专题04 新闻报道类阅读-冲刺2021年高考英语阅读理解专项复习

冲刺2021年高考英语二轮复习 阅读理解 第四模块：新闻报道类 Passage 1．（2021•山东模拟） Diners don't typically get to see how restaurant kitchens are run. But if they did， most would be shocked by the amount of perfectly good food is thrown away every single day. After spending his career as a chef and working as the Vice President of Food and Beverage at FireKeepers Casino Hotel in Battle Creek， Michigan， Michael McFarlen saw how much food would get thrown away from the Casino's restaurant every day. McFarlen later became the president on the board of the South Central Food Bank of Michigan Inc. And got to see just how big of a need there was for food among people in the community. After that，he knew he had to do more to take action to help his community and reduce his food waste. After some thinking，McFarlen came up with a plan. In April of 2016，he bought Fire Station No.4，a historic firehouse that had been closed for years，decorated it again and turned the fire station into to a food pantry（公益食品仓库） in the community to help people struggling to secure their next meal. According to McFarlen，about 375 to 400 households in total，get help from the food pantry every single month. When you think of people getting help， you think of homeless or unemployed people. In reality，however，many of the people who have needed the food pantry's help are people that are employed but still struggle to afford to pay for groceries. The entire project works thanks to the revenue（收入）generated from the FireKeepers Casino hotel as well as a ＄140 000 donation that comes from society every year to help operate the food pantry. On top of helping run the Kendall Street Food Pantry，profits are also given to nonprofits like the Safe Place and the Food Bank of South Central Michigan Inc. McFarlen said，"As we get more and more involved，we will give to many other charities and nonprofits." （1）Why did McFarlen decide to take action？　　 A. His position as the president empowered him. B. He was shocked at how res