【推荐1】Do you have the feeling that your refrigerator is always in a mess? There is hope. Do what the chefs in restaurant kitchens do.    1    It helps the cooks work faster and it reduces the amount of wasted food. Here is how you can keep your contents in the refrigerators in order.

Step one is to take everything out of your refrigerator. Everything. That includes the moldy meat sauce and jars with half-eaten contents.    2    

Now you are ready to refill the refrigerator. Do not treat it like a junk drawer for food.    3    Your fridge may come with some zones that are set aside, such as crisper drawers and cheese drawers. Restaurants keep smaller containers together on rimmed baking sheets. The sheets are easy to pull out and it is easy to look at their contents.

You should know about food safety. It can help you decide what should go where in your refrigerator. Refrigerators are coldest toward their back and bottom. They are warmer on the top shelf. They are warmest in the door. The door is great for condiments (酱料) with a long shelf life such as jam, mustard, and hot sauce.    4    Raw meat should always go at the bottom of the refrigerator.

    5    One rule is FIFO. It means “first in, first out”. New leftover food should always go to the back of the refrigerator, pushing older food to the front of the line. It means older food will get used up first.

A．They are easy to tidy up.

B．Leftovers are a problem.

C．Don’t buy too much food.

D．If you do not love them, throw them out.

E．They follow rules to keep storage areas tidy.

F．Create different spaces for different types of food.

G．Don’t store milk in the door unless you’ll drink it fast.

【推荐2】So, do you want to know how to read classic books? Maybe you are excited to deal with classic literature but you don’t know where to start.     1     Here are some tips for enjoying classic literature and helping you get started.

Slow down the pace. The biggest difference between modern literature and classic literature is the pace. Modern reading can often feel like a short race.     2     If you try to apply short race techniques to a long distance run you will get tired pretty quickly. Well, the same is true with reading classic books.

    3     One of the challenges when you start to read classics book is the language style. Words and phrases that are out of date or no longer relevant can make the writing difficult to understand. As it’s just not the way things are written or what is being talked about, it is common to jump over concepts that we don’t understand or words that we’ve never come across before. But, the key to reading classic books and enjoying them is taking time to understand them. So don’t shy away from looking things up.

Listen to the audio(有声的)book. Sometimes the best way to devote yourself to a classic book is to listen to it. Many classic books were intended to be read aloud. Books used to be very expensive, so people shared them. This meant that a family might gather together to listen to a few chapters every night.     4    

Choose your favourite. Finally, the key to reading classic books and actually enjoying them is to choose one that actually appeals to you. Classic Books can get mixed up into a single genre(流派)“Classic”.     5     Think about what you already love reading and look for books that suit your interest.

A．Look up dates and history.

B．But that’s really not the case.

C．Don’t be afraid to look things up.

D．However, classic literature is more of a marathon.

E．A character list can keep who is related to whom in check.

F．Listening to audio books is a lovely way to continue that tradition.

G．Or perhaps you’ve tried reading classics before and don’t really get the main points.

【推荐1】A colleague recently sent me an article, Cutting back on waste is possible—if you can afford it, to read. It argued that reducing waste—food-related, in particular—is an expensive effort and a near impossibility for anyone working low-wage jobs with little extra time. The conclusion? Zero waste is something only suitable for people who can afford, not for those who are struggling to make a living.

However. I disagree with the idea that zero waste must be all or nothing. I think this is an unfortunate attitude that prevents valuable progress toward reducing one's food-related waste. When we get too hung up on the idea of so-called zero waste and of being like the zero waste superstar Bea Johnson who can fit years of trash in a single jar, we start missing the broader point. The goal, after all, is to make smarter shopping decisions and establish practices that are sustainable（可持续的）for us, with our own unique resources and living situations.

I live in a small rural town with no fancy zero-waste stores. My husband and I both work full-time. I am uninterested in spending my free time doing DIY projects and driving from store to store in search of perfect packaging. Instead, I just do the best I can.

When I first read about Bea Johnson's multi-stop grocery shopping routine, I tried to copy it. That lasted a few weeks before I gave up. Unlike her, I still had babies to look after, and I did not live in San Francisco where stores are closer together than in rural Ontario. Instead, I've resigned myself to the supermarket being the main supply of food and trying to work with it.

Now, when I enter the supermarket on a once-weekly basis, I view all packaging through a critical eye. I make constant comparisons between how one brand packages its food to another. That is the main reason in deciding what to buy, though I also consider the unit price, the place of origin and the ingredients.

1. What is the idea of the article recommended by the author's colleague?

A．Cutting down on waste costs much.	B．Food-related waste is unavoidable.
C．Most people can afford zero waste.	D．The poor care little about food waste.

2. How does the author understand the concept of zero waste?

A．It is related to recycling our resources,	B．It prevents people from reducing waste.
C．It encourages reasonable green practices.	D．It means fitting your trash in a single jar.

3. Why did the author fail to follow Bea Johnson?

A．Her love for shopping was deeply rooted.	B．She hardly knew about food packaging
C．She didn't receive her husband's support.	D．Her living situations differed from hers

4. What's the best title for the text?

A．Live in a Small Town for a Zero-waste Life	B．Stop Wasting and Build a Greener Society
C．Take Advantage of Local Zero-waste Shops	D．Forget Zero Waste and Be Better Shoppers

【推荐2】President Theodore Roosevelt is remembered for his speech. His lines included "speak softly and carry a big stick". He also said, "The government is us; we are the government, you and I." Roosevelt was also a conservationist and his skills came into play in support of that cause.

At the Conference of Governors in 1908, the question of what should be done with America's natural resources was discussed. It might sound ordinary now, but then it was something new. Roosevelt opened the conference with a speech titled "Conservation as a National Duty". Conservation "is second only ...to the great fundamental questions of morality". "We have become great in a material sense because of the wasteful use of our resources," he explained. "But the time has come to inquire seriously what will happen when our forests are gone, when the resources are used up, when the soils shall have been still further impoverished (使贫瘠) and washed into the streams, polluting the rivers and making the fields bare." He said by planning ahead, these could be avoided.

Roosevelt understood there would be impediments when saying resource use should be limited. For centuries citizens held the belief that the land with abundant resources belonged to them and allowed free use (and misuse) for survival and profit. Yet he also knew that was a must.

During his presidential years since 1901, he had worked to establish a system and create national wildlife reserves, but his opening speech in 1908 was a critical moment in conservation. It positioned conservation "in a way that reassessed America's past actions and warned its possible future if nature was not saved". The address greatly affected Americans，view of conservation. It made conservation sound public and moral rather than a private and economic issue. And Roosevelt did so on a grand stage: his event involved all levels of governments and created a spectacle (壮观的场面) for the press to report on. Newspapers which were filled with advance notice of the Conference of Governors wrote at length about the event and Roosevelt's speech.

1. How did Roosevelt stress the importance of conservation in his speech?

A．By putting it in a place before morality.

B．By listing potential consequences of overdeveloping.

C．By criticizing Americans' use of resources.

D．By giving examples of environmental destruction.

2. What does the underlined word "impediments" in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Approvals.

B．Failures.

C．Risks.

D．Barriers.

3. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the speech __________.

A．was highly valued by newspapers

B．won support from all government members

C．promoted the establishment of the system

D．made conservation a private and economic issue

4. Which can be the most suitable title for the text?

A．Conservation and Morality, Which Comes First

B．President Roosevelt Contributed Much to the US

C．An Address Changed Americans'Attitude to Nature

D．Roosevelt, a Great Man Remembered for His Speech