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【题目】Too Good To Go, an app operating in the UK, allows users to order leftover food at a discount from restaurants, according to the website. The goal is to help cut food waste.

Users simply log in, pick a restaurant, pay through the app and then pick up their food at a set time—usually around closing or after peak meal times. Orders through the app cost between 2 British pounds ($2.60) to 3.80 British pounds (about $5). Users aren’t able to pick the food items, but they get an idea of the type of food that will be available, according to Business Green.

Users also have the option to give meals to people in need by donating 1 British pound or more through the app. More than l, l00 meals have been donated so far.

To ensure the entire experience is super eco-friendly. Too Good To Go provides recyclable takeout packaging to participating restaurants.

Restaurants using the app make extra money by selling food what would otherwise have been throw away. And Too Good To Go itself makes money by taking a fee from participating restaurants on each sale.

Founded in Denmark last year. Too Good To Go launched this year in the UK and is expanding to other countries. The app is available in Brighton, Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, and will be in London later this month.

“Food waste just seems like one of the dumbest(愚蠢) problems we have in this world,” co-founder James Crummie told Business Green. “The restaurant industry is wasting about 600,000 tonnes of food each year, and in the UK alone there are one million people on emergency food parcels from food banks. Why do we have these two massive social issues that are completely connected, yet there is not much going on to address them?”

Too Good To Go has already helped cut a significant amount of waste. So far, the app has saved 600 meals from landfills in the UK, reports Business Green.

【1】Why is the app introduced into UK according to the passage?

A. To help users find proper restaurants.

B. To reduce food waste in UK.

C. To help people in need of food.

D. To make orders of food much cheaper.

【2】Which of the following statements are TRUE according to the passage?

A. The app has made some progress in saving food.

B. The app has been used throughout UK by now.

C. You can make money if you are a customer.

D. The restaurants provide recyclable takeout packaging.

【3】From what James Crummie said we know that ________.

A. it’s stupid for the restaurant industry to waste so much food

B. food bank should provide more food to people in need

C. people don't pay much attention to food problems

D. it’s stupid trying to solve food problems by using the app

【4】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. How to use the app.

B. Who benefit from the app.

C. Food waste is the biggest problem.

D. Using an app can reduce food waste.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】文章主要介绍了一款可以低价买餐厅剩余食物的手机应用程序，使用它可以让餐厅借助这款应用销售剩余食物，赚取额外收入；同时也让没多少钱的人低价买到食物，从而减少了食物浪费。

【1】细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句The goal is to help cut food waste.可知，这个app的目的是要减少浪费，故选B。

【2】细节理解题。根据第六段The app is available in Brighton. Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, and will be in London later this month. （目前，这款手机应用在布莱顿、伯明翰、曼切斯特和利兹市等地均可使用。到本月底，伦敦业务即将开通）可知，B项不正确。根据第五段Restaurants using the app make extra money by selling food what would otherwise have been throw away.（餐厅借助这款应用销售剩余食物，赚取额外收入。）可知，C项不正确；根据第四段Too Good To Go provides recyclable takeout packaging to participating restaurants.（为了确保整个体验更为环保，Too Good To Go为合作餐厅提供了可回收的外卖包装。）可知，D项不正确；根据文章最后一段So far, the app has saved 600 meals from landfills in the UK（到目前为止，该应用已经从垃圾填埋场省回600餐）可知，A项正确，故选A。

【3】细节推断题。根据倒数第二段James Crummie说的一段话，尤其是yet there is not much going on to address them可知，C项正确，故选C。

【4】主旨大意题。本文是一篇说明文，介绍一款app的功能，第一段就说明了其目的，全文都围绕使用这款app能减少浪费展开，A、B、C三项都是文章的部分内容，不能概括全文。故选D。