Do you know mukbang? It is about the eating shows in front of the camera on the Internet. In the shows, mukbangers eat food and sometimes talk to people who watch their videos.
The eating shows started in South Korea in around 2010 and there are many viewers (观看者) from all over the world. Why did mukbang start in this country? In fact, South Korea has the culture of eating together. But nowadays, eating alone is quite usual in the country. Watching mukbang can be a way to have someone to eat with. People can chat with others when they are at home alone.
However, mukbang has its dark sides. The way mukbangers eat food in some shows isn’t healthy. These bad eating habits can bring serious health problems. What’s worse, some mukbangers prepare a lot of food but throw away much food during the show or after the show. These mukbangers waste (浪费) a lot of food.
Now, many people criticize such shows. Food waste is a serious problem around the world, and there are lots of people who still don’t have enough food to eat. Our country does a lot of things to solve the problem and asks short video platforms (平台), such as Tiktok and Kuaishou, to take action.
1. If we watch mukbang videos, maybe we can see ________.| A．someone telling stories | B．someone having food |
| C．someone cooking a meal | D．someone selling things |
| A．Mukbang appeared 10 years ago. |
| B．Very few people in South Korea eat on their own. |
| C．People only in South Korea like watching mukbang. |
| D．Watching mukbang makes viewers feel they aren’t eating alone. |
①Mukbangers may show unhealthy eating habits to the viewers.
②Some mukbangers don’t eat all the food they prepare and throw much away.
③Some mukbangers don’t have enough food to eat.
| A．①② | B．②③ | C．①③ | D．①②③ |
| A．Tiktok and Kuaishou help to waste food |
| B．our country does nothing to solve food waste |
| C．some mukbangers prepare too much food to eat |
| D．short video platforms should help to solve the problem of food waste |
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In America, soccer is not very popular. They like playing American football. It is very different. The ball is not round. It is like a big egg. There are also eleven players in each team. All the players can touch the ball with both feet and hands.
1. Do the Chinese like playing soccer?
| A．Yes, they do. | B．No, they don’t | C．Yes, I do. | D．No, I don’t. |
| A．Eight. | B．Twenty-two | C．Eleven | D．Twenty. |
| A．Touching the ball with hands. | B．Playing soccer. |
| C．Watching TV. | D．Playing American football. |
【推荐2】Here are three famous cities in the world, You will find the most famous landmarks which are symbols for a city and maybe even for the country.
 | Venice This beautiful city in northeastern Italy is built on about 120 small islands. The city has no roads. Instead, people use boats to travel along the canals（运河）. Flat—bottomed boats called gondolas were once the main means of transportation. You should see St. Mark's Square—the center of activity in this city. It has wonderful buildings. |
 | Chicago This American city is the main business and cultural center of the Midwest. It is famous for its music. opera and theaters. It also has excellent museums. When shopping in this city, you can visit a long row of fashionable stores on North Michigan Avenue, One of the world's tallest buildings, the John Hancock Center, is also on this avenue. |
 | Rio de Janeiro Travelers use many words to describe this South American city:beautiful, sunny, friendly and exciting. It is the city of the Carnival（嘉年华）, where everyone dances the samba in the streets. Tourists also love to visit its wonderful beaches and mountains. You should not miss the National Park of Tijuca—one of the largest city parks in the world. |
1. Why were”gondolas” the main means of transportation in Venice?
| A．Because the people didn't like traveling by car. |
| B．Because the city had wonderful buildings. |
| C．Because there were a lot of canals in the city. |
| A．Venice. | B．Chicago. | C．Rio de Janeiro. |
| A．It is the main business and cultural center of the Mideast. |
| B．If you are interested in plays. Chicago is a good place to go to. |
| C．You can go shopping in this city, but not around John Hancock Center. |
【推荐3】When you hear the word “shapeshifting (变身)”, you may think of magic in some movies and not the climate(气候) . But that’s what animals are doing to go on living in the world.
A new study shows that some animals are slowly growing larger beaks(喙), legs and ears. In this way they can cool themselves down more easily as the Earth gets warmer. When we talk about the climate change, we often ask “What can humans do with this?” “How can we live in the future?” “But we should know that animals also have to face these changes,” said Sara Ryding, from Deakin University, Australia. If animals do nothing to keep their normal(正常的) body temperature, they will die.
In one example, the beaks of some kinds of Australian parrots have grown 4 to 10 percent larger. The study says it has a lot to do with the hotter summer over the years. There are other similar examples. Wood mice have longer tails and bats(蝙蝠) in warm climates have bigger wings.
Although the changes are still small, they could be common as the weather becomes hotter. “Body parts like ears may become bigger, so we might be able to see a real Dumbo (big-eared elephant from a Disney cartoon) in the near future,” Ryding told the reporters.
