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【題目】 Austin residents and businesses are making efforts to put their leftovers to good use. The city is among a handful of U.S.cities aiming for “zero waste”.

For Austin, there are plenty to go around: it annually wastes more than 190 million pounds of food, worth at least $200 million. Those numbers are big, but they're not out of line with national trends-some 40 percent of food in the nation goes to waste. Put in plain terms, that is enough to fill a 90,000-seat stadium each day.

For many, the answer lies in donation. Austin City Limits, one of the city’s influential festivals, gives all unwanted food to the Central Texas Food Bank. And there are volunteer-driven nonprofits that pick up donated food and deliver it to hungry people.

But the best practice, Austin believes, is to use less, and the city is calling on businesses and households to buy the right amount of food. Full Fridge, a new meal-delivery service, solves this problem. “Full Fridge came about because, basically, we were seeing a lot of people not knowing how to prepare food,” says co-founder Mokshika Sharma. They would buy groceries, but not know what to do with them, and end up throwing away a lot.

Her business hopes to end that problem by offering ready-made meals for only five dollars each. Full Fridge also minimizes waste by stopping sales two days before delivery, so the chef and shopper can plan precisely.

Another satisfactory solution is to compost(將......制成堆肥) it. Austin’s restaurants and grocery stores typically contract with composting companies to deal with much of their food waste, and then sell it as fertilizer. Meanwhile, Compost Pedallers, a company created by Dustin Fedako, is working on bicycle-powered compost collection.

“We play the dot-connecter,” says Fedako, “getting the material from those of us who are making it to the people in the community who use it as a resource to grow more food, and to grow better quality food.”

【1】What do the figures in Paragraph 2 indicate?

A.The urgent need for donated food.B.The rapid growth in food donation.

C.The ambitious goal of “zero waste”.D.The serious problem of food waste.

【2】Paragraph 3 mainly talks about Austin' s efforts to______.

A.feed the hungry.B.make use of leftovers.

C.build more volunteer-driven nonprofits.D.hold festivals to entertain its residents.

【3】Who are Full Fridge's target customers?

A.Those with too little food.B.Those with poor cooking skills.

C.Those with unhealthy eating habits.D.Those with little time to buy groceries.

【4】What does Fedako mean by saying “We play the dot-connecter”?

A.They find it rather easy to collect food waste.

B.They hope people will buy better quality food.

C.They link food waste producers to fertilizer users.

D.They are trying to connect with composting companies.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道。Austin市的居民和商家都在努力把剩菜好好利用。這座城市是美國(guó)為數(shù)不多的幾個(gè)城市之一以“零浪費(fèi)”為目標(biāo)的城市。文章主要講述了Austin市采取多項(xiàng)措施有效地利用吃剩的食物。

【1】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段For Austin, there are plenty to go around: it annually wastes more than 190 million pounds of food, worth at least $200 million. Those numbers are big, but they're not out of line with national trends-some 40 percent of food in the nation goes to waste. Put in plain terms, that is enough to fill a 90,000-seat stadium each day.可知對(duì)Austin市來說，有很多事情可以做：它每年浪費(fèi)超過1.9億磅的食物，至少價(jià)值2億美元。這些數(shù)字很大，但并沒有超出美國(guó)的趨勢(shì)——美國(guó)大約40%的食物被浪費(fèi)了。簡(jiǎn)單地說，這足夠每天填滿一個(gè)90000個(gè)座位的體育場(chǎng)。由此可推知，作者在第二段提供這些數(shù)字是為了說明食物浪費(fèi)的嚴(yán)重性。故選D。

【2】

主旨大意題。根據(jù)第三段中For many, the answer lies in donation. Austin City Limits, one of the city’s influential festivals, gives all unwanted food to the Central Texas Food Bank. And there are volunteer-driven nonprofits that pick up donated food and deliver it to hungry people.對(duì)許多人來說，答案在于捐贈(zèng)。奧斯汀市有影響力的節(jié)日之一“奧斯汀市極限”(Austin City Limits)將所有不需要的食物捐贈(zèng)給德州中央食品銀行(Central Texas food Bank)。還有一些由志愿者組織的非營(yíng)利組織收集捐贈(zèng)的食物并將其分發(fā)給饑餓的人們。由此可知，第三段主要講述了Austin市對(duì)剩菜剩飯的利用。故選B。

【3】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段中“Full Fridge came about because, basically, we were seeing a lot of people not knowing how to prepare food,” says co-founder Mokshika Sharma.可知“Full Fridge的出現(xiàn)，基本上是因?yàn)槲覀兛吹胶芏嗳瞬恢�道如何�?zhǔn)備食物，”聯(lián)合創(chuàng)始人Mokshika Sharma說。由此可推知，這家公司的目標(biāo)顧客是那些不善于做飯的人。故選B。

【4】

句意猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段Another satisfactory solution is to compost(將......制成堆肥) it. Austin’s restaurants and grocery stores typically contract with composting companies to deal with much of their food waste, and then sell it as fertilizer. 另一個(gè)令人滿意的解決方案是堆肥。奧斯汀的餐館和雜貨店通常與堆肥公司簽訂合同，處理他們的大部分食物垃圾，然后作為肥料出售。根據(jù)后文“getting the material from those of us who are making it to the people in the community who use it as a resource to grow more food, and to grow better quality food.”可知“從我們這些制作材料的人那里得到材料，讓社區(qū)里的人把它作為一種資源來種植更多的食物，并種植更優(yōu)質(zhì)的食物。”由此可推知，Fedako這句話是說，他們把產(chǎn)生殘羹剩飯的人和肥料使用者聯(lián)系起來。故選C。