阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
There are lots of ways to raise awareness for a cause. Usually, the ____1___ the idea is, the more it gets noticed. And that's precisely why one ____2___ Frenchman has caught our attention.
Baptiste Dubanchet is biking across Europe, surviving ___3____on discarded(丢弃)food. The three-month, 1 900-mile journey from Paris to Warsaw is Dubanchet's ___4____of raising awareness of food waste in Europe and throughout the world.
As you can ___5____ , the trip is no piece of cake. While restaurants ___6____ tons of food each year, much of it remains inaccessible because of ____7___ garbage containers, health regulations, or business policies. Only about one in ten places ____8___ him food that would otherwise be discarded.
For legal ____9___ , most restaurants have a policy against ___10___food waste. "Some people have even ___11___ their jobs by giving me food," Dubanchet said.
What's ___12___ interesting is the attitude various cities have toward Dubanchet's cause. Berlin has been the __13____ while the most difficult was the Czech town of Pilsen. There, he had to ___14___ at some 50 different stores or restaurants before finding food. The ___15___ is all the more serious when you consider the ___16___ exercise required to bike from France to Poland.
"I have to get food ___17___ because after all the biking I am tired and I need the ___18___ ,"
Dubanchet explained. "Is my ___19___ full or empty? That is the most important thing, not what I am eating."
He aims to ___20___ his journey by mid-July. With any luck, he'll turn a few more heads in the process.
1.
A. |
cleverer |
B. |
older |
C. |
stranger |
D. |
simpler |
2.
A. |
garbage-eating |
B. |
sports-loving |
C. |
food-wasting |
D. |
law-breaking |
3.
A. |
secretly |
B. |
finally |
C. |
entirely |
D. |
probably |
4.
A. |
purpose |
B. |
way |
C. |
opinion |
D. |
dream |
5.
A. |
observe |
B. |
imagine |
C. |
suggest |
D. |
remember |
6.
A. |
store |
B. |
cook |
C. |
shop for |
D. |
throw away |
7.
A. |
locked |
B. |
damaged |
C. |
connected |
D. |
abandoned |
8.
A. |
bought |
B. |
offered |
C. |
ordered |
D. |
sold |
9.
A. |
reasons |
B. |
rights |
C. |
fees |
D. |
aids |
10.
A. |
begging for |
B. |
giving away |
C. |
hiding |
D. |
causing |
11.
A. |
did |
B. |
kept |
C. |
accepted |
D. |
risked |
12.
A. |
hardly |
B. |
usually |
C. |
particularly |
D. |
merely |
13.
A. |
easiest |
B. |
nearest |
C. |
biggest |
D. |
richest |
14.
A. |
work |
B. |
shout |
C. |
ask |
D. |
jump |
15.
A. |
competition |
B. |
conversation |
C. |
conflict |
D. |
challenge |
16.
A. |
adequate |
B. |
rewarding |
C. |
demanding |
D. |
suitable |
17.
A. |
again |
B. |
alone |
C. |
later |
D. |
fast |
18.
A. |
spirit |
B. |
energy |
C. |
time |
D. |
effort |
19.
A. |
stomach |
B. |
hand |
C. |
|
D. |
basket |
20.
A. |
arrange |
B. |
restart |
C. |
report |
D. |
finish |