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    Food waste is a big problem in America. So is hunger.

The National Institute of Health estimates that, as a _______, Americans waste 40 percent of the food we produce. At the same time, roughly 50 million people in the US don't have _______ enough food. That's more than 15 percent of the _______—or nearly one in six people.

Food waste is not only a _______ cost, but it causes environmental problems. When cut off from oxygen, food creates methane(甲烷) gas and _______ global warming. The fuel that is burned to process and transport it _______ adds to the environmental cost.

That was why Komal Ahmad, a 25-year-old university student, came up with the _______ for Feeding Forward, a mobile phone app that _______ companies and event planners to donate _______ food to people in need—with an easy click of the__________

__________a football stadium filled to its brim(边缘),” Ahmad said. “That's __________ food goes wasted every single day in America.”

Through the app, people ________ Feeding Forward drivers where they're located so the drivers can ________ the food, which is then quickly taken to where it's ________most. Within a year of the app's launch, ________600,000 homeless people have been fed with about 690,000 pounds of food redistributed, which would have ________ ended up in the landfill(垃圾场).

Feeding Forward solves the problems of food waste and ________ At presentit only serves the San Francisco Bay Area, but that could ________ “We are trying to make the Bay Area a case study to say ‘Hey, if it works ________ , it can work anywhere ,’” Ahmad said.

1.A.team B.nation C.generation D.community

2.A.access to B.time for C.plans for D.interest in

3.A.food B.homeless C.consumers D.population

4.A.social B.productive C.special D.low

5.A.points to B.refers to C.contributes to D.devotes to

6.A.thus B.also C.even D.then

7.A.purpose B.view C.idea D.conclusion

8.A.urges B.persuades C.requires D.allows

9.A.extra B.wasted C.rare D.saved

10.A.television B.bell C.button D.computer

11.A.Compare B.Build C.Choose D.Imagine

12.A.how B.how much C.where D.why

13.A.recommend B.convince C.ask D.tell

14.A.collect B.deliver C.check D.preserve

15.A.stored B.sold C.needed D.finished

16.A.almost B.still C.merely D.hardly

17.A.ever B.eventually C.instead D.otherwise

18.A.pollution B.hunger C.overpopulation D.unemployment

19.A.succeed B.continue C.change D.work

20.A.worldwide B.here C.anytime D.soon

 

