In your school bags, most of you may have a pencil, some kinds of pens, a ruler and some books. None of these things grow in the fields. They were all made in factories and invented by someone. They have not always been pencils or pens, rulers or books. Thousands of years ago, no one knew about these things.

    Who invented them? We don’t always know. There have been many thousands of inventions, large and small, in the human history. Some of these inventions have changed the world, such as paper, printing and radio, and we know the inventions. But we have forgotten most of the other inventions. Who invented the clock, for example, or the lock to the door? We don’t know. There have been thousands of inventions and we should thank them for their clever ideas. Will you be one of them when you grow up?

1. Who make most of the things in your school bag?

    A. Workers                                        B. Farmers

    C. Shopkeepers                                  D. Inventors

2. People didn’t have such things as pens or rulers _________________.

    A. a century ago                                 B. thousands of years before

    C. thousands of years ago                   D. several centuries later

3. What do inventions have?

    A. Computers                                    B. Machines

    C. Labs                                             D. Clever ideas.

4. Which of the following is an invention?

    A. A forest                                        B. A sheep

    C. A river.                                         D. A train.

5. We don’t know __________________.

    A. the name of the inventor of paper

    B. the names of most inventors

    C. how to use the lock to the door

    D. what the papers or pencils are used for

How many plastic bags do you use every day? 46 there any chance for us to live without them? What can we do to have 47   plastic pollution? A performance in Hangzhou makes people   48  more about the overuse of plastic bags in our lives.
In front of a supermarket in Hangzhou , five volunteers 49  white plastic bags and walked around and through the crowd. The performance   50  people to use more cloth bags  51     plastic ones.
Some of the plastic bags worn by the performers were collected from customers in two food markets and 52  were collected by 700 students from a middle school.
On that day, when leaving the food markets, customers were told to hand over 53  plastic shopping bags. 54  plastic bags were collected in two hours.
“ If we do 55  about it, the earth will be eaten up by white pollution. And 56  will become ‘plastic men’,”said one of the performers.
“How can you breathe in 57  plastic bags?” A   58   woman asked one performer.“How can the earth breathe 59   there are too many plastic bags?”the performer answered.
Starting in June 2008,plastic bags were 60  given for free in supermarkets,shopping malls or food markets all over the country.
People are called on﹙号召﹚to use cloth bags when they go shopping.

How many plastic bags do you use every day? 46 there any chance for us to live without them? What can we do to have 47   plastic pollution? A performance in Hangzhou makes people   48  more about the overuse of plastic bags in our lives.

In front of a supermarket in Hangzhou , five volunteers 49  white plastic bags and walked around and through the crowd. The performance   50  people to use more cloth bags  51     plastic ones.

Some of the plastic bags worn by the performers were collected from customers in two food markets and 52  were collected by 700 students from a middle school.

On that day, when leaving the food markets, customers were told to hand over 53  plastic shopping bags. 54  plastic bags were collected in two hours.

“ If we do 55  about it, the earth will be eaten up by white pollution. And 56  will become ‘plastic men’,”said one of the performers.

“How can you breathe in 57  plastic bags?” A   58   woman asked one performer.“How can the earth breathe 59   there are too many plastic bags?”the performer answered.

Starting in June 2008,plastic bags were 60  given for free in supermarkets,shopping malls or food markets all over the country.

People are called on﹙号召﹚to use cloth bags when they go shopping.

How many plastic bags do you use every day?1there any chance for us to live without them? What can we do to have2plastic pollution? A performance in Hangzhou makes people3more about the overuse of plastic bags in our lives.
In front of a supermarket in Hangzhou , five volunteers4white plastic bags and walked around and through the crowd. The performance5people to use more cloth bags6plastic ones.
Some of the plastic bags worn by the performers were collected from customers in two food markets and7were collected by 700 students from a middle school.
On that day, when leaving the food markets, customers were told to hand over8plastic shopping bags.9plastic bags were collected in two hours.
“ If we do10about it, the earth will be eaten up by white pollution. And11will become ‘plastic men’,”said one of the performers.
“How can you breathe in12plastic bags?” A13woman asked one performer.“How can the earth breathe14there are too many plastic bags?”the performer answered.
Starting in June 2008,plastic bags were15given for free in supermarkets,shopping malls or food markets all over the country.
People are called on﹙号召﹚to use cloth bags when they go shopping.

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