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【題目】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 (7,000 food miles ) and carrots from South Africa (5,900 food 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 25 miles 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.

【1】The Food Commission is angry because it thinks that ________.

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

【2】 The phrase “food miles” in the passage refers to the distance ________.

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

【3】By comparing tomatoes raised in Britain and in Ghana, the author tries to explain that ________.

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

【4】 From the passage we know that the author is most probably ________.

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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】

試題分析：本文為議論文，作者論述把環(huán)境的破壞歸因于產(chǎn)品從生產(chǎn)到市場的距離是相當(dāng)?shù)钠婀�，相反的產(chǎn)品從生產(chǎn)到市場的公里數(shù)是世界貿(mào)易體系成功的標(biāo)志。

【1】D 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。在第一段第一句找到題目關(guān)鍵詞“Food Commission”，第二句找到關(guān)鍵

詞“angrily”向下繼續(xù)研讀，根據(jù)第三，第四句“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 (7,000 food miles ) and carrots from South Africa (5,900 food miles).”既然

英國有大量的水資源，那么跨越半個地球把水運(yùn)到英國肯定是極愚蠢的燃料利用。我們浪費燃料來從印度

尼西亞從南非購買胡蘿卜是令人擔(dān)憂的。故選D。

【2】A 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。從第一段第二句“has traveled 10,000 “food miles” before it reached Western customers.”到達(dá)西方消費者之前，已經(jīng)走了一萬公里的“食物里程”。可見“food miles”指的是到達(dá)消費市場的路程。故選A。

【3】C 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。從第二段第三句中“market doesn’t necessarily use less fuel”第四句“.Besides, the idea of “food miles” ignores the amount of fuel used in the production. 可知，除此之外“食物公里”的觀點忽視了在生產(chǎn)過程中的燃料耗費量，減少食物里程在珍惜燃料方面是不必的。故選C。

【4】A 考查推理判斷題。從第二段第一句“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.”和第三段第二句“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.照我看來，食物的公里數(shù)應(yīng)該被認(rèn)為是經(jīng)濟(jì)全球化的一個成功的標(biāo)志而不是環(huán)境破壞的標(biāo)志�？芍�，作者是貿(mào)易全球化自由化的支持者。故選A。