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【題目】In Scotland, 600,000 tonnes of food are thrown away every year. This amount of food, which could as feed about 1.2 billion poor people, is almost a third of household (家庭) waste. And food waste isn't just a big problem in Scotland.

Money time, and resources (資源) are often wasted by throwing away good food. It also causes very harmful greenhouse gas, which is perilous to the planet.

In the production stage, some foods do not enter the food chain for many reasons. Supermarkets usually care about the quality of food from farms. They often refuse strange-looking and unusually sized produce. However, they seem to forget that it is almost impossible to grow the perfect produce. Food waste at the consumption (消費) stage includes food going out of date and leftovers (剩飯) because of too much food. In households, even mostly fresh fruit and vegetables are thrown away.

In order to reduce food waste, here is what we can do:

Understanding the terms “use by” and “best before” dates. “Use by” dates are there for your safety. It is dangerous to eat food after the use-by date and doing so risks your health. “Best before” dates tell you how long the food will be at its best quality. Once the food passes the date, it isn't necessarily bad, but you should still check, just to be sure.

Every time you go shopping and you bring back new food, put them at the back of your fridge and bring the food that will expire (到期) soon closer to the front. That way, you know what needs to be eaten first.

If you have any food that will expire soon, give it to charity if you aren't going to eat it. They will really appreciate the food you have given.

【1】What does the underlined word “perilous” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. Valuable. B. Dangerous.

C. Different. D. Unnecessary.

【2】What should people do to reduce food waste according to the text?

A. Pick usually sized produce.

B. Improve the quality of farm produce.

C. Order produce directly from farmers.

D. Avoid buying too much food at a time.

【3】What advice does the author offer to people?

A. Buy food that will expire soon to reduce waste.

B. Throw away food that passes the best-before date.

C. Place food carefully according to its expiry date.

D. Give food that has passed its use-by date to charity.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。文章告訴我們?nèi)绾螠p少食物浪費。

【1】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第二段Money time, and resources (資源) are often wasted by throwing away good food. It also causes very harmful greenhouse gas, which is perilous to the planet. 金錢的時間和資源常常通過扔掉好食物被浪費掉。它還會造成非常有害的溫室氣體，這對地球來說是危險的。由此可知劃線詞的意思是“危險的”，故選B。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段中Food waste at the consumption (消費) stage includes food going out of date and leftovers (剩飯) because of too much food.可知，為了減少食物浪費，一次避免買太多的食物。故選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)In order to reduce food waste, here is what we can do:Every time you go shopping and you bring back new food, put them at the back of your fridge and bring the food that will expire (到期) soon closer to the front.可知，作者建議根據(jù)過期日期仔細(xì)放置食物。故選C。