Question

Almost every Chinese person can recite(背誦) the two lines of the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work ”. But sadly, many of us don’t actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don’t waste food.

A CCTV program reported that the food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year. Do we have too much food? Absolutely not. According to the UN World Food Program, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2011, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year.

Chinese people are well-known for being friendly and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food on the table. Luckily, a number of people have realized the importance of saving food. What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food?

1. Don’t order too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home.

2. Don’t leave any food in your bowls while having meals.

3. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit.

1.What’s the real meaning of the underlined sentence?

A. 春種一粒粟，秋收萬顆籽 B. 誰知盤中餐，粒粒皆辛苦。

C. 吏祿三百石，歲晏有余糧 D. 足蒸暑土氣，背灼炎天光。

2.According to the UN report, how many hungry people were there in 2011?

A. 6 million. B. 925 million. C. 200 million. D. 725 million.

3.What should we do to waste less food?

A. Order more food in a restaurant.

B. Every time you eat, leave some food in your bowls.

C. Take all the food you ordered home.

D. Don’t store too much food like vegetables and fruit.

4.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. A number of people have realized the importance of saving food.

B. The food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.

C. 200 million children die of hunger every year.

D. Many Chinese feel that they lose face if guests have eaten all the food on the table.

5.What’s the main idea of this passage?

A. Don’t waste food.

B. Chinese people are friendly and generous.

C. We can’t die of hunger.

D. Every grain is grown by farmers.

 

Answer 1

1.B

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要是倡導人們不要浪費糧食。結合實際例子告訴人們節約的重要，并給出了幾條如何做可以減少糧食浪費的建議。

1.Every grain on the plate comes from hard work ”字面意思每一粒板來自艱苦的工作，故選B。

2.there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2011描述可知選B

3.細節理解題。根據所給的三點建議，可知選D，不要買過多的蔬菜和水果。

4.是非判斷題。根據the food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year可知中國人每年扔掉的食物足夠200百萬人吃。不是200萬人餓死，故選C。

5.主旨大意題。這篇文章就是通過事實舉例告訴人們不要浪費糧食。故選A。

考點：節約糧食類短文閱讀。