Every year, billions of kilograms of fresh produce are wasted in the United States. Meanwhile, millions of poor Americans go hungry, without access to healthy and affordable meals.
Evan Lutz is enthusiastic about correcting that social injustice. And he combines that goal with enthusiasm for business. Lutz is CEO and founder of Hungry Harvest, a business which collects and sells “ugly” produce. These are fruits and vegetables that most food companies would throw away. More than six billion pounds are wasted each year due to surface imperfections.
“So I’ll give you an example.” Lutz says, “If you go to a grocery store you will see all the produce lineup shiny, perfect, of the same size and color. But on a farm, everything doesn’t grow the same way. So all that stuff that doesn’t grow the same way often gets thrown out. And what we do is take all that normally gets thrown out because of its odd size or shape, box it up and deliver it to our customers once a week.”
For Evan Lutz, giving back to others came form his upbringing. “When I was growing up, my parents taught me the values of giving back, and giving is a lot more powerful than receiving. We sell produce with a purpose and that doesn’t just mean we reduce food from going to waste. We hire people that were formerly in prison or were formerly injured or sick living in homeless shelters. They really wanted to get back on their feet for a second chance in life.”
Evan Lutz is really happy to be realizing great mission that he thinks can really revolutionize the food industry in America.
1.The social injustice in Paragraph 2 refers to the fact that _________.
A.vegetables and fruits that don’t taste good are thrown away
B.grocery stores only sell produce of the same size
C.poor Americans can not afford healthy food
D.much produce gets wasted while many Americans starve
2.What business does Hungry Harvest mainly do?
A.Deliver food for free. B.Collect “ugly” produce and sell it.
C.Raise money for the poor. D.Buy “ugly” produce and process it.
3.Why does Evan Lutz employ those people mentioned in Paragraph 4?
A.To provide them with a job. B.To reduce labor costs.
C.To increase productivity. D.To earn a better reputation.
4.What can be the best title for the passage?
A.Creating More Jobs for the Less Fortunate.
B.Putting Healthy Food on Dinner Table.
C.Giving Unused Produce a Purpose.
D.Making Profits from Shiny Produce.
Tampa Bay has a long and colorful history, which is located on the west coast of Florida. And there are plenty of events on holidays every year. The following are the top things to experience on Tampa Bay over Christmas.
Jackie Evancho
The superstar exploded on to the national scene after her first performance on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, which left audiences and judges at the show astonished that such a voice could come from a 10-year-old girl. 7:30 pm, Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 N McMullen-Booth Road, Clearwater. $39.50-$89.50. (727) 791-7400.
Holiday Lights in the Gardens
Stroll through the gardens with more than one million twinkly lights, lasers, Florida-style displays, animated figures, visits with Santa and entertainers lining the pathways. 5:30 pm, Florida Botanical Gardens, 12520 Ulmerton Road. Largo Donation of $4 suggested; 12 and younger free. (727) 582-5800.
Wordier than Thou
Prose and Short Story Open Mic — a unique open mic series focusing on storytelling. Poetry and musical performances are not allowed. The event includes a performance by a featured reader followed by numerous 10-minute open mic slots. 7:00 pm, Studio@620, 620 First Ave.S, St, Petersburg. $5. (727) 895-6620.
Rockapella Christmas
The five-man contemporary pop vocal phenomenon sing takes on classic holiday favorites and branches new originals. 7:30 pm, Capitol Theatre, 405 Cleveland St., Clearwater. $30-$59. (727) 791-7400.
Holiday Classic Movie Series
It’s A Wonderful Life — enjoy select holiday classics with a singalong to holiday carols by the Mighty Wurlitzer Theatre Organ before each show. 7:30 pm, Tampa Theatre, 711 Franklin St., Tampa. $10; $8 members/children. (813) 274-8982.
1.What can we learn about Jackie Evancho?
A.She broadcasts news at 7:30 pm every day.
B.She has a special talent for dancing.
C.She began to speak when she was 10.
D.She is a super musical star.
2.Which activity is partly admission free?
A.Holiday Lights in the Gardens.
B.Wordier than Thou.
