1 . 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个恰当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

We are writing     1     (call) on everyone to take part in the Clear Your Plate campaign. It urges people to save food by not wasting anything on the dining table. You may not know over 30% of the world’s food     2     (waste) every year, while many people in poor areas do not have enough to eat. Reducing daily food waste by just 5% could save millions of people from starvation. Let’s start doing     3     we can to make the world a better place.

2 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

This is the year 2070. Today is my    1     (fifty) birthday, but I look like a person of eighty- five. I have serious kidney (肾脏) problems because I don’t have enough water     2     (drink). I’m afraid I don’t have much time left to live. I’m already one of the oldest people in this society.

I remember when I     3     (be) five years old, everything was very different. There were lots of trees in the parks. I could enjoy a shower for half     4     hour. At that time,     5    (woman) all had beautiful hair. Now, we have to shave (剃光) our heads to keep them clean without the use of water.

I remember there were “Saving Water” warnings in many public places, but nobody     6     (pay) attention. We believed water would last forever. Now, all the rivers and lakes are either dry or polluted. Water is much     7     (expensive) than gold and diamonds.

In the past, doctors suggested adults drink eight glasses of water a day. Nowadays, I am allowed half a glass only. Most people are weak and sick.

When my son asks me about my childhood, I tell him about how pleasant it was to fish in the rivers     8     how healthy people were. When he asks, “Why is there no clean water now?” I feel guilty (有罪的). I belong     9     those people who simply turned a blind eye to all the warnings.

I hope the people living in the 2020s     10     (true) understand the importance of saving water.

3 . 阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。

These years, online eating shows, or Mukbang (吃播), have got increasing popularity. Many people like to watch them when they are eating or     1     (feel) hungry.

In fact, the online eating shows came from South Korea. Many hosts of such shows become popular for their ability     2     (eat) large amounts of food. But these shows have also received criticism   (批评) for their waste of food.

On Aug. 12, CCTV exposed (曝光) several Chinese hosts who were pretending (假装) to eat large amounts of food while on camera, but actually later threw it away. To stop this practice, many video platforms, including Douyin, Kuaishou and Bilibili,     3     (delete) videos that show food waste, and have posted messages like “stop food waste and eat reasonably”.

In June 2020, the United Nations       4     (warn) that the world is facing the worst food crisis (危机) in 50 years. About a third of the world's food     5     (waste) every year. In China,plenty of food     6     (end) up in rubbish bins every year.

For this, many places in China have started to take action. In Shanxi Province, local restaurants have started to serve half portioned (半份的) dishes to avoid waste. And in Wuhan, the restaurants have started to use the “N 1 mode”. For example, only enough food     7     (order) for nine people at first when a group of 10 people come to eat. More food is only brought to the table if required.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

From 8 a.m to 10 a.m each morning, dozens of low-income families and cleaners in the Tangqiao neighborhood would line up in front of a food bank     1    (collect) free vegetables and fruits.

The food bank,     2     (create) by Shanghai Oasis Ecological Conservation and Communication Center in 2014, is the first of its kind in the country. The food bank collects donated products—    3     (usual) food items close to their “best before” dates from supermarkets, producers or restaurants. After collecting enough food, the bank donates it     4     the needy. According to the Oasis, the     5     (establish) of such food banks is aimed not only at saving food that otherwise would be wasted,     6     at helping low-income people and protecting the environment.

Oasis has seen its food bank network extended (扩大……的范围) to at least 11 provincial-level     7     (region), including Beijing, Sichuan Province, the Xinjiang Uygur Region and Liaoning Province. Oasis said that 580 tons of food worth more than 31 million     8     (save) by the end of 2019. The food,     9     was produced by 202 food companies, was distributed (分发) to 760,000 individuals.

It was not until recently when the country started a nationwide campaign (活动) to avoid     10     (necessary) food wastage that such banks have become better known.

5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Dave comes from a rich family. He is a friend of     1     (I). His parents always give him lots of pocket money. But Dave thinks his parents work very hard and that     2     is not easy for them to make money so what he does is     3     (save) more money. He has some good ways to do it.

Dave likes reading and he has lots of books. He tells me he often buys     4     (book) online, because they’re less expensive. And when he has free time, he often goes to bookstores or libraries to do some reading.

Dave has a bike. He usually goes to school by bike instead of     5     (take) a bus. Sometimes when it rains or snows, he walks. These two ways help Dave keep     6     (health) and save some money.

Dave brings a bottle of water to school every day. When other students drink juice, he     7     (enjoy) his water. He thinks water is the     8     (cheap) yet the best drink.

