【推荐2】A survey of 2, 000 American adults finds that an average American spends nearly $3, 000 a year on unused groceries (杂货).

The survey shows that when people do cook, a quarter of them always make more food than they’re able to finish, usually with the intention of having leftovers (剩菜剩饭). On average, people have leftovers to put into their fridges three times a week; however, they don’t always get around to using them up. Actually, a third admit they’re likely to forget about leftovers once they’re out of sight. Forgetting about food is one of the top reasons people end up having food waste, along with leftovers not being popular among family members(23%). While 4 in 10 have a strong desire to eat their leftovers, a quarter admit they get tired of eating the same thing before they’re able to finish.

“With the rapid rise of food costs, wasting groceries each week hurts both nature and consumers’ wallets, “says director of sustainability at HelloFresh, Jeffrey Yorzyk. “Families cook with the best intention of using their leftovers, but our research shows that they’re generally not consuming all of those leftovers. Getting creative with the food in your fridge can help families feel like they’re eating something new and exciting!”

For some people, what excites them at the supermarket doesn’t do it anymore when they get home. The survey shows that 38%admit they’ve thrown food away simply because they don’t feel like eating it after purchasing it. Some waste starts even before shoppers get home, as a fifth say they don’t know how much food they’ll use when grocery shopping.

With these foods, 22%are not confident they know the best methods to store foods to keep freshness. Happily, seven in ten are trying to cut down on food waste. In fact, once you’ve bought food at the grocery store, there are a number of strategies to ensure you can save it completely and cook it smartly.

1. Which is the percentage of Americans preferring to have leftovers?

A．23%.

B．25%.

C．33%.

D．40%.

2. What is Jeffrey’ advice on leftovers?

A．Eating them up at once.	B．Deal with them inventively.
C．Using them to protect nature.	D．Giving them up to save money.

3. What does the underlined part “do it” in paragraph 4 refer to?

A．Attract the shoppers.	B．Produce leftovers.
C．Lose the freshness.	D．Go to the fridges.

4. What might the author continue talking about?

A．Benefits of saving foods.	B．The art of cooking in the USA.
C．The recent studies of leftovers.	D．Ways to reduce grocery waste.

【推荐3】How to Be a Good Reader

Many people enjoy reading as a way to relax and enrich their minds. Reading is a so an increasingly important skill to learn and develop to be successful in school and in the professional world.    1    , there are several ways to improve your read ng or help a child become a better reader.

●Start at a comfortable reading level

    2    . If you plan to read a material that is difficult in the beginning, you are more likely to give up and less likely to achieve your goal in the long run. If you have chosen a book with a very narrow focus, like a scientific work, you might want to read more familiar topics first.

●    3    

The more you connect reading with comfort and relaxation, the more likely you are to continue developing your reading skills. Reading can be great fun, rather than a daily activity.

●Practice your reading

Studies have shown that people who spend more time reading and take in a greater number of reading materials develop a greater reading skills. This improves their ability to take in knowledge more generally. As with anything else, developing reading skills takes work.    4    .

●Read materials that interest you

You are absorbed in reading when it is an enjoyable experience.    5    , you are more likely to put the book down and take part in a different activity. Please find books related to your hobbies, career goals, or a topic that makes you curious.

A．While all of them are useful

B．If you are bored while reading

C．Create a pleasant reading environment

D．Reading is of great importance in our life

E．Although you may find it difficult to be a good reader

F．Begin by reading texts that are slightly below your level

G．Therefore, you need to set aside some time to read everyday

【推荐2】Given the extremely unpleasant heatwaves of this summer, being green and good to the planet feels more urgent than ever. The actions of our governments and cities, who have the power to make a great dent in the climate crisis, are important.

Now, there are plenty of cities that are still failing to effectively take action in the climate emergency. But others are becoming successful quickly—like, for instance, the winners of two of the European Union’s most famous green cities awards: European Green Capital and European Green Leaf.

