問題詳情
According to a report released by the FAO, 1.3 billion tons of food produced for human ___36___ is wastedeach year. This means that 1.4 billion hectares of land annually, about 28 percent of the world’s arable land, producesedible food that is never consumed! It is also estimated that global food production is the largest single ___37___ ofbiodiversity loss. According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), global food production occupies25 percent of all habitable land and is ___38___ for 80 percent of deforestation and 30 percent of greenhouse gasemissions.To give light on some of these numbers and ___39___ promote Food Waste Awareness Week, Food Tank ishosting a NYC Food Waste Free Conference. This special event will ___40___ prominent speakers in the foodmovement, including Tristram Stuart of Feeding the 5000; Nick Nutellthe Director of the Division ofCommunications and Public Information for the U.N. Environment Program (UNEP); Elisa Golan, the Director forSustainable Development of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), and many more! Though tickets to theevent have sold out, the event will be ___41___ on the Food Tank homepage and Facebook page. All interestedattendees are encouraged to tune in on September 19 to witness this incredible event!If you wish to continue the ___42___ after Thursday night’s event and find yourself in the NYC metropolitanarea on September 20, try dancing your way over to the Feeding the 5000 Disco Soup Launch Party! This eventpromises to be just as unique as ____43___: participants will cut, chop, and prepare fruits and vegetables that would___44___ be wasted in order to prepare free meals. The event is the first to be hosted in North America andrepresents an innovative platform for raising food waste awareness through community gathering.Last but not least, the food you choose to buy or consume has a great influence on the environment. You canreduce climate change causing greenhouse gas emission by eating locally grown food. Eating fresh, seasonal food isnot just nutritious but ecologically and economically ___45___. By making small changes in your diet, you cangreatly reduce your carbon footprints.
(A) momentum
(B) sound
(C) driver
(D) livestreamed
(E) feature(AB) impactful (AC) to (AD) lately (AE) utility (BC) defective(BD) consumption (BE) otherwise (CD) as (CE) accountable (DE) counterblow
【題組】36
參考答案
答案：B,D
難度：適中0.461538
統計：A(2),B(8),C(1),D(9),E(3)