第二篇Shopping at Second-hand Clothing Stores When 33-year-old Pete Barth was in college，shopping at second-hand clothing stores was just something he did-“like changing the tires on his car.” He looked at his budget and decided he could save a lot of money by shopping for clothes at thrift shops.“Even new clothes are fairly disposable(可丢掉的)and wear out after a couple of years，” Barth said. “In thrift shops，you can find some great stuff whose quality is better than new clothes.”Since then，Barth，who works at a Goodwill thrift shop in the US state of Florida, has found that there are all kinds of reasons for shopping for second-hand clothing. Some people，like him，shop to save money．Some shop for a crazy-looking shirt. And some shop as a means of conserving energy and helping the environment.Pat Akins，an accountant at a Florida Salvation Army(SA)(救世军)thrift shop, said that，for her, shopping at thrift shops is a way to help the environment.“When my daughter was little, we looked at it as recycling,” Akins said. “Also, why pay 30 dollars for a new coat when you can get another one for a lot less? ”Akins said that the SA has shops all over the US-“some as big as department stores.” All of the clothes are donated(捐赠), and when they have a surplus(盈余). They’ll have “stuff a bag” specials where customers can fill a grocery sack with clothes for only 5 or l0 dollars.Julia Slocum, 22，points cut，however, that the huge amount of second-hand clothing in the US is the result of American wastefulness.“I'd say that second—hand stores are the result of our wasteful，materialistic culture,” said Slocum, who works for a pro-conservation organization，the Center for a New American Dream. “Thrift shops prevent that waste from going to landfills(垃圾填埋场); they give clothing a second life，provide cheaper clothing for those who can’t afford new ones and generate(生成)income for charities. They also provide a way for the wealthy and middle classes to shed(摆脱)some of the guilt for their level of consumption.” The word "thrift" in paragraph 1 could be best replaced by（）

A. charity.
B. one dollar.
C. first class.
D. two dollars.