1 . “Leftover roast potatoes? There’s no such thing!” shouted people on social media when I shared a suggestion for using up remaining potatoes. This response is common whenever I propose ideas for ingredients (食材) considered “delicious” or a treat: wine, Easter eggs and cream. One person’s trash is another person’s treasure, and all that—but the way we handle leftovers has to change. Because of my work creating recipes, I am constantly dealing with leftover food. I live alone, work from home and enjoy the challenge of transforming leftovers into new culinary delights.

During lockdown, I witnessed in people a growing understanding of having to make do with what was already in the cupboards, fridge and freezer. This led to an increasing confidence around making substitutions and understanding food-safety issues (such as the difference between “best before” and “use by”). I learned everything I know about food safety during my professional life.

While sharing food with neighbors, friends and the wider community is one way to deal with remaining ingredients, managing random bits and open packets requires a different approach. So in May 2022, I started a series on social media called Rollover Leftovers, showcasing daily short videos of my home cooking. Simple concepts such as refreshing rock-hard bread, freezing leftover chips or creating a “clear out the fridge” tray bake gained millions of views — a much bigger audience than I would expect for anything using tricky methods or fancy ingredients.

Use your imagination and trust yourself, and you’ll discover that leftovers can be a joy, not a chore. And if you find you have the leftovers of a great big turkey but are fed up with the sight of it, or you have more cranberry sauce than you could possibly eat alone, why not try joining forces with neighbors or friends? Not so much bring a bottle as bring a loaf, because a post-Christmas leftovers sandwich is truly the best bite of the year. Isn’t it?

1. What do people think of the author’s suggestion for leftovers?

A．It is impractical.

B．It is typical.

C．It is valuable.

D．It is irresponsible.

2. What does the author intend to show in paragraph 2?

A．The new trend in cooking.	B．The concern about food safety.
C．The importance of professional life.	D．The change of household appliances.

3. What can we learn about the series of Rollover Leftovers?

A．It teaches cooking principles.	B．It is a community programme.
C．It focuses on fresh ingredients.	D．It has gained great popularity.

4. What should people do with the remaining turkey according to the author?

A．Reserve it in a bottle.	B．Share it with neighbors or friends.
C．Put it in the fridge for the next meal.	D．Use it to make sandwiches for charity.

2 . 10月16日是世界粮食日(World Food Day)。假设你是学生会主席李华，为提倡同学们节约粮食，你校决定开展“节约粮食人人有责”的活动，请你以学生会的名义写一封倡议书。
内容包括：
1. 活动目的；
2. 活动内容；
3. 号召同学积极参加。
参考词汇：节约粮食人人有责Saving food is everyone’s responsibility
Dear students,
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The Students’ Union

3 . 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。

1. Where are the speakers?

A．In a hotel.

B．In a studio.

C．In a university.

2. How much does the man share the expenses for every semester?

A．$5, 000.

B．$3, 000.

C．$2, 000.

3. What’s the man’s suggestion on saving money?

A．Shopping online for cheaper clothes.

B．Trying to eat home-made food.

C．Sharing a room with others.

4 . A penny saved is a penny earned. And more and more benny-wise young Chinese are abandoning consumerism by leading an increasingly frugal (节俭的) life by developing anti-consumerism concepts.

According to a survey by JD.com, nearly 50% of respondents would use all means to save money and more than 30% plan to become deal-hunters to fit in their budgets. More than 80% of Generation Z Chinese spend less than 5,000 yuan ($737) a month. When shopping, they care the most about practicability, personal preference and price, instead of brands, popularity and brand spokesmen.

And more than 600,000 users have joined a group named Frenzied Money Savers on Douban, a popular social media platform, where members share sometimes extreme ideas, tips, books and everything to save hard-earned money. For instance, some recommended uninstalling shopping apps such as Taobao, Meituan and Pinduoduo and installing it each time you really need to buy something so as to hold back the urge to spend. And milk tea, coffee and takeouts are strongly opposed by many.

Chinese have long established and valued the saving culture with the country’s household savings rate leading the world. Young Chinese who are born in a relatively prosperous and abundant society have learned to get rid of the addiction to consumerism and use money in a more sensible and wiser way, which could help create a more healthy and upbeat social vibe (社会风气), besides reducing the huge waste and damages to the environment caused by over consumption.

Just as the American writer Theodore Thornton said, the habit of saving is itself an education. Yet saving is certainly not the final goal, but spending money where it truly deserves helps realize one’s life objectives. To save and spend wisely are lessons young people all over the world have to learn.

1. Why are more and more young Chinese becoming benny-wise?

A．They tend to accept consumerism.	B．They spend money without hesitation.
C．They are shaped by multiple cultures.	D．They are in favor of economical life.

2. What may Generation Z Chinese tare the most when shopping?

A．Budgets and service.	B．Practicability and price.
C．Personal preference and brands.	D．Shopping apps and platforms.

3. What message does the author want to convey in Paragraph 4?

A．Anti-consumerism is beneficial to social progress.

B．Saving money can be many people’s life objective.

