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A zero-waste life is a lifestyle that hardly creates any rubbish. So, a zero-waste theme store is about
1 people with a number of everyday, practical and pleasant zero-waste products to help them start on a one-stop, zero-waste life journey.
"Zero waste" or "danshari" was first
2 by a French woman Bea Johnson. "Live a life and try not to create any rubbish. Use different methods to protect the earth," she said.
Yu Yuan, 27, is
3 attracted by this idea. She and her boyfriend have lived in Beijing for many years. And earlier she used to be a customer without thinking a lot
4 she saw a video about "zero waste". The
5 is about a family of four, and the rubbish they produce every year is placed in a jar. After watching the video, Yu wanted to
6 this zero-waste lifestyle with her boyfriend.
Yu says that a zero-waste life
7 the 6R principle—Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Recycle and Rot(腐烂). Over the period from August to October when Yu followed the principle of zero waste, she and her boyfriend Joe Harvey both
8 only two cans of rubbish.
Now, the couple have opened a small
9 called the Bulk House in Nanluoguxiang, Beijing, to support a zero-waste life. At the store they use environmentally friendly products. For example, they use wood products to replace
10 ones and prepare cloth bags printed with zero-waste logos for customers. Most of the products sold in the store can be reused, and a small number of
11 which are not recyclable can degrade(分解). The store
12 has second-hand books and audio-visual CD/DVDs.
For used toiletries (things like soap and toothpaste that are used for cleaning yourself) there is a company which accepts them, and the couple regularly mail their waste to it.
Yu says that those who were once not
13 in the zero-waste lifestyle have gradually changed because of curiosity. "The zero-waste lifestyle," she adds, "is for everyone."
"It's
14 us at our fingertips." Yu expects some of her friends to
15 her on the road to zero waste. As the saying goes, "Many hands make light work."
(
B
) 1. A. offering
B. providing
C. giving
D. affording
(
D
) 2. A. invented
B. found
C. discovered
D. suggested
(
D
) 3. A. hardly
B. luckily
C. clearly
D. deeply
(
B
) 4. A. unless
B. until
C. after
D. when
(
A
) 5. A. video
B. film
C. article
D. newspaper
(
A
) 6. A. experience
B. change
C. represent
D. spend
(
C
) 7. A. accepts
B. receives
C. follows
D. believes
(
B
) 8. A. saved
B. produced
C. kept
D. wasted
(
A
) 9. A. store
B. factory
C. hotel
D. company
(
D
)10. A. paper
B. cloth
C. silk
D. plastic
(
B
)11. A. it
B. them
C. their
D. its
(
C
)12. A. too
B. either
C. also
D. only
(
D
)13. A. proud
B. worried
C. amazed
D. interested
(
B
)14. A. behind
B. around
C. ahead
D. above
(
C
)15. A. organize
B. record
C. join
D. encourage
