a Happy Birthday. I could tell he was 43 by the way he looked at her. I 44 behind her and gave him my own wishes. He was grateful.
45 we walked away he called my daughter back and 46 her a brand-new gold $1 coin. She thanked him. But that wasn't enough for him. He 47 his pocket and at that I kindly told him that wasn't 48 . He ignored me and 49 out an envelope with about a dozen of a different kind of gold coins. He continued to give her another one and tell her how 50 it was and that one day it would be worth 51 . He then 52 me in the eye and wished me a good day.
What a kind man. I'm sure my daughter 53 his day. On such a special day, 54 can I take away his glory and 55 his offering of thanks?
Happy Birthday!
1. A. listened B. noticed C. learned D. overheard
2. A. birthday B. gift C. food D. stick
3.A. whispered B. screamed C. shouted D. signed
4.A. eventually B. luckily C. naturally D. obviously
5. A. curious B. angry C. shy D. proud
6. A. filling B. dropping C. cleaning D. emptying
7. A. made B. got C. celebrated D. wished
8. A. encouraged B. touched C. bothered D. respected
9. A. went on B. went up C. looked around D. set out
10. A. So B. If C. As D. Though
11.A. bought B. awarded C. showed D. handed
12. A. picked up B. dug into C. put up D. took out
13.A. bad B. available C. necessary D. impossible
14. A. put B. sent C. pulled D. gave
15.A. beautiful B. common C. necessary D. special
16. A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing
17.A. caught B. looked C. glared D. touched
18. A. troubled B. made C. witnessed D. remembered
19.A. when B. why C. what D. how
20. A. put away B. turn down C. turn out D. hold up
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