Who ever thought learning new words could feel socially responsible?<br />A website called freerice.com is an English vocabulary game.<br />It explains its purpose like this.<br />For each word you get right, we donate 20 grains of rice through the United Nations<br />World Food Program to help end hunger.<br />Internet businessman John Breen created Freerice in October.<br />The United Nations World Food Program does not really get rice.<br />The donations are given in the form of money.<br />Advertisers whose names appear with the links at the bottom of the game pay for the rice.<br />Words are presented with four choices of answers.<br />Players click on the one that best explains the word.<br />Now the Freerice game has 55 levels of difficulty.<br />Players rarely get past level 48.<br />Jennifer Parmalie is a world food program spokeswoman in Washington.<br />She says cash donations help the agency to buy food locally and transport it quickly<br />to where it is needed.<br />Over the last nine months though, the cost to secure food aid has increased 55%.<br />Jennifer Parmalie says this is the biggest danger the world food program has faced in<br />its 40 year history.<br />She says creative projects like Freerice are badly needed right now.<br />Whoever thought learning new words could feel socially responsible.<br />A website called freerice.com is an English vocabulary game.<br />It explains its purpose like this.<br />For each word you get right, we donate 20 grains of rice through the United Nations<br />World Food Program to help end hunger.<br />Internet businessman John Breen created Freerice in October.<br />The United Nations World Food Program does not really get rice.<br />The donations are given in the form of money.<br />Advertisers whose names appear with the links at the bottom of the game pay for the rice.<br />Words are presented with four choices of answers.<br />Players click on the one that best explains the word.<br />Now the Freerice game has 55 levels of difficulty.<br />Players rarely get past level 48.<br />Jennifer Parmalie is a world food program spokeswoman in Washington.<br />She says cash donations help the agency to buy food locally and transport it quickly to<br />where it is needed.<br />Over the last nine months though, the cost to secure food aid has increased 55%.<br />Jennifer Parmalie says this is the biggest danger the world food program has faced in<br />its 40 year history.<br />She says creative projects like Freerice are badly needed right now.
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What does the speaker mainly talk about?
A . A website.B . A social problem.C . An advertisement.
(2)
How does the FreeRice game help end hunger?
A . By buying food.B . By giving money.C . By donating rice.
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How many levels of difficulty does the FreeRice game have?
A . 20.B . 48.C . 55.
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What is the biggest danger the World Food Program has faced?
A . Transportation is in bad condition.B . The advertisers stop paying for food.C . The cost to secure food aid has increased a lot.