【推荐1】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Waste Not, Want Not

“More?” asked Oliver as he held up his empty bowl. But there was no “more” for the little orphan boy from Charles Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist, only the scowl(不悦之色) of Mr. Bumble, the mean man in charge of the orphanage. In the 18th-century England, a full stomach was only for the rich, not for poor orphans     1     Oliver.

Three hundred years later, it is hard to imagine anyone being hungry. We live in a time     2    food supplies are abundant(充裕的). There is so much food that the world throws away—about 1.3 billion tonnes each year, roughly one-third of the food     3    (produce) for human consumption. That amount of wastage is immoral and expensive. It is also preventable.

Most waste food is in the form of fruits and vegetables     4    are no longer fresh. Packaged foods are also tossed out because they have reached their sell-by dates and may no longer be safe to eat. This can be expensive for supermarkets, but they recover most of the cost by charging their customers     5    (high) prices.

One supermarket chain in China, however, is aiming to solve the problem of wastage and high prices by going digital. Freshippo, owned by the Internet giant Alibaba, lets customers use their smartphones to shop. With the Freshippo app, they can scan and instantly pay for the products put in their shopping carts. This allows the management     6    (track) purchases in real time and re-stock items quickly. It can also keep them informed of which items to buy more of. This unique way of shopping is designed to reduce costs, which results in some of the savings     7    (pass) on to customers.

Although Freshippo is taking steps to respond to the food waste crisis, there is another problem that has to be addressed: our overall attitude toward food. We may be taking     8    too much for granted. This year we have seen big crop losses because of an invasion of armyworms(草地夜蛾). China     9    (lose) as many as one million pigs to African swine fever(非洲猪瘟) since the summer of 2018. This year’s food problems are a good reminder not to be wasteful: Always clean your plate in the cafeteria, and always ask for a doggy bag(打包袋) in a restaurant if there is food remaining. Never throw away an apple just because it has a small brown spot, and never ask for “more”     10    you are really hungry.

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As COVID-19 restrictions are lifted across the country, Li Xianghui knows it will be challenging for traditional restaurants to handle the increasing number of diners.    1    , for his restaurants, things are different.

    2    (own) four restaurants in Wuhan, Hubei province, Li “employs” an array of cooking machines, which can operate    3    (tireless) day and night. Packed in kits, all     4    (dish) are semifinished and can be served within minutes after they are put into the machines.

“The cooking machine can make about 2,000 recipes. Automation is the future for the catering industry.    5    can help avoid pressure from labor costs, in running a traditional restaurant and increase     6    (efficient). Besides, there is a standardized process by the machines, which can guarantee consistency in the taste of each order.” Li says.

Once    7    (seat), diners scan a QR code and use an app to make their meal selection and pay. After the only waiter puts the semifinished food kit into the machine, the meal will be served in minutes.

What’s more, the robot “chef”    8    (attract) more and more diners since the restaurant’s opening in October.

“The taste is good and the price is not expensive,”    9    regular customer says.

    10    such restaurants springing up across the country, robot “chefs” are not only taking over restaurants but also coming into homes.

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Sometimes, whipping up (赶做) a tasty meal feels like the best way to relax, even if it takes a little time     1     (prepare). But more than just satisfying your appetite, cooking can literally feel like a therapy (治疗) session.

Therapists are now using cooking courses as     2     actual approach to treating depression, anxiety and other psychological disorders in     3     (they) patients. As it turns out, the psychological effect of cooking a meal-whether it's for yourself, or for others—     4     (be) multifaceted (多方面的）. It can provide different people     5     different experiences from the comforting sense of being in control to the     6     （free）of expressing creativity in the kitchen.

    7     this task is potentially small. it can give people a sense of power and agency—one that they might not naturally have on their own in their daily lives outside the kitchen. According to a 2016 study     8     （publish）in the Journal of Positive Psychology, people who spend time on creative goals live     9     （happy）lives than those who don't, and cooking something new or out of your comfort zone totally counts as an act of creativity.

So the next time you've had an awful day, consider     10     （make） this super simple homemade chicken!