Jamie Oliver is one of the most famous people in England．He has his own TV programmes．In these programmes，he teaches people how to cook delicious food．Everyone likes these programmes because Jamie is young and funny，and his food is easy to make．

Recently．Jamie started a new restaurant．He found：12 young people who did not have jobs．He said， “If you work for me，you’ll learn to cook well．”Before that they did not know anything about cooking．But now they are good cooks，and the restaurant，called“Fifteen”，is famous．

Jamie wants everyone to eat healthily．There are schools in Britain where the food at lunchtime is not very healthy．Jamie made a TV programme about this．He went to a school，and cooked healthy food for the children，with lots of fruit and vegetables．At first，the children did not，want to eat this food．They didn’t like fruit and vegetables．But then they started to enjoy the food．Now．food for children in schools has become much healthier．Everyone says that this is because of Jamie Oliver’s programme．

1．What is Jamie like?

2．Can the young people in Jamie’s restaurant cook well now?

3．What did Jamie do in the school?

4．Why didn’t the children like the food at first?

We all waste food, you and me, every day, millions of tons of it. In China, enough food is wasted in restaurants every year to feed 200 million people. And the amount of food wasted by Chinese consumers is increasing fast. So our nation is being encouraged to stop wasting food.

So what should Chinese consumers do to prevent food waste?

♦ Keep a kitchen diary

All of us should keep a kitchen diary, and we can know that how much food we waste at home. The first thing for us to do is to stop throwing away food that we can still eat. We should eat everything we buy and if we cannot, we should buy less.

♦ Buy only what we need

We should ask for smaller portions in stores. We should also check how much food we have before buying more. We shouldn’t bring much food we don’t need home even if large posters ask us to do so.

♦ Develop the habit of packing food

Chinese consumers are generous and friendly. In restaurants, often too much food is ordered and served. So when ordering out, we are supposed to exclude the food in the order if we don’t plan to eat it. And order smaller servings in restaurants and take home what we cannot finish.

Don’t put it off! Let’s stop food waste today!

1 Why is our nation being encouraged to stop wasting food?

A. Because there’s enough food for Chinese people.

B. Because Chinese consumers like to try delicious food.

C. Because the number of food wasted by us is growing fast.

D. Because it’s traditional to invite friends to dinner in China.

2Miss Li is a housewife; she’d better __________ at home.

A. keep a kitchen diary                         B. buy things as much as possible

C. cook too much food for her family       D. keep the food as long as possible

3 In order to urge more and more people to prevent food waste, we design a poster with the

words __________.

A. Enjoy the food!    B. Keep healthy!    C. Share the dish!    D. Waste not, want not!

4 Your friend invites you to dinner, which of the following is NOT right?

A. He asks for the right portions.

B. You leave a lot of food on the table.

C. You ask your friend to order less food.

D. He takes away the food that you can still eat.

5As teenagers, what should we do to stop food waste?

A. Have a balanced diet.

B. Eat less food to keep fit.

C. Keep the balance of nature.

D. Have a good habit of clearing the plate.

Apr． 15, 2010

Dear Ben,

     Earth Day is coming in a week． Are you doing anything for Earth Day this year? I think it's a realty good idea．It shows people how they can help the environment．Last year you planted some trees near Oxford, didn't you?

     This year we are all going to the Sepulveda Dam Recreation Area to do pickup． That means collecting all the rubbish that people drop, like coke cans and sweet wrappers and other things like that．We start at 8 am and then pick up litter until about 1 pm．Then we have a huge picnic．It'll be great．We all take food and there are places to cook burgers and hot dogs and other things．

There will be lots of stalls selling organic, healthy food in the open air, too! Then we'll do pickup again until about 3 pm．We' II have to be very careful to tidy up well after the picnic!

There are lots of events around Los Angeles．My friend Jake is going to do pickup on a big beach near his home with the neighbours．My friend Beth is going on the big march in Los Angeles．I' d rather do something that makes an actual difference that you can see．Well, as we are getting rid of the rubbish, I suppose I should say a difference you can' t see!

Eric

1． When is Earth Day?

A．March 22．          B．April 15．    C．April 22．            D．May 15．

2． People set up Earth Day because

A．they have a lot of things to do

B．they worry about the environment

C．the governments want them to do pickup

D．the earth becomes warmer and warmer

3． The word "stalls" in Paragraph 2 here means _____________．

A．living places                                B．ticket offices

C．clothing shops                           D．outdoor shops

4．The last sentence "Well, as we are getting rid of the rubbish, I suppose I should say a difference you can't see !" shows that the writer hopes ___________．

A．people will do something for the environment every day

B．all of us should do lots of things on Earth Day

C．people shouldn't see any difference about the rubbish

D．everyone should pick up the rubbish on Earth Day

5．Which is the best tide of the passage?

A．People's Worry                            B．Collecting Rubbish

C．Earth Day                                 D．A Good Idea