Have you ever stayed in a hotel ? Most Chinese hotels often provide guests with things like disposable(一次性的) toothbrushes , toothpaste , shampoo, and slippers. Many guests like the idea because they don’t have to bring their own . But , if you travel to Beijing , remember to bring your own things. Starting from now on , some hotels in Beijing will no longer provide guests with these disposables. They want to ask people to use less disposable things.
Many disposable things are made of plastic. People throw them away after only using them once. It is a waste of natural resources and is very bad for the environment . Do you know , one Chinese person makes as much as 400Kg of waste a year! Most of that waste comes from disposable things. In Beijing , people throw away about 19,000 tons of plastic bags and 1,320 tons of plastic lunch bowls every year! Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to break down. So the less plastic we throw out, the better. So, wherever you travel , bring your own things and use them again and again .
Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place .Try to do these things in your daily life: Use cloth shopping bags , not plastic ones. After using a plastic bag , wash it out and let it dry. Then you can use it over and over again. Do not use paper cups. At your school canteen(食堂), use your own bowl and chopsticks instead of disposable ones.
【小题1】Why do many hotels provide guests with some disposable things ?

We are lucky to live in a rich country where we have many things．However, most of us usually  1   some things．

Electricity is one thing  2  we waste most．Lights, TVs,  3  and other things are often kept on even when no one is using them．We should turn them off when we do not need them．It  4  less than a second to do it．Anyhow, not wasting electricity save money, because we do not have to  5  the electricity we do not use．

The second thing that we often waste is water． Fresh water is precious*,  6  it shouldn’t be wasted．It is only a simple matter of turning off a tap*．I am sure  7  can do this easily if he wants to．

 8  big waste is food．My mother  9  cook so much food that much of it was thrown away．I told her we had wasted so much  10  ．She thought I was right and now cooks __11_  what we can eat．

    It is not   12   to be wasteful．I find there is a simple  13   of not wasting things．That is to use only what we   14  ．Do not touch what we do not need．   15   this way we can stop being wasteful．

1． A． use                     B． wash                    C． waste                   D． forget

2． A． what                     B． that                       C． whose                  D． who

3． A． radios                   B． apples                   C． bikes                    D． doors

4． A． brings                   B． costs                    C． keeps                    D． takes

5． A． afford                   B． save                     C． pay for                 D． care for

6． A． though                  B． because                C． so                        D． but

7． A． nobody                 B． something             C． everybody            D． nothing

8． A． Others           B． Other                   C． Another                D． The other

9． A． planned to         B． used to                 C． was able to           D． was afraid to

10． A． electricity            B． water                    C． food                    D． money

11． A． mainly                 B． only                      C． mostly                  D． specially

12． A． right                   B． fine                      C． bad                      D． necessary

13． A． way                    B． thing                     C． plan              D． project

14． A． buy                     B． need                     C． bring                    D． get  

15． A． On                   B． In                        C． For                      D． At