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. |
| A．The new trend in cooking. | B．The concern about food safety. |
| C．The importance of professional life. | D．The change of household appliances. |
| A．It teaches cooking principles. | B．It is a community programme. |
| C．It focuses on fresh ingredients. | D．It has gained great popularity. |
| 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 . 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. |
| A．Budgets and service. | B．Practicability and price. |
| C．Personal preference and brands. | D．Shopping apps and platforms. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
3 . 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.
Switch out your light bulbs (灯泡)
You might not think that this could make a big difference.
Turn to solar energy (太阳能)
Rising energy costs are forcing people to look for new methods of powering their homes.
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.
| 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 |
4 . 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.
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.
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.
| 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. |
5 . It can be hard to convince homeowners to use less water on their lawns (草坪), particularly during a hot and dry summer. But tell them it’s a competition for the ugliest lawn, and suddenly they may be more willing to give up using the sprinkler(洒水器).
This clever strategy was employed by the government of Gotland, Sweden’s largest island located in the Baltic Sea. Gotland sees its population double during the summer months as tourists arrive. This puts pressure on the island’s already-limited water supply, which is projected to decrease by 13% between 2021 and 2050, as demand is expected to rise by 40% by 2045.
The campaign, called “Gotland’s Ugliest Lawn”, urged homeowners to compete for the saddest, deadest and brownest yard. They were asked to avoid watering for an entire season, then post a photo of the lawn using a label that linked it to the campaign.
Mimmi Gibson, the acting marketing and brand manager at Region Gotland, said that “the ugliest lawn contest would remind the islanders not to waste water, and to talk about ways they can adapt their gardens to suit the existing conditions and the climate crisis”.
The winner for this year was announced in mid-August, and it’s Marcus Norstrom, who did not water his lawn once throughout the entire summer. His photo shows a large brown space with some sparse yellow grasses sticking out——the kind of yard in which you would not want to walk barefoot (赤脚地)for risk of hurting your feet. The government must be feeling pleased ; its strategy has worked.
It’s an interesting strategy which attempts to normalize and even celebrate dead grass. It is reasonable to assume that the more people see it around their communities, the more acceptable it will become. They may also grow curious when they realize there are other ways to create and maintain an attractive-looking yard, even without irrigation(灌溉).
1. What’s the aim of the competition for the ugliest lawn?| A．To reduce the waste of water. | B．To limit the growth of local lawns. |
| C．To strengthen citizens’ friendship. | D．To enhance citizens, health awareness. |
| A．Gotland is rich in water resources. |
| B．People will have no water to drink in 2050. |
| C．Gotland is faced with serious lack of water. |
| D．The population of Gotland grows faster and faster. |
| A．Unconcerned. | B．Doubtful. | C．Unclear. | D．Positive. |
| A．To explain the success of the strategy. |
| B．To tell citizens the danger of the ugliest lawn. |
| C．To discuss why it’s dangerous to waste water. |
| D．To show citizens what the ugliest lawn looks like. |
6 . Gleaning—collecting leftover crops from farmers’ fields—is regaining popularity in Britain. A growing network of volunteer gleaning groups are being welcomed into farmers’ fields to collect tonnes of free produce. The produce would then be given to local food banks, which would otherwise be left to rot after the commercial harvest.
Research has shown that up to 16 percent of a crop can be wasted for various reasons, such as overproduction to ensure meeting supermarket orders, produce not being the right shape or size to meet supermarket standards, unexpected weather patterns changing harvest times and yield, as well as shortages of pickers.
The charity Feedback told The Times that its number of gleaning groups across England had risen from five in 2017 to twenty last year. “Feedback’s overall aim is for closer links between farmers and the communities they feed, so that getting hands on the land is an uncomplicated, accessible and enjoyable affair,” the group said.
Holly Whitelaw, 52, from St Just in Penwith, set up the Cornwall Gleaning Network last year after watching a BBC series that highlighted food poverty in Cornwall. She contacted Feedback, which gave her a £2,000 grant to get insurance, knives, and cut-proof gloves.
