Question

The common Chinese greeting of “Ni chi le ma?” may soon be  replaced (代替) by a new greeting: “Have you cleaned your plate?”

The Clean Your Plate Campaign(运动) began on the Internet in January, 2013. It calls on people to reduce food waste. China in recent years has experienced serious problems with wasted food. CCTV reported in January that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.

Chinese people are well-known for their friendly behavior towards guests. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food.

It’s important for everyone to reduce food waste. However, wasting food is still a serious problem in China. We still have a long way to go.

President Xi Jinping is encouraging people to be less wasteful(浪费的), and he told Party members to cut back on wasteful holiday banquets(宴会). He said they should be more careful when spending the people’s money.

Wasting food certainly goes against what Xi Jinping calls, “the Chinese tradition of being hardworking and thrifty(节俭).” Having a “clean plate” is just a traditional and important thing to do.

1. The Clean Your Plate Campaign calls on people to ________.

A. reduce food waste           

B. be more friendly to guests

C. deal with serious problems

2. Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A. The Clean Your Plate Campaign began online in January, 2013.

B. Chinese people waste food for 200 people in a year.

C. Chinese guests like to eat up all the food on the table.

3.We can learn from the passage that ________.

A. plates must be kept clean

B. Party members like to waste the people’s money

C. it’s difficult to deal with food wasting problem

4.The underlined phrase “cut back on” in the 5th paragraph(段落) probably means “________”.

A. 增加   B. 保持    C. 减少

5. The passage is written to ________.

A. introduce a new way of greeting

B. encourage people to be less wasteful

C. call on people to work hard for our country

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.C

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了光盘行动号召人们减少食物浪费。习近平说勤俭节约是中国的光荣传统，光盘行动是人们继承传统，必须要做的一件重要事情。

1.It calls on people to reduce food waste.，它号召人们减少食物浪费。故选A。

2.是非判断题。根据第一段The Clean Your Plate Campaign(运动) began on the Internet in January, 2013.可知A项正确，故选A。

3.四段It’s important for everyone to reduce food waste. However, wasting food is still a serious problem in China. We still have a long way to go.及对比其他选项，可知浪费食物在中国仍然是个严重的问题，还有很长的路要走。故选C。

4.词义猜测题。根据第五段he told Party members to cut back on wasteful holiday banquets(宴会)他告诉党员减少浪费性的节日宴会，故选C。

5.短文内容可知是为了号召人们减少浪费。故选B

考点：节约环保类短文阅读。