单选题The first reason that the British do not buy snow-ploughs is that ______.A spreading salt is good enoughB old people need more moneyC snow-ploughs are not used oftenD the hospital is more important

There’s no reason to ______ me to do it now. I’ll do it on my own later.

Passage1       Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage.       It's interesting that the arrival of snow has the effect on people in different countries.(76) For some countries it is an important happening to celebrate each year, while for others a catastrophe （灾害） or even a wonder.      But there are countries between these two kinds that normally expect snow some time over the winter months, but never receive snow regularly or in the same quantities every year.Britain is one of them, for which the arrival of snow quite simply creates problems.Within hours of the first snowfalls, however light, roads are blocked; trains and buses have to stop in the middle of the way.Normal communications are affected as well: telephone calls become difficult and the post immediately takes more time than usual.And almost within hours there are also certain shortages-bread, vegetables and other things-not because all these things can no longer be produced or sent to shops,but mainly because people are frightened and go out and store up with food and so on...just for fear that something bad should happen.      But why does snow have this effect? After all, the Swiss, the Austrians and the Canadians don't have such problems.It is simply because there is not enough planning and preparation.We need money to buy equipment to deal with snow and ice.To keep the roads clear, for example,requires snow-ploughs (扫雪机) and machines to spread salt.(77) The reason why a country like Britain does not buy snow-ploughs is that they are only used for a few days in any one year, and the money could be more useful in other things such as hospitals, education, helping the old, and so on.3 After a few hours' snowing there are often some shortages of food because______.

Location is the first thing customers consider when ______ to buy a house.

The idea for Buy Nothing Day first started in _____.

According to the passage, the British Library ______.

The first thing for you to do before you buy clothes is to read the labels inside the clothes.

Location is the first thing customers consider when _____ to buy a house

What do British people usually do when they are ill?

The wordstwo kinds in Line 4 mean the countries______.

Some people start Buy Nothing Day because they think _____ .

We can conclude from the passage that the first train in movie ______.

The reason that  many of homemakers buy kitchen appliances(厨房用品) is that they want to do their tasks in a shorter length of time.

The reason why a country like Britain does not buy snow-ploughs is that they are only used for a few days in any one year, and the money could be more useful in other things such as hospitals, education, helping the old, and so on.