Question

 

     An environmental group called the Food Commission is unhappy and disappointed because of the sale of bottled water form Japan. The water is angrily argues in public, has traveled 10,000“food miles” before it reaches Western customers. “transporting water halfway across the world is surely the extremely stupid use of fuel when there is plenty of water in the OK.” It is also worried that we are wasting our fuel by buying prams（对虾）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 done by an industry. Most food is transported around the world on container ships that are extremely energy efficient（高能效的）. It should be noted that a ton of butter transported 25 miles in a truck product transported hundreds of miles by sea. Besides ,the idea of “of 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 one will have been raised in heated greenhouses and the Ghanaian ones in the open sun.

What the idea of “food miles” does provide, however, is the chance to cut out Third World Countries from First World food markers. The number of miles traveled by our food should, as I see it, be regarded as a sign of the success of the global（全球的）trade system, not a sign of damage to the environment.

1.The Food Commission is angry because it thinks that     .

A.OK wastes a lot of money importing food products

B. some imported goods cause environmental damage

C. growing certain vegetables cause environmental damage

D. people waste energy buying food fro 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 another tries to explain that      .

A. British tomatoes are healthier than Ghanaian ones

B. Ghanaian tomatoes taste better than British 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 the Food Commission

D. a supporter of First World food markets

D. a member of an energy development group

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

【解析】：文章第一段谈到食物委员会认为运送事物是能源的一种浪费。

【考点】：细节理解。

2.A

【解析】：我们知道日本、英国均属于“First World”，

【考点】：考查在特定的语境下对词组的理解能力。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。

3.C

【解析】：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fuel，不一定能节约fuel。

【考点】：推理判断题

4.A

【解析】：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，故选A。

【考点】：考查通过文章叙述判断作者的写作意图。