Recently,Venetia Berry, an artist in London, counted up the free cotton bags in her house. There were at least 25. She got these cotton bags from CT eco-fashion brands,art shops,hotels,and even an apple farm. "You get them without choosing,"said Berry.

　　Cotton bags have become a way for brands,shops and supermarkets to show that they care about the overuse of plastic bags in packaging(包裝). There was a short stop in using cotton bags during the pandemic when there were fears that reusable bags could carry and spread the virus, but they are now fully back in force.

　　So far, so earth-friendly? Not exactly. It turns out the popularity of cotton bags may actually have created new problems. The production of cotton needs lots of water. And dealing with cotton bags in an environmentally friendly way is far from as simple as people think. You can't, for example, just put a cotton bag in a dustbin. Even when a cotton bag does make it to a special treatment plant(處理工廠)，most dyes(染料)used to print pictures on them are PVC- based and cannot be recycled. Printed pictures have to be cut out of the cloth. About 10 to 15 percent of the cotton is wasted this way.

　　That's not to say cotton is worse than plastic. Cotton may use pesticides(殺蟲劑) and has dried up rivers from water consumption,but making plastic bags will produce much greenhouse gas and pollute the land and rivers.

　　A clothing company stopped production of its cotton bags in April this year. Some brands are turning to other ways. However, the simplest way may be the clearest—not every product needs a bag.

　　1.Venetia Berry is mentioned in Paragraph 1 to show______.

　　A. the fame of the artist

　　B. the popularity of cotton bags

　　C. the way people get cotton bags

　　D. the reason why cotton bags are popular

　　2.Why do many companies use cotton bags?

　　A. They believe cotton bags are friendly to the environment.

　　B. They want to follow the new fashion of cotton bags.

　　C. They think plastic bags are not convenient.

　　D. They think plastic bags can spread the virus.

　　3.What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

　　A. The overuse of cotton bags.

　　B. The importance of special treatment plants.

　　C. The waste produced by cotton bags.

　　D. The troubles caused by using cotton bags.

　　4.What does the underlined word“ consumption in Paragraph 4probably mean in Chinese?

　　A.浪費 B.污染C.消耗 D. 蒸發

　　5.The writer·probably advises us to______.

　　A.try to use bags less if possible

　　B. use cotton bags as often as possible

　　C.use bags made of other materials

　　D. stop using cotton bags completely

 

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