The common Chinese greeting of “Ni chi le ma?” may soon be replaced by a new greeting: “Have you cleaned your plate?”
Over the Spring Festival holiday there was a big effort to get people to curb their habit of ordering too much food in restaurants because a lot of that food ended up being wasted. Holiday eaters were urged to “clean their plates” and were asked to take leftover food home in “doggy bags.”
The impetus behind the campaign was the startling government statistic that over 200 billion yuan is spent every year on food that ends up in the garbage bin. And in the midst of all this waste, statistics show that 128 million people are living below the poverty line and going hungry.
The “clean your plate” campaign is part of a worldwide effort to stop precious food from being wasted. The United Nations estimates that $1trillion (yes, that’s a very big number) worth of food is wasted each year. Most of that is lost during food production and transportation, but a significant percentage is attributed to waste by consumers. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has launched a campaign called “Think. Eat. Save.” to make people aware of the problem.
Chinese actress Fan Bingbing is an ambassador for UNEP and she encouraged people to upload pictures of their “clean plates” to show their support for the program. Thousands of people responded and demonstrated that they had a clear conscience to go along with their full stomachs.
Xi Jinping, the incoming Chinese president, is also urging people to be less wasteful and he told Party members to cut back on extravagant holiday banquets and to be more careful when spending the people’s money.
For some, though, Xi Jinping’s and Fan Bingbing’s admonitions don’t go far enough. Yuan Longping, an agricultural scientist, caused a stir by saying that wasting food should be treated as a crime. (Jail time for leftover chicken feet!?)
If not a crime, wasting food is certainly a sin and it goes against what Xi Jinping calls, “the Chinese tradition of being diligent and thrifty.” Having a “clean plate” is just a traditional and responsible thing to do.
1.Which statement is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A．Over 200 billion yuan is wasted every year on food around China.
B．It’s quite common for Chinese people to order more food than they need in restaurants.
C．It’s universally acknowledged that wasting food is a crime.
D．Fan did something to promote people’s awareness of saving food.
2.What’ the best title for the passage?
A．Food is important. B．Have you cleaned your plate?
C．Jail time for leftover chicken feet!? D．Wasting food is crime.
When I was young I loved taking part in high school musicals．I loved to 36 in front of hundreds of people．In one production, I auditioned（试音）like 37 else. My music teacher was 38 that I would get a particular part in the music drama. The part I thought I had was a 39 lead who sang some of the most beautiful love songs.
But one day the show director pulled me aside. I was 40 to be offered the leading role. To my disappointment, he said, “Bob, I found a boy with an excellent voice. I need to give the 41 to him.”
From that moment on I began hating music class. I 42 that I didn’t like what we were singing. My music teacher didn’t know why. She 43 me in front of the class and told me I had changed. She didn’t know what I had been told. But when they 44 the finalists, I was given a 45 role. For some time my pride was 46 with having to do something I didn’t think I should be doing. But I did it. The minor role I had 47 to be much more fun than I had expected. My performance even 48 my brother who was also in the audience.
Life is really like a 49 and although we do not audition for the role, each of us is 50 by the director to play a certain part in it. The 51 is that we sometimes don’t like the part we are given. Like me in high school I became 52 -–if I couldn’t be the lead, I wouldn’t show up for rehearsal（彩排）.
Then we wonder why we feel so 53 . Sometimes we don’t even feel like we are a part of the “Big Show. ” Everyone does indeed have a role. Some are in front of the curtain, some are behind, but all are 54 for the show to go on. All 55 to success no matter how minor the part is.
1. A．debate B．broadcast C．sing D．show
2. A．someone B．everyone C．anyone D．no one
3. A．prejudiced B．concerned C．unexpected D．convinced
4. A．romantic B．ridiculous C．mysterious D．sensitive
5. A．attempting B．expecting C．volunteering D．pretending
6. A．part B．deal C．favor D．item
7. A．assessed B．advocated C．concluded D．complained
8. A．warned B．scolded C．informed D．suspected
9. A．presented B．identified C．announced D．delivered
10. A．specific B．super C．slight D．small
11. A．struggling B．competing C．swinging D．changing
12. A．happened B．proved C．expanded D．switched
13. A．terrified: B．disappointed C．surprised D．embarrassed
14. A．joke B．journey C．stage D．play
15. A．appointed B．attached C．employed D．instructed
16. A．reason B．problem C．balance D．focus
17. A．curious B．helpless C．angry D．positive
18. A．exhausted B．lost C．delighted D．thrilled
19. A．necessary B．dependent C．natural D．perfect
20. A．react B．adjust C．refer D．contribute
—Do you think you will be able to finish your writing by five o’clock today?
— ______. I’ll be busy with experiments all day.
A．Not a chance B．Not a little
C．Not to mention it D．Not a big deal
I’d love to stay in the community I grew up, but ambition can drive me to the city to be “ the big companies are”.
A．that; where B．where; that C．in which; which D．where; where
My wife ______the night shift when my plane ______. That’s why no one is to meet me at the airport today.
A．will be working; arrives B．was working; arrived
C．will have worked; has arrived D．is working; is arriving
The salmon we ate at the restaurant yesterday is terrific. I’d like to have it again even if it costs ______.
A．much more twice B．as much twice
C．twice as much D．as twice much
