Food safety is very important to humans.When you are having dinner, do you eat up all the food on your plate or have some leftover? According to the UN, 1. 3 billion tons of food is wasted around the world every year. That’s about one-third of all food produced each year.
We make a survey in 34 countries to see how much food is wasted in different countries. For example, the UAE wastes the most food, with each person wasting about 1, 000 kilos every year on average. However, some countries have worked hard to use their food resources wisely. France wastes the least amount of food, according to the survey.
France was the first country to pass laws that stop food waste. It’s not allowed to throw away fresh food. Another law forces French restaurants to provide bags for people’s leftovers.
China ranked 23rd for food waste in the survey. China’s food waste is around 18 million tons every year, enough to feed up to 50 million people for one year. Facing this situation, China has been working hard to reduce food waste. Since early 2013, a movement to prevent food waste called “empty plate” has begun. It has become popular among both government officials and general public.
1. How much food is produced every year around the world?| A．4, 000 kilograms. | B．More than 34, 000 kilograms. |
| C．About 1. 3 billion tons. | D．Nearly 4 billion tons. |
| A．China. | B．France. | C．The United States. | D．The UAE. |
| A．started a movement called “empty plate” |
| B．passed laws to ban food waste |
| C．buys more food from other countries |
| D．produces less food each year |
| A．How much food the world needs every year. |
| B．A survey about food. |
| C．Developed countries waste more food. |
| D．“Empty plate” has become popular worldwide. |
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【推荐1】There are many kinds of book clubs where members discuss a different book every month. What about dinner clubs,where people get together once a month or four times a year to make and
eat dinner?In the dinner club that I joined,the hostess of the dinner club would prepare a big dinner first,and then the members would begin discussing the food.
There are two variations of a dinner club.One has a group of people who try a different restaurant once a month.
The second kind of dinner clubs has many different forms.
| A．They want to have unique food from the hostess. |
| B．One way is to have the hostess for the month decide on a type of food. |
| C．Couples can get together for some food and great conversations. |
| D．People hope to have a great time getting together. |
| E．This was the beginning of our dinner club. |
| F．The great thing about a dinner club is its versatility(广泛性）。 |
| G．One member usually decides on the restaurant. |
Here are four of the eight most amazing Chinese food cities I’ve come across so far. The list is in no particular order.
1. Chengdu, Sichuan Province
Crowned as Asia’s first UNESCO City of Gastronomy(美食学) in 2010, Chengdu is best-known for its fiery hot pot and spicy dishes, which are characterized by the use of Sichuan pepper and are usually layered with salty, sour and sweet flavors. There are also dishes that aren’t spicy at all, such as beer-braised duck.
Hot pot is as ubiquitous in the city as the smell of chili. At Zigong Delicious Hotpot, the house specialty(招牌菜) tiaoshui wa is a cauldron(大锅) of fiery chili(辣椒) to which vegetables, noodles or other meats can be added.
For a real taste of Sichuan’s signature（招牌）pepper, hua jiao, spend a morning at the Chengdu Spice Market where the locals sell and buy it by the sack.
2. Lanzhou, Gansu Province
Synonymous in the minds of food-lovers with hand-pulled beef noodles, Lanzhou also has one of the liveliest street food night markets in China.
Just west of the city center, the buzzing Zhengning Road bazaar（集市）houses more than 100 street food stalls. Available is a broad selection of hot and cold dishes with emphasis on local Hui cuisine.
No trip to Lanzhou is complete without feasting on noodles at Wumule Penhui, the 2012 winners of Lanzhou’s annual pulled noodle competition. The halal restaurant makes noodles spicy enough to satisfy even the most hardened heat-seekers.
3. Guangzhou, Guangdong Province
The birthplace of Cantonese food, Guangzhou is thought by many as the best place to eat in China. The city of 12 million has a passionate food culture, with equal excitement reserved for the opening of a hole-in-the-wall congee joint（粥店）and a high-end restaurant.
The local cuisine is characterized by fresh clean flavors（口味）, seafood, barbecued meats and the wonderful tradition of yum cha, which is tea drinking accompanied by dumplings and small dishes.
Congee is the way locals love to start their day, and one of the most popular vendors is Ru Xuan Sha Guo Zhou. Here, one can get a bowl of signature seafood congee any hour of the day.
Roast meats are Bing Sheng’s most popular order—their roast goose is marinated（腌制）with five-spice, boiled, air-dried, then roasted by a flame oven to give a crisp skin.
For something more home style and removed from the madness of downtown, head to Ji Cun for steamed chicken and simple farmer-style dishes.
4. Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province
This ancient canal city is home to huangjiu, an amber-colored rice wine that’s important in Chinese cooking.
