Suppose you find a bright yellow bike on a street corner in the city.You hop on(跨上)it and (31) .But wait﹣isn't this stealing?No,it isn't.(32) shouts,"Stop!Thief!"That is (33) this free ride is just fine with the city.
You( 34) for (35) transportation,and they wanted to help (36)
pollution.So,to get citizens(市民) (37) their cars and onto pollution﹣free bikes,they (38) the Yellow Bike Project.
The (39) bikes are painted bright yellow and placed throughout the city.People can hop on the yellow bike and ride to run errands(短程差事),to work (40) to school.Then,they leave the bike for the (41) rider.There have been times when bikes have been stolen,but most people (42) the rules,because they think it is not wise to (43) the bike that's already free.
Portland's (44) was quickly loved by a lot of people.Within two years of its starts,similar programs were (45) in cities in six other states.
31.A.drive away |
B.ride away |
C.ride back |
D.run away |
32.A.No one |
B.Someone |
C.Anyone |
D.Everyone |
33.A.whether |
B.so |
C.because |
D.though |
34.A.have to |
B.don't have to |
C.can't |
D.can |
35.A.expensive |
B.crowded |
C.free |
D.common |
36.A.protect |
B.control |
C.make |
D.bring |
37.A.out of |
B.into |
C.up |
D.near |
38.A.ended |
B.started |
C.changed |
D.refused |
39.A.public |
B.private |
C.clean |
D.dirty |
40.A.but |
B.as |
C.until |
D.or |
41.A.next |
B.last |
C.best |
D.first |
42.A.break |
B.make |
C.discuss |
D.follow |
43.A.buy |
B.repair |
C.produce |
D.steal |
44.A.citizen |
B.street |
C.idea |
D.school |
45.A.looked up |
B.made up |
C.put up |
D.set up. |
A zero﹣waste life is a lifestyle that hardly creates any rubbish.So,a zero﹣waste theme store is about (1) people with a number of every day,practical and pleasant zero﹣waste products to help them start on a one﹣stop,zero﹣waste life journey.
"Zero waste"or "danshari "was first (2) by a French woman Bea Johnson."Live a life and try not to create any rubbish;use different methods to protect the earth." she said.
Yu Yuan,27 ,is(3) attracted by this idea.
She and her boyfriend have lived in Beijing for many years.And earlier she used to be a customer without thinking a lot (4) she saw a video about"zero waste".
The (5) is about a family of four,and the rubbish they produce every year is placed in a jar.
After watching the video,Yu wanted to(6) this zero﹣waste lifestyle with her boyfriend.
Yu says that a zero﹣waste life (7) the 6R principle﹣﹣Refuse,Reduce ,Reuse,Repair,Recycle and Rot(腐烂).
Over August﹣October when Yu followed the principle of zero waste 6R,she and her boyfriend Joe Harvey both (8) only two cans of rubbish.
Now,the couple have opened a small (9) called The Bulk House in Nanluoguxiang,Beijing,to support a zero﹣waste life.
At the store they use environmentally friendly products.For example,they use wood products to
replace (10) ones and prepare cloth bags printed with zero﹣waste logos for customers.Most of the products sold in the store can be reused,and a small number of (11) _ which are not recyclable can egrade(分解).The store (12) has secondhand books and audio﹣visual CD/DVDs.
For used toiletries(things like soap and toothpaste that are used for cleaning yourself)there is company which accepts them,and the couple regularly mails their waste to it.
Yu says that those who were once not (13) in the zero﹣waste lifestyle have gradually changed because of curiosity.The zero﹣waste lifestyle,she adds,is for everyone.
"It's (14) us at our fingertips."Yu expects some of her friends to (15) her on the road to zero waste.As the saying goes,many hands make light work.
(1)A.offering |
B.providing |
C.giving |
D.affording |
(2)A.invented |
B.found |
C.discovered |
D.suggested |
(3)A.hardly |
B.luckily |
C.clearly |
D.deeply |
(4)A.unless |
B.until |
C.after |
D.when |
(5)A.video |
B.film |
C.article |
D.newspaper |
(6)A.experience |
B.change |
C.represent |
D.spend |
(7)A.accepts |
B.receives |
C.follows |
D.believes |
(8)A.saved |
B.produced |
C.kept |
D.wasted |
(9)A.shop |
B.factory |
C.hotel |
D.company |
(10)A.paper |
B.cloth |
C.silk |
D.plastic |
(11)A.it |
B.them |
C.their |
D.its |
(12)A.too |
B.either |
C.also |
D.only |
(13)A.proud |
B.worried |
C.amazed |
D.interested |
(14)A.behind |
B.around |
C.ahead |
D.above |
(15)A.organize |
B.record |
C.join |
D.encourage |
The Great Wall is too high. I have difficulty (climb) it alone.
The teachers welcome their students (polite) at the school gate every morning.
After doing sports for months, Tina is becoming (thin) than before.
Forty (year) development has changed Huai'an into a modern city.