How many plastic bags do you use every day? 46 there any chance for us to live without them? What can we do to have 47   plastic pollution? A performance in Hangzhou makes people   48  more about the overuse of plastic bags in our lives.
In front of a supermarket in Hangzhou , five volunteers 49  white plastic bags and walked around and through the crowd. The performance   50  people to use more cloth bags  51     plastic ones.
Some of the plastic bags worn by the performers were collected from customers in two food markets and 52  were collected by 700 students from a middle school.
On that day, when leaving the food markets, customers were told to hand over 53  plastic shopping bags. 54  plastic bags were collected in two hours.
“ If we do 55  about it, the earth will be eaten up by white pollution. And 56  will become ‘plastic men’,”said one of the performers.
“How can you breathe in 57  plastic bags?” A   58   woman asked one performer.“How can the earth breathe 59   there are too many plastic bags?”the performer answered.
Starting in June 2008,plastic bags were 60  given for free in supermarkets,shopping malls or food markets all over the country.
People are called on﹙号召﹚to use cloth bags when they go shopping.

How many plastic bags do you use every day? 46 there any chance for us to live without them? What can we do to have 47   plastic pollution? A performance in Hangzhou makes people   48  more about the overuse of plastic bags in our lives.

In front of a supermarket in Hangzhou , five volunteers 49  white plastic bags and walked around and through the crowd. The performance   50  people to use more cloth bags  51     plastic ones.

Some of the plastic bags worn by the performers were collected from customers in two food markets and 52  were collected by 700 students from a middle school.

On that day, when leaving the food markets, customers were told to hand over 53  plastic shopping bags. 54  plastic bags were collected in two hours.

“ If we do 55  about it, the earth will be eaten up by white pollution. And 56  will become ‘plastic men’,”said one of the performers.

“How can you breathe in 57  plastic bags?” A   58   woman asked one performer.“How can the earth breathe 59   there are too many plastic bags?”the performer answered.

Starting in June 2008,plastic bags were 60  given for free in supermarkets,shopping malls or food markets all over the country.

People are called on﹙号召﹚to use cloth bags when they go shopping.

How hard we have all prayed(祈祷) to grow up quickly, and looked forward to the pappy days of being a grown-up and enjoying the many interests that a youth should have.

At last, you have grown up. At least you are no longer a child. They call you ‘young lady’. You then enjoy the pleasure of being a young lady. You are proud of being a grown-up teenager. People welcome you—this young lady heartily. You are glad that your prayer has been answered.

But this is always something that troubles you a lot. You say, “Papa and Mama, give me some money please. My pocket money is all gone already.’

‘No,” they say, “Your age is a dangerous age. If you have too much money to spend, it won’t do you any good.’ Then you have to stay at home because you dare not go out with an empty pocket.

Another time you tell your grandma, ‘Grandma. See, I am a grown-up now.’

‘Good, now, you can sit here and knit(编织) this for me while I go and have a rest.’ To show that you are no more a child, you have to sit there the whole afternoon doing the work, which only a grown-up can do. After an hour, you find it hard to do, and give the knitting basket back to your grandma. Your grandma criticizes your work. You hear what she says, “Such a bad girl can’t do such easy work.’ You wish then you were a child again.

(　　 )51. The passage is told about ________ problem.

　　　 A. a grown-up boy’s　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. a teenage girl’s

C. an old woman’s　　　　　　　　　　　 D. an old man’s

(　　 )52. It is clear that the writer, as a teenager, ________.

　　　 A. is pleased with the present life　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. is unhappy about growing up

　　　 C. doesn’t think her present life happy enough　　 D. is sad about being a kid

(　　 )53. How does she know her prayer had been answered?

　　　 A. People treat her as a young lady.

B. She doesn’t need to play with kids now.

C. People begin to call her teenager.

D. She can join women in all kinds of activities.

(　　 )54. From what her parents say, we know ________.

　　　 A. the girl always has much money in her pocket

　　　 B. it’s dangerous for a girl to spend money

　　　 C. they love her more than before

　　　 D. they still regard her as a child

(　　 )55. Why does he promise to help her grandma do some knitting?

　　　 A. Because she likes doing knitting

　　　 B. Because she wants to show that she has grown up.

　　　 C. Because she has much more free time.

　　　 D. Because her grandma is very tired.

An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his   41   all the time, watering and fertilizing them.

        One day a young man went by the garden. He looked    42    the beautiful flowers, imagining how   43    he could be if he lived in   44  _ beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was     45   . He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can’t see these flowers. Why are you busy   46   them every day?”

        The old man smiled and said, “I can tell you four   47   . First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second,   48    I can’t see these flowers, I can touch them. Third, I can   49    the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that’s   50   .”

        “Me? But you don’t know me,” said the young man.

        “Yeah, it’s true that I don’t know you. But I know that flowers are angels that everybody   51  . We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”

        The blind man’s work opened our eyes and    52   our hearts, which also made his life   53   . It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life but wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn’t   54   his wonderful music, but his music has   55   millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn’t it one kind of happiness?

41. A. trees           B. grass              C. children          D. flowers

42. A. for             B. at                C. after             D. over

43. A. happy                B. sad               C. relax             D. calm

44. A. so             B. such              C. so a              D. such a

45. A. blind                B. famous                     C. smart                    D. friendly

46. A. looking at       B. looking after         C. taking back        D. looking for

47. A. stories                 B. reasons                    C. excuses                  D. conclusions

48. A. although              B. since                      C. because                   D. until

49. A. taste                   B. smell                      C. sound              D. look

50. A. me                   B. you                          C. my mother          D. my son

51. A. greets             B. wonders                   C. meets                     D. knows

52. A. broke               B. hurt                         C. pleased                   D. treated

53. A. emptier              B. busier                    C. luckier                       D. happier

54. A. write                 B. hear                         C. play                       D. believe

55. A. changed           B. affected                    C. discovered           D. encouraged