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(chǎn) supporter of free global trade
B.a(chǎn) member of a Food Commission
C.a(chǎn) supporter of First World food markets
D.a(chǎn) member of an energy development group.
分析 本文講述了環(huán)境與產(chǎn)品的關(guān)系,作者將環(huán)境的破壞歸因于產(chǎn)品從生產(chǎn)到市場的運(yùn)送距離,相反產(chǎn)品從生產(chǎn)到市場的公里數(shù)是世貿(mào)成功的標(biāo)志.
解答 9.D.解析:這是一道細(xì)節(jié)推斷題.根據(jù)"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生氣是因?yàn)橛泻芏嗨要耗費(fèi)很多燃料從國外進(jìn)口水,這是很愚蠢的,故選D.
10.A.解析:這是一道詞義猜測題.根據(jù)"The water,it angrily argues in public,has traveled 10,000 food miles before it reaches Western customers"可知,商品運(yùn)到目的地(Western customers)的距離,因此A為正確選項(xiàng).
11.C 解析:這是一道細(xì)節(jié)推斷題.作者通過比較西紅在英國和加納的生長條件(在應(yīng)該西紅柿在溫室里生長,而在加納是在室外生長),說明減少了運(yùn)輸?shù)哪芰肯,但可能增加生產(chǎn)產(chǎn)品的能量消耗,所以減少食物運(yùn)輸公里未必能節(jié)省能源,故選C.
12.A 解析:這是一道細(xì)節(jié)推斷題.根據(jù)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"可以知道作者認(rèn)為全球貿(mào)易系統(tǒng)是成功的,對全球貿(mào)易系統(tǒng)是表示支持的,因此A為正確答案.
點(diǎn)評 本文是健康環(huán)保類閱讀理解.做這類題材閱讀理解時(shí)要求考生對文章通讀一遍,做題時(shí)結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進(jìn)行仔細(xì)分析,結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).