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【题目】 October 16 is World Food Day. The UN started the day in 1979. It is used to remind people not to waste food and fight hunger (饥饿).

Food shortage (匮乏) is a big problem around the world. Right now, there are more than 1 billion (10亿) hungry people in the world. Many children go to sleep with hunger, and 15 million of them die because of hunger each year.

There are several reasons why there are food shortages. First, there have been more droughts (干旱) and floods (洪涝) recently. This is bad for farmers and hurts their ability to grow food. Also, a growing population makes it more difficult to feed everyone. Another big reason is food waste. Most people don’t realize how much food they throw away every day. Sometimes we cook too much, or we don’t use it before it goes bad. The average (平均的) person throws away 50 kg of food every year, More than one third of all food produced goes to waste around the world each year according to the UN. That is1.3 billion tons of food being wasted.

If the wasted food was saved, it could feed lots of people. The amount of food wasted in Europe could feed 200 million people, and the food wasted in Latin America (拉丁美洲) could feed 300 million people.

As teenagers, we should think twice next time we want to throw away extra (额外的) food on our own plate. By cutting down on food waste, we could also help put food on the empty plates of some hungry children.

【1】The main purpose (目标) of World Food Day is to remind people ________.

A. not to waste food and fight hungerB. to produce more food

C. to control the growing populationD. not to eat much

【2】________ children die because of hunger each year.

A. Over 1 billionB. 200 millionC. 300millionD. 15 million

【3】Which of the following is NOT the reason for food shortages? ________

A. More droughts and floods in recent days.

B. A growing population.

C. That farmers don’t have the ability to grow food.

D. That most people waste.

【4】We can help hungry people by ________.

A. sleeping with hunger

B. changing the weather

C. cutting down on food waste

D. only eating food you like

【5】From the passage, we know that ________.

A. the food wasted in Latin America is more than that in Europe

B. the World Food Day has a history of over 40years by 2017

C. the wasted food can feed all the hungry people around the world

D. it’s right to throw away the extra food on our own plate directly

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

本文介绍了世界粮食日是要提醒我们不要浪费食物，要战胜饥饿。每年因为饥饿而死去很多人。文中介绍了食物短缺的原因以及我们要如何减少食物浪费。

【1】细节理解题。根据 October 16 is World Food Day. The UN started the day in 1979. It is used to remind people not to waste food and fight hunger (饥饿).可知，世界粮食日的目的是提醒人们不要浪费食物，要战胜饥饿，故选A。

【2】细节理解题。根据Many children go to sleep with hunger, and 15 million of them die because of hunger each year.可知，每年有1500万人因为饥饿而死去，故选D。

【3】细节理解题。根据There are several reasons why there are food shortages. First, there have been more droughts (干旱) and floods (洪涝) recently. This is bad for farmers and hurts their ability to grow food. Also, a growing population makes it more difficult to feed everyone. Another big reason is food waste. 可知，食物短缺有几个原因：首先，最近有更多的干旱和洪水。这对农民不利，也损害了他们种植粮食的能力。此外，人口增长使养活所有人变得更加困难。另一个重要原因是食物浪费。因此不包括农民没有能力种植粮食。故选C。

【4】推理判断题。根据By cutting down on food waste, we could also help put food on the empty plates of some hungry children.可知，通过减少食物浪费，我们也可以帮助饥饿的人。 故选C。

【5】推理判断题。根据he amount of food wasted in Europe could feed 200 million people, and the food wasted in Latin America (拉丁美洲) could feed 300 million people.可知，欧洲浪费的粮食可以养活2亿人，拉丁美洲浪费的粮食可以养活3亿人。因此拉丁美洲浪费的食物比欧洲浪费的食物更多，故选A。

认真阅读题干，根据题干要求，在文中寻找答案所在的语句或段落，进行分析理解，词义猜测，推理判断和概括归纳，选出正确的选项。例如小题2，根据Many children go to sleep with hunger, and 15 million of them die because of hunger each year.可知，每年有1500万人因为饥饿而死去，故选D。