discard       discarded       discarding       discards          

3. A burglar has broken into a family's home and stolen their Christmas presents. The ______ left the Christmas paper after unwrapping and stealing £900 in gifts.

contributor       culprit       leftover       excess

4. The air pollution is so bad today, you need to ______ about going outside.

thinking twice       think two       think once       think twice

5. The Australian state of Victoria has an ______ of koalas and in some parts there are so many that they're running out of trees.

significant       abundance       edible       abundant

答案 1. 阅读课文并回答问题。

1. How many hungry people could be fed with the amount of food that is thrown away each year?

1.3 billion tons of food is thrown away, which is enough to feed a billion hungry people.    

2. What happens to the food that is dumped in landfill sites?

It's buried and left to rot.    

3. True or false: A woman called Selina Juul helped reduce food waste by convincing supermarkets to sell her leftovers cookbook.

False. She convinced some supermarkets to stop selling their items in bulk so that people bought only what they need.    

4. What are supermarket promotions such as 'buy one, get one free' thought to encourage customers to do?

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