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甘肃省兰州市第一中学2018-2019学年高二上学期英语9月月考试卷
What will you do if you can't eat everything bought in the canteen? According to a survey, what students waste every year could feed over 10 million people.
According to Xinhua News Agency, the food wasted by Chinese people is about 50 million tons of grain every year, which could feed 200 million people.
Food waste, which has become a global issue, serves as a mirror that reflects various cultural and social issues in different countries. In the West, for instance, consumerism, the belief that it's a good thing to use a lot of goods and services, is often to blame for food waste. Chinese people are well known for being hospitable and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food. On campus, a generation of single children is less aware of the food waste issue. Students nowadays are well protected by their families and hardly have any concept of how much toil others go through in order to provide them with the food they eat.
There are over 925 million hungry people in the world, most of whom live in underdeveloped countries and areas. They don't have enough food to eat. Many children die for lack of nutrition each year in some African countries. And farmers work very hard to grow the crops. It's also important that everyone should think about how they can do their bit to reduce food waste.
A. Students' waste is extremely serious.
B. China, in turn, features its own eating culture.
C. But canteen waste is extremely the tip of the iceberg.
D. Students can never realize the serious food crisis.
E. Compared with them, some live in a different world.
F. So there's no excuse that we should waste our food.
G. Most of us would simply throw away any leftover food.
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A. the Chinese Americans have gained wide acceptance. B. their family ties continue to be remarkably strong. C. This explains why so many descendants of uneducated laborers have succeeded in becoming doctors, lawyers, and other professionals. D. saving money and passing down their fortune to their young is always the custom. E. This helps to explain why there is so little juvenile delinquency (青少年犯罪) among them. F. Later those came to be known as "Chinatowns". G. Nowadays, kids are living separately, far away from their parents. |
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A. It expands your world view. B. You'll feel an increase in confidence. C. It helps you to become a more talkative person. D. It may show you the solutions you didn't know about. E. Talking to a stranger is a good habit as you never know who you may meet. F. Having a short dialogue is one of those perfect chances to make people cheerful. G. Asking proper questions and attentive listening are two skills that many don't have. |
Do you remember those times when your mother told you to avoid talking to strangers? But now you're not a child anymore. In fact, there are advantages of talking to strangers.
You can meet a really great person.
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You have some opinion about different subjects and you know your friends' and relatives' points of view about them too. But there are millions of other people who think differently and can give you unpredictable yet smart ideas that'll broaden your horizons.
You improve your social skills.
Whatever social skills you have, you can make them better when talking to strangers. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} You can better these skills when talking to a stranger.
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If you belong to that shy type of people, talking to a stranger may seem to be a real challenge for you. I'm also extremely shy but I realize it's not an issue at all. You can overcome your fear of being judged by others by talking to strangers and become more confident.
You can cheer someone up.
The thing you'll definitely like about talking to strangers is that you can make someone's day better. Smile and people will smile in return. Compliment people and they'll think something pleasant about you. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
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