17.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 (7,000food miles ) and carrots from South Africa (5,900food 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 25miles 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.
9.The Food Commission is angry because it thinks thatD.
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
10.The phrase"food miles"in the passage refers to the distanceA.
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
11.By comparing tomatoes raised in Britain and in Ghana,the author tries to explain thatC.
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
12.From the passage we know that the author is most probablyA.
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.
分析 本文讲述了环境与产品的关系,作者将环境的破坏归因于产品从生产到市场的运送距离,相反产品从生产到市场的公里数是世贸成功的标志.
解答 9.D.解析:这是一道细节推断题.根据"Transporting water halfway across the world is surely the extremely stupid use of fuel when there is plenty of water in the UK"可知Food commission生气是因为英国有很多水,还要耗费很多燃料从国外进口水,这是很愚蠢的,故选D.
10.A.解析:这是一道词义猜测题.根据"The water,it angrily argues in public,has traveled 10,000 food miles before it reaches Western customers"可知,商品运到目的地(Western customers)的距离,因此A为正确选项.
11.C 解析:这是一道细节推断题.作者通过比较西红在英国和加纳的生长条件(在应该西红柿在温室里生长,而在加纳是在室外生长),说明减少了运输的能量消耗,但可能增加生产产品的能量消耗,所以减少食物运输公里未必能节省能源,故选C.
12.A 解析:这是一道细节推断题.根据最后一句"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"可以知道作者认为全球贸易系统是成功的,对全球贸易系统是表示支持的,因此A为正确答案.
点评 本文是健康环保类阅读理解.做这类题材阅读理解时要求考生对文章通读一遍,做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案,切忌胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据.