Qi Haoran, a Junior One student at High School Attached to Harbin Institute of Technology（哈尔滨工业大学附属中学）, was quite busy over the past winter vacation─ not just busy with his homework. Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign (“光盘行动”).
The eleven students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food. “Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to eat? Please don’t waste food.” “Nearly 100 million people only earn about 865 yuan a year in China. They even cannot afford a cup of tea.” They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.
The Clean Your Plate Campaign began on the Internet in January this year. 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 being hospitable (好客的) and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten up all the food.
Luckily, the campaign has got the support (支持) of many people. In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner will give the guests who have eaten all that they ordered a sticker (贴花). People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers. More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers (剩饭剩菜) home. Cheng guangbiao, a very famous person not only wanted to rename himself Cheng guangpan, which means “Clean Your Plate”, but also took his staff to some restaurants to eat leftovers. More and more customers are willing to wrap up their leftovers to take home.
To reduce food waste is a big task and it needs time. It’s important for everyone to do their bit, just like Qi. Did you finish your meals today?
1.What did Qi Haoran and some of his classmates do in the past winter vacation?
A. They only did their homework.
B. They joined a chess club.
C. They volunteered for a campaign.
D. They opened a restaurant together.
2.The Clean Your Plate Campaign calls on people to ____________.
A. do volunteer work
B. work part time in restaurants
C. stop wasting food
D. wash their plates after dinner
3.From Paragraph 4 and Paragraph 5, we learn that ____________.
A. wasting food is a serious problem in China
B. Chinese people waste the most food in January
C. 200 million Chinese people invite others to dinner every day
D. Chinese people usually don’t offer enough food to their guests
4.What did the restaurant in Xinjiang do to support the campaign?
A. The owner would have dinner with those who had eaten up their food.
B. It offered a free meal to the guests who had finished all their food ten times.
C. It gave stickers to the guests who ordered small dishes.
D. It encouraged customers to take leftovers home.
5.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Many people in China are starting to do something to reduce food waste.
B. Two billion tons of food is wasted in the world every year.
C. It’s not easy for people to solve the problem of wasting food.
D. The “Think, Eat, Save” program was held to make sure people eat healthy food.
News 1
A big surprise! Mo Yan has become the first Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature(文学). When he heard the news, he said he was overjoyed and scared. But do you know Mo Yan is a pen name that means “Don’t Speak”? His real name is Guan Moye. |
News 2
There is a new “star” in the sky! On October 25th, 2012, China successfully sent another Man-made satellite into space in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. It was the 16th satellite of the Beidou system. It will start providing navigation (导航) services for China by the end of this year. In all, the system will have 35 satellites. |
News 3
Have you heard that crazy new song “Gangnam Style”? It’s blowing up right now! Now it is the No. 1 song on iTunes in more than 30 countries. That song is everywhere. It’s online! It’s on TV! It’s on the radio! You can’t escape Gangnam Style! |
News 4
A powerful earthquake has hit Pakistan, sending aftershocks (余震) through northern Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. A building in Pakistan’s capital has fallen down and more than a hundred people are trapped underneath (被困在下面). It’s believed that over 18,000 people have lost their lives and over 40,000 have been injured. The search continues for those still alive. |
1.Mo Yan is the __________ Chinese national to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
A. first B. second
C. third D. fourth
2.When Mo Yan heard the news, he was very______.
A. happy and scared B. worried
C. comfortable D. enjoyable and unforgettable
3.Which of the following about the new “star” is TRUE?
A. It was sent up at the beginning of 2012.
B. It was the 17th satellite of the Beidou system.
C. It was sent up in southeast China’s Sichuan Province.
D. It will start providing navigation services.
4.“Gangnam Style” that is blowing up right now is ______.
A. a popular novel B. a crazy new song
C. a latest picture D. a beautiful scene
5.How many people died during the earthquake?
A. About 58,000. B. Less than 18,000.
C. More than 18,000. D. Over 40,000
We can see them every day, on every street corner, on every construction site (建筑工地) in cities. They work day and night in the terrible working conditions and weather. They build the roads, the theaters, the cinemas, and the supermarkets. They’re China’s migrant workers.
More than 140 million workers have left their homes to look for job in cities. They hope to be rich, but they realize they have many problems making money. And one of the problems is the pride and discrimination (歧视) from the people in cities.
When night falls, I can see the sad faces of the migrant workers everywhere. You can see them playing cards along the streets. Many are living far away from where they are.
I can sometimes feel their pain, knowing exactly what it feels like to live so far away from home in a city where I walk a different walk and talk a different talk.
Yes, they dress differently and speak differently. Different habits, but they work hard. The people in cities regard them as outsiders, and most governments refuse to give them medical care and public schooling for their children.
So many things need to be changed. The first is discrimination! They may not make as much money as some people in cities, they may not have everything we have, but they are honest. They are very important and necessary to China’s economic development and have become an important force for the change of Chinese society. They’re building the new China. So we should help them with our hands.
1.The writer thinks __________ are building the new China.
A. the factory owners of China
B. the business men and women
C. the migrant workers of China
D. the people in Chinese cities
2. Which is the best title for the third and fourth paragraph?
A. Morning forward
B. The discrimination from the people in cities
C. How to make more money
D. A lonely life
3.The words “migrant workers” mean __________.
A. 房地产开发商 B. IT业人才
C. 农民工 D. 下岗工人
4.Which one is WRONG about China’s migrant workers?
A. They should be helped by us.
B. More than 1.4 billion migrant workers have been in cities.
C. They are not welcomed by the people in cities.
D. They are refused to give medical care by the governments.
5.What does the report mainly tell us?
A. Though migrant workers work hard, their condition is bad.
B. The condition of the migrant workers needs to be changed.
C. The people in cities aren’t polite to the migrant workers.
D. China’s development only depends on the migrant workers.
— Thank you very much for the present you sent to me.
— __________.
A. Please don’t say so B. it’s not so good, I think.
C. No, thank you. D. I’m glad you like it.
— What’s the matter?
—I am having trouble __________ who has taken my book.
A. finding B. finding out
C. looking for D. looking up
The more you read, __________ you will get.
A. the less B. the most
C. the more D. much more
