Qi Haoran, a Junior 1 student at High School Attached to Harbin Institute of Technology, was quite busy over the past winter vacation—and not just with homework. Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign (光盘行动).

The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food.“Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to eat? Could you please not waste food?”They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.

China in recent years has experienced serious problems with wasted food. CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year. It’s a tradition that Chinese people offer lots of food when they invite others to dinner. Many even feel that they will lose face if their guests have eaten all their food.

Luckily the campaign has got the support of many. In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner gives the guests who have eaten up all that they ordered a sticker. People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers. More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers(剩饭剩菜) home.

Wasting food is a serious problem around the world, not only in China. It’s said that 2 billion tons(吨) of food ends up as waste every year in our country. This is as much as half of all the food in the world. The UN Environment Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization held a“Think, Eat, Save” program on January 24 to help reduce food waste.

To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time. It’s important that everyone does their bit, just like Qi. Did you finish your meals today?

1.The Clean Your Plate Campaign calls on people to __________.

A．do volunteer work                      B．work part time in restaurants

C．stop wasting food                       D．wash their plates after dinner

2.What did the restaurant in Xinjiang do to support the campaign?

A．The owner would have dinner with those who had eaten up their food.

B．It offered a free meal to the guests who had finished all their food ten times.

C．It gave stickers to the guests who ordered small dishes.

D．It encouraged customers to take leftovers home.

3.From the passage , we can know that __________.

A．wasting food is a serious problem in China

B．Chinese people waste the most food in January

C．200 million Chinese people invite others to dinner every day

D．Chinese people usually don’t offer enough food to their guests

4.You can probably read this passage _________.

A．in a science book                       B．in a newspaper

C．in a tourist guide                        D．in an advertisement

Stray cats (野猫)must have been eating like kings during holidays as they climb into the garbage bins behind some best restaurants and search for the food that people left．

Holiday dinners are times of family，friends and food…，lots of food! A meal can usually last for hours．And if there are guests，there will be even more dishes as the host wishes to show his generosity．At family dinners，most of the leftovers (吃剩的饭菜）will be eaten later，but at big dinners，the leftovers go straight into the bin．

It’s reported that 50 million tons of food，about one tenth of the total amount of grain (粮食）production of China，is wasted every year．According to China Agricultural University，that’s enough food to feed 200 million people．A lot of this waste comes from big dinners when hosts try to order expensive foods to impress their guests．

Restaurants make a lot of money from these big dinners，but some restaurant owners are shocked at the waste．They’ve started campaigns (运动)to encourage people to clean their plates．One restaurant owner says he now gives discounts to people who eat everything they order，and he also offers free bags to take home any leftovers．

A full stomach，they say，is good for the body and good for the soul (灵魂)，but wasted food can be bad for both．So，at festival times，we should order what we want，but eat everything that we order…and let the stray cats find their dinner elsewhere!

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51．What do people do with the leftovers at family dinners?

A．Throw them into the dustbins．                            B．Eat them later．

C．Give them to stray cats．                              D．Keep them in the bags．

52．What does the underlined word “generosity” in the second paragraph mean?

A．慷慨                        B．仁慈                       C．宽容                      D．礼貌

53．How much grain is produced every year in China?

A．50 million tons．       B．200 million tons．    C．500 million tons．   D．2,000 million tons．

54．What’s some of the restaurant owners’ attitude (态度）towards the waste?

A．Pleased．                 B．Supportive．           C．Pitiful．                  D．Dissatisfied．

55．Why do you think the writer wrote this passage?

A．To tell us how to get a full stomach．

B．To show us how much food is wasted every year．

C．To encourage people not to waste food at the restaurants．

D．To tell us how restaurants make a lot of money from big dinners．

Hello，my name is Peter．I am from Australia．I'm in the USA．I am a student．I like the food here．I often eat lots of green food．I have breakfast at home．For breakfast I eat eggs，bananas and apples．I don't like milk．I have no time to go home for lunch．The lunch in our school is good．I can have different food for lunch．I eat chicken，French fries and tomatoes．Sometimes I eat salad，carrots and hamburgers．I have dinner at home with my father and mother．Sometimes we go out with my friends．We have vegetables and fruit．

（    ）1．What is Peter? He is________

A．a student              B．a teacher               C．an artist                 D．an actor

（    ）2．What does he eat for breakfast? He eats________·

A．milk and bread                                         B．eggs，bananas and apples

C．milk and fruit                                             D．tomatoes and hamburgers

（    ）3．Where does he have lunch? ________

A．At home．           B．At school．          C．with his father．     D．I don’t know．

（    ）4．Where does he have dinner? ________

A．At home．                                              B．outside（在外）sometimes（有时）

C．at school．                                                D．A and B are right．（正确）

（    ）5．Does he like milk? ________

A．Yes．he does．                                       B．No，he doesn’t．

C．Yes．he likes．                                          D．No，he likes not．