﹣﹣﹣What do you think of the environment in your hometown？
﹣﹣﹣It's Both the air and the water are badly polluted．（ ）
A．not bad
B．as good as before
C．much better than before
D．not as good as before
Chinese Products More Popular Abroad
Riding a Mobike on the street，you might hear some people speaking Chinese aloud． Turning to the right， You see a Sichuan﹣style restaurant． After walking into a store， you see that Huawei smartphones are on sale．
But you're not in （1） ﹣﹣you're in Manchester in Britain． In fact，you might see similar things in many other cities． Chinese （2） have been going global（全球的）．
Chinese food has been enjoyed in Western countries for a long time．（3） meet local people tastes，Chinese restaurants have made some changes to the dishes．One（4） is the meat．"We like to eat meat with the bone（骨头）in，but people here don't． So Chinese restaurants provide big pieces of meat without bones． "Said Yin Hang， who is studying at University of Wollongong in Australia．
Some Chinese brands（品牌）are also becoming more （5） ．In many cities in Europe， stores sell TCL televisions， Haier fridges and Lenovo computers， according to Reuters（路透社）．
In the past，most western people thought Chinese products were cheap and unreliable（不可靠的）．But now， things have （6） greatly． More people trust Chinese brands．"Made in China"becomes cool．
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What is Boxing Day（节礼日）
Boxing Day is on December 26．It is a （1） holiday in the U．K． and Ireland． On this day， people spend time with their family members and friends．
Why is it（2） Boxing Day？First，it has nothing to do with sport of boxing（拳击）．Boxing Day （3） back to the Victorian era（维多利亚时代）．At that time，many churches put a box in front of their gates， and people would have their donations（捐赠物）in the box．What's more，on the day after Christmas Day， domestic servant（家仆）were given time to visit their families because they （4） work on Christmas Day． Each servant would be given a box to take home． There were （5） ，money and sometimes food inside the box．
Until 2004， Boxing Day hunts（狩猎）were a （6） part of the special day， but the ban（禁令）on fox hunting has put an end to it．However，another "sport"，shopping， has appeared in recent years． Boxing Day has now become a day for people to buy things at lower price， which sounds like the Double 11 shopping day in China．
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