Open since 1894, the dining chain is known by almost every Chinese for its appearance in early 20th century novels by Chinese literati Lu Xun.
Xianheng’s delicacies（佳肴）include crispy-skinned chicken, smoked red dates in rice wine, beans flavored with fennel(茴香), and crispy bream in rice wine.
Fried fermented（发酵的）tofu is also a local specialty, which is available all over town at small street stalls including one just outside Xianheng.
1. The writer’s purpose of the passage is to ____________.
| A．share her story and impression on Chinese cuisines |
| B．tell readers how to comment on amazing Chinese food cities |
| C．talk the readers into enjoying the signature food such as hand-pulled noodles |
| D．express her preference for fiery hot pot and spicy dishes in Chengdu. |
| A．charming and attractive |
| B．smelly and disgusting |
| C．common and popular |
| D．fiery and spicy |
| A．Chengdu, Lanzhou | B．Lanzhou, Guangzhou |
| C．Guangzhou, Shaoxing | D．Shaoxing, Chengdu |
| A．Cantonese food is characterized by a sea of marinated dishes. |
| B．Huangjiu is widely believed to be essential in Chinese cooking. |
| C．Pepper, chili and huajiao play an important role in all Sichuan dishes. |
| D．Hand-pulled beef noodle is a speciality in local Hui cuisine. |
【推荐3】Last night, I had the misfortune of eating at The BurgerShack. What I had hoped to be a romantic anniversary dinner for my wife Gladys and me turned out to be a very disappointing dining experience. I began to have my doubts the moment we walked inside. The dining room itself was clean, but the decoration was far too gaudy (花哨的) for my tastes. Multicolored images of clowns and large cartoon animals were stuck on almost every single wall. The tables were a bright lime green (橙绿色). It certainly did not look like the romantic restaurant that I was hoping for, but I am not one to judge a book by its cover.
Gladys and I stood for what seemed like an hour waiting to be seated, but not a single employee even glanced at our way. Finally, we decided to just locate a table on our own. Although the restaurant was fairly crowded, we were able to find a table in the back. We took our seats and waited for a member of the wait staff to bring us menus.
An unbearable amount of time passed and there was still no sign of a waiter or waitress. Perhaps having noticed our frustration, a customer sitting at the table next to us informed us that there were no waiters. Instead, we had to place our orders at the front of the restaurant and then bring our own food back to the table.
No waiters? Who came up with this concept? What is the purpose of dining out if you have to get up and serve yourself? I was about to storm out, but my wife calmed me down.
Eventually, Gladys volunteered to get the food for us. Somehow, I did manage to eat six of the hamburgers, but the seventh proved far too greasy (油腻的) for my liking. The chocolate milk shake that they offered as dessert was acceptable, but the cup it came in was very small.
Overall, The BurgerShack’s combination of dreadful decoration, non-existence service, and disappointing food makes it a place to avoid. I certainly hope we will find a better place to celebrate our 51st anniversary next year!
1. What does the author think of the decoration in The BurgerShack?| A．Unattractive. | B．Plain. | C．Creative. | D．Unique. |
| A．There was no seat available. |
| B．There were not enough waiters. |
| C．They expected to be led to a table. |
| D．The decoration caught their attention. |
| A．Its taste. | B．Its color. | C．Its shape. | D．Its amount. |
| A．It is a self-service restaurant. |
| B．It is well known for its quality service. |
| C．The food there is better than elsewhere. |
| D．It is a great place to celebrate anniversaries. |
【推荐1】Farmers and hunters are calling for an extension (延期) to the Victorian duck hunting season, saying certain species are doing great harm to crops and waterways and need to be controlled. This season runs from 8:00 am today and will end in 20 days, down from the usual 12 weeks, with a bag limit of five listed game ducks per day.
Wayne Shields grows leafy greens on the Mornington Peninsula and he said the decision to reduce the duck hunting season would take its toll on farmers. “The wood ducks are the ones causing all of the damage; the black ducks are no problem around here. The wood ducks come in at night and they just clean me out completely and they’ve done it a number of times over a number of years,” he said.
Mr. Shields and his wife, Natasha, run Peninsula Fresh Organics and he said there was nothing he could do to stop the invasion (入侵). “I nearly went broke a few years ago. Back then I was planting 10,000 lettuce (生菜) a week and they would quite happily eat 10,000 lettuce a week.” Due to the damage caused by the wood ducks, Mr. Shields said there should be a year-round open season on the wood ducks and farmers should be allowed to shoot birds.
Professor Richard Kingsford, Director of the Centre for Ecosystem Science at UNSW, said although the wood ducks ate crops, extending the duck season may not achieve what farmers wanted. He is calling on the government to invest more in research to address the threat certain species of waterbirds caused for some farmers, so other nonlethal (非致命的) ways to destroy the birds can be found.