She set up a Facebook page, found willing volunteers and then managed to get a £10,000 grant from Feeding Britain, a national network of antihunger partnerships, to establish seven coordinators across the county and pay for more knives and gloves. They also raised funds to buy a pick-up truck.
“We look like proper farmers now,” Whitelaw said.
As a thank you to the farmers, they have begun planting trees to reduce wind speed across their land, preventing damage to crops and minimising soil erosion (侵蚀).
1. The passage mainly focuses on ________ in UK.| A．the benefits of gleaning |
| B．research on gleaning network |
| C．warm welcome to gleaning pickers |
| D．the growing acceptance of gleaning |
| A．Productions in poor quality. |
| B．Lack of labor working the land. |
| C．Changeable weather conditions. |
| D．The increasing supermarket orders. |
| A．A growing network of volunteers. |
| B．Feedback’s overall aim for closer links. |
| C．A TV series revealing regional food poverty. |
| D．Caring communities and volunteers’ joint effort. |
| A．No cross, no crown. |
| B．From saving comes having. |
| C．Knowledge starts with practice. |
| D．One good turn deserves another. |
7 . America has more than enough food for everyone to eat. But each year, billions of pounds of perfectly good food go to waste. Meanwhile, 34 million face hunger in the United States.
As the country’s largest food rescue organization, Feeding America partners with food manufacturers, grocery stores, restaurants, and farmers to rescue food and deliver it to food banks serving our neighbors.
Each year, 108 billion pounds of food is wasted in the United States. That equates to 130 billion meals and more than $ 408 billion in food thrown away each year. Shockingly, nearly 40% of all food in America is wasted.
Food goes to waste at every stage of food production and distribution from farmers to packers and shippers, from manufacturers to retailers to our homes. Food waste in our homes makes up about 39% of all food waste—about 42 billion pounds of food waste, and commercial food waste makes up about 61% of all food waste or 66 billion pounds of food waste. Feeding America focuses on reducing food waste on farms and in food service, manufacturing, and retail.
Last year, the Feeding America network and our partners rescued 4.7 billion pounds of groceries. That food went directly to meals for people facing hunger. This makes Feeding America the largest food rescue organization in the country.
Food rescue, or food recovery, is the practice of collecting high-quality food that would otherwise go to waste and distributing it to people facing hunger. We work with manufacturers, retailers, and farmers to reduce food waste and get rescued food to people in need.
We identify food at risk of going to waste, offer rescued food to food banks, safely ship food over long distances and keep food fresh longer once it reaches a food bank.
1. What do we know about the food in America?| A．It is barely enough. | B．It is quite abundant. |
| C．It is easily available. | D．It is increasingly insufficient. |
| A．Consumes. | B．Multiplies. | C．Wastes. | D．Equals. |
| A．By making comparisons. | B．By listing reasons. |
| C．By presenting data. | D．By offering examples. |
| A．It teaches people how to grow food. | B．It saves food from being wasted. |
| C．It urges government to take action. | D．It aims to relieve world hunger. |
8 . Here are some of students’ opinions about waste.
Mary |
As for me, I believe “Waste not, want not.” As we know, there are still millions of Chinese living in a poor condition. We can never afford waste. Therefore, there is no doubt that saving is still a good habit that we should not give up. I do not like the men who spend their money in a wrong way. They do not know waste is a bad thing. It can only make them happy for the time being. |
Jacky |
More and more people are no longer interested in the simple life style, including me. And I feel embarrassed to save the things I used. What I love is the latest fashion. In my eyes, saving is already out of style. |
Sally |
One of the best ways we students can do in this situation is to recycle the textbooks we are using everyday. There are different ways to do so, such as sending them to a recycling factory, reusing them for other purposes, passing them on to new students and so on. |
Tim |
The negative effects of waste can be shown as follows. Firstly, it makes some students ask their parents for money quite often, which is harmful to their development. If they don’t learn to support themselves, they will be “useless people” when they graduate. Secondly, it is not easy for our parents to arrange for our schooling. Last but not least, just like what Mary said that our country is still poor. |
Now, please remember this English old saying “A penny saved is a penny earned”.
