When Charlotte Liebling was in college, she volunteered at a store that sold secondhand goods. She saw people bringing in old things to donate, including stuffed toys (毛绒玩具). The toys held great emotional value for their owners. So she felt uncomfortable when the toys were sold very cheaply or put in the dog-toy section (区域).

One night when she got home from work, Liebling started doing some research. She realized this wasn’t happening only in her town. Worldwide, millions of old toys end up in landfills (废物填埋地) every year. Liebling kept thinking all night. “If we can change the idea that stuffed toys lose their value once they’ve been loved,” she thought, “then we can show people they have so much left in them, and give them to others.” That’s how the Loved Before company began.

How does it work? People donate soft toys. They can do so through email, or by taking a toy to a local store. The original owner writes down the name of the toy and a story about it. Next, the toy is cleaned, photographed, and packaged with its name and story. Every Monday, toys are posted for adoption (领养) on the Loved Before website. The company makes a donation of at least half of the money from the sale of each toy.

Since its creation in 2019, Loved Before has sold more than 50,000 stuffed toys. But the company’s goal is more than “just trying to save some toys from landfills,” Liebling says. “We’re trying to change people’s minds on a really wide level.” She explains that Loved Before hopes to teach kids “about the value of loving secondhand things again, in the hope that it will go far beyond the idea of teddy bears.”

1.How did Liebling feel about old toys being sold cheaply?

A Proud.

B Sad.

C Nervous.

D Encouraged.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第一段中的“So she felt uncomfortable when the toys were sold very cheaply or put in the dog-toy section.”利布林上大学时在二手商店当志愿者，对毛绒玩具被廉价出售甚至被当做狗玩具出售时，她感到很不舒服，即她感到难过。故选B。

2.What do old toys around the world face according to research?

A Being sold cheaply.

B Being thrown away.

C Being turned into dog-toys.

D Being given away.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第二段中的“Worldwide, millions of toys end up in landfills (废物填埋地) every year.”可知，根据利布林的研究发现，在全世界，每年都有数百万的玩具被扔进废物填埋地，即都被丢弃了。故选B。

3.What does the underlined word “they” in Para. 2 refer to?

A People.

B Toys.

C Stories.

D Landfills.

解析：选B。B词意指代题。根据第二段划线单词前文“If we can change the idea that stuffed toys lose their value once they’ve been loved”可知，that引导的同位语从句中，stuffed toys为主语，后面的they指的是toys。故选B。

4.What does the Loved Before do?

A Donate soft toys to people.

B Create stories for toys.

C Deal with wonderful toys.

D Make money for charity.

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据倒数第二段最后一句“The company makes a donation of at least half of the money from the sale of each toy.”可知，该公司将每个玩具的销售额的至少一半捐出。故选D。

5.Liebling thinks Loved Before is trying to _________.

A teach people something

B provide people toys

C buy people’s old things

D spread love to people

解析：选A。A细节理解题。根据最后一段的“We’re trying to change people’s minds on a really wide level.”“hopes to teach kids ‘about the value of loving secondhand things again, in the hope that it will go far beyond the idea of teddy bears.’”可知，利布林试图在更广泛的层面上改变人们的看法，希望教会孩子再次热爱二手物品的价值。即她认为他们在教人们一些道理。故选A。