题目内容
New rules will let millions of Americans know where more of their food comes from. The law is known as COOL -- Country of Origin Labeling(标签).
American congress first passed the law in 2002. Stores have had to label seafood by country of origin since 2005. But industry pressure delayed other requirements until last week.
Products that must now be labeled include fresh fruits and vegetables, muscle meats and some kinds of nuts. But the rules are complex, and many foods are not included. For example, organ meats are free to be labeled. So are processed foods, including cooked or smoked foods.
The same food may sometimes have to be labeled and other times not. Fresh or frozen peas, for example, have to be labeled but not canned peas. Foods that are mixed with other foods are also excluded. Mixed nuts, for example, do not need to be labeled. The same is true of a salad mix that contains different things like lettuce and carrots. Or a fruit cup that combines different fruits. Also, the law doesn’t include restaurants and other food service organizations. Department of Agriculture officials say the law is really meant for larger grocery stores.
The United States has imported more and more food in recent years to save money and expand choices. Country-of-origin labeling has become more common lately but has still been limited in many stores.
Food safety is one reason why some shoppers pay close attention to where foods came from. For example, when a large number of people recently got sick from salmonella(沙门菌病), officials blamed peppers from Mexico. Yet the last big food scare involved spinach grown in California. But labeling is also a way for people to know they are getting what they want. Some want to buy local foods or foods from a particular country.
The country-of-origin labeling law gives stores 30 days to correct any violations(违反) that are found. Stores and suppliers that are found to be deliberately violating the law could be fined 1,000 dollars per violation. Federal inspectors are not to take action to enforce the law for six months to give time for an education campaign.
Some food safety activists say they are generally pleased with the law. They call it a good step that will give people more useful information.
1.Why has more and more food been imported to the United States in recent years?
A. It is economical and provides people with more choices.
B. Foreign food is of higher quality than native food.
C. Americans need more and more food recently.
D. The United States is short of food supply.
2.Consumers are more concerned about where foods come from because________.
A. they are curious about the origin of the food.
B. most of them are particular about the tastes
C. they are concerned about food safety
D. most of them are food safety activists
3.The new rules of the country-of-origin labeling law will come into effect________.
A. right now B. in a month C. in three months D. in half a year
4.Which of the following can be inferred from the text?
A. Store owners are most likely to be the supporters of the law.
B. The government of America will possibly forbid importing peppers from Mexico.
C. Federal inspectors couldn’t take measures to enforce the law.
D. Most Americans prefer imported vegetables to the vegetables grown in local places.
1.A
2.C
3.D
4.B
【解析】
试题分析:文章大意:美国法规规定食品必须标上国家原产地标签,这样成千上万的美国人可以更多的知道他们的食物来自于何方。
1.A 细节理解题。根据文章第五段The United States has imported more and more food in recent years to save money and expand choices.可知美国越来越多的进口食物是由于省钱和扩大人们的选择。故C正确。
2.C细节理解题。根据文章第六段Food safety is one reason why some shoppers pay close attention to where foods came from.可知人们关心食物来自哪里是处于食物安全考虑。故C正确。
3.D细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段Federal inspectors are not to take action to enforce the law for six months to give time for an education campaign.可以知道该法规在半年内生效。 故D正确。
4.B 推理题。根据文章所举的例子For example, when a large number of people recently got sick from salmonella(沙门菌病), officials blamed peppers from Mexico.可以推断出美国政府可能禁止从墨西哥进口胡椒粉。故B正确。
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After a 15-year ban on the sale of fireworks in Beijing, Kang Guoliang, 51, was able to start his old trade again yesterday.
As a salesman in Xinhui store in Dongcheng District, he is happy about the increasing number of buying fireworks wrapped in red paper — a color standing for happiness and good luck.
“Fireworks are available for the first time in town for more than a decade,” Kang said happily.“People will buy them.”
The store has 300 boxes of fireworks piled up and is open 24 hours at the moment.Residents are buying the fireworks and firecrackers for the upcoming Spring Festival, which falls on February 18.
Citywide, 2,116 registered stores and retailers, 585 in the centre and 1,600 on the outskirts are trading fireworks in the Chinese capital.Sales of fireworks within the Fifth Ring Road started yesterday and will last until March 4, Xinhua reported.Among the stores, 117 stores are permitted to operate 24 hours.About 600,000 boxes of firecrackers worth more than 100 million yuan have been carried to registered stores.
The Chinese capital began a ban in 1993 to reduce fireworks-related deaths and fires during the holiday season.Last September the ban was removed in response to residents’ fondness for fireworks when celebrating Spring Festival.
According to new rules, Beijing residents are allowed to set off fireworks within the Fifth Ring Road all day on Lunar New Year’s Eve and Lunar New Year’s day, from 7 a.m.to midnight every day from February 19 to March 4.
“Spring Festival without fireworks is not Spring Festival,” said Sheng Hefei, who was buying fireworks in the store.“It was fun to light the firecrackers when I was little,” he said.“The sound and view of fireworks make a real holiday.” However, not all residents welcome the return of firecrackers because of injuries, pollution and noise.“My child is scared of the sudden sound of firecrackers, and it is annoying to hear it all night long,” complained Lu Jun, a local resident.
(China Daily02/11/2008)
【小题1】The passage is likely to belong to a(n)__________?
A.description | B.argument | C.advertisement | D.news report |
A.Beijing fireworks sales start after a 15-year ban. |
B.People go to buy fireworks and firecrackers every where in Beijing. |
C.Beijing residents all welcome the return of firecrackers. |
D.Many stores began to sell fireworks and firecrackers. |
A.every Spring Festival falls on February 18 |
B.Beijing residents can set off fireworks everywhere . |
C.fireworks are allowed to be sold because people like them. |
D.from February 19 to March 4, Beijing residents can set off fireworks twenty four hours every day. |
A.Negative | B.Not mentioned | C.Positive | D.Satisfactory |
Massachusetts (美国一州名) became the first state in the nation to ban the dumping (倾倒;抛弃) of electronic equipment such as computer monitors and television sets.It means people there can no longer put computer monitors, TV sets and other devices containing glass picture tubes out on the street for pickup by garbage cleaners.
Official said much of this equipment is loaded with poisonous heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and mercury.These poisonous heavy metals could go into groundwater or be released (释放) into the air.
The Boston Globe reports the state has set up a system to recycle techno-garbage at state expense through community recycling centers.
Robin Ingenthron of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection said the state has been trying to get its electronics-recycling program in place ‘before the future wave of electronics hits’.The National Safety Council estimates some 300 million computers will enter the nation’s waste system in the next few years.
In addition, millions of people will be getting rid of their old television sets.New high-quality digital televisions and new rules will make old TV sets no longer in use over the next several years.
【小题1】The word ‘techno-garbage’ in the 3rd paragraph probably means ________.
A.all kinds of dirty things | B.deserted TV sets |
C.heavy metals | D.used electronic equipment |
A.This kind of garbage is poisonous. |
B.Recycling systems are not working well. |
C.The poisonous heavy metals can go to the underground water and the air. |
D.There will be much more electronic garbage soon. |
A.they are broken | B.they are poisonous |
C.new TV standards have come out | D.people will be tired of them |
A.forbidding of a certain type of garbage dumping |
B.new problems of environmental protection |
C.household problems raised by computers and TV sets |
D.the handling of garbage |