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FROM THE FARM TO THE TABLE: FIVE STEPS OF FOOD WASTE
Step 1 on the farm
• Throw away food of wrong shapes or sizes
• Grow more food than the market needs
Step 2 on the road
• Do not have fridges to keep food fresh
• Some food falls off the truck
Step 3 at factories
• Do not have enough machines to make, keep and pack (包装) food
• Throw away food of wrong shapes or sizes
Step 4 at stores
• Throw away food that does not look fresh
• Order more food than they can sell
Step 5 at homes or restaurants
• Buy too much food
• Throw away food when it is still safe to eat
What percentage of food in each area was wasted at each step in 2024?

() 1. We might find the material in ______.
A. a magazine about life B. a magazine about recycling (回收)
C. the nature part of a website D. the culture part of a website
() 2. What often happens to food when it moves from farms to stores?
A. It gets washed again. B. It becomes smaller.
C. It becomes more expensive. D. It gets broken or goes bad.
() 3. In which step does South and South-east Asia waste most food?
A. Step 1. B. Step 2. C. Step 3. D. Step 4.
() 4. What can we learn from the picture about food waste?
A. Most waste happens on the farms. B. All food reaches buyers.
C. Different areas have different waste patterns. D. Factory preparation never causes waste.

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Every summer, about three billion birds migrate (迁徙) from North Africa to Europe and Asia. In winter, they return to Africa. As they travel from one place to another, they use the sun, stars, smells, and landforms to find the way.
The migration is long and difficult, and some of the animals die during each trip. However, it is not this twice-a-year journey that poses the greatest risk for these animals. The main danger to the birds comes from hunters all over the Mediterranean (地中海地区). Millions of migratory birds are killed every year. As a result, their number is falling.
In countries along the Mediterranean, many migratory birds are illegally (非法地) trapped or killed. Besides traps, hunters also use machines to make bird sounds to catch the birds’ attention. Some hunters also use nets (网) to catch birds. “There are no birds,” said one local man. “We walk for hours without seeing any. It’s really scary.”
Birds are in danger, and many countries are working to solve this problem. In the European Union, hunting migratory birds is against the law in some countries, while in others, there are special laws—the birds can only be hunted at a certain time of year. This has been successful in many places. For example, Sicily, an island (岛) of Italy, was once a place where illegal bird hunting was usual. Today, it has eliminated (消除) bird hunting, and as a result, birdwatching is becoming popular there.
“Hunting bans (禁令) are working,” said Martin Schneider, a scientist. “But there’s still more to do. We hope to stop hunting and protect birds’ living areas all over the Mediterranean. If this can be done, their number will increase. There’s a long way to go, but there is hope.”
( ) 5. The underlined word “poses” in Paragraph 2 probably means “______”.
A. connects B. fights C. causes D. reduces
( ) 6. What change has taken place in Sicily?
A. Nobody hunts birds in Sicily now. B. Some rare birds can be seen in Sicily.
C. Hunters begin to feed more birds. D. The weather has become more pleasant.
( ) 7. Which of the following would Martin Schneider agree with the most?
A. There should be more laws to protect baby birds.
B. It’s possible that the the number of the birds will fall.
C. The only useful way to protect birds is to stop people from hunting them.
D. More countries should work together to increase the number of the birds.
( ) 8. The passage is mainly about ______.
A. problems caused by migratory birds B. why migratory birds are hunted
C. the situation of migratory birds and the efforts to protect them
D. how pollution causes a drop in the number of the migratory birds