Dave comes from a rich family. He is a friend of
Dave likes reading and he has lots of books. He tells me he often buys
Dave has a bike. He usually goes to school by bike instead of
Dave brings a bottle of water to school every day. When other students drink juice, he
Some students think Dave is mean.
Cleaning your plate may not help feed hungry children today, but the timeworn (陈旧的) advice of mothers everywhere may help reduce food waste from the farm to the fork and make it
3 . Jamie Oliver has been invited by Gordon Brown to prepare a banquet at No.10 for President Barack Obama and other leaders of the G20, offering a cutprice menu to reflect times when trade and industry are far from prosperous and the rate of employment is decreasing.
Downing Street sources say Oliver, the wellknown chef, will cook using “honest highstreet products” and avoid expensive or“fancy” ingredients(材料).
The prime minister is trying to avoid a repeat of the embarrassment last year when he sat down to an 18course banquet at a Japanese summit to discuss world food shortages.
Obama, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and other leaders will be served by apprentices(学徒) from Fifteen, the London restaurant Oliver founded to help train young people in poverty in order to make a living by mastering a skill.
Brown wants the dinner to reflect the emphasis of the London summit, which he hopes will lead to an agreement to lift the world out of recession.“To be invited to cook for such an important group of people, who are trying to solve some of the world's major problems, is really a privilege, ” said Oliver.
“I'm hoping the menu I'm working on will show British food and produce is some of the best in the world, but also show we have pioneered a highquality apprentice scheme at Fifteen London chat is giving young people a skill to be proud of.”
The chef has not yet finalized the menu, but is expected to draw inspiration from his latest book, Jamie's Ministry of Food, which has budget recipes for beef and ale stew( 啤酒炖菜) and “impressive” chocolate fudge cake.
1. The underlined word“recession” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to“ ________”.| A．business | B．opposition |
| C．discussion | D．depression |
| A．He is a wellknown American cook. |
| B．He is invited to attend the G20 summit. |
| C．He has founded the Fifteen London. |
| D．He is one of the apprentices serving leaders of the C20. |
| A．include all delicious British food |
| B．use inexpensive produce with special characteristics |
| C．be rich, varied and of high quality |
| D．imitate the menu of last Japanese summit |
| A．Oliver is honored to be invited to cook for the G20 leaders. |
| B．Altogether three presidents are mentioned in the text. |
| C．President Barack Obama offers the cutprice menu. |
| D．The menu for the G20 dinner banquet has been decided. |
| A．An apartment in London. |
| B．A luxurious restaurant in London. |
| C．A restaurant as well as a training center. |
| D．A famous avenue. |
4 . A third of all food produced worldwide is never eaten. But how easy is it to reduce our food waste? Two students have found out.
“That's not a very pleasant smell,” says student Helen Chigwende, standing with the entire contents of her household food waste bin laid out before her. Helen and one of her house-mates, Will Smith, want to learn how to live a more sustainable(可持续的) lifestyle, so they need to understand their habits. That means searching their leftovers or food that has been sent straight to the bin without being touched. They soon find out how much of their food waste could have been avoided. “We've got a piece of sandwich meat that doesn't even seem to be eaten,” Will says, looking at what sill-eatable food he could save. It is formed into a pile of “avoidable” waste, which soon becomes the “unavoidable” things.
“One of the reasons why we end up with a lot of food waste is that food isn't stored properly,” explained Dr Woolley. Sometimes it is placed in an area of the fridge or cupboard where it is not easily noticeable, so it gets left and not eaten in time. There are also two other tips in reducing food waste. “The first is planning,” he says. “Write a shopping list to make sure you're not repeating things you've already got. The second is preparation. Cook the right amount for the people that are going to eat.”
Back at the student house, Helen and Will are cooking vegetarian food to ensure a sustainable lifestyle. The long term test of whether they can keep up with their dietary prices and reduce food waste is yet to come. But both are devoted to making a positive change now. Despite being a “picky cater”, Helen says a week of sticking to health has not been too diff-cult. “It's just about finding things you'll enjoy eating.”
1. What can we learn about Helen from paragraph 2?| A．She has formed a habit of sorting out waste food. |
| B．She has never touched her household's bin. |
| C．She has wasted a lot of “avoidable” food. |
| D．She has calculated the amount of household waste. |
| A．Measures to keep food fresh. |
| B．Negative effects of food waste. |
| C．Ways of living a healthy lifestyle. |
| D．Suggestions for reducing food waste. |
| A．They are trying to live more sustainably. |
| B．They find it difficult to stick to health. |
| C．They are tired of eating vegetables. |
| D．They have difficulty keeping good eating habits. |
| A．Be Cautious about Food Waste |
| B．Food Waste Can Be Unavoidable |
| C．Reduce the Amount of Daily Food |
| D．Forming Good Dietary Habits Is Important |
删除：把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意： 1、 每处错误及修改均仅限一词。
2、只允许修改10处，多者(从11处起)不计分。
Many of us know the important of saving water. And we are now wasting a large amount of water in our daily life. About 70% of the water was used in a family every day can be saved if we follow the tip below.
