一位教育大家曾经说过，考试是测试学生在学习中是否学到真正重要和有用的知识的必要途径，下面介绍的是泰安市岱岳区初二英语下学期期末测试题，供同学们学习参考!

完型填空(共10题，每题1分，计10分)

阅读下面的短文，从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

Out with the old, in with the new(旧的不去，新的不 来). It’s time to buy some new, bigger-sized clothes for summer. But    36    do you do with your old clothes?

Years ago, used clothes were    37    down to younger brothers or sisters. But now most of us are the    38    child in families. And people are richer. They are buying    39   . Every year in China, people throw away about 26 million tons(吨) of used clothes    40    waste. It’s a big waste of energy.

In many countries, charity shops    41    and resell second clothes. In those countries, it can be    42    fashion to shop for used clothes at chari ty shops like Oxfam. British singer Victoria Beckham has said she buys from Oxfam. “It’s    43    to see what people send here, and it’s good to help,” she said.

Chinese people have been    44    the trend (趋势) now. Fashion brand (品牌) H&M is inviting people to put their used clothes into special boxes in their 45 stores in China. They resell some of the clothes    45    cleaning them. They also use so me clothes to make other things like toys.

(    ) 36. A. how   B. where    C. what  D. why

(    ) 37. A. passed   B. raised  C. collected  D. sold