When and Where Can I Drop Off Food?
We will be collecting food from December 13th to December 18th. To make the donation processes as easy and
accessible for students of Boston University,there will be donation boxes at various places across campus:
East Campus:Myles Standish Hall
Central Campus:Community Service Center
South Campus:518 Park Dr near the mailroom
West Campus:Sleeper Hall near the entrance to West dining hall
West Campus:1019 Commonwealth Ave
Donations will be collected in big cardboard boxes on the ground.There will be a public notice attached to the box,
so it is clearly identifiable.
Where Will the Donations Be Taken?
The sourced donations will be taken to select community partners in the Greater Boston Area.
Have Questions?
Feel free to reach out to the SFR Program Managers Saahil Adusumilli and Alexia Lancea at sfr@bu.edu.
21.Who is the drive to help?
A.The owners of nearby stores.
B.Students in Boston University.
C.The local people in need of food.
D.Some food organizations around.
22.How many days do the donations last?
A.5. B.6. C.13. D.18.
23.At which place are the donations collected on South Campus?
A.Myles Standish Hall.
B.1019 Commonwealth Ave.
C.Community Service Center.
D.518 Park Dr near the mailroom.
B
In 2010,Barack Obama was to pay a visit to Mumbai's Gandhi Museum, where palm (棕榈) trees full of
me dotted the grounds. The president knew me well-coconuts(椰子) are a part of life in Indonesia,where he spent his
boyhood.Before his visit,Indian authorities,however, removed every last sign of me around the museum.They were afraid
the president of the United States would be taken out by one of me falling on his head.
Let's get this out of the way: My reputation as the “killer fruit" of countless innocents was then and still is a
misbelief.A repeatedly misinterpreted 1984 study overstated the number of deaths I caused by hitting people on the
head,and the word spread. Today, the only things about me “to die for" are the sometimes too-delicious foods you
humans make with me, such as cookies and pies. A decade ago, health experts briefly gave me a halo because some of my
fats may raise beneficial cholesterol(胆固醇).But ask a heart doctor today and they’ll tell you that coconut oil will
raise your bad cholesterol as much. Death by coconut, indeed!
People have other wrong ideas about me. But allow me to leave you with a sweet presidential tale.A World War II
boat commanded by one John F.Kennedy was destroyed in 1943 by a Japanese warship. Kennedy and his surviving crew
were stuck on an island.They were suffering from hunger,thirst and injuries when they met two friendly native coast-
watchers. Kennedy scratched a message into a coconut shell: “NAURO ISL...COMMANDER...11 ALIVE...NEED
SMALL BOAT...KENNEDY.”
The coast-watchers delivered this successfully and all the crew were saved.Years later,the coconut shell was given to
the newly elected president. It sat on his office desk throughout his presidency and now is a center-piece of the John F.
Kennedy Library in Boston-as the proof that we coconuts don't take lives,we save them.
24.Why did Indian officials get rid of “me"?
A.To reduce Obama's fear. B.To avoid unexpected injuries.
C.To show their welcome tradition. D.To follow the request from the US.
25.Which of the following can replace the underlined words in paragraph 2?
A.thought little of me B.did great damage to me
C.made me well-known D.brought me a good name
26.How does the author sound in the passage?
A.Amusing. B.Anxious.
C.Concerned. D.Romantic.
27.What is the purpose of the passage?
A.To show a new discovery. B.To correct people's misbelief.
C.To tell the history of coconuts. D.To describe a successful rescue.
C
When it comes to becoming eco-conscious,many people choose to start with something simple: recycling. But it's
not as simple as everyone seems to believe.
Indeed,the desire for some people to recycle can lead to ill-informed decisions about what can and cannot be
recycled, and non-recyclable objects are accidentally put into the recycling bin. The practice is what is known as
wishcycling.
Wishcycling boils down to the idea that just about anything can be recycled,and that if you put it into a recycling
bin, those who are responsible for it will find a way to recycle it.This is obviously not true, because, despite everything
that you've been told by the media,not everything is recyclable.
Small non-recyclable objects that are attached to recyclables are generally acceptable.For example,glue and tape
attached to paper will be removed in the recycling process without any trouble.But improperly recycling broken
eyeglasses, plastic shopping bags,food waste and greasy (油渍)pizza boxes could cause problems to the recycling
process.
The objects in the recycling bin are typically sorted by machines at recycling centers,not people.These complex
machines are designed to separate plastics, paper, and other recyclables. If something is thrown into the bin that shouldn't
be there, it could end up damaging the machine, which means the recycling center could lose time and money every time
people decide to wishcycle. Sometimes, a non-recyclable object is able to sneak (溜) past these sorting machines.
If this happens, the non-recyclable object ends up in a load of recyclables that will be sold for the recycling center to
make a profit. However, having just one non-recyclable thing mixed in can pollute the entire load of recyclables, which
has to be thrown away.
So what you as a consumer need to do is make your own recycling practice most functional. The best way is to
educate yourself. There are certain general rules when it comes to recycling that everyone should know.
28.What do we know about wish cycling?
A.It is misled by the media. B.It leads to a better ecology.
C.It is related to ill intentions. D.It comes from people's hope.
29.Which of the following can be put into the recycling bin according to the passage?
A.Paper with glue on it. B.Oily pizza boxes.