An average 30-year-old person who has eaten three meals a day since birth has eaten more than 30,000 meals to date. Even if you've only eaten half that much you have to admit this : you've let some of that breakfast, lunch or dinner go to waste. And it turns out we're all to blame for this shaming fact: 30% of all food produced in the world each year is wasted or lost. That's about 1.3 billion tons, according to a new report by the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.

      That's the weight of more than 8.6 million full-grown blue whales, the largest creatures on earth. That's the weight of more than 2.3 million Airbus A380s, the largest planes in existence. That's as if each person in China, the world's most populous country with more than 1.3 billion people, had one ton mass of food they could just throw into the dustbin. It's almost unfathomable, isn't it?

     Setting aside that big number, we find the people with the most money are the ones who waste the most. Per capita( 人均 ), European and North American countries waste between 95 and 115 kilograms of food. Sub-Saharan African, South Asian and Southeast Asian countries waste much, much less -- between 6 and 11 kilograms per person.

     Here's another statistic: all the food that the world's richest countries waste is about equal to all the food that sub-Saharan Africa produces. The numbers: 222 million tons and 230 million tons, respectively( 分别地). Basically, the wasted food of the rich could feed much of the African continent. And these numbers come as we've just been reporting about rising food prices around the world in the past week.

     And my own personal tip: if I eat at a restaurant and can't finish it all, I ask for a doggie bag. I used to be a waiter years ago and will never forget the amounts of food I saw left on the table after the bill was paid. There's no reason to waste food. It's up to all of us to use our common sense to eat and shop just a bit more wisely.

71. According to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, how much food do people produce each year in the world?

    A. About 3.3 billion tons.         B. About 3.9 billion tons.

    C. About 4.3 billion tons.         D. About 5.6 billion tons.

72. What does the underlined word "unfathomable" in Paragraph 2 mean?

    A. Possible to imagine.            B. Impossible to change.

    C. Impossible to understand.        D. Possible to understand.

73. It can be learned that the food the rich waste can support________.

    A. half the people in Europe           B. most people of America

    C. most people of Asia                D. most people of Africa

74. The author gave his personal tip based on the fact that _________

    A. he was once very poor                B. he was once a farmer

    C. he once worked in a restaurant          D. the price of food is very high

75. What is the purpose of this article?

    A. To show the author's opinion of food.

    B. To let us live more wisely and not waste food.

    C. To show the amount of wasted food a year.

    D. To ask the richest countries to help African people.

Narayana Hrudayalaya, a complex of health centers based in southern India, offers low-cost, high-quality specialty care in a largely poor country of 1.2 billion people. By thinking differently about everything from the unusually high number of patients it treats to the millions for whom it provides insurance, the hospital group is able to continually reduce costs. Narayana Hrudayalaya’s operations include the world’s largest and most productive cardiac (心脏病的) hospital, where the average open-heart surgery runs less than $2,000, a third or less what it costs elsewhere in India.
Narayana Hrudayalaya’s origins date back to 2001, when it built its massive cardiac center on the outskirts （市郊）of Bangalore. But it has expanded since then into what founder Dr. Devi Shetty calls a "health city," a series of centers specializing in eye, trauma, and cancer care. Narayana Hrudayalaya now manages or owns hospitals in 14 other Indian cities.
Expanding access is paired with a ongoing focus on efficiency. Typically, says Shetty, private hospitals in India focus on patients who can easily afford treatment. "We did it the other way around," he says. "This hospital is for poor people, but we also treat some rich people. We don’t look at people who are sgabbily dressed and have trouble paying as outsiders. "  Narayana Hrudayalaya’s flagship hospital has 3,000 beds and negotiates for better prices and buys directly from manufacturers, cutting out distributors.
In addition to cost-cutting, Narayana Hrudayalaya finds creative ways to make the economics work. The company started a micro-insurance program backed by the government that enables 3 million farmers to have coverage for as little as 22 cents a month in premiums（保险费）. Patients who pay discounted rates are in effect compensated by those who pay full price
Doing something--doing more, actually--is the point. By 2017, Shetty, 58, plans to expand from 5,000 beds throughout India to 30,000. Before becoming one of India’s best-known health-care entrepreneurs, Shetty was its best-known heart surgeon. He was interrupted in surgery one day during the 1990s by a request to make a house call. "I said, 'I don’t make home visits,'?" Shetty says, "and the caller said, 'If you see this patient, the experience may transform your life.'?" The request was from Mother Teresa. Inspired by the her work with the poor, he then set out to create a hospital to deliver care based on need, not wealth.  "One lesson she taught me," he says, quoting a saying he keeps framed in his office, "is 'Hands that sew are holier than lips that pray.'?"
【小题1】Narayana Hrudayalayastarted a micro-insurance to _______.

Narayana Hrudayalaya, a complex of health centers based in southern India, offers low-cost, high-quality specialty care in a largely poor country of 1.2 billion people. By thinking differently about everything from the unusually high number of patients it treats to the millions for whom it provides insurance, the hospital group is able to continually reduce costs. Narayana Hrudayalaya’s operations include the world’s largest and most productive cardiac (心脏病的) hospital, where the average open-heart surgery runs less than $2,000, a third or less what it costs elsewhere in India.

