It was a cold day, but the students from Prosser Middle School in Chicago were sorting through the waste when they found that their school produces 1,500 pounds every day.
Prosser is just one school that throws out nearly 4,000 meal trays every day. Counting all of Chicago’s public schools, the number comes to nearly a quarter of a million a day. That’s more than 1 million a week and about 5 million a month. 
“None of the trays are being recycled,” said a teacher. “ Everyone agrees that it’s very bad.”
Luckily, concerns about the environment and health have made some US cities take action. Dozens of schools have begun programs to reduce the use of food trays in school.
These schools have also banned (禁止)some fast food, including McDonald’s. Instead, they offer students recyclable trays. They encourage students to sort out lunchroom waste, then wash and recycle milk cartons and trays . So far, the program has helped schools to save a total of 820,000 trays each week.
Jay Stream Middle School in Illinois teaches its students how to collect trays. The school has cut its lunchroom waste by two thirds now that students recycle their used trays instead of breaking them.
Prosser Middle School also sees the benefits of the program. Students have organized about 20 clubs and volunteer activities to cut down on cafeteria garbage. They now recycle 80 percent of the school waste. “ I joined the club,” said Erika Santana, a 16-year-old junior in Prosser, “because I want to make Earth a better place.”
 food tray
【小題1】Did Prosser Middle School create much garbage every day before the program ?
【小題2】How many meal trays do public schools in Chicago throw out a day?
【小題3】. What does Jay Stream Middle School teach its students to do?
【小題4】 Who joined the club?
【小題5】 What’s the passage about ?


【小題1】Yes.
【小題2】Nearly a quarter of a million .
【小題3】How to collect trays.
【小題4】Erika Santana
【小題5】Too much school waste in the US and actions they have taken to reduce it.

解析試題分析：這篇文章講的是有些學(xué)校因扔掉大量的食品托盤而造成浪費(fèi)，很多地方已采取了有效措施來減少這種情況。
【小題1】根據(jù)文中原句Prosser is just one school that throws out nearly 4,000 meal trays every day.可知此題答案應(yīng)是Yes.
【小題2】根據(jù)文中原句Counting all of Chicago’s public schools, the number comes to nearly a quarter of a million a day.可知此題答案是Nearly a quarter of a million .
【小題3】根據(jù)文中原句Jay Stream Middle School in Illinois teaches its students how to collect trays.可知此題答案是How to collect trays.
【小題4】根據(jù)文中原句“ I joined the club,” said Erika Santana, 可知此題答案是Erika Santana。
【小題5】縱觀全文可知答案是Too much school waste in the US and actions they have taken to reduce it.
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