Ⅱ.仿真、模拟
Passage 1
体裁：议论文 话题：节约粮食 时间：7分钟
(2014·湖北黄岗市模拟)All of us should keep a kitchen diary，showing how much food are left uneaten as garbage.
We all waste food，you and me，millions of tons of it.In China，enough food is wasted in restaurants every year to feed 200 million people.In the United States,40 percent of food is wasted from farm to fork.Each year，the amount of food thrown away in rich countries is almost the same as that produced in subSaharan Africa.This raises some important questions.
In developing countries，food is lost because farmers do not have appropriate cooling，storage or market access for their crops.Their grains，fruits and vegetables dry up and rot away.In developed countries，the picture is different，and food is wasted in supermarkets，restaurants and at home.China faces both problems，significant losses in farms，as well as at the sale and consumption stages.And the amount of food wasted by Chinese consumers is rapidly increasing.
Consumer culture has filled China and urban residents can get quality food from anywhere in the country and from across the planet.Chinese consumers are as particular about their food as those in other countries.In supermarkets，they refuse to buy vegetables that don't look fresh or have an irregular shape，or milk and other products close to their expiry(失效)date.
Besides，Chinese consumers tend to be generous.In restaurants or at home，often too much food is ordered or cooked and served.So while trooping out of a restaurant，full and happy，with colleagues or friends，they never look back at what's left untouched on the table.Should Chinese consumers take more responsibility for the waste they create?
Everyone deserves to have enough food to eat.Despite China's impressive success in reducing hunger over the past three decades，the job is not completed yet.
【语篇导读】 文章阐述了人们尤其是中国人浪费食物的现象及其原因，从而号召人们节约粮食。
1.According to Paragraph 1，we know that food waste is______.
A.huge worldwide B.mainly in USA
C.only in rich countries D.just in African countries
解析 推理判断题。根据第一段中的“All of us”及第二段第一句中的“We all waste food，you and me”可知，每个人都有浪费粮食的问题。故答案选A。
答案 A
2.In developing countries，food is lost mainly________.
A.for the lack of cooling and storage
B.because of easy access to markets
C.because of the wet weather
D.because of the quality of the food
解析 细节理解题。根据第三段第一句可知，发展中国家粮食浪费的主要原因是没有正确的冷却、存储等方法。故答案选A。
答案 A
3.The main reason for food waste in China is________.
A.the effect of consumer culture
B.the convenient food supply
C.the worry about food quality
D.people's being particular about it
解析 推理判断题。根据文章第四、五段可知，中国人浪费粮食的主要原因有：购买方便、对食品挑剔以及慷慨待客的习惯等，而这些归纳起来都属于消费文化。
答案 A
4.How do Chinese feel when they leave restaurants with much food left behind?
A.Generous. B.Unconscious.
C.Wealthy. D.Valuable.
解析 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段第一句中的“Chinese consumers tend to be generous”以及第三句中的“full and happy”可知，中国人酒足饭饱离开饭店时感到很开心，对所剩的饭菜不屑一顾，以此来表明自己慷慨好客。
答案 A
5.The purpose of the passage is to tell us________.
A.not to waste any food from now on
B.the necessity to improve food quality
C.the fact of food waste in developed countries
D.the influence of consumer culture on Chinese
解析 写作意图题。通读全文可知，文章主要阐述了人们尤其是中国人浪费食物的现象及其原因，从而号召人们节约粮食。故答案选A。
答案 A
