Question

Qi Haoran, a Junior 1 student, was quite busy over the past winter vacation ---- and not just with homework. Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign (“光盘行动”).

The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food. “Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to eat? Please don’t waste food.” They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.

The Clean Your Plate Campaign began on the Internet in January. It calls on people to reduce food waste.

China in these years had serious problems with wasted food. CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.

Chinese people are famous for being hospitable (好客的) and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food.

The campaign has got the support of many. In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner gives the guests who have eaten all that they ordered a sticker. People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers. More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers (剩饭剩菜) home.

To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time. It’s important that everyone does their best, just like Qi. Did you finish your meals today?

1.What did the 11 students do in the winter vacation?

A. T he helped each other with homework.

B. They opened a restaurant together.

C. They volunteered for a campaign.

D. They collected money from customers in restaurants.

2.In this passage the underlined word “call on ” means ______.

A. 打电话 B.号召 C.拜访 D. 叫喊

3.The Clean Your Plate Campaign calls on people to _____.

A. do volunteer work

B. work part time in restaurants

C. cut down on food waste

D. wash your plates after dinner

4.From Paragraphs 4-5, we learn that _____.

A. wasting food is a serious problem in China

B. Chinese people waste the most food in the world

C. Chinese people want to show off that they are rich

D. most Chinese people are afraid of losing face at the table

5.What did the restaurant in Beijing do to support the campaign?

A. The owner would have dinner with those who had eaten up their food.

B. It offered a free meal to the guests who had finished all their food ten times.

C. It gave stickers to the guests who ordered small dishes.

D. It encouraged customers to take leftovers home.

Answer 1