Narayana Hrudayalaya’s origins date back to 2001, when it built its massive cardiac center on the outskirts （市郊）of Bangalore. But it has expanded since then into what founder Dr. Devi Shetty calls a "health city," a series of centers specializing in eye, trauma, and cancer care. Narayana Hrudayalaya now manages or owns hospitals in 14 other Indian cities.

Expanding access is paired with a ongoing focus on efficiency. Typically, says Shetty, private hospitals in India focus on patients who can easily afford treatment. "We did it the other way around," he says. "This hospital is for poor people, but we also treat some rich people. We don’t look at people who are sgabbily dressed and have trouble paying as outsiders. "  Narayana Hrudayalaya’s flagship hospital has 3,000 beds and negotiates for better prices and buys directly from manufacturers, cutting out distributors.

In addition to cost-cutting, Narayana Hrudayalaya finds creative ways to make the economics work. The company started a micro-insurance program backed by the government that enables 3 million farmers to have coverage for as little as 22 cents a month in premiums（保险费）. Patients who pay discounted rates are in effect compensated by those who pay full price

Doing something--doing more, actually--is the point. By 2017, Shetty, 58, plans to expand from 5,000 beds throughout India to 30,000. Before becoming one of India’s best-known health-care entrepreneurs, Shetty was its best-known heart surgeon. He was interrupted in surgery one day during the 1990s by a request to make a house call. "I said, 'I don’t make home visits,'?" Shetty says, "and the caller said, 'If you see this patient, the experience may transform your life.'?" The request was from Mother Teresa. Inspired by the her work with the poor, he then set out to create a hospital to deliver care based on need, not wealth.  "One lesson she taught me," he says, quoting a saying he keeps framed in his office, "is 'Hands that sew are holier than lips that pray.'?"

1.Narayana Hrudayalayastarted a micro-insurance to _______.

A．cut down on the cost of the treatment       B．get the support of the government

C．make the company run smoothly            D．attract more people to its hospital

2.We can infer from the passage that _______.

A．the cost of medicine care in India is very low

B．Shetty wouldn’t have succeeded without Mother Teresa

C．Shetty and his colleagues are likely to make home visits now

D．Shetty has expanded his hospitals to most of other cities in India

3.Why did Shetty build the massive cardiac center in 2001?

A．He wanted to build a health city.

B．He was motivated and decided to help more people.

C．He intended to develop his career in different areas.

D．He meant to help more poor people get free treatment.

4.How would you understand the underlined sentence in the last paragraph ?

A．It’s doing something and doing more that really matters.

B．It’s not easy to take positive action to contribute to society.

C．Healthcare workers are the holiest persons in the world.

D．Praying alone is of no significance in face of difficult situation.

My mother has been a true inspiration to me and changed the way I look at life. Since my birth she has made it evident that I would become ___16___ and that I would be one of the great ones. She has taught me that I can do anything if I put my ___17___ to it.

As a young boy, I struggled to achieve tasks that came ___18___ to others. I had problems with writing, reading and especially speaking. I didn’t talk the way ___19___ kids did and did not respond to questions or stay alert（警觉的）to my surroundings. My reading was poor ___20___ with teachers helping me, and my speech was hard to ___21___. My writing was not at the ___22___ it should have been. Even simple things like knowing my left from my right or being able to snap my fingers (弹手指) were ___23___.

My mother ___24___ all my challenges and as a professor with a PH.D, decided to ___25___ the situation early in my development. She didn’t want me to ___26___. After a while, we did indeed get over all the problems that had ___27___ me. She spent hours every day ___28___ me everything I needed to know, determined to help me learn. ___29___ her I would not be anywhere close to the level I am now.

In addition, she gave ___30___ for my life. She told me what to do and what not to do. Her expectations have always been high ___31___ she knows that I can do it. For that, I thank her. She would not allow her son to be incapable. She never ___32___ on me, and to this day she tells me education is a must. I will be a ___33___ person if I continue to follow her lead. She encourages me to study hard for my ___34___ and attend college.

She used her gifts as a ___35___ to help a child—her child—and now I have the opportunity to become something.

1.                A．everything      B．nothing         C．anything  D．something

2.                A．mind           B．brain           C．feelings   D．work

3.                A．smoothly       B．strongly         C．frequently D．easily

4.                A．average        B．ordinary        C．normal   D．common

5.                A．just            B．ever           C．even D．only

6.                A．hear           B．write           C．read D．understand

7.                A．level           B．length          C．speed    D．degree

8.                A．problems       B．excuses         C．worries   D．duties

9.                A．suffered        B．observed       C．removed  D．tolerated

10.               A．study          B．find           C．change    D．keep

11.               A．fight           B．struggle        C．strike D．challenge

12.               A．interrupted     B．disturbed       C．terrified   D．troubled

13.               A．teaching        B．giving          C．supporting D．reminding

14.               A．Without        B．Except         C．Besides   D．Beyond

15.               A．information     B．advice         C．promise   D．expectation

16.               A．before         B．though         C．because   D．unless

17.               A．set up          B．gave up        C．pushed up D．looked up

18.               A．rich           B．famous         C．successful D．powerful

19.               A．training        B．grades         C．experiments    D．abilities

20.               A．woman         B．doctor         C．sister D．teacher