When you go shopping，you are given at least one plastic bag to carry what you’ve bought.They are so common that we don’t often give them a second thought.But the beginning of the end may have come for the plastic bag.

A small town in Tasmania，an island off the south coast of mainland Australia，is making itself an environmental role model (模范) by becoming the country’s first plastic­bag­free town.

Since April 28，Coles Bay’s population of 175 and its tourist shoppers have been using reusable paper or cloth bags to carry their shopping.

Coles Bay sits on the edge of the beautiful Freycinet national park.Around 180,000 tourists pass through the town and the park every year.

Ben Kearney，a local businessman who supports the bag ban，said it would cut the amount of waste and prevent damage to native wildlife who try to eat the plastic.

“Most of the business here comes from the tourism and that’s all based on the environment，so people were pretty supportive.”he said.

Every year Australians use more than 6 million plastic bags.More than half of these come from supermarkets.Since_it_takes_years_for_the_bags_to_biodegrade_(生物分解)，tens_of_millions_end_up_polluting_the_environment.They kill about 100,000 seabirds and animals，which mistake the bags for food，every year.

Only in the past few months have major Australian supermarkets begun cutting down on their use of plastic bags.Environmental groups are pushing for a plastic bag fee (费) like that in Ireland.There，since plastic bags cost 10 pence (about 1 yuan) each，their use has been cut by 90 percent.

Pollution caused by plastic bags is a big headache for countries all over the world.As early as 1999，Beijing said that only plastic bags of certain thickness could be used.This was to encourage them to be used again and again.In China’s capital alone，an average of 6 million plastic bags are used every single day.

36．What’s meant by“the beginning of the end may have come for the plastic bag”in the first paragraph?

A．It’s possible for the war against plastic bag use to have been started.

B．It’s likely that plastic bag use has been stopped.

C．It won’t be long before an end is put to plastic bag use.

D．Once started，plastic bag use will never end.

37．We can know from the passage that Coles Bay________.

A．is a small coastal city

B. is a place where you can see far more visitors than natives

C. was the first to offer plastic bags to shoppers free of charge

D．is a place where reusable plastic bags are used

38．According to Ben Kearney，the natives welcome the change in bag use because they________.

A．need to make money

B．are short of energy supply

C．don’t want to waste money

D．want to do something good for mankind

39．Judging from the underlined sentence in the Paragraph 7，“end up doing sth.” means“________”．

A．stop doing sth.                                     B．begin doing sth.

C．do sth.as a result                                  D．disappear while doing sth.

40．Which country or area is more polluted by plastic bags than the others?

A．Ireland.                                              B．Mainland Australia.

C．Coles Bay.                                          D．Beijing.

It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.

Considering that there was no better way. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it：“Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently：“Take this to the butcher（* person whose job is selling meat）and he's going to give you your lunch today.”

Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.

At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.

The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers（*people who buy sth. from a shop）.

But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled . He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today？”

Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it！

1、Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite 　　　.

　 A、cruelly B、fairly　 　 C、kindly 　 D、friendly

2、It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs. Smith gave it 　　　.

　 A、might do it much harm B、could do it much good

　 C、would help the butcher　 D、was worth many pounds

3、The butcher did not give any meat to the dog 　　　.

　 A、before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith

　 B、when he found that the words on the paper were not clear

　 C、because he had sold out all the meat in his shop

　 D、until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith

4、From its experience, the dog found that 　　　.

　 A、only the paper with Mrs. Smith's words in it could bring it meat

　 B、the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it

　 C、Mrs. Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher

　 D、a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat

5、At the end of the story, you'll find that 　　　.

　 A、the dog was clever enough to write on the paper

　 B、the dog dared not go to the butcher's any more

　 C、the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog

　 D、the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal

It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.

Considering that there was no better way. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it：“Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently：“Take this to the butcher（* person whose job is selling meat）and he's going to give you your lunch today.”

Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.

At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.

The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers（*people who buy sth. from a shop）.

But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled . He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today？”

Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it！

1、Mrs. Smith treated her little dog quite 　　　.

　 A、cruelly B、fairly C、kindly D、friendly

2、It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs. Smith gave it 　　　.

　 A、might do it much harm B、could do it much good

　 C、would help the butcher　 D、was worth many pounds

3、The butcher did not give any meat to the dog 　　　.

　 A、before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith

　 B、when he found that the words on the paper were not clear

　 C、because he had sold out all the meat in his shop

　 D、until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith

4、From its experience, the dog found that 　　　.

　 A、only the paper with Mrs. Smith's words in it could bring it meat

　 B、the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it

　 C、Mrs. Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher

　 D、a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat

5、At the end of the story, you'll find that 　　　.

　 A、the dog was clever enough to write on the paper

　 B、the dog dared not go to the butcher's any more

　 C、the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog

　 D、the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal

It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.

　　Considering that there was no better way. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: “Give my dog half a pound of meat.” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently: “Take this to the butcher (*person whose job is selling meat). and he's going to give you your lunch today.”

　　Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.

　　At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it，he gave it half a pound of meat once more.

　　The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers (*people who buy sth. from a shop).

　　But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for the third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today?”

　　Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!

68.Mrs Smith treated her little dog quite_________.

　　A. cruelly 　　            B. fairly 　　       C. kindly 　　      D. friendly

69.It seemed that the dog knew well that the paper Mrs Smith gave it_______.

　　A. might do it much harm                   B. could do it much good

　　C. would help the butcher                   D. was worth many pounds

70.The butcher did not give any meat to the dog __________.

　　A. before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs. Smith

　　B. when he found that the words on the paper were not clear

　　C. because he had sold out all the meat in his shop

　　D. until he was paid enough by Mrs. Smith

71.From its experience, the dog found that ________.

　　A. only the paper with Mrs. Smith's words in it could bring it meat

　　B. the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it

　　C. Mrs Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher

　　D. a piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat