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see exhibits(展品 ) from all over the world. You can find out about shoes worn by everyone from the Ancient Egyptians to pop stars. Room 1 The celebrity(名人 ) footwear section is probably the most popular in the entire museum. Started in the 1950s there is a wide range of shoes and boots belonging to everyone from queens and presidents to pop stars and actors! Most visitors find the celebrities’ choice of footwear extremely interesting. Room 2 Most of our visitors are amazed — and shocked — by the collection of “ special purpose” shoes on exhibition here at the Museum of Footwear. For example, there are Chinese shoes made of silk that were worn by women to tie their feet firmly to prevent them from growing too much! Room 3 As well as shoes and boots, the museum also exhibits shoeshaped objects. The variety is unbelievable. For example, there is a metal lamp that resembles a pair of shoes, and Greek wine bottles that look like legs! The Footwear Library People e from all over the world to study in our excellent footwear library. Designers and researchers e here to look up information on anything and everything related to the subject of footwear. 1. Where would you find a famous singer’ s shoes? A. Room 1. B. Room 2. C. Room 3. D. The Footwear Library. 2. All exhibits in each room _______. A. have the same shape B. share the same theme C. are made of the same material D. belong to the same social class 3. Which of the following is true according to the text? A. The oldest exhibits in Room 1 were made in the 1950s. B. Room 2 is the most visited place in the museum. C. Room 3 has a richer variey of exhibits than the other two. D. Researchers e to the Footwear Library for data. 4. The purpose of the text is to get more people to _______. A. do research B. design shoes C. follow celebrities D. visit the museum B Average humans can consume 15 or more drinks in plastic bottles a month. If you were born after 1998, and live until 80 years old, you will leave behind a minimum of 14, 4000 plastic bottles on this pla. These bottles take hundreds of years to break down into tiny pieces of plastic, never to pletely disappear. Most of the waste is consumed by fish and birds, which has shortened their lifespans greatly. The Plastic Bottle Village is just a great idea that might finally save us from being buried in plastic. It’s a munity in Panama that is going to be made of used bottles. The design process begins with building steel frames, which are then filled with these bottles. Once this step is plete, and electrical and plumping lines are put inside, the plastic walls are covered with concrete(混凝土 )—both inside and outside. So no one will actually be able to tell that the walls are made of plastic. Besides, the material will keep the house 17℃ cooler than the outside, which is the biggest benefit to people living inside. The village is the idea of Robert Bezeau with the intention of setting up several environmental projects. Having started a recycling program four years ago, during which a number of plastic bottles were collected, he started to think of how they could be put to use. Soon enough, he decided to use them to build houses, and came up with a basic idea for the construction process. The project hopes to make people conscious of the waste that these bottles create so that they can do more to protect the environment. The village will also create an education center that will teach individuals from the world how to reuse plastic bottles as construction materials for shelter. Recycled bottles could neutralize(使 … 無效 ) the negative effect of your passage on this pla, and move closer to leaving only your “footprints”. 25. What do the figures in the first paragraph show? A. The reason for buying fewer drinks. B. The seriousness of plastic pollution. C. The amount of plastic waste. D. The difficult situation of wildlife. 26. Why are the homes in the village special? A. They’re green buildi