Question

    Recently, Whitewater Middle School students in the US looked at 200 pounds (90.7 kg) of food. Their classmates threw it away after a meal in the cafeteria. They found the remains of pizzas. They saw untouched green salads and pieces of bread bitten only once. It was，they said, both disgusting and educational.

"You don't realize how much food waste you're making till you see it," said student Cody Gist.

To deal with this problem, Whitewater added environmental science as a school-wide program this year. Teachers are guiding their students through research on the ways food is linked to environment, poverty, and people's health.

The school changed to compostable (可用作堆肥的)paper trays (托盘)as well. Working with Every Tray Counts, a US nonprofit group, the school hopes for a change from disposable trays to compostable paper trays.

This isn't just an exercise at school. Whitewater is joining a network of schools, businesses and neighborhoods. They try to make composting as mainstream as recycling.

"The larger issue is protection of landfill (垃圾填埋场)space," said Laurette Hall, an environmental management official. The area has enough space to last for maybe 25 more years, she said. That isn't as much as it sounds in such a rapidly growing area.

Principal Beth Thompson said students advise each other on new ways to deal with trash.

"Students understand why it matters so not one student refused to do extra work when throwing away their waste," Thompson said.

Whitewater teachers make sure students know how their own eating habits are part of bigger problems. In environmental literature class, students read books such as Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal.

Mollie Lyman works with several language arts classrooms. Their classes discuss such issues as how poor neighborhoods often have less access (使用权)to healthy food.

Lyman says she wants students to ask some basic questions: "What do we eat? What do we waste?”

1.Why did Whitewater Middle School students look at the food?

A.To prepare students for the environmental science course.

B.To find out the calories of different kinds of food.

C.To see how food was connected with other problems.

D.To check what foods were most popular among students.

2.What measures did Whitewater Middle School take?

① Introducing a new course about the environment.

② Using compostable paper trays in the cafeteria.

③ Setting up a group called Every Tray Counts.

④ Joining others to make composting common.

A.①②④ B.①②③ C.①③④ D.②③④

3.What did Laurette Hall worry about?

A.People don't want to protect landfill space.

B.Students don't know how to recycle trash.

C.There won't be enough landfill space in the future.

D.Students don't understand the waste problem.

4.What is the purpose of the article?

A.To tell readers how important it is to save food.

B.To share how a US school is making an effort for the environment.

C.To encourage schools to have environmental protection classes.

D.To call on students to care about poor people.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一所美国学校为了保护环境所做出的努力：开展环境科学项目。

1.推理判断题。根据第三段内容To deal with this problem, Whitewater added environmental science as a school-wide program this year. Teachers are guiding their students through research on the ways food is linked to environment, poverty, and people's health.可知为了解决这个问题，Whitewater今年在全校范围内增加了环境科学课程。教师通过研究食物与环境、贫困和人们健康之间的联系来指导学生。由此推断Whitewater的学生研究食物是为了看食物和其它问题（比如环境，贫困，健康）之间的联系。故选C项。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段中的To deal with this problem, Whitewater added environmental science as a school-wide program this year.可知为了解决这个问题，Whitewater今年在全校范围内增加了环境科学课程。故①正确；根据第四段中的The school changed to compostable (可用作堆肥的)paper trays (托盘)as well.可知学校改用了可用作堆肥的纸托盘。故②正确；根据第五段中Whitewater is joining a network of schools, businesses and neighborhoods. They try to make composting as mainstream as recycling.可知Whitewater正在加入一个由学校、企业和社区组成的网络。他们试图使堆肥和回收利用一样成为主流。故④正确。综合选A项。

3.推理判断题。根据第六段中的"The larger issue is protection of landfill (垃圾填埋场)space,"…or maybe 25 more years, she said. That isn't as much as it sounds in such a rapidly growing area.可知Laurette Hall说更大的问题是垃圾填埋场空间的保护问题，她说这个地区的（垃圾填埋场）空间可以再维持25年。在这样一个快速发展的地区，这并没有听起来那么多。这说明她很担心未来没有足够的垃圾填埋场空间。故选C项。

4.推理判断题。根据文章内容可知，文章主要介绍了一所美国学校为保护环境所做出的的各种措施，作者写这篇文章就是为了和读者分享这所学校为了保护环境所做出的努力。故选B项。