British attitudes to Chinese food may be changing, though. Chinese-American chef Ken Hom has been on British TV for 30 years, and he told BBC Food: “Chinese food at the beginning of the 80s (in the UK) was sweet and sour pork, mainly. Most Brits had the unchangeable view of Chinese food… Now you are seeing more local Chinese food from Sichuan, Hunan and other areas of China. It is no longer just Guangdong food.” Similarly, to most Americans, Chinese food doesn’t go too far past orange chicken and fortune cookies, but more Chinese local dishes are becoming successful, especially in big cities like New York.

Attitudes have not quite changed completely, though. Many foreigners who live in China will be familiar with this question from a relative back at home: “Have they given you dog yet?” Yes, perhaps because people still know too little about Chinese culture, many people believe that Chinese people love to eat dog meat. And of course, some people do eat dogs, which to Americans is like “eating a member of one’s family” according to Vision Times. Also, Chinese people eat many other things people in the West do not—chicken claws, duck heads and some animals’ organs.

But what do foreigners think when they come to China and taste real Chinese food? You’ll be glad to know that in my experience, the impressions have been very good. 53. Why are some British people surprised when they hear the real Putonghua? A. Because it sounds too funny to believe. B. Because they all find it hard to learn. C. Because it’s different from what they hear. D. Because nobody has been to China before.

54. What does chef Ken Hom think of the present Chinese food? A. Popular.

B. Richer.

C. Tastier.

D. Best.

55. How does Paragraph 3 develop? A. By giving examples.

B. By making inferences.

C. By analyzing. D. By reasoning.

56. What can we infer from “Have they given you dog yet”? A. Foreigners don’t like eating dog meat at all. B. Chinese hate dogs so they often eat them. C. Chinese eat everything including dog meat. D. There are differences between cultures.

C

The UK’s largest coffee seller, Costa Coffee, has promised to recycle half a billion coffee cups a year by 2020 to deal with plastic waste. The move, which means recycling the same number of cups it puts onto the market, would account for a big percentage out of the 2.5 billion takeaway cups thrown away across the country every year.

Though marked as recyclable, most of paper coffee cups end up on landfill（垃圾场）or being burned due to the plastic lining（图层）used to make them waterproof. By paying waste collectors to take coffee cups to certain places, Costa hopes to increase the rate at which cups are recycled. Finally, all a customer will need to do to make sure their cup avoids landfill is throw it into a standard recycling bin.

Started following the Environmental Audit Committee’s report recommending ministers take action to deal with coffee cup waste, the campaign has pushed for action from governments and businesses and promoted possible solutions. Starbucks has promised ￡ 7m to develop a “fully recyclable cup” following pressure from campaigners, while Waitrose, a supermarket, has planned to stop using disposable（一次性的）coffee cups from its stores by autumn.

The company has entered into a partnership with five national waste collectors – Veolia, Biffa, Suez, Grundon and First Mile – that between them cover public spaces across the UK including hospitals, universities and transport hubs. The coffee company is also working with paper factories to make sure their products are recycled effectively. James Cropper, for example, has plans to upgrade 500 millions cups a year to create plastic-free packaging. By building more partnerships

with waste contractors in every area, Costa means to hit its half a billion mark within two years.

With one report showing the number of takeaway drink cups thrown away in the UK is set to rise by a third by 2030, and the government recently failing to tax some coffee to discourage cup use, it fails to businesses to act on the huge amount of waste from their products.

Commenting on the announcement, Environment Minister Therese Coffey said: “Congratulations to Costa on taking this significant step to help coffee lovers do the right thing and increase recycling. We all have a responsibility to our environment and this is a significant step by a British business which should increase the number of disposable coffee cups we recycle in this country.” “We want to help companies become plastic free and through our 25 Year Environment Plan we are putting in place the aims to encourage all of us to play our part in ending the pollution of plastic waste in our natural environment.” 57. What’s the text mainly talking about?

A. Coffee companies will produce less to go green. B. A policy will be set to reduce the paper pollution. C. A coffee seller is planning to recycle coffee cups. D. A ban on the usage of coffee cups is carried out.

58. According to the passage, why does Starbucks put so much money into the move? A. It is indeed a method of advertising its production. B. It volunteers to take an active part in the move. C. It is encouraged to take action by Waitrose.

D. It is likely to be forced to do so by the move participants. 59. Why does the passage mention James Cropper in Paragraph 4? A. To tell consumers not to use paper cups any longer. B. To show the move made by Costa is effective.

C. To promote plastic-free packaging in the near future. D. To suggest Costa is to develop business with the factory. 60. What does Therese Coffey think of the move by Costa? A. Interesting.

B. Meaningful.

D

A new web standard is expected to kill passwords, meaning users will no longer have to remember difficult login（登录）for each and every website or service they use.

The Web Authentication (WebAuthn网络认证) standard is designed to replace the password with tools that users already own, such as a security key, a smart phone, a fingerprint scanner or webcam. Instead of having to remember long characters, users can authenticate their login with their body or something they have, communicating directly with the website through Bluetooth, USB or NFC.

“WebAuthn will change the way that people access the Web,” said Jeff Jaffe, CEO of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the body that controls web standards. One example of how WebAuthn will work is that when a user visits a site, they put in a user name and then get a message on their smart phone. Tapping on the message on their phone then logs them into the website without the need for a password.

WebAuthn promises to protect users against phishing attacks（钓鱼攻击）and the use of stolen information as there will be nothing to steal, the authentication sign is produced and used once by their special tool each time the user enters.

“After years of increasingly serious data and passwords being stolen, now it is the time for service providers to end their dependency on easily-attacked passwords and use phishing-resistant FIDO Authentication（快速身份认证联盟）for all websites and apps.” said Brett McDowell, CEO of the FIDO Alliance, one of the bodies pushing the new standard.

WebAuthn should also help people use special login details for each and every service they use, instead of using the same login and password for every site, which many people still do,

C. Selfish.

D. Impractical.