Some students think Dave is mean.     9     Dave doesn’t care at all. “Our parents almost pay for everything for us. We shouldn’t waste money buying things     10     are not needed,” says Dave.

6 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

The UK government recently has made a plan to reduce waste that shifts the responsibility for disposal (处置) from the state to the companies that make it.

The legislation (法律条文) requires waste producers to pay into the system     1     or through their suppliers. That is     2     the government called a Polluter Pays Principle. Simply     3     (state), the Polluter Pays Principle implies that the costs associated with pollution are to be paid by polluters, not by government or society. Businesses will have to change their waste processing before the tax comes into effect. This is similar to the anti-waste legislation passed in France in February 2020     4     forbids the producers to destruct the unsold clothing, cosmetics, and electrical products. Companies will have to reuse or recycle the items.

The demand for legislation like the tough attitude the UK     5     (take) has been increasing according to Positive News. And it is not just environmental groups calling for the changes. This is a consumer driven movement and people are willing to pay more for sustainable brands. In the past year alone, sales of consumer goods from brands with a demonstrated commitment to sustainability have grown more than 4% globally,     6    those without grew less than 1%.

What is absolutely certain is that local governments will save a lot of money as the responsibility shifts to the polluters. That could be     7     (good) invested in things like social care or parks or libraries. Other countries have already made great progress in reducing waste. So far, Sweden’s anti-waste program is so efficient that the whole country is running out of trash. The     8     (recycle) rate is almost 99 percent and they are rapidly approaching zero waste.

In many countries, kitchen and gardening waste makes up of the biggest part of waste. This type of waste,     9     collected separately, can be turned into an energy source or fertilizer.

    10     the differences in policies and regulations, one thing is clear: governments are sharing a common concept that the prevention of environmental damage should be based on concrete principles and solid actions.

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

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     1    (easy) to feed the world's     2    (grow) population. Hard data is still being collected, but experts in Chicago say that each American     3    (throw) away 33 pounds of food each month, which means everyone throws away almost 400 pounds of food every year. In richer nations, fruits and vegetables end up in the trash because they aren’t pretty enough     4    (meet) standards, and have gone bad in a home refrigerator. In developing countries, much food goes wrong     5     it gets to the market because of poor roads. But the effect of food waste is far     6    the kitchen. Agriculture is the world's largest     7    (consume) of water, a big consumer of energy. No matter     8    sustainable (可持续的) farming is, if the food is not eaten, it means we don’t make good use of our resources.   In     9     (real), the resources we could use have decreased     10    (sharp). All of us have responsibility for it.

8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Power rationing(拉闸限电）is widening across China.More than 10 provinces     1    （order) power cuts in the past days,including Jiangsu,Zhejiang,Yunnan,and Guangdong.

The country's top economic planner last month flagged nine provinces for the sharp increase in power demand over the first half of the year. That pushed local governments to    2     (strict) order the cuts to avoid missing targets for reducing carbon emission(碳排放）。

In Zhejiang,160 energy-intensive factories have been ordered to stop production    3     (meet) energy consumption targets. The power rationing in Jiangsu also forced factories in the key manufacturing(制造业） industry to cut or even stop their operations     4     the end of the month. Yunnan province is canceling electricity price discounts for some manufacturing factories     5     made power costs about 16-22 percent     6     (cheap) than industry average.

Meanwhile,record-high coal prices are making it unprofitable for many power plants to operate,    7     (create) supply gaps in some provinces.

A number of A-share listed    8     (company) have reported the impacts on stock(股票） exchanges. However, stocks in power suppliers went into    9     crazy rise since the power rationing. Also in Hong Kong, stock prices of the energy industry are    10     (luck) enough to rise by an average of 4.6 percent today, including China Resources Power, China Power Investment and Huaneng Power.

9 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

The United Nations believes about 17 percent of the world's food     1     (go) to waste each year. The information comes from the UN Environment Programs Food Waste Index Report 2021. The report says food waste is not only     2     problem in rich countries, it also happens in poor countries     3     food supplies can go bad without cold storage (存 储). Most of the wasted food comes from homes. The rest comes from stores and food service     4     (company).

Sometimes stores offer reduced prices on larger amounts of food. When people buy too much food, they don't always use it before it goes bad. Also, the writing on food containers can be hard     5     (understand). In some cases, the producers put a date that shows when the food will be best to eat. Sometimes the food is still good for several days after the date,     6     people will throw it away. So far, food administrators in the US     7     (ask) producers to label their products in a way that is much     8     (easy) for people to understand.

Researchers say food waste is a     9     (grow) concern because of the large amount of land and energy required to produce food, raise animals and plant crops. If food waste is cut down, it might be possible to reduce the impact of its production     10     the world.