Almost every Chinese person can recite the two lines of the famous poem, “Every grain(谷物,粮食) 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 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? Of course not. According to the UN World Food Program, there were over 820 million hungry people around the world in 2018, especially in developing countries. In China, nearly 134million people are hungry. What’s worse, 150million children die of hunger every year. Chinese people are well known for being hospitable(好客的) and generous. 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. Years ago, Li Hong, a waitress in a restaurant in Nanjing, got fired(解雇) because she took some leftover food home for her son. Many people stood by her side and criticized(批评) the waste of food. What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food?

Here are some tips: 1.Do not order too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you have 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答案。

1.The underlined word “leftover” means_________ in Chinese.

A. 过期的 B. 剩余的 C. 腐烂的

2.How many people were hungry in the world in 2018according to the UN World Food Program?

A. 820 million B. 150 million C. 134 million

3.What does the writer want to show us through Li Hong’s story?

A. Many Chinese restaurants treat the waiters and waitresses badly.

B. Many Chinese people are kind-hearted and ready to help the weak.

C. Many Chinese people don’t agree to the behavior of wasting food.

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. According to the UN World Food Program, there were 150 million children dying of hunger, especially in developed countries.

B. Chinese people aren’t hungry but famous for being hospitable and generous

C. If you cannot eat all the food you have ordered in a restaurant , take the rest home instead of leaving it there.

5.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. People aren’t supposed to waste food .

B. Many people die of hunger.

C. People shouldn’t be too picky about food .

Do you know the word kiasu? If not, then be kiasu and google it. You’ll get more than a million hits and learn that, usually associated (联系) with Singaporeans, it means “to be afraid of losing out”. You’ll come across words such as kiasu parents, kiasu companies and even kiasu apps.

Just 40 years ago, the word first spread among men in the Singapore army. But before long, it had entered everyday Singapore English.

The first formal use of kiasu happened in 1990 in a government document (公文). Since then it has often been seen in Singapore newspapers. It spread to some other countries in southeast Asia, too. In 1992, Malaysia’s New Straits Times wrote of “kiasu parents providing their children with much more materials than necessary”.

Ten years after its first use in print, the word was used worldwide. Since around 2000, kiasu has appeared in British newspapers. The Guardian, in 2001,reported how “this pursuit of material wealth and the strong need to be No.1 has created the Singaporean we hear so much about---the kiasu Singaporean”, and again reported in 2004 that Singaporeans’ value shows how much they feel the need to stay ahead of everyone else and that they have a word for it: kiasu.

The word entered the Urban Dictionary in 2003 and the Oxford English Dictionary in 2007.In the the same year, Singaporean restaurant Kiasu opened in London.

The turning point on kiasu’s road to the mainstream came with its being used in documents and newspapers. Who dared to use kiasu in a government document? Who first used it in a newspaper? It was these people who pushed kiasu into the mainstream.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A. How to use the word kiasu. B. What the word kiasu means.

C. The history of the word kiasu. D. The importance of the word kiasu.

2.What marked the wide use of the word kiasu around the world?

A. Its appearance in British papers. B. Its use as the name of a restaurant.

C. Its acceptance by a key document. D. Its description in Singapore newspapers.

3.What does the underlined word “pursuit” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. the act of looking for B. the act of looking out

C. the act of giving up D. the act of giving out

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