五、根据短文内容,在文中空白处填入 1 个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
Nowadays, many families have useful tools to make life easier. For example, an (electricity) clock can wake you up every morning, and it shows the time clearly so you won't be late for school or miss important plans. small radio can play soft music or interesting news when you eat breakfast or do housework, making the daily routine more enjoyable. Even simple tools electric fans or small heaters make our life more comfortable, and help us save time and energy in (day) life.
We also need power (keep) these tools working. Some small tools, like flashlights, portable radios or handheld game players, run on (battery). When you go (camp) at night or have a power cut at home, a flashlight with new batteries can light up the tent or room, you don't have to worry about the dark or stop what you're doing. It's important to keep some extra batteries at home in case you need them suddenly, as they are small and easy to store without taking much space.
However, not all places have enough power all the time. In some remote villages, (especial) in mountainous areas, electricity comes and goes irregularly, so people hardly use many tools that need steady power. They learn to live with simple things, like using candles instead of lamps, or drying clothes in the sun instead of electric dryers. But even there, kids still find ways (study) by candlelight and play traditional games with friends, showing that happiness doesn't always need much power or modern tools.
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Do you often use plastic straws (吸管)? You probably use them to lots of things, such as soybean milk (豆浆), cola or milk tea. Plastic straws are small they are a big problem. They are made in 10 minutes, used in 20 and normally remain on earth for over 100 years since they cannot be easily.
But how do plastic straws get into the ? Because of human mistakes, they are often thrown away, left on beaches, or blown out of bins. The waste management (管理) in some areas is so poor and you know, all gutters (排水沟) lead to our ocean. , plastic straws kill ocean life. Once a was found bleeding because a 12 - centimetre - long plastic straw was pushed into nose. How terrible!
In fact, around 500 million plastic straws are used every day in the US alone. That is enough to circle two - and - a - half times around our planet! If we don't take action now, there will be plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050.
Luckily, more and more people around the world have realized this problem. They begin to think about ______ plastic straws are necessary or not when drinking drinks.
So what can we do right now to reduce plastic pollution? The simplest way is to say “” to single - use plastic, like straws. For example, next time if you go to a restaurant, make sure you order your drink without a straw. What if people need to use a straw? There are reusable (可再次使用的) straws instead. These straws can be used, , and reused over and over again.
Coffee house chain Starbucks (星巴克) has started to lids (盖子) without straws and paper straws instead of plastic straws in almost 1, 000 stores in Shanghai and Shenzhen. Starbucks is not alone. McDonald's has taken action to reduce the use of plastic straws. It is hoped that more businesses and customers will work together to protect our environment.
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B. eat
C. tie
D. make
()2. A. so
B. and
C. or
D. but
()3. A. seconds
B. minutes
C. hours
D. days
()4. A. cut down
B. written down
C. broken down
D. put down
()5. A. earth
B. air
C. water
D. ocean
()6. A. For example
B. Such as
C. Even worse
D. For one thing
()7. A. camel
B. monkey
C. turtle
D. giraffe
()8. A. their
B. its
C. her
D. his
()9. A. closely
B. nearly
C. specially
D. particularly
()10. A. more
B. fewer
C. less
D. better
()11. A. whether
B. how
C. why
D. what
()12. A. hello
B. sorry
C. yes
D. no
()13. A. repaired
B. burned
C. picked
D. cleaned
()14. A. offer
B. afford
C. affect
D. instruct
()15. A. still
B. also
C. ever
D. just