Passage 3

① Rebecca is a wildlife camerawoman from the United Kingdom. She was filming a documentary(纪录片)for the BBC in the Pacific Ocean (太平洋) when she saw something that made her cry: hundreds of dead birds. They died because they accidentally (偶然地) ate some of the plastic that is thrown into the sea each year. The beaches on the Pacific islands should have been some of the most beautiful places in the world. But they were covered with plastic toys, bottles, pens, cigarette lighters(打火机)—every plastic thing you can think of.

②Rebecca decided she had to do something In her hometown of Modbury in southwest England, she asked local shopkeepers if they could do something to help. She asked them to stop using plastic bags in their shops.

③Plastic bags are used everywhere in Britain. The numbers are amazing. Britain uses nearly 17 billion plastic bags each year. And the bags can take hundreds of years to break down(分解) because they are made of chemicals (化学物质). Each year, the sea and the environment become more and more polluted.

④To Rebecca's surprise, the shopkeepers agreed and Modbury became the first plastic bag-free town in Britain. Instead, shops offer reusable cotton bags or biodegradable(可生物降解的)bags. Other towns followed Modbury's example and more towns around Britain and around the world are becoming plastic bag-free.

⑤Now the bag for life is part of the national culture, and the task of reducing the use of plastic bags has become law(法律): since October 2015, all shops in the UK must charge(承担) five pence for each plastic bag used by each shopper, no matter how generous(大量的)their spending is! It's not enough, but it's a start.

1.While filming in the Pacific Ocean, Rebecca________.

A.enioyed the beautiful beaches B.saw hundreds of dead birds

C.watched wildlife through her camera D.collected lots of plastic waste

2.What Rebecca did in her hometown was the basic step to________.

A.reduce the usage of plastic B.offer help to shopkeepers

C.make full use of the plastic bags D.raise money for her filming

3.In Paragraph ③, the writer mainly wants to tell us________.

A.what the plastic is made of B.how serious the plastic pollution is

C.how badly the sea is polluted D.where the plastic bags are often used

4.What's the result of Rebecca's efforts in Britain?

A.Shoppers mustn't use plastic bags any more

B.All the towns have become plastic bag-free

C.The task of protecting wildlife has become law

D.The government has begun caring about the plastic use

5.What's the main idea of the passage?

A.The reason for the death of birds B.The pollution of plastic bags

C.Rebecca's ways to stop plastic waste D.Rebecca's documentary of wildlife.

There is no way that you don't have any embarrassing moments. You can't control everything that happens, so you're going to be in an embarrassing situation one day. So how can you solve this problem?The answer is to control your actions and try not to get upset.

◆Remember that you'll probably laugh about it in a few days, so try to see the funny side of it.

◆If it is something so embarrassing that you feel you will never laugh about it, please remember that the __(1)__ will be over after some time.

◆Ask your friends to give you a break and not to make fun of you. If you've done the same for them, they're more likely to agree to give you a break.

Always remember that you are not alone. Everyone has embarrassing moments. While you are sure that everyone is going to remember this moment forever, the fact is that they'll probably forget it very soon. Most of us remember the moments in which we feel embarrassed, but very few of us remember other people's embarrassing moments.

Most people have short memories. So while you may never forget the moment when your skirt was torn (撕裂) in gym class, most of the other people probably forget it at once. Although a short memory may not be a(n) __(2)__ thing when you are trying to remember facts in a history test, it is useful when you are trying to forget life's most embarrassing moments.

任务一:根据短文内容,分别写出(1)和(2)两处所缺单词。(每空限填一词)

1.(1)____________  (2)__________

任务二:根据短文内容,选择正确答案。

2.It can be inferred (推断) from the passage that ________ when you fall down after making a speech.

A.everyone will remember the moment forever

B.you may never forget the moment

C.other people will feel embarrassed

D.you will not remember the moment

任务三:请把文中画线的部分译成汉语。

3._______________________________________________

任务四:请根据短文内容,回答下列问题。

4.Why does the writer say “you are not alone”?

________________________________________________________

5.What's the main idea of the passage?

It's mainly about how to ____________when you are embarrassed.

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