1. Why do animals grow bigger body parts?| A．To become stronger. | B．To enjoy a better life. |
| C．To find food easily. | D．To keep normal body temperature. |
| A．2. | B．3. | C．4. | D．5. |
| A．Changes. | B．Tails. | C．Wings. | D．Examples. |
| A．Why climate changes so much. | B．When the climate starts to change. |
| C．How animals deal with hotter weather. | D．What the weather will be like in the future. |
【推荐1】How often do you or someone you know leave food on a plate? Does your family throw away food from the refrigerator because it’s no longer fresh? If food waste is a problem in your home, think about what it’s like worldwide.
About one-third of all food in the world is wasted. That’s 1.2 billion metric tons of food. To give you an idea of how shocking that is, consider that the waste weighs as much as 200 million elephants! Among the waste, 45 percent of fruits and vegetables are wasted, 35 percent of seafood, and 30 percent of cereal and grains. Milk product and meat are also wasted, but not as much. Most of this waste happens in North America and Europe, where about 100kg of food per person is wasted each year. The United States alone, for example, wastes so much food that it could feed most of the country’s hungry people for one year.
Food waste is indeed a big problem. It costs money and hurts the environment. But there are ways we can decrease the amount of food we reject and throw away. One way is to compost the food we do not eat. Composting is like recycling. Unwanted food breaks down and goes back into the soil to grow more fruits and vegetables.
We could also buy less at the supermarket and only fill our plates with what we know we will eat. We should take time to think about how much food we will actually eat. Another way to decrease food waste is to get involved with charity organizations and create campaigns that give food to people who often go hungry. Finally give uneaten food to pets or farm animals. If we all make the decision to stop wasting food, we can make a difference.
1. What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?| A．The amount of all food wasted worldwide. |
| B．The amount of wasted food for each person in western countries. |
| C．The amount of wasted seafood. |
| D．The amount of wasted fruits and vegetables. |
| A．give away | B．grow | C．throw away | D．recycle |
| A．Americans feed all of their hungry with rejected food. |
| B．Cereal and grains are the most wasted foods in the world. |
| C．The writer mentioned four ways to solve the food waste problem. |
| D．The best way to decrease food waste is to set up an organization to give food. |
| A．①/②/③④ | B．①②/③/④ | C．①②③/④ | D．①/②③/④ |
【推荐2】Would you try food made of rubbish? When world leaders got together at the UN for a meeting on climate(气候) change, they had a special lunch. The food was made from something that most of us would throw away. There was a salad made of vegetable scraps(剩菜叶). The leaders also had hamburgers made of fruit left over from juicing.
The UN said this reminded people about food waste and the bad influence it has on climate change. “Food waste is not often noticed in climate change, and that is shameful when so many people are in hunger.” said a government secretary.
Most people don’t even realize how much food they throw away every day. Sometimes they cook too much or they don’t use it in time. Every year more than one-third of all food produced worldwide goes to waste, according to the UN. Stop the waste, and the whole world could save $300 billion from wasted food. More importantly, it could also do less harm to the environment.
Think about a bag of cheese(奶酪). Before we buy it at the store, people have to raise the cows, deal with the milk, and drive to the shop to sell the cheese. If you throw the cheese away, you have wasted energy, fuel(燃料) and water, which give out greenhouse gases that add to global warming.
The UN said if we stop throwing good food away, we could cut down up to 17 million tons of CO₂. The good of that would be the same as taking one in every four cars off the road.
1. Why did the writer think the lunch was special?| A．Because the vegetables were made into juice. |
| B．Because the leaders had a salad and hamburgers. |
| C．Because food was cooked from something thrown away. |
| D．Because the lunch was prepared with different fresh fruits. |
| A．Fuel. | B．Cars. | C．Cows. | D．Climate. |
| A．Even small actions can help make our world better. |
| B．We should buy a bag of cheese from the supermarket. |
| C．Most people have already paid attention to food waste. |
| D．Saving food is more important than driving cars less often. |
| A．Cheese—Healthy for people | B．A meeting—Traditional at the UN |
| C．Food waste—Bad for the environment | D．Greenhouse gases—Dangerous to the Earth |
【推荐3】Want to make a difference in your community? Becoming a zero waste volunteer is the way to go!
Join a community garden
So many people don’t know where their food comes from. Growing food by yourselves teaches you the true value of food. What’s more, there is no need to pack the food you grow in the garden. Offer your time to help support a garden in your neighborhood. You’ll get to meet all kinds of people there, and possibly begin a conversation about zero waste lifestyle.
Lead or join a neighborhood clean-up
Usually, litter left unattended (无人看管的) will pollute our water systems. Even worse, any litter (in the ocean or on the ground) can be eaten by animals. This causes them to die of hunger slowly and painfully. Getting a group together to pick up trash (垃圾) around the neighborhood is a great way to combat this problem.
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Going to a town hall meeting is a great idea. Because you can see and hear the problems in your community. Besides, you may even be able to speak at a town hall meeting as a guest speaker telling other people about zero waste lifestyle.
Organize a zero waste meeting
It’s so important to have a support group filled with people who also love zero waste lifestyle. Although online community is great, it cannot compare to real life support groups. If you want to gather people in your neighborhood to talk all things about zero waste, consider organizing a meeting. Just choose a place to meet (a local cafe works well), choose a date and time, and put up a notice on the Internet. You’ll get surprises!
