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Do you ever throw away food at home? Have you ever thought about what happens to the food that shops and supermarkets don’t sell? Well, you might be shocked (震驚) to find out that nearly one third of food produced for human gets lost or wasted. What’s more, around 800 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy life.

Many people in the UK and across the world are trying to do something about this imbalance and make use of thrown-out food that can be perfectly eaten. For example, there is a cafe in Leeds (UK) whose meals are all created using unsold food from supermarkets, including a lot of vegetables, fruit, fish and other things. This unwanted food is turned into delicious soups and all kinds of dishes that feed the hungry people of Leeds. Customers simply pay what they can afford, or help with the washing up. In just ten months, 10,000 people were fed at this cafe, using twenty tons of unwanted food!

Also, last year the UK’s first food waste supermarket opened. The supermarket is near Leeds and works on a “pay as you feel”; customers pay whatever they want for the produce. The stock (庫存) changes daily but you can usually find things such as fresh vegetables, fruit and milk there. Some low-income families have said that it has changed their lives.

“Fuel for School” is another food waste project. Surplus (多余的) food from supermarkets such as vegetables, fruit and bread is used to feed hungry schoolchildren whose families may not be able to afford to buy them lunch.

I lived in Leeds for three years, and have had lunch at a food waste cafe, and it was delicious. I couldn’t believe that it was all food that supermarkets had thrown away! I have also taken part in projects such as “Foodcycle”, using supermarkets’ unwanted food to cook meals for poor people.

More cafes like this are being opened in other parts of the UK, and it is now becoming popular in the world. I think this is an amazing act as food waste is one of the world’s biggest problems. I also believe that the law should be changed, so that supermarkets don’t throw away so much perfectly good food!

【1】800 million people in the world can’t live a healthy life because of ______.

A. unsold food B. unwanted food

C. being unable to work D. being short of food

【2】According to the passage, the writer agrees that ______.

A. buying the waste food can protect the environment

B. all the people in the world make use of waste food

C. food waste in the world can be solved by the UK soon

D. the government should make the law to stop food waste

【3】What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage?

A. To encourage people to save food.

B. To introduce some supermarkets in the UK.

C. To share his personal experience in saving food.

D. To explain why he cooked meals for poor people.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】A

【解析】本文介紹了現(xiàn)在世界上食物浪費嚴重，但是仍有很多人食物短缺。因此在英國利茲市有些超市把多于的食品便宜地賣給低收入的家庭，或者用多于的食物做成飯給窮人們。作者認為政府應(yīng)制定法律來阻止食物浪費。

【1】D

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)What’s more, around 800 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy life.可知因為食物短缺，世界上有8億人無法過上健康的生活，故選D。

【2】D

推理判斷題。根據(jù)I also believe that the law should be changed, so that supermarkets don’t throw away so much perfectly good food!可知作者認為政府應(yīng)制定一些法律來停止食物浪費，故選D。

【3】A

推理判斷題。根據(jù)I think this is an amazing act as food waste is one of the world’s biggest problems.可知作者認為食物浪費是世界最大的問題之一，因此他鼓勵人們要節(jié)約食物，故選A。