1. What is the difference about duck hunting this year?| A．Duck hunting is prohibited. | B．The duck hunting season is shortened. |
| C．The duck hunting season is prolonged. | D．Duck hunting is limited to a bag of ducks. |
| A．Farmers suffer a huge loss from wood ducks. |
| B．Farmers actually approve of keeping black ducks. |
| C．Wood ducks wake farmers up completely at night. |
| D．Farmers support the reduction of the duck hunting season. |
| A．Making more investment in wood ducks. | B．Making shooting birds permitted for farmers. |
| C．Doing nothing to stop the invasion. | D．Planting more lettuce on the farm. |
| A．Indifferent. | B．Neutral. | C．Favorable. | D．Opposed. |
【推荐2】Perhaps people have never realized that fashion materials should be one of the worst destroyers on our environment in countries across the world.
Everybody enjoys wearing warm fashionable sweaters, but they never realize how much harm they have done to the environment . Studies suggest that 70 percent of the damage to the grasslands is due to overgrazing(过度放牧).Because of that, tile balance of nature is broken, extreme weather occurs frequently, species are under serious threat, and finally grasslands are becoming desert gradually. The major real cause driving this activity is that human beings demand for cheaper wool to make fashionable clothing.
What you might not know is that the natural fibers for making clothes are often taken from trees in ancient forests or other plants such as bamboo and cotton . This means that the clothes we buy and wear are contributing directly to destroying forests and habitats. In fact, cotton is by no means a fully environmentally friendly crops on the planet. For a start, it uses so much water to. produce, which leads to the freshwater shortage across the globe. It can take 2,700 liters of water to make just one cotton T-shirt. Additionally, growing cotton requires high levels of pesticide and other dangerous chemicals that often pollute waterways and soil. As for man-made fibers, the damage done by them is far worse than other materials.
In recent years, retailers (零售商)have increased the number of fashion collections each season even-each month or week. Throwaway culture is known as "fast fashion" due to low prices . Every year, 100 billion new garments made from new fibers are produced, many of which soon end up in landfill(垃圾填埋场).A dress might cost a few pounds for the consumer, but there is a hidden cost to the wider environment including ecosystems and other species.
1. According to the passage, the real destroyer on the grasslands is ___.| A．overgrazing | B．unbalanced nature |
| C．human beings’ need | D．change of weather |
| A．The cotton fiber. | B．The tree fiber. |
| C．The man-made fiber. | D．The bamboo fiber. |
| A．Opposed. | B．Approved. | C．Neutral. | D．Sympathetic. |
| A．Damage to Our Environment |
| B．Fashion Materials, the Hidden Environment Destroyer |
| C．Destroying Forests and Habitats |
| D．Throwaway Culture |
【推荐3】The Exterminating Angel
Director: Luis Bunuel
Country/Date : Mexico/1962 (black and white)
Introduction : A party is organized in a high class society house. Many people are drinking and eating. It’s getting late, but nobody is leaving. Even though the door is open, people seem to be locked in the house. They can’t leave either the day or on the following days. So a rescue began.
The Net
Director: Irwin Winkler
Country/Date: U.S.A./1995
Introduction: Angela Bennettt is a computer programmer who has devoted her life to computers and the Internet. She spends hours and hours in front of the screen. She does everything over the Internet, and she has some close friends in a chat room, though she has never talked to her neighbors.
Kung Fu Panda
Director : Mark Osborne & John Stevenson
Country/Date : U.S.A./2008
Introduction: The leading character is a panda whose name is Po. He is lazy first but he has a great dream——to be a kung fu master. To make his dream come true, he goes to a faraway temple to learn kung fu from a master. However, one of his brothers, Tai Long wants to become the kung fu master, killing many of his brothers even the master. So Po fights against Tai Long and defeats him, The film is good especially for kids.
Life is Beautiful
Director: Roberto Benigni
Country/Date : Italy/1998
Introduction: In 1939, during World WarⅡ in Italy, Guido, a hopeful man, the main character fell in love with Dora, and they got married. Five years later, their lives changed. Guido and Joshua were taken by the Nazis to a concentration camp and Dora also went there with her husband and son. At that place, Guido tried his best to save his son’s life in a special way.
1. Who is the director of The Net?| A．Luis Bunuel | B．Irwin Winkler |
| C．Mark Osborne | D．Roberto Benigni |
| A．The Exterminating Angel. | B．The Net. |
| C．Kung Fu Panda. | D．Life is Beautiful. |
| A．It’s about a rescue of people who can’t leave a house. |
| B．The story is set in World WarⅡ. |
| C．It was made in America in 1995. |
| D．The main character is absorbed in computer. |
