【題目】Cleaning your plate may not help feed hungry children today, but the timeworn advice of mothers everywhere may help reduce food waste from the farm to the fork, help the environment and make it easier to feed the world’s growing population.

Hard data still being collected, but experts in Chicago said about 30% to 50% of the food produced in the world goes uneaten. The average American throws away 33 pounds of food each month—about $40 worth, which means each person throws away almost 400 pounds of food. The US Department of Agriculture says that 23% of eggs and an even higher percentage of produce ends up in the trash.

“We forget we have all these fresh fruits and vegetables, and at the end of the week we have to throw them away”, said Esther Gove, a mother of three young children in South Berwick, Maine. “Now, I don’t buy as much fresh produce as I used to.”

But the effect of food waste arrives far beyond the kitchen. Agriculture is the world’s largest user of water, a big consumer of energy and major emitter of greenhouse gases during production. Experts say reducing waste is a simple way to cut stress on the environment and can ease pressure on farmers, who will be called on to feed an expected 9 billion people around the world in 2050, compared with nearly 7 billion today.

No matter how sustainable (可持續(xù)的) farming is, if the food’s not getting eaten, it’s not sustainable and it’s not a good use of our resources. In richer nations, fruit and vegetables end up in the trash because they aren’t pretty enough to meet companies’ standards, have gone bad in a home refrigerator or aren’t eaten at a restaurant. In developing countries, much food spoils before it gets to market due to poor roads and lack of refrigeration. High food prices are another reason, since some people can’t afford the food that’s produced.

【1】From the first paragraph, we know that cleaning your plate ________.

A. is you mother’s best advice for you

B. can solve certain problems for the world

C. can help feed hungry children all over the world

D. helps meet the growing population’s needs

【2】The underlined word “emitter” in Paragraph 4 means ________.

A. user B. finder C. protector D. producer

【3】What is a sustainable and convenient way for a customer in a restaurant?

A. Ordering enough and packing the leftovers.

B. Ordering more than he or she can eat.

C. Ordering less and feeling hungry after leaving.

D. Ordering more and leaving the untouched alone.

【4】Which of the following topics will follow the text?

A. More examples of food waste. B. Ways to reduce food waste.

C. Experts’ idea on the environment. D. Advice for food with high prices.

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】本文講述了美國浪費(fèi)食物的現(xiàn)狀、浪費(fèi)食物對(duì)環(huán)境的影響以及分析了發(fā)達(dá)國家和發(fā)展中國家食物浪費(fèi)的原因。告訴我們要盡量減少食物浪費(fèi)，這不僅有益于環(huán)境，而且能幫助養(yǎng)活不斷增加的人口。

【1】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段Cleaning your plate may not help feed hungry children today, but the timeworn advice of mothers everywhere may help reduce food waste from the farm to the fork, help the environment and make it easier to feed the world’s growing population.可知，吃光你盤子里的食物可以解決世界上的某些問題。故選B。

【2】D詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)Agriculture is the world’s largest user of water, a big consumer of energy and major emitter of greenhouse gases during production.（農(nóng)業(yè)是世界上最大的水資源使用者，在生產(chǎn)過程中它是能源消費(fèi)大戶和溫室氣體排放大戶。）可知，consumer是關(guān)鍵詞，農(nóng)業(yè)是消耗能源同時(shí)生產(chǎn)溫室氣體，故選D。

【3】A推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段第一句No matter how sustainable (可持續(xù)的) farming is, if the food’s not getting eaten, it’s not sustainable and it’s not a good use of our resources.（不管農(nóng)業(yè)如何可持續(xù)，如果食物不被遲掉，這是不可持續(xù)的，這不是很好的利用我們的資源。）可推知，在餐廳客人應(yīng)該點(diǎn)夠吃的菜就可以了，如果剩下要打包。故選A。

【4】B推理判斷題。本文講述了美國浪費(fèi)食物的現(xiàn)狀、浪費(fèi)食物對(duì)環(huán)境的影響以及分析了發(fā)達(dá)國家和發(fā)展中國家食物浪費(fèi)的原因。告訴我們要盡量減少食物浪費(fèi)，這不僅有益于環(huán)境，而且能幫助養(yǎng)活不斷增加的人口。所以接下來最可能介紹減少食物浪費(fèi)的方法。故選B。

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