Passage Five
Once upon a time (not so very long ago, either!) industrial goods were made to last forever. If you bought a ear or a stove, it was a once-in-a-lifetime investment(投资). You paid good money for it, and you took care of it. Nowadays industry has persuaded us that products shouldn’t last a long time. It’s cheaper to throw them away than it is to repair them. This has led directly to the "throw-away society" which is a tremendous waste of the earth’s resources.
Just think of the cars that are traded in daily, just because they are out of style. Think of the expensive packaging material that is thrown away every time a new object is bought. And we consumers have to pay for that material! Our industrial society has turned us into spoiled children. This wastefulness has got ten us into the mess (困境) we are in now. When we have no resources left, then we’ll start to take care of what we have. But why can’t we act
A. they should change their taste
B. it is difficult to find a repair shop
C. they will spend less money buying a new object than repairing an old one
D. industrial products will be out of style too soon
Charlie Bucket was a small boy in a very poor family. (61) once a year, on his birthday, did Charlie ever get to (62) a bit of chocolate. The whole family saved (63) their money for that special (64) , and when the great day arrived, Charlie was always presented (65) one small chocolate bar to eat all (66) himself.
And each time he received it (67) those marvelous birthday mornings, he would place it (68) in a small wooden box that he owned, and (69) it as thought it were a bar of (70) gold; and for the next few days, he would (71) himself only to look at it, (72) never to touch it. Then at last, (73) he could stand it no longer, he would strip a (74) bit of the paper wrapping(包装材料) at one corner to (75) a tiny bit of chocolate, and (76) he would take at tiny amount of it-just (77) to allow the lovely sweet taste to spread out slowly over his (78)
A. that
B. since
C. when
D. before
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