Pappadavada, a popular restaurant in Kochi, India, is urging customers and the community to put their leftover food in a fridge located outside of the restaurant for the hungry to take.
People who are in need of a meal are encouraged to take from the fridge at any time, for any reason. Minu Pauline, who runs Pappadavada, has nicknamed the fridge, which was placed there on March 23 and is shaded by a neighboring tree, "tree of goodness".
The fridge is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and stays unlocked. Pauline asks that people write the date they left the food, so those who take know how long it's been there. But most food doesn't stay in the fridge for long. In spite of a huge response from the community and plenty of donations, the fridge needs to be brought more in to replace in time. Pauling herself adds around 75% to 80% of food from Pappadavada a day in the fridge.
The idea to put a fridge on the street came to Pauline late on night when she saw a lady searching in a dustbin for food. She was especially saddened because that particular night, her restaurant had made a ton of food that they could have easily given the woman, instead of her searching for it. She felt like she contributed to waste, and avoiding waste is what Pauline pays her attention to.
"The only thing I want to say no is that people are actually buying food and putting it in the fridge. But I'd rather people put their food they bought but aren't going to eat in the fridge instead of the dustbin," she said.
1. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 refer to?| A．A tree planted on March 23. |
| B．The fridge outside for the hungry to take from. |
| C．The popular restaurant in Kochi, India. |
| D．A neighboring tree near Pappadavada. |
| A．People shouldn't throw foods into dustbin. |
| B．Everyone should always avoid waste. |
| C．People shouldn't buy food for that. |
| D．Everyone should help those in need. |
| A．She runs her restaurant in a different way. |
| B．She saves food and helps others in a wise way. |
| C．She sets a higher standard to deal with waste. |
| D．She makes the community more friendly to each other. |
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1. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
| A．How Do Animals Become Extinct? |
| B．The Importance of Protecting Wildlife. |
| C．What Can We Do to Protect Wild life? |
| D．New Ways of Saving Endangered Animals. |
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| B．we should keep wildlife habitats from destruction |
| C．conditions of parks and reserves have been improved |
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1. What’s the outcome if people do not enjoy group work?| A．The aim of the group can not be achieved. |
| B．Specific roles will be given to group members. |
| C．Group members will feel at ease in groups. |
| D．Group members will fail to work individually. |
| A．To find out language learners with similar levels. |
| B．To clarify higher- and lower-level language learners. |
| C．To combine learners with different language levels. |
| D．To increase the difficulty in finishing the work. |
| A．To offer group members timely help at each step. |
| B．To listen to the response from group members. |
| C．To help the English learners choose their favourite roles. |
| D．To make clear about the task and working principles of the roles. |
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| C．Group Work Makes a Great Difference to Learners’ Achievement. |
| D．Cooperative Learning Contributes to the Success of Group Work. |
