Eradajere Oleita thinks she may have a partial solution for two of her country’s persistent (持续的) problems: garbage and poverty (贫困). It’s called the Chip Bag Project. The 26-year-old student and environmentalist from Detroit is asking a (n) _________ of local snack lovers: Rather than _________ your empty chip bags into the trash (垃圾桶), _________ them so she can turn them into sleeping bags for the _________.
Chip eaters drop off their _________ bags from Doritos (多力多滋薯片), Lay’s (乐事薯片), and other favorites at two _________ in Detroit: a print shop and a clothing store, where Oleita and her volunteer helpers collect them. After they _________ the chip bags in soapy hot water, they _________ them open, lay them flat, and iron them together. They use soft materials from old coats to line the insides.
It _________ about four hours to sew a sleeping bag, and each takes around 150 to 300 chip bags, __________ whether they’re single-serve or family size. The result is a sleeping bag that is “waterproof, lightweight, and easy to carry __________,” Oleita told the Detroit News.
Since its start in 2020, the Chip Bag Project has __________ more than 800,000 chip bags and, as of last December, __________ 110 sleeping bags.
Sure, it would be simpler to __________ the money to buy new sleeping bags. But that’s only half the __________ for Oleita—whose family moved to the United States from Nigeria a decade ago with the hope of __________ a better life—and her fellow volunteers. “We are__________ ourselves to making an impact not only socially, but environmentally,” she says.
And, of course, there’s the symbolism of recycling bags that would otherwise land in the __________ and using them to help the homeless. It’s a powerful reminder that environmental problems and poverty often go __________. As Oleita told hourdetroit.com: “I think it’s time to show __________ between all of these issues.”
【小题1】A.advice | B.question | C.favor | D.permission |
【小题2】A.throw | B.track | C.leak | D.lock |
【小题3】A.design | B.detect | C.digest | D.donate |
【小题4】A.homeless | B.disabled | C.old | D.sick |
【小题5】A.heavy | B.empty | C.luxury | D.full |
【小题6】A.moments | B.decisions | C.locations | D.conclusions |
【小题7】A.clean | B.load | C.soften | D.resolve |
【小题8】A.dig | B.slice | C.lift | D.knock |
【小题9】A.pays | B.takes | C.delays | D.wastes |
【小题10】A.resulting in | B.figuring out | C.contributing to | D.depending on |
【小题11】【小题12】A.reached | B.related | C.found | D.collected |
【小题13】A.destroyed | B.repaired | C.compared | D.created |
【小题14】A.lose | B.lend | C.raise | D.drop |
【小题15】A.goal | B.income | C.profit | D.way |
【小题16】A.risking | B.recommending | C.attaining | D.realizing |
【小题17】A.driving | B.devoting | C.enjoying | D.encouraging |
【小题18】A.store | B.trash | C.solution | D.family |
【小题19】A.day after day | B.step by step | C.face to face | D.hand in hand |
【小题20】A.generations | B.inspirations | C.connections | D.expectations |