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Do you often use plastic straws(吸管)? You probably use them to drink lots of things, such as cola or milk tea. They are made in 10 minutes, used in 20 minutes and remain on the earth for over 100 years since they can't be broken down(分解) easily.
But how do plastic straws get into the ocean? Through human mistakes, they are often thrown everywhere. The waste management in some areas is so poor. All gutters(排水沟) lead to our ocean. Once a turtle was found bleeding because a 12-centimeter-long plastic straw was pushed into its nose. How terrible!
That is enough to circle nearly two-and-a-halftimes around our planet! If we didn't act now, there would be more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050.
Luckily, more and more people around the world have realized this problem. They begin to consider if they really need to use plastic straws when drinking drinks.
So what can we do to reduce(减少) plastic pollution? For example, next time if you go to a restaurant, make sure you order your drink without a straw. What if people need to use a straw? There are reusable straws that can be cleaned and reused instead.
Starbucks (星巴克) has started to offer strawless lids(盖子) and paper straws instead of plastic straws in almost1, 000 stores in Shanghai and Shenzhen. Starbucks is not alone. It is hoped that more businesses and customers will play a part in protecting our environment.
Choose five sentences out of the six in the box to complete the passage. Each choice should be used only once.
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A. Even worse, plastic straws kill ocean life.
B. So plastic straws mustn't be thrown into the ocean.
C. Plastic straws are small but they are a big problem.
D. The simplest way is to say "No" to single-use plastic, like straws.
E. McDonald's has also taken action to reduce the use of plastic straws.
F. In fact, around 500 million plastic straws are used every day in the US alone.
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