Part 3  Reading and Writing (第三部分读写)

VI. Reading comprehension (阅读理解): (共50分)

A.   Choose the best answer（根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案) ( 12分)

Qi Haoran, a Junior One student at High School Attached to Harbin Institute of Technology, was quite busy over the past winter vacation─ not just busy with his homework. Qi, together with 10 other classmates made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clean Your Plate Campaign (“光盘运动”).

The eleven students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food. “Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven’t got enough to eat? Please don’t waste food.” “Nearly 100 million people only earn about 865 yuan a year in China. They even cannot afford a cup of tea.” They would say this kind of thing hundreds of times every day.

The Clean Your Plate Campaign began on the Internet in January this year. 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 being hospitable (好客的) and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten up all the food.

Luckily, the campaign has got the support (支持) of many people. In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner will give the guests who have eaten all that they ordered a sticker (贴花). People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers. More than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their guests to take leftovers (剩饭剩菜) home. Cheng guangbiao , a very famous person not only wanted to rename himself Cheng guangpan, which means “Clean Your Plate”, but also took his staff to some restaurants to eat leftovers. More and more customers are willing to wrap up their leftovers to take home.

To reduce food waste is a big task and it needs time. It’s important for everyone to do their bit, just like Qi. Did you finish your meals today?

74. The eleven students           in the winter vacation.

               A) helped each other with their homework

               B) opened a restaurant together

               C) volunteered for a campaign

               D) collected money from customers in restaurants

75. Nearly 100 million people only earn about           in China.

               A) 865 yuan a month                                    B) 865 yuan a year

               C) 86.5 yuan a month                                        D) 8650 yuan a year

76. The Clean Your Plate Campaign calls on people to          .

               A) do volunteer work                                        B) work part time in restaurants

C) cut down on food waste                           D) wash your plates after dinner

77. From Paragraphs 4, we learn that          .

               A) wasting food is a serious problem in China

               B) Chinese people waste the most food in the world

               C) Chinese people want to show off that they are rich

               D) the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 20 million people for a year

78. The owner of a restaurant in Xinjiang           to support the campaign.

               A) would have dinner with those who had eaten up their food

               B) offered a free meal to the guests who had finished all their food ten times

               C) gave stickers to the guests who ordered small dishes

               D) encouraged customers to take leftovers home

79. Cheng guangbiao did the following except that          .

               A) he wanted to rename himself Cheng guangpan

               B) he took his staff to some restaurants to eat leftovers

               C) he wanted to call on people to clean their plates

               D) he asked the restaurants to offer smaller dishes