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ngs. B. They’re 17℃ warmer inside. C. They stop plastic pollution. D. They’re entirely made of plastic bottles. 27. What can we know from the passage? A. Plastic bottles are difficult to break down so that they are liked by fish and birds. B. Robert Bezeau is leader of a munity in Panama responsible for the project. C. The project of the Plastic Bottle Village can raise people’s environmental awareness. D. Individuals can learn how to produce plastic bottles without polluting the environment. 28. What would be the best title for the passage? A. An EcoFriendly Plastic Bottle Village B. The Negative Effects of Plastic Bottles C. How to Collect Deserted Plastic Bottles D. How to Popularize the Use of Plastic Bottles C Do you like shopping? Or does the thought of wandering round the shops fill you with terror? For some of us, shopping is an enjoyable way of spending our spare time and our money. For me, it’ s something I would rather avoid. Thank goodness for the Inter! It’ s more convenient to buy CDs, electrical items, and even food from the fort of your sofa. But that’ s not the only reason: price is an important factor. We can buy goods and services cheaper online. But sometimes the problem is knowing what to buy. This has led to a type of shopping called “ showrooming” . Showrooming is something I’ ve done. I will go to a shop to see, touch and try out products but then go home and buy them online at a knockdown price. I’ m not alone in doing this. Research by a pany called Foolproof found 24% of people showroomed while Christmas shopping in 2021. Amy Cashman, Head of Technology at TNS UK, says the reasons for this new shopping habit are that people are lacking time, lacking money and they want security about the products they are buying. She explains that consumers are not only shopping online at home but they are using the Inter in store or on their smartphones to shop around. But does this mean technology will kill shops? Certainly shops will changes. they will have to offer more petitive prices or encourage people to buy more by giving instore discounts or free gifts. We mustn’ t fet that buying in a shop means you can get expert advice from the sales assistant and you can get good aftercare. It’ s good to speak to a real human rather than look at a faceless puter screen, but at least by showrooming, you get the best of both worlds! 28. The two questions in Paragraph 1 are raised to _______. A. give two examples B. pare different poinions C. introduce the topic D. get answers from readers 29. What does showrooming mean in the text? A. Showing products in a room. B. Buying something in a store. C. Shopping on the inter. D. Trying in the shops and buying online. 30. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4 ? A. Online shops will disappear. B. Shops need necessary changes. C. Free gifts will surely promote sales. D. Shops will be replaced by online shops. 31. The author’ s attitude towards showrooming is _______. A. critical B. neutral C. supportive D. casual D Although we’re still in the dead of winter at this point, spring is fast approaching, which means that in just a few short months, you’ll have to work outside, blow the dust off your lawnmower(剪草機(jī) ), and mow your overgrown grass. How terrible it is! A university graduate student Jason Force decided to build an easier, greener solution for that. His new mower the EcoMow Harvester is a selfpowered robotic lawn mower that runs on nothing more than the grass it collects from your yard. Built onto the body of an electric hobby truck, the mower is equipped with a small reactor that turns grass into fuel for the mower. The device, which Force and his team are currently seeking development funding for, is also equipped with an alternator(交流發(fā)電機(jī) ) to collect power for the electrical systems. With GPS sensors, the EcoMow prototype(雛形 ) is almost pletely automatic, like a Roomba(定時(shí)智能機(jī)器人 ) for your yard. “You tell it where you want it to mow, pres