Question

During the Spring Festival, people often prefer to try new things and to enjoy themselves a lot after one year’s hard work, but it has increased some unnecessary consumptions (消费) .

The “clear your plate” campaign (活动) started before the New Year, and runs through the two festivals. People began to think about their consumption patterns (模式), “to clear your plate” has become a more and more welcome “New Year Style”.

Reporters have learned from many restaurants in Lhasa city that during the New Year. Customers pay more attention to family get-together, and a lot of families will ask them to pack leftovers (剩菜) home after meals.

According to Mr. Zhou, a canteen manager at Central South University, said that students produce over 12 barrels (桶) of leftovers every day — each barrel stands at one meter in height. According to Xinhua News Agency, the food wasted by Chinese people equates to (相当于) about 50 million tons of grain every year, or 10 percent of the country’s total annual grain production.

Come on, dear friends. Let’s start with ourselves. Let’s stop throwing away food.

Information Card

The more and more welcome  “New Year Style” is	1.________.
The way that people deal with the leftovers after meals in restaurants is to	2.   after meals.
How many leftovers do the students in Central South University produce every day?	3.                .
The food wasted by Chinese people equates to about	4.          every year.
For the campaign, we can start with ourselves and	5.                  .

Answer

1.“to clear the plate”

2.pack leftovers home

3.over 12 barrels

4.50 million tons of grain

5.stop throwing away food

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要号召人们不乱扔垃圾,包括清空你的盘子,饭店里要求把剩菜带回家,让我们停止扔剩饭菜。

1.细节理解题。根据to clear your plate” has become a more and more welcome “New Year Style”.

可知“to clear the plate”。

2.细节理解题。根据a lot of families will ask them to pack leftovers (剩菜) home after meals可知pack leftovers home。

3.细节理解题。根据According to Mr. Zhou, a canteen manager at Central South University, said that students produce over 12 barrels (桶) of leftovers every day故填over 12 barrels。

4.细节理解题。根据the food wasted by Chinese people equates to (相当于) about 50 million tons of grain every year可知50 million tons of grain。

5.归纳理解题。通过Come on, dear friends. Let’s start with ourselves. Let’s stop throwing away food故填stop throwing away food。

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