University of Maryland student Ben Simon and his friends couldn' t stand to see good food thrown out on their campus. "We basically noticed that some of the extra food from the dining hall was going to waste 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 this Food Recovery Network are doing," he said.
Christian Life Center is one of the beneficiaries ( 受益) of the students' efforts. Ben Slye, the senior pastor (牧师) ,said," It has been just amazing to see these students take their own time, their own vehicles and own gas money and be able to make an effort like this. Each week we are able with this food probably to feed over 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 to a thousand chapters within five years. And once we get to the Food Recovery Nation being at every college campus in America, we want to expand to restaurants and farms." said Simon.
The volunteers are committed to making that happen.
1.The dining services in University of Maryland .
A. threw out good food on the campus
B. enjoyed the talk with the students
C. supported the volunteers'job
D. donated their leftovers to the poor
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. donated leftovers to avoid food waste
D. helped to solve the hunger issues in America
3.Ben Slye' s attitude toward the volunteers' effort was that of .
A. unconcern B. appreciation
C. doubt D. opposition
4.We can learn from the text that .
A. over 40% of the country' s entire food is wasted each year
B. altogether 25 million Americans suffer from hunger nowadays
C. every college has started the Food Recovery Network
D. Simon aims to expand the program to restaurants and farms
5.What can be the best title for the text?
A. Battles Against the Problem of Hunger
B. College Students Rescue Leftover Food
C. How to Pick up Leftovers on College Campuses
D. Waste Problems in University of Maryland
There are many older people in the world and there will be many more. A little-known fact is that over 60 percent of the older people live in developing countries. According to the World Health Organization, by 2020 there will be 1 billion, with over 700 million living in developing
countries.
It is a surprising fact that the population ageing is particularly rapid in developing countries. For example, it took France 115 years for the proportion of older people to double from 7 percent to 14 percent. It is estimated to take China a mere 27 years to achieve this same increase.
What are the implications of these increased numbers of older folk？ One of the biggest worries for governments is that the longer people live ,the more likelihood there is for diseases and for disability. Attention is being paid to the need to keep people as healthy as possible, including during old age, to lessen the financial burden on the state.
Another significant problem is the need for the younger generations to understand and value the older people in their society. In some African countries, certainly in Asia, older people are respected and regarded as the ones with special knowledge. Yet traditions are fading away daily, which does not ensure the continued high regard of older people. As society changes, attitudes will change.
Much needs to be done to get rid of age discrimination (歧视) in employment. Life-long learning programs need to be provided to enable older people to be active members in a country's development.
Social security policies need to be established to provide adequate income protection for older people. Both public and private schemes are vital in order to build a suitable safety net.
To achieve equality in such matters will take considerable time and effort. One thing is sure:there is no time to be lost.
1.The proportion of older people .
A. is bigger in developed countries than in developing countries
B. will increase much faster in China than in France
C. is one-seventh of the population in developing countries
D. will be sixty percent in developing countries by 2020
2.According to the passage, which of the following are governments most worried about?
A. The longer life and good health of people.
B. The diseases and disability of older people.
C. The loss of taxes on older people.
D. The increasing respect for older people.
3.It is stated directly in the passage that older people should .
A. be treated differently in different cultures
B. enjoy a similar lifestyle
C. be valued by the younger generations
D. be ignored as society changes
4.Which of the following measures is NOT mentioned to solve the population ageing problem？
A. Getting rid of age discrimination in employment.
B. Ensuring adequate income protection for older people.
C. Supplying life-long learning programs to older people.
D. Providing free health care for sick older people.
5.The author concludes in the last paragraph that .
A. governments have spent lots of time in solving the ageing problem
B. people are too busy to solve the population ageing problem
C. population ageing is a hard problem,but it needs to be solved urgently
D. much time and effort will be lost in solving the ageing problem
Some years ago when I was in my second year in university,I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome' s filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so that I decided to write an article about her.
I Salome Bey,telling her I was from Essence magazine,and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up,I was scared out of my mind. I I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn' t even written a grocery list.
I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there , taking notes and asking questions that all began with," Can you tell me..." I soon realized that Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The was almost unbearable (不可容忍的). I struggled for days draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.
It didn' t take long. My manuscript . How stupid of me ! I thought. How could I in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn' t the rejection letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.
Five years later, I was moving to California. While my apartment,I came across the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and the editor's letter in disbelief:
Dear Ms Profit,
Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to your story soon.
Shocked,it took me a long time to . Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly,I lost years of writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. Looking back on this , I learned a very important lesson:You can't to doubt yourself.
1.A. joyB.speechC.voiceD. smile
2.A. active B.movedC. satisfied D. proud
3.A. visited B. emailedC. phonedD. interviewed
4.A. refusedB. agreedC. hesitated D. paused
5.A. repliedB. discoveredC. knew D. explained
6.A. seriously B.patiently C. nervouslyD. quietly
7.A. fooling B. blamingC. inviting D. urging
8.A. hardship B. failureC.pressure D. comment
9.A. on B.with C. by D. in
10.A.disappearedB.returnedC. spread D. improved
11.A. compare B.survive C. compete D. struggle
12.A. ignore B. deliverC. receiveD. face
13.A. repairing B.cleaning C. decoratingD. leaving
14.A. readB.saw C. found D. noticed
15.A. memorial B.private C. relevant D. reliable
16.A. broadcast B.publish C. create D. assess
17.A. prepare B.escape C. recoverD. concentrate
18.A. enjoyableB. energeticC. typical D. endless
19.A.success B.experience C. benefit D. accident
20.A. attempt B. pretendC. afford D. expect
--Jenny , I hate to say it , but you really must go ! --________.
A. All right ,if you insist B.Not likely
C. Mind your own business D. You must be kidding
It should be _____ that the civil servant should be dismissed for drunk driving .
A. out of control B. out of practice
C. out of place D. out of question
-- How was your trip to London ?
-- Great . I was helped by an organization . Otherwise , I _____ it.
A.Wouldn’t afford B. hadn’t afforded
C.wouldn’t have afforded D.needn’t have afforded.
