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Look! There is bottle on the table.
A. a B. an C. the D. /
A 【解析】句意：看！桌子上有一个瓶子。第一次提到某个人或事物时表示泛指，用不定冠词a/an；又因为bottle是以辅音音素开头的，故用不定冠词a。答案为A。
Oct.16 is World Food Day. The UN started the day in 1979. It’s used to remind people not to waste food and fight hunger.
A big number of people in the world still don’t have enough food to eat. Food shortage（匮乏）is a big problem worldwide. Right now, there are more than 1,000 million hungry people in the world according to the UN. Many children go to sleep hungry, and 15 million of them die of hunger each year.
There are several reasons why there are food shortages. First, there have been more droughts（干旱）and floods recently. Also, a growing population makes feeding everyone more difficult.
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. According to the UN, more than one third of all food produced worldwide goes to waste each year.
That is over1, 300, 000 million kilograms of food being wasted. The amount of food wasted in Europe can feed 200 million people, and the food wasted in Latin America can feed 300 million a year.
So think twice next time you want to throw away food. By cutting down on food waste, we could help put food on the empty plates of some hungry children. Only order as much food as you can eat in a restaurant. If you can’t eat all you order, take the rest home. Don’t be too picky about food so that you don’t leave any on your plate. Some food may not taste great, but your body needs it. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much. Don’t cook too much.
When you throw away food, you are not just wasting the food itself. Resources（资源）are also wasted while growing, transporting and cooking the food. These things all take energy, time and water.
Title: 1. on World Food Day
The UN’s 2. to start this day | To remind people not to waste food and fight hunger | |
Facts of food shortage | Over 1,000 million people are hungry for food. 15 million children die of hunger each year. | |
Reasons for food shortage | ◆more droughts and floods now | |
◆a growing population | ||
◆food waste worldwide | 3. of it each year | ※The average person throws away 50kg of food. ※Over 1,300,000,000,000kg of food is wasted. ※The food wasted in Europe can feed 200,000,000people, and the food wasted in Latin America can feed 300,000,000 people. |
Ways to stop food waste | Only order as much as you can eat at a restaurant. Take the rest of food home if you can’t eat all you’ve ordered. Don’t be too picky about food. Be sure not to 4. more food at home than you need. | |
5. included | ◆energy ◆time ◆water |
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A hobby is an activity we can do in our free time, so that we can keep ourselves busy with something that makes us happy. Different people have different kinds of hobbies, according to their personal likes and dislikes. Hobbies are activities we choose to do, but not activities we have to do. There is a lot of difference between wanting to do something and having to do it. We only want to do those things we like to do, and things that give us pleasure and peace of mind.
Hobbies play a very important role in our lives. For example, they are a way of connecting us with our inner self. The time devoted to taking up a hobby is our own time. This is the time when we can connect and communicate with ourselves. During this personal time, we can do whatever we like. Doing things according to our own wishes gives us a sense of inner satisfaction, and also helps develop self-confidence.
Hobbies also help discover talents. There is a possibility that we are interested in a certain activity, but have never had a chance to try it. If we develop our interest as our hobbies, it’s quite clear that we’ll do it with great interest. So, even if we have never tried a certain thing before, we can still learn to do it. The hobbyists’ hidden talents can be discovered, and this can make them feel more confident.
It’s human nature to try to know more about the things we like. The moment we pursue (追求) some activities as our favorite hobbies, we want to gain more knowledge about the same hobby. Whether it’s gardening, cooking, painting or collecting stamps, we always try to get a deeper understanding of what we’re doing, so that we can do it more correctly. What’s more, we also happen to meet people with similar tastes and sometimes, owning rich knowledge about their hobbies. Besides gaining knowledge, hobbies also provide us with a chance to meet people who share similar likes and dislikes with us.
Whatever our hobbies are, they can be developed at any age, as a child or as an adult. However, if we begin at a young age, we can get more time to experience the joys. The hobby may grow with us, and some day, may also take us to great heights.
Why do we take up hobbies? | ||
Paragraph outline | Supporting details | |
Meanings | ★Hobbies are activities we do in our spare time and can make us happy. ★Hobbies are activities we do according to the 1. we make. | |
Advantages | Helping connect with the inner self | ★The time 2. on the hobby is our personal time when we can be free to do anything we like. ★We’ll feel 3. and become more confident. |
Helping discover talents | ★We can learn a lot by trying some activities with great interest. ★We’ll be able to find our hidden talents. | |
Helping gain knowledge | ★When pursuing a hobby, we should try our best to 4. it well, and then we gain a lot of knowledge. ★We can also meet some learned people and learn a lot from them. | |
Conclusion | 5. all hobbies can be developed at any age, yet it’s better to develop one when we are young. |