CHOOSE A,B,C
What is the article mainly about?
A. Why people don’t buy “ugly” fruits and vegetables
B. How much food we waste
C. How people use unwanted food to feed others
Answer: c — how people use unwanted food to feed others
The article talks about Tristram’s challenge. He collects ugly or unwanted food and gives it to people who are hungry. The story is about using food that people do not want to help others.
Which paragraph contains the following information?
the number of meals Tristram has to prepare
Paragraph A
Explanation:
Paragraph A says Tristram has 24 hours prepare a meal for 5,000 people.
Word box: prepare • welcome • nearly • waste • order • serve
The students put up decorations to __________ their new classmate from Japan.
Welcome: greet someone who arrives.
The word “This” in the last sentence of paragraph A refers to:
A. Tristram’s challenge
B. Tristram’s TV show
C. Tristram’s team of volunteers
Answer: a — Tristram’s challenge
In paragraph A, the sentence says:
“Tristram’s campaign is to stop food waste.”
The word “This” refers to the challenge he is doing (living on £50 and using unwanted food).
Which paragraph contains the following information?
the amount of food Keep Austin Fed saves each month
Answer: Paragraph D
Explanation:
Paragraph D says Keep Austin Fed saves over 20,000 kilograms of food each month.
Word box: prepare • welcome • nearly • waste • order • serve
A waiter’s job is to __________ food to the customers.
serve:to give food to customers in a restaurant
Tristram collected food from all of the following EXCEPT:
A. Farms
B. Restaurants
C. Farmers’ markets
Answer: b — restaurants
Paragraph B says Tristram goes to:
a farm
a farmer’s market
The text does not say restaurants, so the correct answer is restaurants.
Which paragraph contains the following information?
the number of hungry people around the world
Answer: Paragraph C
Explanation:
Paragraph C says Nearly 870 million people around the world do not get enough food.
Word box: prepare • welcome • nearly • waste • order • serve
Water is important to us—we should not __________ it.
Waste: use something carelessly or too much.
Supermarkets throw away “ugly” food because they think:
A. It tastes bad
B. It goes bad quickly
C. No one wants to buy it
Answer: c — no one wants to buy it
Paragraph B says supermarkets throw away food because:
fruits and vegetables have strange shapes or colors
This means people do not want to buy them, so supermarkets throw them away.
Which paragraph contains the following information?
where Tristram got food for the campaign
Paragraph B
Paragraph B says Tristram goes to a farm and a farmer’s market to collect food.
Volunteers at Keep Austin Fed:
A. Cook meals for hungry people
B. Sell unwanted food at low prices
C. Give unwanted food to hungry people
Answer: c — give unwanted food to hungry people
Paragraph C says Keep Austin Fed:
collects unwanted food from sellers
gives it to people in need
So volunteers give the food to hungry people.