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　　Watching news about the environment on TV can be sad. The problems seem so big that it's difficult to imagine how one single person can do anything about them. Rebecca Hosking, however, thought differently.

　　Rebecca is a wildlife camerawoman and she was filming a documentary (纪录片) for the BBC in the Pacific Ocean when she saw something that made her cry - hundreds of birds that had died because they had accidentally eaten the plastic that was thrown into the sea. Beaches on Pacific islands that should have been the most beautiful places in the world were covered with plastic toys, drinks bottles, pens - every plastic thing you can think of.

　　Rebecca decided she had to do something. Back at home she thought about what she could do to help solve the problem of plastic. In her hometown of Modbury, she asked local shopkeepers to stop using plastic bags in their shops.

　　Plastic bags are used everywhere in Britain - every supermarket, every shop. The numbers are amazing. Britain uses nearly 17 billion plastic bags each year. And the bags can take hundreds of years to break down because they are chemical rather than natural so each year the sea and the environment become more and more polluted.

　　To Rebecca's surprise, the shopkeepers agreed and Modbury became the first plastic bag free town in Britain. Instead, shops offered cotton bags.

　　Other towns followed Modbury's example and towns around Britain and around the world are becoming plastic bag free. It won't solve all of the world's environmental problems, but it shows that people are becoming active and starting to think about how the little things in their daily lives can have a big influence. It also shows us that there is something we can do and that one person can make a big change with a strong enough belief.

　　5．What do we know about Rebecca?

　　A．She owns a shop. B．She works as a reporter.

　　C．She makes videos of wildlife. D．She organized an environmental group.

　　6．At first, Rebecca thought to persuade the shopkeepers to stop using plastic bags would be ________.

　　A．a piece of cake B．hard C．impossible D．a waste of time

　　7．We can learn from the text that________.

　　A．small actions may have great importance

　　B．some shops in Modbury are still offering plastic bags

　　C．plastic bags may take thousands of years to break down

　　D．some birds in the Pacific Ocean are fond of eating plastic

　　8．Which of the following can be the best title of the text?

A．The Plastic Pollution B．The Shopkeepers' Contributions