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Most supermarkets in China provided free plastic bags. It was convenient for people to do shopping,
but things changed. To protect the environment, supermarkets all over China stopped providing free plastic
bags from June 1, 2008. If you don't want to pay money to buy them, you'll have to bring your own
shopping bags.
What can we use to hold things we buy from shops? Students at Qing-shan Middle School had some
good ideas. One idea was making different kinds of eco-shopping bags. 54 students at that school made their
own eco-shopping bags. They held an eco-shopping bag show last Friday afternoon. Many students made the
bags with used clothes. They painted pictures like the Olympic rings on them. Some bags were made of used
materials like used paper, old newspapers. Some were made of eco-materials like bamboo.
A boy student, Wang Lin, made his bag with several old newspapers. We asked him whether the bag was
strong enough. Wang Lin said it was."No problem. I took six bottles of water in the bag from the shop to my
home yesterday evening," he said."I think it's strong enough to hold even ten bottles of water."
Fang Yuanyuan, a girl student, had a more traditional way to make her bag-a bamboo basket."It was a
hard job," she said. "With my grandfather's help, I spent a whole afternoon making it."
The students also asked their parents and friends to use eco-shopping bags instead of plastic ones. Next
Saturday afternoon, the school will hold another eco-shopping bag show to help shops and stores get ideas
from the students' work.
1. The supermarkets all over China stopped providing _________ from June 1, 2008.
A. eco-shopping bags
B. plastic baskets
C. free plastic bags
D. bamboo baskets
2. Wang Lin made his bag with _________.
A. bamboo
B. used clothes
C. plastic
D. old newspapers
3. Why will the school hold another eco-shopping bag show?
A. To know if the bag was strong enough.
B. To show their pictures on the bags.
C. To make money by selling them.
D. To give ideas to shops and stores.
4. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. People can still use plastic bags.
B. Students encourage people to use eco-shopping bags.
C. Students have good ideas to make money.
D. Most supermarkets will go on providing free plastic bags.
