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Many people are familiar with LEGO, whose plastic building toys have been around since the 1950s. The toys connect firmly,     1     (allow) users to build things that don’t fall apart easily. The company calls this ability “clutch power”. Since about 1960, LEGO bricks     2     (make) from a kind of plastic called ABS. ABS plastic makes the bricks very tough,     3     gives them great clutch power.     4     (sad), the plastic takes an extremely long time to break down.   

But since 2015, LEGO has been stepping up     5     effort to make its products more earth-friendly. Three years ago, the company began making some LEGO parts out of plastic made     6     sugar cane (甘蔗). Recently, LEGO started using paper bags instead of plastic     7     (reduce) packaging. The goal is to make bricks out of PET plastic, which is     8     (soft) than ABS plastic and can     9     (find) in things like bottles and clothing.

Now, LEGO says it has already found a way to make a good brick from PET. One important step was adding things to PET plastic to make it tougher     10     give it better clutch power. LEGO’s goal is to make all of its main products out of sustainable materials by 2030.

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    3    , cold hands were not a problem for ancient Chinese people, who had a lovely tool     4    (keep) their hands warm: hand warmers.

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