1.B 2.A 3.D 4.A 5.C 6.B 7.C 8.D 9.A 10.C 11.D 12.B 13.D 14.A 15.C 16.A 17.D 18.B 19.C 20.B 【解析】 这是一篇说明文。如今美国存在一方面有许多食物浪费,另一方面又有很多人没有足够的食物的现象。对此,25岁的大学生Komal Ahmad想出了一个名为“Feeding Forward”的手机应用程序,可以帮助人们将额外的食物捐赠给有需要的人,“Feeding Forward”发布的一年就取得了显著成果且将来可能会应用到其他地区。 1.考查名词词义辨析。句意:国家健康研究所估计,作为一个国家,美国人浪费了我们生产的食物的40%。A. team队伍;B. nation国家,民族;C. generation一代人;D. community社区。根据上文Food waste is a big problem in America.可知此处指的是美国这个国家,故选B。 2.考查短语辨析。句意:同时,美国大约有5000万人口无法获得足够的食物。A. access to可以获得;B. time for有时间;C. plans for有打算;D. interest in对……有兴趣。结合上文At the same time, roughly 50 million people in the US don't have可知美国大约有5000万人口无法获得足够的食物。短语have access to“可以获得”。故选A。 3.考查名词词义辨析。句意:这超过了总人口的15%,或者说接近六分之一。A. food食物;B. homeless无家可归的人;C. consumers顾客;D. population人口。根据上文At the same time, roughly 50 million people in the US don't have可知此处是在说明美国有大约5000万人口无法获得足够的食物,这一人数超过了总人口的15%。故选D。 4.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:食物浪费不仅是一种社会成本的浪费,而且还会造成环境问题。A. social社会的;B. productive多产的;C. special特别的;D. low低的。上文提到的美国有大约5000万人口无法获得足够的食物,这是食物浪费所产生的社会成本的浪费,故选A。 5.考查动词短语辨析。句意:当食物与氧气隔绝时,会产生甲烷气体,导致全球变暖。A. points to表明;B. refers to涉及;C. contributes to促成,有助于;D. devotes to致力于。根据后文global warming可知甲烷气体会导致全球变暖。短语contribute to可表示“是(造成某情况)的一个原因”。故选C。 6.考查副词词义辨析。句意:在加工和运输过程中燃烧的燃料也增加了环境成本。A. thus因此;B. also而且;C. even甚至;D. then然后。根据adds to the environmental cost可知,在加工和运输过程中燃烧的燃料也(also)增加了环境成本。故选B。 7.考查名词词义辨析。句意:这就是为什么25岁的大学生Komal Ahmad想出了“Feeding Forward”这个想法。A. purpose目的;B. view视野;C. idea想法;D. conclusion结论。根据后文for Feeding Forward, a mobile phone app可知25岁的大学生Komal Ahmad想出了“Feeding Forward”这个想法(idea)。故选C。 8.考查动词词义辨析。句意:这是一款手机应用程序,允许企业和活动策划者向有需要的人捐赠额外的食物——只需简单地点击一下按钮。A. urges敦促;B. persuades说服;C. requires要求;D. allows允许。结合后文companies and event planners to donate可知“Feeding Forward”这款应用程序可以允许企业和活动策划者向有需要的人捐赠额外的食物。短语allow sb. to do sth.表示“允许某人做某事”。故选D。 9.考查形容词词义辨析。句意:这是一款手机应用程序,允许企业和活动策划者向有需要的人捐赠额外的食物——只需简单地点击一下按钮。A. extra额外的;B. wasted浪费的;C. rare稀有的;D. saved拯救。要捐赠的肯定是额外多出来的食物。故选A。 10.考查名词词义辨析。句意:这是一款手机应用程序,允许企业和活动策划者向有需要的人捐赠额外的食物——只需简单地点击一下按钮。A. television电视;B. bell铃;C. button按钮;D. computer电脑。根据上文an easy click of the可知这个手机应用程序只需要简单地点击一下程序上的按钮,就可以给有需要的人捐赠额外的食物。故选C。 11.考查动词词义辨析。句意:“想象一下,一个足球场挤满了人。” Ahmad说道。A. Compare比较;B. Build建立;C. Choose选择;D. Imagine想象。根据后文a football stadium filled to its brim,” Ahmad said.可知此处是在用足球场挤满了人作比喻,因此是“想象一下(Imagine),一个足球场挤满了人”。故选D。 12.考查连接词辨析。句意:“这就是美国每天有多少食物被浪费的情况。”A. how如何;B. how much多少;C. where在……地方;D. why为什么。此处用来形容每天被浪费食物的数量之多,应用how much。故选B。 13.考查动词词义辨析。句意:通过这款应用,人们可以告诉Feeding Forward的司机他们所处的位置,这样司机就可以收集食物,然后迅速将食物送到最需要的地方。A. recommend推荐;B. convince说服;C. ask询问;D. tell告诉。根据后文Feeding Forward drivers where they're located可知此处指人们可以告诉Feeding Forward的司机他们所处的位置。故选D。 14.考查动词词义辨析。句意:通过这款应用,人们可以告诉Feeding Forward的司机他们所处的位置,这样司机就可以收集食物,然后迅速将食物送到最需要的地方。A. collect收集;B. deliver交付;C. check检查;D. preserve保存。结合后文the food, which is then quickly taken to where可知人们先告诉Feeding Forward的司机他们所处的位置,这样司机就可以去收集这些食物,然后迅速将食物送到最需要的地方。故选A。 15.考查动词词义辨析。句意:通过这款应用,人们可以告诉前方的司机他们所处的位置,这样司机就可以收集食物,然后迅速将食物送到最需要的地方。A. stored储存;B. sold出售;C. needed需要;D. finished结束。结合后文600,000 homeless people have been fed with about 690,000 pounds of food redistributed可知食物被送到最需要的地方了。故选C。 16.考查副词词义辨析。句意:在这款应用发布的一年内,几乎有60万无家可归的人得到了重新分配的约69万磅食物,否则这些食物就会被扔进垃圾填埋场。A. almost几乎;B. still仍然;C. merely仅仅;D. hardly几乎不。结合后文600,000 homeless people have been fed with about 690,000 pounds of food redistributed可知几乎有60万无家可归的人得到了重新分配的约69万磅食物,其他选项不符合语境。故选A。 17.考查副词词义辨析。句意:在这款应用发布的一年内,几乎有60万无家可归的人得到了重新分配的约69万磅食物,否则这些食物就会被扔进垃圾填埋场。A. ever曾经;B. eventually终于;C. instead相反;D. otherwise否则。这款应用重新分配了食物,否则(otherwise),这些食物就会被扔进垃圾填埋场。故选D. 18.考查名词词义辨析。句意:Feeding Forward解决了食物浪费和饥饿的问题。A. pollution污染;B. hunger饥饿;C. overpopulation人口过多;D. unemployment失业。承接第一段Food waste is a big problem in America. So is hunger.可知Feeding Forward解决了食物浪费和饥饿的问题。故选B。 19.考查动词词义辨析。句意:目前,它只服务于旧金山湾区,但这种情况可能会改变。A. succeed成功;B. continue继续;C. change改变;D. work工作。根据后文it can work anywhere可知Feeding Forward只服务于旧金山湾区这个情况可能未来会发生改变。故选C。 20.考查副词词义辨析。句意:Ahmad说:“我们正试图让湾区成为一个案例研究,告诉人们‘嘿,如果它在这里行得通,它就可以在任何地方行得通。’”A. worldwide在世界各地;B. here在这里;C. anytime任何时候;D. soon很快。结合后文it can work anywhere可知,此处想表达的是如果Feeding Forward在旧金山湾区这儿行得通,那么就可以在任何地方行得通。故选B。
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