对塑料玩具说“不”！

Despite our best efforts to clear up the plastic waste which has polluted the oceans, the responsibility to ensure we fully change our relationship with single-use items may now fall to the next generation. But the future is in safe hands if nine-year-old Ella McEwan and her sister Caitlin, seven, are anything to go by. After learning at school how rubbish is endangering sea life, the eco-aware pair from Southampton set up an online petition for fast-food giants to stop putting plastic toys in children’s meal boxes. 

Inspired to act after a family trip to Burger King, their campaign has already attracted 167,475 signatures—and counting. The girls said, “We like to go to eat at Burger King and McDonald’s but children only play with the plastic toys they give us for a few minutes before they get thrown away and harm animals and pollute the sea.” 

In fact, McDonald’s is the largest toy distributor in the world, handing out more than 1.4 billion a year. On tomorrow night’s War on Plastic on BBC One hosted by Anita Rani, the problem is laid bare showing millions of toys many of which are unopened from fast-food meals and magazines, as well as Kinder Surprise eggs, all adding to our mountain of plastic waste. 

In theory these toys can be recycled as McDonald’s states on its website but it is rarely economically viable to do so thanks to the mixture of plastics they are made from, meaning most still end up in landfills or being incinerated.

And the thing is that the kids don’t actually want them either. “We want anything they give to us to be sustainable so we can protect the planet for us and future generations,” Ella and Caitlin added. The solution to this problem lies with the producers taking more responsibility for this mess.

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1.What is Ella McEwan and Caitlin's petition?

A People should stop using plastic.

B Children should take much more responsibility.

C The future should go to the children.

D Plastic toys shouldn’t be handed out with meals.

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句的for fast-food giants to stop putting plastic toys in children's meal boxes可以得知他们请愿快餐不要给孩子们发塑料玩具，故选D。

2.When did Ella McEwan and Caitlin come up with the idea of stopping plastic toys?

A After they saw many signatures in Burger King.

B After they enjoyed meals in Burger King.

C After they swam in the polluted sea.

D After they threw away the toys soon.

解析：选A。推理判断题。根据文章第二段第一句的Inspired to act after a family trip to Burger King, their campaign has already attracted 167,475 signatures—and counting.可知，是去汉堡王看到那么多的签名后，他们才决定行动，故选A。

3.Why aren't plastic toys recycled?

A Because they are put in our fast-food meals.

B Because they are not opened by children.

C Because their recycling are expensive.

D Because they are made from the mixture of plastics.

解析：选C。推理判断题。根据文章第三段最后一句的but it is rarely economically viable to do so可以推知是因为从经济层面讲大多不可行，因此很难被循环利用，选项D是选项C的原因，而不是题目问题的原因，故选C。

4.What is the aim of Ella and Caitlin?

A To clear up the waste.

B To save money.

C To protect the earth.

D To stop the fast foods.

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据文章最后一段第二句的so we can protect the planet for us and future generations可以得知孩子们那样做的为了保护我们的地球，故选C。