全球粮食浪费严重 数据触目惊心

People throw away a lot of food. The United Nations says that people throw away 930 million tons of food in 2019. Families throw away about a half of this food. Stores, restaurants, schools, or hospitals throw away the other half. The UN wants to know where the problem is.

The problem is everywhere. Farmers throw away crops. The UN finds out that 14% of food does not get to stores. People want to buy only nice fruit and vegetables. Not all fruit and vegetables look nice. People buy too much food, too. They do not eat it all. They throw it away.

The problem with food is not only in rich countries. Recent reports say that the numbers for 2021 is much worse than the numbers from 2019.

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1._________ cares about the food waste problem.

A China

B The UK

C The UN

D The USA

解析：选C。C推理判断题。根据第一段The UN wants to know where the problem is.可知，联合国想知道粮食浪费的问题出在哪，由此推断联合国关注此事。故选C。

2.About half of the food waste happens_________.

A in stores

B in schools

C in families

D in restaurants

解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第一段Families throw away about a half of this food.可知，家庭扔掉大约一半的食物。故选C。

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 2?

A Farmers grow crops well.

B Too much food gets to stores.

C Farmers keep14% of food at home.

D People only like beautiful fruit and vegetables.

解析：选D。D 推理判断题。根据第二段People want to buy only nice fruit and vegetables.可知，人们只想买好看的水果和蔬菜，故选D。

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A The UN plans to make a food report.

B Rich countries don’t have food waste problem.

C Food waste problem makes poor countries worried.

D Food waste problem becomes worse these years.

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据最后一段Recent reports say that the numbers for 2021 will be much worse than the numbers from 2019. 可知，根据近期的报告，2021年粮食问题的数据比2019年的要糟糕得多。故选D。