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October 16 is World Food Day. The UN started the day in 1979. It is used to remind people not to waste food and fight hunger (饥饿).

Food shortage (匮乏) is a big problem around the world. Right now, there are more than 1 billion (10亿) hungry people in the world. Many children go to sleep with hunger, and 15 million of them die because of hunger each year.

There are several reasons why there are food shortages. First, there have been more droughts (干旱) and floods (洪涝) recently. This is bad for farmers and hurts their ability to grow food. Also, a growing population makes it more difficult to feed everyone. Another big reason is food waste. Most people don’t realize how much food they throw away every day. Sometimes we cook too much, or we don’t use it before it goes bad. The average (平均的) person throws away 50 kg of food every year, More than one third of all food produced goes to waste around the world each year according to the UN. That is1.3 billion tons of food being wasted.

If the wasted food was saved, it could feed lots of people. The amount of food wasted in Europe could feed 200 million people, and the food wasted in Latin America (拉丁美洲) could feed 300 million people.

As teenagers, we should think twice next time we want to throw away extra (额外的) food on our own plate. By cutting down on food waste, we could also help put food on the empty plates of some hungry children.

1．The main purpose (目标) of World Food Day is to remind people ________.

A．not to waste food and fight hunger	B．to produce more food
C．to control the growing population	D．not to eat much

2．________ children die because of hunger each year.

A．Over 1 billion

B．200 million

C．300million

D．15 million

3．Which of the following is NOT the reason for food shortages? ________

A．More droughts and floods in recent days.

B．A growing population.

C．That farmers don’t have the ability to grow food.

D．That most people waste.

4．We can help hungry people by ________.

A．sleeping with hunger

B．changing the weather

C．cutting down on food waste

D．only eating food you like

5．From the passage, we know that ________.

A．the food wasted in Latin America is more than that in Europe

B．the World Food Day has a history of over 40years by 2017

C．the wasted food can feed all the hungry people around the world

D．it’s right to throw away the extra food on our own plate directly