C.Rockapella Christmas.
D.Holiday Classic Movie Series.
3.Where should you go if you are a story lover?
A.Ruth Eckerd Hall. B.Capitol Theatre.
C.Studio@620. D.Florida Botanical Gardens.
假定你是李华，你校于11月13日举行了冬季运动会。你的英国笔友Peter对此事很感兴趣。请你写信向他介绍此次活动，内容包括：
1. 时间、地点；
2. 参赛项目；
3. 感想。
注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
4. 参考词汇：百米赛跑100-meter race 跳高 high jump 跳远 long jump
Dear Peter,
How is everything going?
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Yours,
Li Hua
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Friendship is one of the beautiful things what can happen among human beings. Those who had best friends understand how important friendship is. We can share nearly everything with them and feel greatly when we get their support.
I have such good friend who is a lovely girl. We graduated from the same junior school but now attend the same high school. Having the same hobbies really make me happy. For example, both of us are fond of play volleyball. We’ve made up our mind to studying hard, with the hope to go to a key university together. He is like a family member to me. I believe in our friendship will last forever.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
California is burning! Wildfires have spread (传播) across the US state and smoke 1. (fill) its skies since Oct 23. Take the Kincade Fire in northern California for example. It forced 200,000 people 2. (escape) from its path within one week.
California has seen many 3. (wildfire) in recent years. Why is this? California has the perfect wildfire conditions, Park Williams, 4. is a US climate expert, told The New York Times. It has dry air and high temperatures from spring through late fall. At 5. same time, seasonal winds blow across the state every year, 6. (cause) the wildfires to spread quickly and last for weeks.
Global warming has also made the fires 7. (bad) than before. It has dried out the state’s trees and other plants, which makes them burn 8. (easy). There are also other causes for California’s wildfires. 9., it’s humans that have caused 90 percent of them, according10. the US National Park Service.
Confucius was born on September 28, 551 BC in the Kingdom of Lu, in today’s Shandong Province. Chinese people regard Confucius as the greatest thinker and also the greatest _______ who had about 3,000 students.
Confucius himself was a(n) _______ learner who always reflected (反思) on his own _______. One day his student was cooking porridge for the teacher when something _______ dropped into the pot. He _______ got it out with the spoon and wanted to _______ the porridge away. But it occurred to him that it’s not _______ to gain the food, so he ate it. Just then, Confucius happened to come into the _______. He thought his student was _______ food to eat. So Confucius was ________ and decided to punish his student. But when the student ________ what had happened before, Confucius came to know that seeing is not believing.
For more than 2,000 years, Confucius’ ________ have been around in people’s everyday lives. But some people are concerned that young Chinese today are ________ their own history and culture. As a matter of fact, Confucius’ ideas are still ________ today’s Chinese youth. As a teacher, he said that all should go to school if they could and wanted to ________. His most important ideas are ________ and good manners. He had many ________ quotes, such as: young people should take care of the ________; people should think more of others instead of ________.
Nowadays, more than 100 Internet ________ are teaching people about Confucius and his ideas.
1.A.lawyer B.artist C.musician D.teacher
2.A.lifelong B.native C.stubborn D.easy-going
3.A.journey B.sufferings C.appearance D.experience
4.A.amazing B.attractive C.dirty D.valuable
5.A.slowly B.gradually C.hurriedly D.sincerely
6.A.give B.throw C.put D.send
7.A.legal B.easy C.equal D.regular
8.A.kitchen B.classroom C.library D.lab
9.A.buying B.begging C.stealing D.selecting
10.A.angry B.grateful C.generous D.mean
11.A.explained B.ignored C.inspected D.persuaded
12.A.doubts B.votes C.shortcomings D.ideas
13.A.designing B.forgetting C.remembering D.removing
14.A.conquering B.destroying C.rescuing D.affecting
15.A.recover B.learn C.respond D.survive
16.A.kindness B.loneliness C.sadness D.coldness
17.A.magical B.informal C.famous D.rare
18.A.injured B.old C.alive D.rich
19.A.himself B.herself C.itself D.themselves
20.A.stores B.games C.websites D.explorers
