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  3. On World Environment Day the United Nations reported that at least one third

On World Environment Day the United Nations reported that at least one third

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问题     On World Environment Day the United Nations reported that at least one third of all food produced is wasted. The report came at a time when many people are【B1】_____about how to feed a growing world population.
    In the United States, farmers who are【B2】_____to earn money find the situation difficult to deal with. The United States Department of Agriculture found that more than half of the small farms in California do not【B3】_____.
    One California farm family is using social media to change the situation and reduce wasted food. Nick Papadopoulos is general manager of Bloomfield Farms. It was difficult for him to watch his employees 【B4】_____from markets with top quality unsold produce. Papadopoulos said he would find vegetables left in a storage yard and they would go bad before the next market day. As a result, he came up with a plan to offer the food at a low price by【B5】_____it on the farm’s Facebook status page on Sunday nights. The deals were open to anyone using the social media website. One week, several homeowners in a neighboring community bought the vegetables. Another week, the buyers were a group of friends.
    Papadopoulos began using social media after he went to work on a farm【B6】_____his wife’s father. One night, he began thinking about the【B7】_____of wasted food. He ended up giving some of the food to chickens and using the rest to make【B8】_____.
    After his success using Facebook, Papadopoulos helped to set up a website called cropmobster. com. It is a place where people【B9】_____ food production, feeding the hungry, and those who want to buy locally grown food can find【B10】_____produce. [br] 【B10】
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答案 surplus
解析 根据空格所在位置可知，空格处应填入形容词。结合录音可填入surplus，意为“过剩的”。
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