Almost every Chinese person can recite the two lines
of the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work.” But sadly,
many of us don’t actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don’t waste
food.
A CCTV program, News One Plus One, reported that the
food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people
for a year.
Do we have too much food? According to the UN
World Food Program, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2010,
especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every
year.
Chinese people are well known for being generous(慷慨的). Many even feel that they lose face if their guests
have eaten all the food on the table.
Luckily, a number of people have realized the
importance of saving food. Last November, Li Hong, a waitress in a restaurant
in Nanjing, got fired(开除) because she took some leftover(剩余的) food home for her son. Many people stood by her side
and agreed that it was not right to waste food.
What should we do in our daily lives to waste less
food? Here are some tips:
1. Do not order(点菜) too much
in a restaurant. Only order what you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the
food you ordered, take the rest of it home.
2. Don’t be too picky(挑剔的)
about food. Some food may not taste great, but your body needs it.
3. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t
buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit.
根据短文内容,选择最佳选项,将其标号在答题卡上涂黑。(每小题2分,共10分)
1.According to the CCTV program, Chinese people
___________.
A.save food
enough to feed 200 million people for a year
B.throw away
lots of food every year
C.get enough
food to feed millions of people every year
D.have to feed
200 million hungry people every year
2.From the third paragraph, we know that
___________.
A.we have too
much food to feed people in the world
B.there were
925 million people in developing countries
C.because of
hunger, six million children die every year
D.there are
only a few people getting hungry every year
3.From the fourth and fifth paragraphs, we can learn
about that___________.
A.all Chinese
people are generous
B.Chinese
people always waste food
C.Li Hong got
fired because she wasted food
D.everyone
should get into the habit of saving food
4.What should we do to save food in our daily lives?
A.When we order
too much food in a restaurant, just take the leftover food home.
B.Eat more food
that doesn’t taste great.
C.We should not
buy vegetables and fruit.
D.We should
keep an eye on the food we like.
5.What’s the main topic of the passage?
A.Don’t waste food. B.Many people
die of hunger.
C.Don’t be picky about food. D.Eat all the
food you order.