Question

What will you do if you can’t eat everything bought in the canteen? 1.According to a survey, what students waste every year could feed over 10 million people.

2. . According to Xinhua News Agency, the food wasted by Chinese people is about 50 million tons of grain every year, which could feed 200 million people.

Food waste, which has become a global issue, serves as a mirror that reflects various cultural and social issues in different countries. In the West, for instance, consumerism, the belief that it’s a good thing to use a lot of goods and services, is often to blame for food waste. 3. . Chinese people are well known for being hospitable and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food. On campus, a generation of single children is less aware of the food waste issue. Students nowadays are well protected by their families and hardly have any concept of how much toil (辛劳) others go through in order to provide them with the food they eat.

4. . There are over 925 million hungry people in the world, most of whom live in underdeveloped countries and areas. They don’t have enough food to eat. Many children die for lack of nutrition each year in some African countries. And farmers work very hard to grow the crops. 5. . It’s also important that everyone should think about how they can do their bit to reduce food waste.

A. Students’ waste is extremely serious.

B. Most of us would simply throw away any leftover food.

C. Students can never realize the serious food crisis.

D. So there’s no excuse that we should waste our food.

E. But canteen waste is merely the tip of the iceberg (冰山).

F. Compared with them, some live in a different world.

G. China, in turn, features its own eating culture.

Answer 1

1.B

2.E

3.G

4.F

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：文章主要讲的是浪费食物的现象。学生往往会把吃剩下的饭菜倒掉，学校食堂的浪费现象只是冰山一角，我国每年浪费的粮食有大约两千万吨。做题时注意上下文的联系和段落大意。

1.what students waste every year could feed over 10 million people”可知，学生们会把吃不完的饭菜倒掉，由此造成的浪费能够养活一千多万人，故选B。

2.the food wasted by Chinese people is about 50 million tons of grain every year, which could feed 200 million people”可知，中国人浪费掉的粮食能够养活两亿人，说明食堂的浪费现象只是冰山一角，故选E。

3.Food waste... serves as a mirror that reflects various cultural and social issues”和“Chinese people are well known for being hospitable and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food.”可知，食物浪费现象反映一个国家的饮食文化和习惯，故选G。

4.There are over 925 million hungry people in the world, most of whom live in underdeveloped countries and areas.”可知，本段讲的是处于饥饿中的人们，故选F。

5.Many children die for lack of nutrition each year...And farmers work very hard to grow the crops.”可知，世界其它地方的孩子因饥饿而死，而且农民种粮食很辛苦，因此我们没有理由浪费粮食，每个人都应该想一想该怎样减少食物浪费，故选D。

考点：社会类短文阅读