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四川省巴中市2020年英语中考试题
Do you often run outdoors to keep healthy? Have you ever thought about how running helps to clean up the earth? Sometimes creative mind can bring us win-win (双赢) situation.
Plogging, a new way to exercise, began in Sweden. The name "plogging" comes from two words—the Swedish word "plocka", which means "to pick up", and the word "jogging", which means "to run slowly". A Swedish man called Eric started the movement. He saw rubbish here and there when riding to work each day. He became worried about the dirty environment and decided not to go to work by bike any more. Instead, he began to run to work and pick up the rubbish at the same time. To his joy, more and more people followed him and soon plogging became popular.
Many people choose plogging instead of just jogging because they think plogging is a good way to help clean up the earth. Sometimes rubbish is difficult to collect because it may scatter all around. But if the runners pick up the rubbish on the way, it is quite different. After all, many hands make light work. Another reason is that plogging burns 48 calories (卡路里). According to a reseach, plogging for 10 minutes burns 48 calories, while usual jogging for 10 minutes burns about 39 calories.
Everyone on the earth should play a part in cleaning it up! It's time for us to take action together. So ready? Let's plog tomorrow!
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Imagine walking around a fashion store. You see a beautiful leather bag and want {#blank#}1{#/blank#} it. But in fact, it's made from recycled fruit and food waste. Would you still buy it?
Song Youyang, a 30-year-old material designer, works on developing products. She studied material design at a university in Germany and now lives in China. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} she was designing some new products, she couldn't find any suitable biomaterials (生物材料) to work with. So, she and her team decided to develop {#blank#}3{#/blank#} own new material from fruit waste.
The resulting material {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a lot like leather. It keeps the fruits' texture (质地), sense of touch and nice smell. Song and her team have used this new material to make fashion {#blank#}5{#/blank#} , such as bags, lamps and so on.
The designer thought these products would be {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. But in fact, not many customers have bought them. "Many people have their old ideas about biomaterials," said Song. "They think these materials are too expensive or of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} quality." As a result, it's quite difficult for these materials to become {#blank#}8{#/blank#} used. But Song still believes biomaterials will shape the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. She and her team will {#blank#}10{#/blank#} working on new types of "green" materials and products.
Besides Song's team, many other fashion companies are {#blank#}11{#/blank#} working towards the same goal. They are showing us that fashion can be environmentally friendly.
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Confidence(自信) is very important in daily life. It is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to develop a health y attitude(态度). If people are more confident, they are {#blank#}2{#/blank#} happier. And they can have more chances to be successful. Here are some {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to be more confident.
★ Speak loud. When you are not confident, you can't do well {#blank#}4{#/blank#} you want to do. Try to speak loud enough so that people can hear you {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. The high voice can help you become more confident.
★Play sports. Physical exercise makes you tired but strong. A strong body helps you be full{#blank#}6{#/blank#} confidence.
★Encourage yourself. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} down a list of things you did during the day to see how many things you have done well. Give yourself praise(表扬) for the good things you have {#blank#}8{#/blank#}.
★Pick up a hobby. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} you like singing, sing as much as you can. In some ways, a {#blank#}10{#/blank#} can make you excellent. And it will make you happy and confident.
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