First, use recycled water. Second, when you are taking a bath, turn off the tap a little bit. Remember to shut it off in time if you are not using them. Third, when you are washing dishes, use some pieces of paper to cleaning them first, and then use water to wash them, which will save many water. Only when everyone takes active part can we really save our limiting water resources.
6 . There was a time in the past when, if you had surplus(多余的）food in your fridge, you may have knocked on a neighbor's door to see if they wanted it. Now, unfortunately, giving away food may cause embarrassment, so uneaten food often ends up being thrown in the trash.
Olio hopes to change that. This smart food-sharing app allows people with extra food to post a picture online and anyone who wants it can respond and pick it up, usually within minutes or hours of it being posted. No money is exchanged. It's straightforward gift of surplus food to someone who can prevent it from going to waste. You might even make a new friend in the process!
The app was created in 2015 by two businesswomen, Tessa Clarke and Saasha Celestial-One , in England. Since then it has grown rapidly with nearly 3.5 million people using it in 50 countries. The app saw even more people join in throughout 2020, when food insecurity increased due to the pandemic(疫情).
Clarke told the Guardian that, in the United Kingdom, about a third of all food is thrown away - half of it in people's homes.“Each family throws away an average of 730 of food each year,” she said. Olio managed to fix this in a simple way. “The app connects people with others who have surplus food but don't have anyone to give it to because so many people are disconnected from their communities.”
It's a great idea that will hopefully continue to expand around the world as people realize the benefits of sharing food, rather than throwing it away.
1. What is Olio intended to do?| A．Exchange money. | B．Stop wasting food. | C．Entertain people. | D．Protect the environment. |
| A．People were much busier than before. | B．People got much closer to their neighbors. |
| C．People were more worried about food safety. | D．Olio was improved and became easier to use. |
| A．It will be thrown away. | B．It will be more popular. |
| C．It will be more expensive. | D．It will be replaced by other apps. |
| A．Order Food through the Internet | B．Never Waste Food in Your Fridge |
| C．Create Peaceful Communities to Do Charity | D．Share Surplus Food Using the Olio App |
Last week, the United Nations (UN) released the most complete report ever created on the global problem of food waste. It found that the world wastes about 17% of all the food produced. That's about a billion tons of food a year.
A billion tons is a lot of food — it's over 2 trillion (2 ,000 ,000 ,000 ,000) pounds or about 931 billion (931 ,000 ,000 ,000) kilograms. The report says that the amount wasted is roughly twice as much as earlier studies had suggested.
The report was produced by the UN's Environment Program (UNEP) and covered food waste around the world in 2019. The study showed a several different ways in which food was wasted — at home, in restaurants and in stores.
It turns out that by far, most food waste — about 61% — happens horse. On average, the amount of food thrown out at home works out to about 163 pounds (74 kilograms) for each person every year.
Restaurants were responsible for about 26% of the food wasted. The remaining 13% was thrown away by stores.
Many people thought rich countries were more likely to waste food than countries that were less rich. That turned out not to be true. One surprising discovery was that food was wasted at about the same rate in all but the poorest countries. (The UN had difficulty measuring food waste in the poorest countries.)
But people in richer countries may waste less food at home because they are eating out at restaurants more often. That certainly seems to be the case in the US, which has low waste numbers for homes, but quite high numbers for restaurants.
In some cases, labels might be causing food waste, the report said. People might be throwing away food even though it's still good to eat, simply because the container's "Best By" or "Sell By" date has passed. In poorer countries, food may be wasted because not all homes have a refrigerator.
Why is wasting food such a problem? For one thing, the report points out, hundreds of millions of people went hungry in 2019. Also, wasting food is really bad for the planet. Farming creates between 10% and 30% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions (排放) — the pollution that's making the climate crisis worse. So when food gets thrown out, the pollution is created for nothing.
The UNEP report says that it's important for countries to study food waste more carefully in order to figure out ways to solve the problem.
1. How many tons of food are wasted a year according to the UN report?2. Why is wasting food bad for the environment?
3. Read the following statement, underline the false part of it and explain the reason.
Labels might be causing food waste, because people might be throwing away food that is bad to eat.
4. Please briefly present what you can do in daily life to save food. (about 40 words)
