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CCTV reported that every year Chinese people throw away a lot of food which can feed 200 million people for a year.

The food is w    1     in restaurants, at home and in schools, etc. In restaurants, people often o    2     too much food, and they also cook a lot at home. But they can’t eat it up. When they go out of the restaurant, full and happy, they never look back at the uneaten food on the table again. Should Chinese consumers (消费者) feel s    3     for the terrible waste? In schools, we can often see a lot of students throw food away after meals and they only eat the food they like.

Do we have too much food? Of course not. According to the UN World Food Programmer, there were 900 million h    4     people all over the world in 2013. In some places, the food is so l    5     that a lot of people died from hunger. So think about it. We should say no to people who waste food every day. An old s    6     goes, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work.” It tells us everybody must save food.

L    7    , a number of people have known the importance of saving food. We can do the following things in our daily life to p    8     wasting from happening. When we eat in restaurants, we should take the r    9     of the food home if we can’t eat all. Don’t be too picky (挑剔的) about food. Don’t keep too much food at home, e    10     for fruit and vegetables.

【推荐2】阅读短文,根据短文内容及首字母提示,在空白处填入一个适当的单词。
        In many countries, people have birthday cakes with c    1    . The number of candles is the person’s a    2    . The birthday person must make a w    3     and blow out the candles. If he or she b    4     out all the candles in one go, the wish will come true. In the UK, people sometimes put a candy in a birthday cake. The child with the candy is l    5    . In Brazil, people like to eat candies on their birthdays. In Korea, people have cakes and a bowl of s    6     soup for a birthday. They think the seaweed soup is good for h    7    .
          In China, it is getting p    8     to have cake on one’s birthday. But many people still eat very long noodles for their birthdays. They never c    9     up the n    10     because the long noodles are a symbol of long life.

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The traditional Chinese calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms (节气).

Thousands of years ago, they     1     (create) to help with farming, but the solar term culture is still very     2     (use) today to people’s life. Grain Buds is     3     eighth solar term of a year. It means that the seeds from the grain are becoming full but are not ripe. This year Grain Buds falls       4     May 21st, and lasts 16 days.

【推荐2】Great inventions change the world. The wheel is p    1     the greatest invention in history. It made travelling become faster and more c    2    . Alexander Granham Bell invented one of the first p    3     telephones in 1876. Since then, people have been able to speak to each other over long d    4    . Thomas Edison d    5     the first light bulb in 1879. With light bulbs, people can do many things in the evening.

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From the moment the plane landed at the Hong Kong airport, Mira knew she would have     1     (冠词) exciting trip. The busy airport was full of people: They came     2     (介词) all over the world. Mira     3     (hear) conversations in many different languages.

Mira and her parents hurried to the hotel, where they checked in     4     (连词) dropped off their luggage (行李). They couldn’t wait to begin their visit. Mira’s dad brought a map. He made a list of what     5     (sight) they would see.

The     6     (one) stop on the list—was the Hong Kong Wetland Park, just outside the city. The peaceful park had lots of places to walk, and Mira enjoyed     7     (draw) pictures of wild animals, including a crocodile lounging (懒洋洋地趴着) beside its private pool. On the train back to the city, the family were     8     (surprise) at the towering skyscrapers (摩天大楼). Next, they stopped at the Science Museum where Mira and her mum visited the World of Mirrors exhibit. For lunch they had local food. After that, they rushed to Victoria Harbour for the “Symphony of Lights”. They had a great time there.

Then the family returned to the hotel, ready for a good night’s sleep. Mira looked forward to     9     (visit) other places in Hong Kong. She hoped it would be as     10     (wonderful) as their first day.