Both of the awards recognize not just what the green—stuffed cities have already achieved, but also what they’ve got planned for the future. There’s only one European Green Capital winner per year, while the yearly European Green Leaf recognizes the environmental achievements of two smaller EU cities.

And now the winners of those two awards have finally been announced. European Green Capital in 2024 will be Valencia in southern Spain, which defeated the Sardinian city of Cagliari in the final.

Valencia says proudly Turia park—the largest urban（城市的）park in Europe—has obviously increased its green infrastructure（基础设施）polices in recent years. As well as being Green Capital 2024, Valencia will take home £350,000 to put towards green policies. (2023’s winner is Tallinn, Estonia)

The Green Leaf award, meanwhile, has been won by the Danish city of Elsinore and Velenje, the fifth—largest city in Slovenia. The two winners of the Green Leaf will get £75,000 to fund local green efforts.

For the separate awards, each city had to present their ideas to a judging group. The winners were announced at a ceremony in Grenoble (this year’s European Green Capital) last week.

So even if you don’t care about EU medals. it’s very much worth visiting all these cities to find out all the cool stuff they’re doing to save the world, hit by hit.

1. What does the underlined word “dent” probably mean in Paragraph 1?

A．Progress.

B．Damage.

C．Ambition.

D．Effect.

2. How many green city award winners are mentioned in the passage?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five.

D．Six.

3. What must every city do to win the awards?

A．Build an urban park.	B．Donate to green efforts.
C．Predict weather accurately.	D．Demonstrate their ideas.

4. What does the author suggest doing in the end?

A．Being calm.	B．Cooling the world.
C．Paying attention to medals.	D．Calling at the green cities.

【推荐3】Labels placed on fast food items stressing their high climate impact may influence consumers to make more sustainable (可持续的) choices, new study results show.

Food accounts for around one-third of all human-made greenhouse gas emissions, while animal-based foods like red meat and dairy products make up a large part of these emissions.

Researchers carried out a randomized clinical trial with more than 5,000 participants to determine whether calling attention to red meat’s climate impact could change consumer menu selections.

Individuals were shown a simple online fast food menu and asked to select an item for dinner. A control group received a menu with a quick response code label on all items and no climate labels. Another group received a menu with green low-climate impact labels, positively framing choices like fish, chicken, or vegetarian choices. The third group received a menu with red high-climate labels on items containing red meat, negatively framing the choices.

Results showed 23 percent more participants in the high climate label group ordered a sustainable, non-red meat choice, and 10 percent more in the low-climate group ordered a sustainable choice, compared with controls.

“In the United States, meat consumption, red meat consumption in particular, often exceeds (超过) recommended levels based on national dietary guidelines,” researchers wrote in the study. “Shifting current dietary patterns toward more sustainable diets with lower amounts of red meat consumed could reduce diet-related greenhouse gas emissions by up to 55 percent.”

Extra red meat consumption can also be harmful to human health and has been linked with increased risks of diabetes and certain cancers. Fast food restaurants are a key source of red meat in many Americans’ diets, authors noted, adding more than one-third of U.S. individuals consume fast food on a given day.

“These results suggest that menu labeling, particularly labels warning that an item has high climate impact, can be an effective strategy for encouraging more sustainable food choices in a fast food setting,” said lead study author Julia Wolfson, an associate professor from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

1. What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?

A．The research objects.	B．The research findings.
C．The research purpose.	D．The research process.

2. What does the underlined word “Shifting” in paragraph 6 probably mean?

A．Changing.

B．Removing.

C．Gathering.

D．Searching.

3. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．Consumers prefer labeled menus.	B．Red meat can result in many diseases.
C．Menu labeling helps reduce climate impact.	D．Two-thirds of Americans like to eat fast food.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A．Fast Food and Climate Change	B．Menu Labeling for Greener Choices
C．Increasingly Popular Menu Labeling	D．Red Meat Consumption and Health Risks