Europe is now the biggest market for organic food in the world, having grown by 25 percent a year over the past 10 years. Denmark’s agriculture minister is herself an organic farmer. The UK market for organic food grew by 55 percent in 2000, while the food market as a whole grew by only one percent. Yet only seven percent of British shoppers account for nearly 60 percent of organic sales. However popular the idea of organic farming may be, it is still an interest for only a few people.
So what makes the idea of organic farming popular? Organic farming means farming with natural materials, rather than with man-made fertilizers or pesticides(殺蟲(chóng)劑). Organic farmers rely on many methods — such as crop rotation (農(nóng)作物的輪作) and the use of resistant（有抵抗力的）varieties, because they are necessary for organic farmers to compensate for the shortage of man-made chemicals.
Organic farming is often supposed to be safer than traditional farming for the environment. Yet after a long research on organic farming worldwide for a number of years, science continues to be against this opinion. The House of Commons committee on agriculture stated that, even with complete research work, it would fail to find any scientific evidence to prove “that any of claims made for organic farming is always true”.
However, the talk about the benefits of organic farming is going on. This is partly because many people depend on their individual farm, the soil, the weather, and so on.
【小題1】The first paragraph mainly tells us _________.

A．organic farming has been performed only in Europe over the past 10 years.
B．governments of European countries have cared less about organic farming.
C．organic farming isn’t so popular as expected.
D．European countries need organic food more than the other countries in the world.
【小題2】The underlined words “compensate for” in the second paragraph probably mean “_________”.
A．a(chǎn)rgue forB．care for
C．make up forD．pay for
【小題3】 What can we know about organic farming?
A．It refers to farming with natural materials, instead of chemical fertilizers.
B．It refers to farming with chemical fertilizers rather than natural fertilizers.
C．It refers to farming with soil rather than any other thing.
D．It refers to growing crops with man-made fertilizers and pesticides.
【小題4】According to the third paragraph, _________.
A．organic farming is safer than traditional farming for the environment.
B．the idea that organic farming is safer has not been proven by science.
C．organic farming is accepted by the UK’s House of Commons committee.
D．organic farming is preferred to traditional farming.
【小題5】Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?
A．The UK’s agriculture minister is an organic farmer.
B．Organic farming is popular with young people.
C．Farmers try every means to improve the organic sales system.
D．Ninety-three percent of British shoppers don’t buy organic products.


【小題1】C
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】B
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：現(xiàn)在有機(jī)食品談?wù)摵芏�，但是它并不像想象的那么受歡迎，有機(jī)農(nóng)作物更加安全還沒(méi)有被科學(xué)證實(shí)，購(gòu)買(mǎi)有機(jī)食品的人還是少數(shù)。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第一段的句子：However popular the idea of organic farming may be, it is still an interest for only a few people.可知這段介紹的是有機(jī)農(nóng)業(yè)并不像想象的那么受歡迎，所以選C。
【小題2】猜詞題：根據(jù)第二段的句子：such as crop rotation (農(nóng)作物的輪作) and the use of resistant（有抵抗力的）varieties, because they are necessary for organic farmers to compensate for the shortage of man-made chemicals. 可知農(nóng)作物的輪作和有抵抗力的種類(lèi)的使用對(duì)于有機(jī)農(nóng)民彌補(bǔ)人造的化學(xué)物質(zhì)的短缺都是很必要的，所以compensate for 是“彌補(bǔ)”的意思，所以選C
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第三段的句子：Organic farming is often supposed to be safer than traditional farming for the environment. 可知有機(jī)農(nóng)作物比傳統(tǒng)的農(nóng)作物更加安全，所以選A。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第三段的句子：even with complete research work, it would fail to find any scientific evidence to prove “that any of claims made for organic farming is always true”. 可知有機(jī)農(nóng)作物更加安全還沒(méi)有被科學(xué)證實(shí)，所以選B。
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)題：根據(jù)第一段的句子：Yet only seven percent of British shoppers account for nearly 60 percent of organic sales. 可知93%的英國(guó)人是不買(mǎi)有機(jī)食品的，所以選D。
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