University of Maryland student Ben Simon and his friends couldn’t stand to see good food thrown out on their campus.“We basically noticed that some of the extra food from the dining hall was going to waste at the end of the day.And we met with the dining services and asked them whether it would be okay if instead of throwing out the food we would donate it.And they were on board，” he said.
So 18 months ago，the students began what they call the Food Recovery Network.Each night，volunteers would show up at a campus dining hall to pick up leftovers and deliver them to area shelters and food banks.So far，they have donated more than 23 000 kilos of food that would otherwise have been thrown out.
Nationwide，$165 billion worth of food is wasted each year，according to the National Resources Defense Council.Spokesman Bob Keefe says that is about 40% of the country’s entire food production.“If we can reduce our waste in this country by 15%，we can feed 25 million hungry Americans.That is a huge benefit.That is what programs like this Food Recovery Network are doing，” he said.
Christian Life Center is one of the beneficiaries (受益者) of the students’ efforts.Ben Slye，the senior pastor (牧師)，said，“It has been just amazing to see these students take their own time，their own vehicles and own gas money and be able to make an effort like this.Each week we are able with this food probably to feed over hundred people.”
The University of Maryland’s Food Recovery Network now has 200 volunteers and the program has expanded to 18 schools across the country.“I want to grow 18 chapters to a thousand chapters within five years.And once we get to the Food Recovery Nation being at every college campus in America，we want to expand to restaurants and farms.” said Simon.
The volunteers are committed to making that happen.
【小題1】The dining services in University of Maryland________.

A．threw out good food on the campus
B．supported the volunteers’ job
C．enjoyed the talk with the students
D．donated their leftovers to the poor
【小題2】Volunteers from the Food Recovery Network________.
A．started the Food Recovery Network two years ago
B．delivered leftovers as well as money to shelters
C．helped to solve the hunger issues in America
D．donated leftovers to avoid food waste
【小題3】Ben Slye’s attitude toward the volunteers’ effort was that of________.
A．unconcern 　 B．doubt
C．a(chǎn)ppreciation D．opposition
【小題4】We can learn from the text that________.
A．over 40% of the country’s entire food is wasted each year
B．a(chǎn)ltogether 25 million Americans suffer from hunger nowadays
C．Simon aims to expand the program to restaurants and farms
D．every college has started the Food Recovery Network
【小題5】What can be the best title for the text?
A．College Students Rescue Leftover Food
B．Battles Against the Problem of Hunger
C．How to Pick up Leftovers on College Campuses
D．Waste Problems in University of Maryland


【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】C
【小題5】A

解析語(yǔ)篇解讀　本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道。每天都有人在浪費(fèi)糧食，如果把這些糧食收集起來(lái)，供給那些需要的人，那將會(huì)幫助很多饑餓的人們。美國(guó)一所大學(xué)的學(xué)生們正在做這樣的事情。他們建立了“食物回收網(wǎng)絡(luò)”，收集學(xué)校餐廳里的殘羹剩飯，將其送到有需要的地方。
【小題1】解析：　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段最后一句中的“And they were on board”可知，學(xué)校的餐飲服務(wù)部參與其中。此處on board為短語(yǔ)“take sth.on board”的簡(jiǎn)寫(xiě)，意為“采納，接納(主意、建議)”。
答案：　B
【小題2】解析：　推理判斷題。根據(jù)對(duì)文章第二段的整體理解可知，志愿者們到學(xué)校餐廳去收集剩菜，然后把它們運(yùn)到收容所等，以避免浪費(fèi)。
答案：　D
【小題3】解析：　觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度題。根據(jù)文章第四段第二句“Ben Slye，the senior pastor (牧師)，said，‘It has been just amazing to see these students take their own time，their own vehicles and own gas money and be able to make an effort like this.’”可知，Ben Slye對(duì)志愿者們的努力是持“支持，贊許，欣賞”的態(tài)度。
答案：　C
【小題4】解析：　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段最后一句中的“And once we get to the Food Recovery Nation being at every college campus in America，we want to expand to restaurants and farms”可知，答案C符合文意。  
答案：　C
【小題5】解析：　標(biāo)題概括題。根據(jù)文章第一段的開(kāi)篇點(diǎn)題和對(duì)文章的整體理解可知，本文主要介紹了美國(guó)大學(xué)生建立組織，收集學(xué)校餐廳里的剩飯，身體力行把它們運(yùn)到收容所的事。由此可知，答案A最適合做文章的標(biāo)題。
答案：　A

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