? ? ? ?University of Maryland student Ben Simon and his friends couldn't stand seeing good food thrown out on their campus. “We basically noticed that some of the extra food from the dining hall was going to be wasted at the end of the day. And we met with the dining services and asked them whether it would be okay if instead of throwing out the food, we would donate it. And they were on board,” he said.
So 18 months ago, the students began what they call the Food Recovery Network. Each night, volunteers would show up at a campus dining hall to pick up leftovers and deliver them to area shelters and food banks. So far, they have donated more than 23,000 kilos of food that would otherwise have been thrown out.
Nationwide, $165 billion worth of food is wasted each year, according to the National Resources Defense Council. Spokesman Bob Keefe says that is about 40% of the country's entire food production. “If we can reduce our waste in this country by 15%, we can feed 25 million hungry Americans. That is a huge benefit. That is what programs like the Food Recovery Network are doing.” he said.
Christian Life Center is one of the beneficiaries(受益者) of the students' efforts. Ben Slye, the senior pastor, said, “It has been just amazing to see these students take their own time, their own vehicles and gas money and be able to make an effort like this. Each week we are able with this food probably to feed over a hundred people.”
The University of Maryland's Food Recovery Network now has 200 volunteers and the program has expanded to 18 schools across the country. “I want to grow 18 chapters(地方分會) to a thousand chapters within five years. And once we make the Food Recovery Network spread on college campus in America, we want to expand to restaurants and farms.” said Simon.
The volunteers are committed to making that happen.
問題：
1.The dining services in University of Maryland ________.
A.threw out good food on campus
B.supported the volunteers' job
C.enjoyed the talk with the students
D.donated their leftovers to the poor
【參考答案】B
[考點]推理判斷題
【精析】B 根據(jù)第一段最后一句“And they were on board…”和第二段最后一句“So far, they have donated more than 23,000 kilos of food…”可知，學(xué)校的餐飲服務(wù)部同意了志愿者們關(guān)于捐贈學(xué)校餐廳里的剩飯的提議，他們捐贈了超過23,000公斤的食物。由此可推知，學(xué)校的餐飲服務(wù)部對志愿者的工作給予了支持。故選B。另外，on board是固定搭配，意為“加入”，這里表示他們支持志愿者們的工作。
2.Volunteers from the Food Recovery Network _______.
A.started the Food Recovery Network two years ago
B.delivered leftovers as well as money to shelters
C.helped to solve the hunger issues in America
D.donated leftovers to avoid food waste
【參考答案】D
[考點]推理判斷題
【精析】D 根據(jù)第二段最后兩句“…volunteers would show up at a campus dining hall to pick up leftovers and deliver them to area shelters and food banks. So far, they have donated more than 23,000 kilos of food that would otherwise have been thrown out.”可知，志愿者們到學(xué)校餐廳取走剩飯，然后把它們運送到當(dāng)?shù)氐氖杖菟褪澄镢y行，否則這些食物就會被扔掉。由此可推知，志愿者們收集學(xué)校餐廳里的剩飯捐贈給需要的人，以避免浪費。故選D。
3. We can learn from the passage that _______.
A.over 40% of the country's entire food is wasted each year
B.25 million Americans suffer from hunger nowadays
C.Simon aims to expand the program to restaurants and farms
D.every college has started the Food Recovery Network
【參考答案】C
[考點]事實細(xì)節(jié)題
【精析】?C 根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句“And once we make the Food Recovery Network spread on college campus in America, we want to expand to restaurants and farms…”可知，Simon想將這一項目的實施范圍從大學(xué)校園擴大到餐館和農(nóng)場。故選C。
4. What can be the best title for the passage?
A.College Students Rescue Leftover Food
B.Battles Against the Problem of Hunger
C.How to Collect Leftovers on College Campus
D.Waste Problems in University of Maryland
【參考答案】A
[考點]主旨大意題
【精析】A 本文主要講述的是：為了避免食物浪費，馬里蘭大學(xué)的學(xué)生Simon和他的朋友建立了Food Recovery Network這一組織，收集學(xué)校餐廳里的剩飯并把它們運送到當(dāng)?shù)氐氖杖菟褪澄镢y行，所以A項最符合題意。故選A。
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