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Goodbye, plastic
Wanna go shopping? Before you leave you’d better prepare a paper bag to carry your stuff or get more money to buy the bags! As a war against plastic bags has started around the country, people better get into the habit of bringing their own bags for shopping.
Starting from June 1, all shops and supermarkets will be forbidden from offering free plastic bags. Those going against the rule will face a fine up to 10,000 yuan. In addition, the manufacture(生产), sale and use of bags less than 0.025 mm thick will also be banned.
“We should encourage people to return to carrying cloth bags and using baskets for their vegetables,” said a notice from the State Council(国务院). “While plastic bags are convenient fro shoppers, this has caused a serious waste of energy and environmental pollution.”
It is estimated(预计)that the Chinese use up to 3 billion plastic bags a day. The country has to refine(炼)5 million tons of crude oil every year to make them. When these bags go to landfills or are burned, they pollute the air, waterways and soil, which forms a huge threat to the health of humans. If they are abandoned, it takes tem almost 1,000 years to break down into particle(微粒)that do not harm the environment. And the abandoned plastic bags are also dangerous to wildlife who eat tem by accident.
Although some citizens are worried about the inconvenience of not having free plastic bags, most people are willing to make sacrifices(牺牲)to protect the environment.
A large number of Chinese have begun making their own cloth bags. Li Hui, a high school student in Tianjin, cut out a shopping bag from his old trousers. Just like his classmates, he sent his first work to his neighbors to promote the use of environmentally-friendly bags. “I am so proud that they like my design and promised to use it,” said the boy.
Goodbye, plastic
Why is such a rule made? | Using plastic bags has (1) ______ a serious waste of energy and environmental pollution. | |
(2) _______ do the plastic bags pollute the environment? | A serious waste of (4) ______ | Every year 5 million tons of crude oil is (5) _____ to make enough plastic bags for people to use. |
Environmental pollution: | ◆When the plastic bags to landfills or are burned, they pollute air, waterways and soil, (6) ________ a huge threat to the health of humans. ◆Plastic bags do harm to the environment. It takes them a very long time to break down into (7) _______ particles. ◆The abandoned plastic bags are (8) ______ to wildlife that eat them by accident. | |
How do people (3) _____ to the new rules? | ◆Although some citizens are worried about the inconvenience of not having (9) ______ plastic bags, most people are willing to make sacrifices to protect the environment. ◆A large number of Chinese have begun (10) ______ their own cloth bags. |
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A recent study offers a picture of how dangerous it is to get a lift from a teenage driver. Indeed, a 16-year-old driver with three or more passengers is three times as likely to have a fatal accident as a teenager driving alone. However, the possibility of death for drivers between 30 and 59 decreases with each additional passenger.
It was also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased greatly after10 p.m , and especially after midnight. With passengers in the car, the driver was even more likely to die in a late night accident.
Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with "really stupid behavior" than with just a lack of driving experience. Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to help solve the problem is to have states setting up so-called graduated licensing systems (等级执照制). A graduated license requires that a teenager first prove himself able to drive in the presence of an adult, followed by a period of driving with a limited number of passengers, before graduating to full driving on his own. About half of the states now have some sort of graduated licensing system in place. The systems have reduced teenage driver crashes, according to recent studies.
1.Which of the following situations is most dangerous according to the passage?
A.Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway after 10 p.m.
B.A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car.
C.Adults driving with three or more teenage passengers late at night.
D.A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight.
2.According to Robert Foss, the high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly due to _______.
A.their frequent driving at night B.their improper way of driving
C.their lack of driving experience D.their driving with passengers
3.A suggested measure to be taken to reduce teenagers' driving accidents is that ________.
A.driving in the presence of an adult should be made a rule .
B.they should be stopped from taking on passengers
C.they should not be allowed to drive after 10 p. m.
D.the licensing system should be improved
4.The present situation in about half of the states is that the graduated licensing system
_________.
A.is under discussion B.is about to be set up
C.has been put into effect D.has been perfected
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