Clothes Donation Box

林鋒

你在小區里見過舊衣物捐贈箱嗎？你穿小的衣服或是不再穿的衣物都是怎么處理的？你是當垃圾處理掉還是放到舊衣物捐贈箱里？最好是放到捐贈箱里，這樣不僅能幫助有需要的人，還能為環境保護出一份力。

Have you ever put your old clothes into the donation box in your neighborhood？ If not， you can do it right now because the clothes donation is becoming a trend.

“From time to time， my mother clears out the clothes which I no longer wear. You know， we teenagers are growing fast. I think it’s a good way to help others. ” Liu Ting， a junior student says.

“I often pick out some of my clothes which are out of style after going shopping. Then I’ll put them into the donation box. ” Miss Li， a pretty young lady says.

“That seems like a good idea. Some clothes in the box are quite new. People can either wear them or use them to make things such as handbags and pencil cases.” Mrs. Wang， an old woman says， “Sometimes I also look through the box for some nice clothes.”

However， there are some problems along with the popularity of clothes donation.

◆ The box is full of clothes in a short time. There is no more room for people to give away clothes.

◆ Some people sell the clothes in the donation box for making money instead of wearing them.

◆ Some communities set the box in unsuitable places. So there are few clothes in it.

◆ Many clothes are too old and shabby.

“What’s worse，” one of the staff in a community added， “We quite often see people throw rubbish into the box when they pass by. We’ve tried to stop them several times but failed. It has been the most serious problem since we set the box.”

In order to make the donation box work in an efficient（有效的）way， our government is taking action. Clothes donation will be better?organized and it’ll be more convenient for people in need to take the clothes away.

跟蹤練習

1. Miss Li gives away her clothes because .

A. her clothes are out of style

B. her mother clears out her clothes

C. she is growing too fast

D. she wants to make something

2. The article has collected _________.

A. 4 problems

B. 5 problems

C. 6 problems

D. 7 problems

3. All the problems about the donation box are included EXCEPT .

A. there’s no more room for people to donate clothes

B. people choose unsuitable places to set the box

C. sometimes the box is broken by someone

D. the clothes in the box are too old and shabby

4 . The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 4 means .

A. the clothes donation boxes

B. the old people

C. handbags and pencil cases

D. some clothes in the box

5. We can infer（ 推斷 ） from the passage that _________.

A. the clothes donation will be better?organized to help donators and people in need

B. the clothes donation becomes less popular than before because of serious problems

C. the clothes donation can prevent some girls from wearing clothes that are out of style

D. the clothes donation gives the traders a good idea to sell old clothes for making money

Keys：ABCDA