ThecommonChinesegreetingof“Nichilema?”maysoonbereplaced(代替)byanewgreeting:“Haveyoucleanedyourplate?”
TheCleanYourPlateCampaignbeganontheInternetinJanuary2013.Itcallsonpeopletoreducefoodwaste.Chinainrecentyearshasexperiencedseriousproblemswithwastedfood.CCTVreportedinJanuarythatthefoodChinesepeoplewasteeveryyearisenoughtofeed200millionpeopleforayear.
Chinesepeoplearewell-knownfortheirfriendlybehaviortowardsguests.Manyevenfeelthattheylosefaceiftheirguestshaveeatenallthefood.
It’simportantforeveryonetoreducefoodwaste.HoweverwastingfoodisstillaseriousprobleminChina.Westillhavealongwaytogo.
PresidentXiJinpingisencouragingpeopletobelesswastefulandhetoldPartymemberstocutbackonwastefulholidaybanquets(宴会).Hesaidtheyshouldbemorecarefulwhenspendingthepeople’smoney.
WastingfoodcertainlygoesagainstwhatXiJinpingcalls“theChinesetraditionofbeinghardworkingandthrifty(节俭).” Havinga“cleanplate”isjustatraditionalandimportantthingtodo.
Haveyoucleanedyourplate?
【小题1】TheCleanYourPlateCampaigncallsonpeopleto______.
A.reducefoodwaste
B.bemorefriendlytoguests
C.dealwithseriousproblems
【小题2】WhichofthefollowingisTrueaccordingtothepassage?
A.TheCleanYourPlateCampaignbeganonlineinJanuary2013.
B.Chinesepeoplewastefoodfor200peopleinayear.
C.Chineseguestsliketoeatupallthefoodonthetable.
【小题3】Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat____
A.platesmustbekeptclean
B.Partymembersliketowastethepeople’smoney
C.it’sdifficulttodealwithfoodwastingproblem
【小题4】Theunderlinedphrase“cutbackon”inthe5thparagraph(段落)probablymeans“______
A.增加 B.保持 C.减少
【小题5】Thepassageiswrittento______.
A.introduceanewwayofgreeting
B.encouragepeopletobelesswasteful
C.callonpeopletoworkhardforourcountry