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【題目】 Out with the old, in with the new (舊的不去,新的不來). It's time to buy some new, fashionable clothes for the summer. But what do you do with your old clothes?

Every year in China, people throw away about 26 million tons of old clothes, according to the China Association of Resource Comprehensive Utilization. Most of them are buried (填埋) or burned as waste. It's a huge waste of energy.

"In many countries, charity shops collect and resell second-hand clothes," Zhao Guoliang, a professor at the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, told Beijing Morning Post. "It's the best way to solve this problem."

In some countries, it can be fashionable to shop for used clothes at charity shops like Oxfam British singer Victoria Beckham said she had bought clothes from Oxfam. "It's amazing to see what people throw out and it's good to help such a great place," she told Heat magazine.

Recycling clothes is catching up in China. Fashion brand H&M is inviting people to put their old clothes into special boxes in their 45 stores in China. Some of the clothes will be resold after being cleaned. Some will be used to make other things, such as toys or cloth bags.

Another fashion brand JNBY also takes action. If people take the down jackets (羽絨服) they have worn to the stores of JNBY, they can get 200 yuan to buy the new clothes. The used down jackets will be cleaned and then given away to the people in need.

【1】People throw away about __________ million tons of old clothes every year in China.

A.21B.26C.45D.200

【2】According to the passage, Oxfam is a __________.

A.hospitalB.magazineC.websiteD.shop

【3】We can know from the last paragraph that H&M stores __________.

A.sell old clothes with toys or clothes bagsB.give people 200 yuan to buy new clothes

C.resell some old clothes after cleaning themD.give old clothes away to the people in need

【4】The writer writes this passage to __________.

A.suggest ways to deal with old clothesB.call on people to help the poor

C.encourage people to buy new clothesD.advise people to save their money

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，主要介紹了舊衣物的處理方式。文章以Oxfam、H&M等為例，號召我們合理利用舊衣物，節(jié)約能源保護環(huán)境。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段“Every year in China, people throw away about 26 million tons of old clothes”可知，在中國，人們每年會扔掉大約26噸的舊衣物。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段“…at charity shops like Oxfam”可知，Oxfam是一家慈善商店。故選D。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段“Some of the clothes will be resold after being cleaned”可知，H&M會將收集來的舊衣服清洗過后進行二次售賣。故選C。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)“But what do you do with your old clothes? …In many countries, charity shops collect and resell second-hand clothes”及全文內(nèi)容可知，本文主要介紹了舊衣物的處理方法，號召人們對舊衣物進行循環(huán)利用消費，因此作者寫這篇文章的目的是為了告訴我們合理正確的處理舊衣物的方式。故選A。