1. If a person joins a community garden, he or she can _____________.①teach himself or herself the true value of food by growing food
②stop animals from eating litter
③talk about zero waste lifestyle with others
④give a speech about zero waste lifestyle
| A．①② | B．②③ | C．①③ | D．③④ |
| A．fight against | B．get used to | C．look through | D．come up with |
| A．Bring your own problem | B．Host a zero waste workshop |
| C．Become a guest speaker | D．Go to a town hall meeting |
| A．a local cafe is too noisy for us to organize a meeting |
| B．a real life support group is better than an online community |
| C．a support group needs members who disagree with each other |
| D．organizing a meeting can educate the people in our community |
【推荐1】WeRun (微信运动) is an app in WeChat. It lets users see their daily step counts. One of its most popular things is a leaderboard (排行榜) among friends that lets users see how their results compared with others.
As a growing number of people use WeRun, we wondered what we can learn about a person just from knowing their step counts. Here we take a closer look:
Fewer than 50 steps: Anyone who takes fewer than 50 steps in one day may be ill or sad. Or maybe he or she is just too lazy to get out of the bed!
50—500 steps: It’s easy to have a few hundred steps. Even going shopping on foot will be enough.
500—8, 000 steps: Most students and workers will take between 500 and 8, 000 steps a day. These step counts are often in the middle of the leaderboard. But your parents will always give your step counts a thumbs-up (It’s their job to care about you!).
8, 000—30, 000 steps: Salespeople and members of film workers are likely to take these many steps a day, as they are always on the move.
More than 30, 000 steps: Mostly, these step counts can be on the top of the leaderboard. They’re couriers, porters, cleaners and so on. They’re the people who help us live easy and comfortable lives and keep our environment nice and clean.
To some degree, a person’s WeRun data (数据) shows his or her character and personal life. But even when actions speak louder than words, we still shouldn’t jump to conclusions (结论).
1. According to the passage, what is WeRun?| A．It’s a popular game in WeChat. |
| B．It’s an app to make people walk more. |
| C．It’s an app in WeChat to count users’ steps. |
| D．It’s a leaderboard in WeChat to compare users’ step counts. |
| A．50—500. | B．500—8, 000. | C．8, 000—30, 000. | D．Over 30, 000. |
| A．点赞 | B．转发 | C．收藏 | D．评论 |
| A．More and more people start to use WeRun. |
| B．WeRun data can be a way to know someone’s character. |
| C．WeRun data is the best way to show someone’s personal life. |
| D．WeRun data can be a way to know someone’s personal life. |
Nowadays, Personal medias（自媒体）are very popular.
“China is a country with over five thousand years’ history. I am interested in Chinese food, history and culture”, said Amy.
Amy first came to China as an exchange student （交换生）at Shanghai-based Fudan University in 2014. “People were so friendly in China. I want to do everything I can to stay here,” she said.
Various networks provide us with many opportunities for the platform.
| A．After returning to Australia, she missed the country very much. |
| B．Let people all over the world understand each other and share happiness! |
| C．Her dream is to make great videos about China and let more people know a different China. |
| D．I have been to Sichuan Province. |
| E．Amy Lyons is one of them. |
| F．Young people like this way. |
【推荐3】What do you usually do in your free time? Do you watch short videos on some apps? According to the China Internet Network Information Center, the number of short video users reached 888 million in August, 2021. That is, about 93.4% of all Chinese Internet users are watching or making short videos, or both. If you say short videos are only popular in China, you are wrong. Tik Tok has more than 800 million users around the world.
Many users like short videos. They say the videos not only make them relaxed, but also teach them useful skills. “I love watching Lao Qiao’s short videos on my phone,” Francis, one of the short video users, says “Lao Qiao is a famous cook and his videos are my favourite ones. From his videos, people can learn how to make Shaanxi noodles in no time at all.”
However, quite a few people think short videos are not so good. “There are many other ways to relax, like watching movies, reading books and playing sports,” they say, “All of them are more meaningful to people. What’s more, if people start watching the short videos, they can hardly stop. There are always new ones waiting for them, so they always spend hours on them.”
Some educators（教育家）say people should not spend much time on short videos. “Most of them are just for fun. They don’t teach people to think or to improve themselves. It’s not good for people, and not good for society（社会）, either.”
1. What can we know from the first paragraph?| A．Children around the world like watching short videos. |
| B．People spend much time watching short videos. |
| C．Short videos are popular around the world. |
| D．Tik Tok is the first short video app in China. |
| A．How to make people relaxed. |
| B．How to be a famous cook. |
| C．How to make Shaanxi noodles at once. |
| D．How to make Shaanxi noodles slowly. |
| A．Make full use of short videos to have fun. |
| B．Try not to spend much time on short videos. |
| C．Make some short videos about life by ourselves. |
| D．Use short videos to do something meaningful for society. |
| A．When people usually watch short videos. |
| B．How many people use the Internet in all. |
| C．What people think of short videos. |
| D．Why people like making short videos in their free time. |
