To help the environment, many Americans have made the change from paper and plastic bags to reusable grocery bags. But a report by a Florida newspaper says that reusable grocery bags sold by some supermarkets contain high levels of lead(鉛). Lead is a metal that can be harmful to humans, especially young children, Now, Senator Charles Schumer is asking the US government to investigate(調(diào)查) the use of lead in reusable shopping bags.
“When our families go to the grocery store looking for safe and healthy foods to feed their kids, the last thing they should have to worry about is poisonous bags.” Schumer said, “A quick investigation will allow everyone to make informed, timely decisions.”  Schumer added.
Lead in the bags is not likely to rub off (因摩擦而粘在……上面)on food. But over time, paint on the bags can chip and the bags can wear out. When this happens, lead can be released(釋放).
The Tampa Tribune newspaper said certain bags sold at Publix and Winn-Dixie supermarkets had lead levels that were a concern to health officials. The affected bags were found in Florida. But Publix has more than 1,000 stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Sough Carolina and Tennessee. Publix says that all of its bags are under current laws about lead content, but that they have asked the makers of the bags to reduce the lead levels in the product.
The bags with the highest levels of lead had fancy designs and many pictures. Plain reusable bags without decoration were found to contain little lead. Consumers worried about lead levels in reusable bags can change to cloth or string bags. Paper bags are also a good choice, since paper can be recycled(回收).
Since 2007, Publix supermarkets have sold more than 13 million reusable bags. The store says because shoppers have made the change to reusable bags, it has saved more than 1 billion paper and plastics bags.
小題1: The shopping bags containing high levels of lead ______.
A．have been reported by a newspaper
B．have been stopped by the government
C．have stopped people from using reusable bags
D．have caused serious health damage to customers
小題2:From Schumer’s words we can learn that ______.
A．reusable bags do little harm to kids’ health
B．people have shown much concern for the reusable bags
C．people will be informed of the facts about the reusable bags
D．people should refuse to buy things from supermarkets
小題3:It can be inferred from the text that Publix might believe that the bags they sold are ______.
A．dependableB．convenientC．harmfulD．popular
小題4:Customers are advised to choose bags ______.
A．with colorful designsB．with fancy pictures
C．made of plasticD．made of paper
小題5:From the last paragraph we know that the use of reusable bags has ______.
A．caused Publix a lot of troubleB．saved Publix much money
C．cost Publix plenty of moneyD．been proved a wrong decision

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B．music took her a lot of time
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D．music was the last thing she would choose
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It was Monday. Mrs Smith’s dog suffered from hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.
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　　The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon．And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth．This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers．
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　　Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there were not any words on it!
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A．might do it much harm
　		B．could do it much good
　		C．would help the butcher
　		D．was worth many pounds
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A．only the paper with Mrs Smith's words in it could bring it meat
　		B．the butcher would give the meat to it whenever he saw it
　		C．Mrs Smith would pay for the meat it got from the butcher
　		D．a(chǎn) piece of paper could bring it half a pound of meat
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A．before he felt sure that the words were really written by Mrs．Smith
　		B．when he found that the words on the paper were not clear
　		C．because he had sold out all the meat in his shop
　		D．until he was paid enough by Mrs Smith
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A．the dog was clever enough to write on the paper
　		B．the dog dared not go to the butcher's any more
　		C．the butcher was told not to give any meat to the dog
　		D．the butcher found himself cheated by the clever animal

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