知能小卷3 Unit 3 Food and Culture-【赢在微点】轻松课堂2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第二册（人教版）

知能小卷三　UNIT 3 (时间:90分钟　满分:120分) 第一部分　阅读(共两节,满分50分) 第一节　(共15小题;每小题2.5分,满分37.5分) 　　阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。 A 　　Recently, Whitewater Middle School students in the US looked at 200 pounds (90.7kg) of food. Their classmates threw it away after a meal in the cafeteria. They found the remains of pizzas. They saw untouched green salads and pieces of bread bitten only once. It was, they said, both disgusting and educational. “You don􀆳t realize how much food waste you􀆳re making till you see it,” said student Cody Gist. To deal with this problem, Whitewater added environmental science as a school⁃wide program this year. Teachers are guiding their students through research on the ways food is linked to environment, poverty, and people􀆳s health. The school changed to compostable (可用作堆肥的) paper trays (托盘) as well. Working with Every Tray Counts, a US nonprofit group, the school hopes for a change from disposable (一次性的) trays to compostable paper trays. This isn􀆳t just an exercise at school. Whitewater is joining a network of schools, business and neighbourhoods. They try to make composting as mainstream as recycling. “The larger issue is protection of landfill space,” said Laurette Hall, an environmental management official. The area has enough space to last for maybe 25 more years, she said “That isn􀆳t as much as it sounds in such a rapidly growing area.” Principal Beth Thompson said students advise each other on new ways to deal with trash. “Students understand why it matters, so not one student refused to do extra work when throwing away their waste,” Thompson said. Whitewater teachers make sure students know how their own eating habits are part of bigger problems. In environmental literature class, students read books such as Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All⁃American Meal. Mollie Lyman works with several language arts classrooms. Their classes discuss such issues as how poor neighbourhoods often have less access to healthy food. Lyman says she wants