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12.Imagine the tallest building in the United States.Fill that giant building 44times with rotten fruits and vegetables.Now you know how much food Americans waste every year.It is hard to believe,right?About 133billion pounds of food get thrown away.That's one-third of all the food we produce.And a lot of it is thrown away for one simple reason:It's ugly.
The problem is that nature isn't perfect.Apples can get scarred(留下疤痕)by storms.Cucumbers grow in C shapes.Carrots change into unusual fork-like forms.Watermelons get too big to fit on a refrigerator shelf.These crazy-looking fruits and vegetables may taste great.But most grocery stores refuse to sell them.Store owners say people judge food by how it looks.No one wants a tomato that looks like a two-headed monster.But what if you could buy that tomato for half-price?
A new movement is trying to make people see the"beauty"in ugly food.Some stores are selling ugly produce.It tastes the same.And you pay less for it because the food doesn't look perfect.
Usually,the stores find a nicer word than"ugly".A Canadian chain uses"naturally imperfect.In some US stores,it's"misfit produce".Whatever you call it,ugly food helps many people.Farmers get paid for food they were going to have to throw away.Shoppers get cheaper fruits and vegetables.The ugly-food movement will also help some of the 44million Americans who don't have enough to eat.Many groups give the ugly produce to hungry people.
So really,who cares if that carrot looks a little…ugly?
28.Why are lots of fruits and vegetables thrown away in the US?A
A.Because they don't look nice.
B.Because they have gone bad.
C.Because they don't taste good.
D.Because they are badly polluted.
29.What is the 5th paragraph mainly about?D
A.The stores selling ugly food.
B.The better names for ugly food.
C.The number of hungry Americans.
D.The benefits of the ugly-food movement.
30.What does the mark"…"in the last paragraph suggest?C
A.The author would like to buy ugly carrots.
B.No one would care if a carrot looks a little ugly.
C.The author does not quite like the word"ugly".
D.Nobody really wants to buy carrots that look ugly.
分析 本文讲述了在美国有许多水果因为丑陋而被丢弃,由此引发了一项运动来帮助人们看到这些水果的好处.
解答 28.A.细节理解题.由第二段And a lot of it is thrown away for one simple reason:It's ugly,可知水果被丢弃的原因是看起来丑,不好看,故选A.
29.D.段意理解题.由第五段In some US stores,it's"misfit produce".Whatever you call it,ugly food helps many people,可知此段讲的是这些丑陋的水果的好处,它可以帮助很多人,故选D.
30.C.理解推断题.由文章内容可知这些看起来不美的食物却有很多好处,可推知作者认为它们其实是好的,并不能直接用丑陋来形容,故需C.
点评 本篇阅读较为简单.文章内容,所出题目以及选项也较短,因此考生只要阅读详略结合,细心理解,就能快速得出正确答案.
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