Question

Out with the old, in with the new (旧的不去，新的不来). It's time to buy some new, fashionable clothes for the winter. But what do you do with your old clothes?

In the past, clothes were passed down to younger brothers or sisters. But now most of us are only children. The economy has developed and people are buying more clothes.

Every year in China, people throw away about 26 million tons of old clothes, according to the China Association of Resource Comprehensive Utilization (中国资源综合利用协会). Most of them are buried (填埋) or burned (焚烧) 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 solution to this problem."

In some countries, it can be fashionable to shop for used clothes at charity shops like Oxfam. British singer Victoria Beckham has said she buys 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 asking 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 rags.

1.How did people deal with old clothes in the past?

A.They gave clothes to younger kids.

B.They directly threw the old clothes away.

C.They buried or burned old clothes.

2.What do we know from Zhao Guoliang?

A.Recycling old clothes will take lots of energy.

B.China has too many old clothes.

C.Recycling is a good way to deal with old clothes.

3.The underlined word "collect" in Paragraph 4 probably means ______.

A.捐赠 B.收集 C.收藏

4.What do H&M stores do with old clothes?

A.They pack them in boxes and then throw the boxes away.

B.They resell old clothes after cleaning them.

C.They resell old clothes with toys or cloth rags.

5.The writer wrote this story to ______.

A.suggest ways to deal with old clothes

B.say that people should buy new clothes often

C.call on more people to protect the environment

Answer 1