Question

The common Chinese greeting of “Ni chi le ma?” may soon be replaced(代替) by a new greeting: “Have you cleaned your plate?”

The Clean Your Plate Campaign began on the Internet in January, 2013. It calls on people to reduce food waste. China in recent years has experienced 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 well-known for their friendly behavior towards guests. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food.

It’s important for everyone to reduce food waste. However, wasting food is still a serious problem in China. We still have a long way to go.

President Xi Jinping is encouraging people to be less wasteful, and he told Party members to cut back on wasteful holiday banquets(宴会). He said they should be more careful when spending the people’s money.

Wasting food certainly goes against what Xi Jinping calls, “the Chinese tradition of being hardworking and thrifty(节俭).”  Having a “clean plate” is just a traditional and important thing to do.

Have you cleaned your plate?

1.The Clean Your Plate Campaign calls on people to ______.

A. reduce food waste

B. be more friendly to guests

C. deal with serious problems

2.Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A. The Clean Your Plate Campaign began online in January, 2013.

B. Chinese people waste food for 200 people in a year.

C. Chinese guests like to eat up all the food on the table.

3.We can learn from the passage that____

A. plates must be kept clean

B. Party members like to waste the people’s money

C. it’s difficult to deal with food wasting problem

4.The underlined phrase “cut back on” in the 5th paragraph(段落) probably means “______

A. 增加           B. 保持          C. 减少

5.The passage is written to ______.

A. introduce a new way of greeting

B. encourage people to be less wasteful

C. call on people to work hard for our country

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.B

【解析】

文章主旨大意：这是一篇议论文。面对社会上食物的浪费号召人民们要节约。勤劳和节约是中华民族的优良传统。

1.由“It calls on people to reduce food waste.”可知。

2.通读全文可知。

3.通读全文可知A、B两项错误。

4.在节日宴会上应该减少复合句意。

5.通读全文可知是号召人们减少浪费。