2023年浙江省中考英语真题分类汇编：单词拼写

 —N. I just stayed at home. 

No one lives without food. For centuries, people grew their own food and  (吃) it themselves. But now most people buy food in shops and  (超市). The next time you have dinner, look  (近) at the food on your plate. If you're dining in summer, it's possible that some of the food comes from small  (私人) farms, but more of it comes from large farms and companies. 

How do you know where your food is from? You can check by  (你自己). Most food gives information on its packet. And you may be surprised at what you  (收集) because it comes from places around the world. You can enjoy a(n)  (柑橘；橙) from South Africa and a tomato from Mexico. You can  (甚至) enjoy a pizza from Italy. And you needn't travel to these places. Instead, the food travels to you. 

Thanks to modern trucks, trains, ships, and  (飞机) , the food travels fast. So the food is still  (新鲜) and healthy when it reaches your dinner table. Also, new technology helps the food last long while it travels.

 Knife-peeled noodles are a kind of food in Shanxi Province, enjoying great fame and a （历史）of hundreds of years. The name shows the way the dish is prepared. A （厨师）holds dough（面团）in one hand, and cuts it into pieces with a special knife in the other hand. Then they are directly thrown into a pot of boiling water. The whole process looks like an （令人兴奋的）kung fu performance. As one piece of noodle falls into the boiling water, the （第二）is flying in the air, and the third has just been peeled off. Within （仅仅）a minute, 200 pieces of noodles can be cut out. The noodles have a shape of a （叶子）, with medium thickness and thin edges. The noodles are smooth and （柔软的）.  

 Shanxi people have a special feeling when having this kind of noodles. On their birthdays, a （碗）of noodles means long life；at the Spring Festival, people （吃）noodles for a successful new year. Knife-peeled noodles in Shanxi are not made just to satisfy a （饥饿的）stomach, but a way to express Chinese people's feelings of life.  

Are you looking for a good volunteer activity? Get outdoors and go gleaning!

What is gleaning? Well, let's begin with the problem of food waste on farms. Some farm produce is of good quality but looks not that good. Farmers don't (通常) try to sell this produce. Much of it is left in the fields. That (意味着) a great waste. And gleaning is about reducing this waste—by collecting the left produce.

These days, many volunteer groups go out gleaning in order to provide those in need with (新鲜的), healthy food, Holly's group is (在……之中) them. Her volunteers collect about boxes of food each week. Once, a (当地的) fruit farmer called Holly to ask for gleaning services. The farmer had a large field with more than fruit trees. A member of Holly's group (创造) a digital map of the trees. With the help of the map, the volunteers (容易地) collected the leftover fruit from the trees.

Besides this, Holly's volunteers have also picked potatoes, cabbages and many other (蔬菜) from farms. The food has been sent to food banks and community kitchens in her area.

Gleaning helps (解决) the problems of farm waste and food shortages (短缺). And gleaners also find the work very meaningful. "We can get outside and do something good for the world," said Holly. "I feel happy (无论何时) I go gleaning!"

The Pleasanton Partnerships in Education Foundation (PPIE), an organization in America, was started in 1987 to raise money for local schools.  (最近), it hosted a running event for the community. To date, it has raised $1 million for the school district.

"We have (多于) 3,000 runners, volunteers and spectators," said Mindy Louie, the manager for PPIE. This year's event had races of two miles, five kilometers and (十) kilometers. The BURN Youth Development (B. Y. D.), a local runners' group, joined in it as well.

"The B. Y. D. was born in 2020 to help keep kids (积极) in life," explained Jerry Wu, its (领导者) and coach. The B. Y. D. has since grown to include more than 100 young (成员) and 30 of them ran in this year's PPIE event. "Watching them running strong and happy makes me (微笑) every time," said Jerry Wu.

So far, Jerry Wu has  (教) students valuable running skills for about three years. Eighth grader Ollie Gu is one of his excellent students. He completed the race in 40 minutes and 46 seconds and  (赢) first place in the 12-15 age group.

"What an (令人兴奋) race!" Ollie said. "I'm looking forward to it next year."

We usually wear socks to keep our feet warm. But socks can have a message, too! Who says your socks  （必须） match? We celebrated Mismatched Socks Day at school last week. On  （星期一） morning, everyone wore different socks on each foot and met at the school  （大门）. It was a lot of fun, but why did we do it?

The idea of Mismatched Socks Day is that it's not  （坏的；糟的） to be special and unique, Kids can be  （自豪的） of their differences. It takes place on the first day of Anti-Bullying Week each year. A bully is a person who  （伤害；使疼痛） or scares other people, Older and stronger children  （有时） bully the younger, weaker children, or children who are different. We want to stop bullying at our school. Everyone needs to feel happy and  （安全的）。That's why we celebrate Mismatched Socks Day.

Each year, a theme is chosen to help students to  （记住） that it's good to be different and that all children are important. As the event has grown, more people join and take the  （机会） to help fight off bullying. Celebrating Mismatched Sacks Day is not just fun. It makes a difference in the lives of young people all over the world!