17.Similar to humans,produce(農(nóng)產(chǎn)品) comes in different shapes and sizes.Yet,chances are that you have probably never met an ugly-looking carrot or an apple at your local stores or farmers'markets.That's because any fruit or vegetable that looks different from what is considered"normal"will be thrown away.
Experts say that six billion pounds or about twenty percent of all produce grown in the US ends up either in landfills(垃圾填埋地) or as animal feed every year.Now Ben Chesler,Ben Simon and Ron Clark want to change that with their"Imperfect".The Oakland-based company plans to buy the so-called ugly produce from farmers and sell it through a supermarket chain they recently signed a deal with.
Chesler and Simon believe that once people realize that"ugly"fruit and vegetables taste as good as the"beautiful"produce supermarkets sell,they will accept them.The company,which is working with farmers in California,plans to start selling the produce to people in Oakland and Berkeley.If all goes well,Imperfect will extend(擴大) the service to other California cities and then hopefully,to other states as well.
In addition to preventing waste,Imperfect's idea will also cause additional income for farmers who are sometimes forced to throw away as much as 50% of their produce just because it doesn't look"right".Besides,the produce will cost as 30% to 50% less than those sold in supermarkets.
And if that's not enough to convince you that"ugly"produce may be worth a try,how about this?It will help the environment,too.That's because bad produce gives off harmful gas into the atmosphere.What's more,kids may eat more fruit and vegetables if they look"different"from the boring ones they meet every day.

33.What does the underline word"that"in Paragraph 2refer to?B
A.Filling landfills with produce.
B.Throwing away ugly produce.
C.Growing vegetables for animal feed 
D.Selling ugly produce in supermarkets.
34.The idea of ImperfectB.
A.is just in its early stages 
B.is popular with farmers
C.was thought up all of a sudden 
D.is poorly thought of by customers
35.We can learn from the text that ugly produceC.
A.does more harm than good 
B.is cheaper than beautiful produce
C.usually has a quite different taste 
D.has nothing with the environment.

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了丑陋的產(chǎn)品就會被白白扔掉,但其實有時候丑陋也會是一種不一樣的美味.

解答 33.B.詞義猜測題.根據(jù)第一段That's because any fruit or vegetable that looks different from what is considered"normal"will be thrown away.可知他想要改變的是丑陋的產(chǎn)品就會被白白扔掉的現(xiàn)狀;故選B.
34.B.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第四段Imperfect's idea will also cause additional income for farmers who are sometimes forced to throw away as much as 50% of their produce just because it doesn't look"right可知這種不完美的想法在農(nóng)民中很流行;故選B.
35.C.細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)最后一段What's more,kids may eat more fruit and vegetables if they look"different"from the boring ones they meet every day可知有時候丑陋也會是一種不一樣的美味;故選C.

點評 考察學(xué)生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.

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