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      A Malawian woman, Gloria Majiga­Kamoto, was recently awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa—the world's leading award for grassroots environmental activists.

Gloria Majiga­Kamoto was then working for a local environmental organization with a program that gave goats to rural farmers, who would use the goat waste to produce low­cost, high­quality organic fertilizer (·ÊÁÏ). The problem? The thin plastic bags covering the Malawian countryside. “We have this very common street food, chiwaya, which is salty and served in little blue plastics£¬” Majiga­Kamoto says.“Goats eat the plastic for salty taste and they die because it blocks the ingestion (ÎüÊÕ) system. ”For her£¬this was the moment when it all changed. All of a sudden, she started noticing how plastics were everywhere in the Malawian environment and food system—affecting people's living and health.

“I remember back in the day when we'd go to the market and buy things like dried fish, which were wrapped in newspaper£¬” the 30­year­old says. But thin plastics took off in the last decade or so as new producers sprung up in Malawi, selling products like thin plastic bags at cheap prices. In fact, the Malawian government decided to ban the importation, production and distribution of single­use plastic in 2015. But before the ban could go into full effect, Malawi's plastic producing industry appealed to the country's High Court against the ban, causing it to be suspended.

When Majiga­Kamoto and her fellow environmentalists heard about this, they were annoyed. She organized marches and rejected the plastic industry's argument that the ban would hurt Malawi's economy—and even debated with an industry spokesman on TV. Finally in 2019, Malawi's High Court ruled in favor of the ban. The following year, the government began closing down illegal plastic producers.

Michael Sutton, executive director of the Goldman Environmental Foundation, said, “Majiga­Kamoto's fight with the plastic industry is a perfect example of the spirit of the prize.”

1£®What made Majiga­Kamoto realize the problem?

A£®Her experience with plastic­eating goats.

B£®Her discovery of goat waste everywhere.

C£®Her doubt about the safety of street food.

D£®Her care for the farmers living in poverty.

2£®What can we learn about Malawi?

A£®It used to be extremely rich in fish.

B£®It advocated using thin plastic bags.

C£®It failed to ban single­use plastic at first.

D£®It relied heavily on the plastic industry.

3£®What was the purpose of Majiga­Kamoto's acts in Paragraph 4?

A£®To put the ban into effect.

B£®To support the government.

C£®To back the plastic industry up.

D£®To promote Malawi's economy.

4£®Which of the following best describes Majiga­Kamoto?

A£®Humble.    B£®Generous.

C£®Patient.    D£®Committed.