Question

The term food "recovery" refers to the Collection, or recovery, of healthy food from farmers' fields, retail stores, or foodservice establishments for distribution to the poor and hungry. Food recovery programs operate across the United States and target many different levels of the food marketing system. A few are large operations with offices in many States, but most are small local programs that depend largely on the efforts of volunteers from the surrounding community.

Once surplus food has been “recovered” or prevented from going to waste, volunteers pick up and deliver the food to groups that serve the needy, either directly through neighborhood charitable organizations, such as food chambers and soup kitchens, or indirectly through food banks. In addition to providing additional quantities of food to hungry people, food recovery  efforts can also provide food banks with the ability to offer clients more variety and nutrients (营养) in their diets by adding fiber-rich fresh fruits and vegetables and grain products to the typical offerings of indefectible canned and boxed goods.

Food recovery also has benefits that extend beyond providing food to the needy. For example, the additional food supplied by recovery programs allows agencies that serve the disadvantaged to reallocate money to other needed services, money that they would have otherwise spent on food. These efforts also provide clean fields and tax savings for farmers who donate (捐赠) unharvested crops and reduce waste-removal fees for supermarkets and foodservice establishments.

Food recovery, however, is not without cost. Recovery operations face a number of logistical (后勤的) and financial obstacles in the course of turning "lost" food into food suitable for consumption. At times, these obstacles are quite powerful. They include locating food donors and making them aware of organizations that channel donated food to the needy; obtaining financial  resources for transporting, storing, and packaging donated foods; securing labor, whether paid or volunteer; and training those workers in safe food handling and preparation methods.

　　 1. Food recovery programs mainly aim at——.

　　　　 A. collecting money from donors to deal with the food waste problem

　　　　 B. collecting money from donors to provide food to the needy

　　　　 C. collecting money and healthy food to provide food to the needy

　　　　 D. collecting money and healthy food for charitable organizations

　　 2. In addition to providing food to the needy, food recovery programs also——.

　　      A. distribute money directly to the needy

　　　　  B. help farmers improve their productivity

　　　　  C. are involved in other charitable services

　　　　  D. help some agencies reduce food waste

　　 3. Which of the following is NOT the cost of food recovery mentioned in the passage?

　　　　  A. Publication for food recovery courses.

　　　　  B. Collecting money for recovery courses.

　　　　  C. Enrolling volunteers for recovery courses.

　　　　  D. Encountering some obstacles from the government.

　　 4. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

　　　　  A. Food recovery programs are mainly involved in charitable services.

　　　　  B. Food recovery programs are involved in promoting nutritional balance.

　　　　  C. All staff of Food recovery programs are volunteers without pay.

　　　　  D. Many supermarkets and farmers are involved in Food recovery programs.

 

Answer 1

答案：C;C;D;B
解析：

1．C。根据第三段可得知食品回收的意义在于：1．providing food c0 the needy(向穷人提供救济食品)；2．“the additional food supplied by recovery programs allows agencies that serve the disadvantaged t0 reallocate money to  other needed services，money that they would have otherwise spent on food．”(由回收项目提供的额外食品使得扶贫部门能够将原本计划用于购买食品的钱用于其他服务项目)。综合这两点可以判断C项正确。     2．C。根据第1题的分析，由回收食品的第2点意义可以看出，食品回收能够将省下来的钱用于其他的服务项目，所以C项正确。     3．D。根据最后一段可以看出D项不正确，文章没有提及来自政府方面的阻碍，只有后勤和财政阻碍，即A、B、C三项。     4．B。辨认事实题。文章第一段最后一句说：“…depend largely on the efforts of volunteers…”即大多数是志愿者，但不能说是全部，所以C项错误。根据文章第一句可以判断A、D两项正确。根据第二段最后一句可以判断B项正确。

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