1. The text is most probably written for________.| A．teachers | B．parents | C．students | D．book sellers |
| A．Spending her money. | B．Making her happy. |
| C．Feeling embarrassed. | D．Considering saving is a good habit. |
| A．Waste makes students spend less money. |
| B．Waste probably makes students become “useless people”． |
| C．It is not easy for our parents to arrange for our schooling. |
| D．He agrees with Mary. |
| A．Waste has become a serious problem. | B．People should not waste things. |
| C．Millions of Chinese living in a poor condition. | D．We should recycle the textbooks. |
9 . “Finish your food. There are many hungry children in the world, you know.” Did your mom ever say that when you didn’t want to empty your dinner plate? It proves she wasn’t so far off-base and she would agree with the Clean Your Plate Campaign.
Started by non-governmental organizations, the Clean Your Plate Campaign asks people to save food by not wasting anything on the dining table. It was soon joined by millions of people across the country to fight against food wastage.
It is said that every year’s wastage of food in China can be up to 50 million tons, enough to feed about 200 million people for one year.
Our government supports the campaign, too. It has promised to make plans to reduce food wastage and follow a simple working style.
But solving the problem is something that requires effort from everyone. Every person needs to do his part to help reduce food wastage.
* Don’t buy more than you need. If you don’t think you’ll finish the pizza of large size, buy a smaller one.
* If you don’t finish your food in restaurants, take your leftovers(吃剩的食物) away.
*Freeze(冷藏) what you don’t finish eating — food can keep for a while in the freezer and then you don’t have to throw it away.
*Plan on smaller portions(份) when you eat meals, so you can finish what’s on your plate and make your mom proud!
Did you finish meals today? Are you a “Clean-Plate Type”? Join the Clean Plate Campaign and empty your plate.
1. What does the underlined part mean?| A．She cared you very much. | B．She liked joining campaigns. |
| C．She was strict with you. | D．She was wise and correct. |
| A．To help hungry children. | B．To encourage children to eat more. |
| C．To reduce food wastage. | D．To make dinner enjoyable. |
| A．About 20,000,000. | B．About 50,000,000. |
| C．About 200,000,000. | D．About 500,000,000. |
| A．It is popular with Chinese people. |
| B．It was started by our government. |
| C．It asks people to live a simple life. |
| D．It is for people eating in restaurants. |
The great scientist Yuan Longping passed away on May 22nd, 2021. ①All Chinese people were very ________ when hearing the quite bad news. ②hunger, Mr. Yuan, millions of, helped, out of, people. So people want to do something to remember the great man. Many people think that saving food is the best way to pay back his super achievement. Actually, the whole society has been taking action to fight against food wasting for many years. The following is an example.
③A university student ________ Liu Jichen, has developed an app—Clear Your Plate. After a meal, people can use the app on the phone and take pictures of their empty plates. After the pictures are dealt with by the app, people will get some points. Then they can change the points into some gifts from the website. Now this app is very popular with young Chinese and has more than 1 million users. ④Mr. Liu said, “It’s important to encourage young people to develop the habit of saving food.”
Technology is a helpful way to save food but not the only one. ⑤Anyway, we must keep the good habit of thrift forever, just like what scientist Yuan said and did. ⑥If everyone tries to save food, ____________________.
1. 请根据文意在①句和③句空白处各填入一个恰当的词，使句意完整。①
2. 请将②处下划线词汇连成语意完整的句子。
3. 请将④句中下划线部分翻译成汉语。
4. 请从文中找出能替代⑤句中下划线黑体单词的一个动名词。
5. 请根据文意补全⑥句，使句意完整、语法正确、符合逻辑。
If everyone tries to save food,
