4．What is self-distancing?

A．Getting stuck in negative emotions.

B．A stressful situation.

C．A study on relieving emotional stress.

D．Reflecting on yourself objectively．

5．Which of the following statement uses the techniques of self-distancing?

A．I'm angry with him．

B．How did these two people get to this point?

C．How I wish I could go back to the past!

D．He grabbed my notes，and then，and then...

6．What is the best title for the passage?

A．Why Self-distancing Matters

B．The Disadvantages of Self-distancing

C．Breaking the Cycle of Negative Reflection

D．Ways to Reflect on Emotional Reactions

　　Environmental experts warn that our planet is drowning in plastic.

　　The world's cities produce 2 billion tons of trash every year. By the year 2050 that number is expected to rise to 3 billion tons. The World Bank estimates that the largest amount of trash today, about 44 percent, is plastic. But we often have to buy packaged goods. And often that packaging is made of plastic.

　　Now, that may be changing. A new environmentally friendly shopping model was recently launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. This shopping model, called Loop, aims to replace throwaway containers with reusable ones.

　　Loop is the idea of TerraCycle, an American-based recycling company. Its chief, Tom Szaky, told them Associated Press (AP) that removing plastics from the ocean is not enough. He said. "The point is to get away from single-use packages. Loop is the future of shopping. But it comes from an idea of the past.

　　He compared it to the "milkman model" of the 1950s in the United States. Back the en, someone brought milk to your doorstep in glass bottles and then left with empty bottles. These could be cleaned and used again. The result is zero waste.

　　Jennifer Morgan from the environmental non-profit organization Greenpeace also joined in the discussion about Loop at Davos. She said, "Greenpeace welcomes the aim of the Loop Alliance to move away from throwaway culture and disposability. "But Morgan questioned whether companies worldwide were ready to change their business models.

Loop is set to launch later this year in three eastern U. S states, and also in Paris, France and