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When you think of blind boxes (盲盒), toys packed in small boxes may come to mind. But recently, many stores in China are
B
food in them—they are leftover (吃剩的食物) blind boxes. In each box is food
C
to the expiry (到期) date. If
D
buys it, the food will be thrown away.
"We pack
A
such as bread, cake and sandwiches in blind boxes, and sell these boxes at half the
B
," Wu Tian, who works at a convenience store in Beijing, said. At a bakery in Nanjing, for example, people
D
only 15.9 yuan on a blind box. Inside, there are three kinds of bread that should be paid
45 yuan.
"Every time I bought a blind box, the
A
of opening it hit me first. I felt happier
C
how much money I saved. Wasting less food is also good for the environment. I enjoy it a lot," Zhang Kai, who
A
buys leftover blind boxes, said.
In 2021, the total amount of food waste in China reached 160 million tons. A person may waste about 93 grams of food each meal, China Food Newspaper
B
. The leftover blind boxes may help
C
this. According to a platform of leftover blind boxes, more than 27,000 pieces of bread, which would be thrown away, were sold within a month.
However, there are still some
B
. Some food in leftover blind boxes doesn't have any labels.
D
people may not know when it was made, and the food may not be safe to eat. Also, since people can't
C
what is put in the box, sometimes they may get a large amount of the same kind of food. If they don't like it, the food may still be
A
.
(
B
) 1. A. taking
B. putting
C. bringing
D. giving
(
C
) 2. A. next
B. open
C. close
D. new
(
D
) 3. A. everybody
B. somebody
C. anybody
D. nobody
(
A
) 4. A. food
B. drinks
C. meals
D. gifts
(
B
) 5. A. number
B. price
C. money
D. amount
(
D
) 6. A. pay
B. take
C. cost
D. spend
(
A
) 7. A. excitement
B. sadness
C. interest
D. worry
(
C
) 8. A. asking for
B. looking for
C. thinking about
D. caring about
(
A
) 9. A. often
B. never
C. only
D. even
(
B
) 10. A. counted
B. reported
C. answered
D. remembered
(
C
) 11. A. of
B. for
C. with
D. from
(
B
) 12. A. differences
B. problems
C. examples
D. changes
(
D
) 13. A. And
B. But
C. If
D. So
(
C
) 14. A. dream
B. share
C. choose
D. prepare
(
A
) 15. A. wasted
B. bought
C. sold
D. taken