When Charlotte Liebling was in college, she volunteered at a store that sold secondhand goods. She observed people bringing in items to donate, including stuffed toys. Liebling could tell that the toys held great emotional value for their owners. So she felt sad when the toys were sold very cheaply, put in the dog-toy section, or — worse — thrown away.

One night when she got home from work, Liebling started doing some research. She realized this wasn’t happening only in her town. Worldwide, she learned, millions of toys end up in landfills every year. All through the night, Liebling drew ideas on notes and posted them on her walls. “If we can change the perception that stuffed toys lose their value once they’ve been loved,” she recalls thinking, “then we can show people they have so much left in them, and give them to others.” That’s how the Loved Before toy-adoption agency began.

The process starts when someone donates a soft toy. People can do so through the mail, or by taking a toy to a local drop-off point in the United Kingdom. That’s where the company is based. The original owner writes down the name of the toy and a story about it. This can include the creature’s likes and dislikes, its favorite things to do, and an adventure it’s been on. Next, the toy is cleaned, photographed, and packaged with its name and story. Every Monday, toys are posted for adoption on the Loved Before website. The company makes a charitable donation of at least half of the profit 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 perceptions 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.What inspired Liebling to start the Loved Before?

A The previous studies.

B Her working experience.

C The stories behind toys.

D Her sympathy for toy owners.

解析：选B。B推理判断题。根据第一段讲述的Liebling的经历以及第二段的 “One night when she got home from work, Liebling started doing some research.”以及“That’s how the Loved Before toy-adoption agency began.”可知，是Liebling的志愿者工作经历带给她的灵感。故选B。

2.What can we know about the Loved Before?

A It’s based in the United States.

B All its toys have happy stories.

C It helps people redesign the toys.

D It donates money to the charity.

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“The company makes a charitable donation of at least half of the profit from the sale of each toy.”可知，该公司将每件玩具的销售利润的至少一半捐赠给慈善机构。故选D。

3.What does Liebling think of their actions?

A Realistic.

B Educational.

C Successful.

D Meaningless.

解析：选B。B推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“We’re trying to change perceptions on a really wide level.”以及“hopes to teach kids ‘about the value of loving secondhand things again’”可知，Liebling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。即她认为他们的所作所为是具有教育意义的。故选B。

4.The best title of the text may be “_________”.

A How to Save Old Toys

B The Popular Stuffed Toys

C Liebling and Her Loved Before

D A World Without New Toys

解析：选C。C 主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了Liebling与创立的Loved Before 二手玩具“收养”机构的相关情况。故选C。