题目内容
15.An environmental group called the Food Commission is unhappy and disappointed because of the sales of bottled water from Japan.The water,it angrily argues in public,has traveled 10,000"food miles"before it reached Western customers.Transporting water halfway across the world is surely the extremely stupid use of fuel when there is plenty of water in the UK.It is also worrying that we were wasting our fuel by buying prawns from Indonesia (7,000food miles ) and carrots from South Africa (5,900food miles).Counting the number of miles traveled done by a product is a strange way of trying to tell the true situation of the environmental damage due to industry.Most food is transported around the world on container ships that are extremely energy efficient.It should be noticed that a ton of butter transported 25miles in a truck to a farmers'market doesn't necessarily use less fuel on its journey than a similar product transported hundreds of miles by sea.Besides,the idea of"food miles"ignores the amount of fuel used in the production.It is possible to cut down your food miles by buying tomatoes grown in Britain rather than those grown in Ghana.The difference is that the British ones will have been raised in heated greenhouse and the Ghanaian ones in the open sun.
What is the idea of"food miles"does provide,however,is the chance to cut out Third World countries from First World food markets.The number of miles traveled by our food should,as I see it,be regarded as a sign of the success of the global trade system,not a sign of damage to the environment.
9.The Food Commission is angry because it thinks thatD.
A.UK wastes a lot of money importing food products
B.some imported goods causes environmental damage
C.growing certain vegetables causes environmental damage
D.people wasted energy buying food from other countries
10.The phrase"food miles"in the passage refers to the distanceA.
A.that a food product travels to a market
B.that a food product travels from one market to another
C.between UK and other food producing countries
D.between a Third World country and a First World food market
11.By comparing tomatoes raised in Britain and in Ghana,the author tries to explain thatC.
A.British tomatoes are healthier than Ghanaian ones
B.Ghanaian tomatoes taste better than tomatoes ones
C.cutting down food miles may not necessarily save fuel
D.protecting the environment may cost a lot of money
12.From the passage we know that the author is most probablyA.
A.a supporter of free global trade
B.a member of a Food Commission
C.a supporter of First World food markets
D.a member of an energy development group.
分析 本文是一篇健康环保类阅读,属于说明文,主要讲述了一个名为食品委员会的环保团体因为日本瓶装水的销售而感到失望.水到达西方客户前已经走过了一万英里的"食物里程",食物委员会认为运送事物是能源的一种浪费.
解答 9.D.细节理解题.根据文章第一段Transporting water halfway across the world is surely the extremely stupid use of fuel when there is plenty of water in the UK.It is also worrying that we were wasting our fuel by buying prawns from Indonesia (7,000food miles ) and carrots from South Africa (5,900food miles).可知,食物委员会认为运送事物是能源的一种浪费.故选D.
10.A.推理判断题.我们知道日本、英国均属于"First World",进口的食品也不是仅仅是英国,可排除C、D选项.B项没有道理,根据理解A才符合"food miles"的含义,即从产地到市场所走的距离.故选A.
11.C.推理判断题.依据第二段可以得知作者将英国种植的西红柿与加纳种植西红柿进行比较,是表明即使在英国种植食品,也需要能源,不一定能节约燃料.故选C.
12.A.主旨大意题.文章最后一段作者很清楚的表达了自己的观点."The mummer of miles traveled by our food should,as I see it be regarded as a sign of the success of the global trade system,not a sign of …"即知作者的态度,作者是最有可能是免费全球贸易的支持者.故选A.
点评 本文是一篇健康环保类阅读,题目涉及多道主旨大意题,细节理解题,推理判断题.做题时学生应仔细阅读原文,把握文章主要内容,联系文章上下文内容并结合所给选项含义,从中选出正确答案,一定要做到有理有据,切忌胡乱猜测.
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