C．Many social issues mainly result from consumerism.

D．Young Chinese are lucky to be born in a prosperous society.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．There is no increasing need for consumerism.

B．Old virtue of being frugal is still not outdated.

C．Tips on saving money are important for the young.

D．Consumerism has an impact on economic development.

5 . 听下面一段对话，判断下面五个句子。
1. The conversation is most likely to be an interview.
2. They are talking about how to be a good housewife.
3. The woman never shops in department stores or supermarkets.
4. The woman and her husband have their own car for weekend trips.
5. The woman strongly suggests fixing things by ourselves.

6 . 假如你是李华，学生会将举办每年一度的英语演讲比赛，主题为“Save Food”，请就这此写一篇演讲稿。内容包括：
要点：
1. 简单描述校园中你身边同学浪费粮食的现象及你的感受；
2. 节约粮食的原因；
3. 号召同学们节约粮食。
注意：
1. 词数 100 左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：food shortages (食物短缺)， food crises (食物危机)，traditional virtue of Chinese (中华传统美德)

Hello, boys and girls!

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That’s all. Thank you!

7 . Eco-Friendly Changes You Can Make to Your Home

As part of the move to save the environment and money, many people have made lots of changes to their homes over the past few years, and the trend (趋势) is set to continue in the years ahead.     1     .

Switch out your light bulbs (灯泡)

You might not think that this could make a big difference.     2    . With LED light bulbs being up to75% more efficient than standard light bulbs, it could save about. $7.75 per month to light your home if you made the switch to LED.

Turn to solar energy (太阳能)

Rising energy costs are forcing people to look for new methods of powering their homes.       3    . It’s also a clean, renewable energy source, meaning not only is it cheaper for you, but environmentally-friendly to power your home.

    4     ?

Wind power is more stable than solar, and it can be used to produce power. Like solar options (选择；选项) , using wind means that it won’t matter as you’ll have a continuous power source of your own.

Seal (密封) gaps around doors and windows

One very low-cost option to help your home be more efficient is to stop the air from leaving your home. If you have gaps around doors and windows, the air from your air conditioning system will be heading literally straight outside.     5    

A．Is wind power an option

B．The sun is one resource that isn’t going away

C．Is it a challenge to take advantage of wind power

D．So make the most of your air conditioning system

E．We’ve listed a few options to make your home more eco-friendly

F．This will increase your energy bill as your system will work harder

G．However, lighting accounts for around 9%of a typical home’s energy use

8 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. When did the woman begin to save money?

A．When Mike was jobless.

B．When her child started school.

C．When she borrowed money.

2. What can we know about a dollar shop?

A．It sells things at half price.

B．Things are poor in quality.

C．Everything is sold for $1.

3. What did Mike do with the coffee?

A．He threw away the cheap coffee.

B．He mixed two kinds of coffee together.

C．He kept the good coffee for the woman.

9 . Throwing those unwanted leftovers or unused ingredients into the trash doesn’t just hurt your wallet—it also costs the climate. When food is wasted, so are the natural and human resources that go into producing, processing, transporting and storing it.    1    Food waste is a big problem. These small changes can help.

    2    Try to look around your kitchen and see what you can make with it before heading to the grocery store, because so many things can be substituted with what you already have. In other words, you don’t have to stick exactly to the recipe if it means buying a brand new jar of something that’ll just end up sitting in the back of the fridge.    3    

Cho, host of the YouTube channel, says her most common food-waste problem is one likely shared by many. “I’ll buy a bunch of items and then put them in my refrigerator and then I simply forgot about it” she says, calling it an issue of space management.    4    . Armed with glass containers and dry-erase markers, she says it allows her to quickly assess which ingredients she’s working with, then figure out how to use them.

Once you have the ingredients you need, make sure you’re using them to the fullest extent. For one, that means using all parts of the vegetable, reminding people that broccoli stems are “perfectly eatable” and carrot tops “make a wonderful stir-fry.” Like a red onion, if you have half of it that you’re not going to be using, for example, you’ll season it. And seasoned onions are great on a toast.    5    You can also give vegetables a second life by seasoning them.

A．So, keep track of what’s in the fridge by labeling.

B．You have luck getting onions to last longer by storing it.

C．Instead, create a recipe with the thing in the new jar.

D．It just has that extra taste, and you’re not wasting your food.

E．Those processes generate significant carbon dioxide emissions.

F．When making shopping lists, start by surveying what’s already in your fridge.

G．If you won’t have a regular use for that particular product, just replace the recipe.

10 . 假定你是李华，有感于校园内存在的浪费现象，请根据写作要点并参考图画内容给校长写一封信。

写作要点：
1、说明写信的目的；
2、对这些行为进行批评；
3、提出建议。
注意事项：1、短文词数100左右；
2、信的格式、开头已给出，不计入总词数;
3、参考词汇：不道德的 immoral
Dear headmaster,

I am a student from Class 1, Senior 1. I am writing to you to share my views on the shocking waste of water, electricity and paper in our school.

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A worried student,

Li Hua