Question

【題目】 Every year, billions of kilograms of fresh produce are wasted in the United States. Meanwhile, millions of poor Americans go hungry, without access to healthy and affordable meals.

Evan Lutz is enthusiastic about correcting that social injustice. And he combines that goal with enthusiasm for business. Lutz is CEO and founder of Hungry Harvest, a business which collects and sells “ugly” produce. These are fruits and vegetables that most food companies would throw away. More than six billion pounds are wasted each year due to surface imperfections.

“So I’ll give you an example.” Lutz says, “If you go to a grocery store you will see all the produce lineup shiny, perfect, of the same size and color. But on a farm, everything doesn’t grow the same way. So all that stuff that doesn’t grow the same way often gets thrown out. And what we do is take all that normally gets thrown out because of its odd size or shape, box it up and deliver it to our customers once a week.”

For Evan Lutz, giving back to others came form his upbringing. “When I was growing up, my parents taught me the values of giving back, and giving is a lot more powerful than receiving. We sell produce with a purpose and that doesn’t just mean we reduce food from going to waste. We hire people that were formerly in prison or were formerly injured or sick living in homeless shelters. They really wanted to get back on their feet for a second chance in life.”

Evan Lutz is really happy to be realizing great mission that he thinks can really revolutionize the food industry in America.

【1】The social injustice in Paragraph 2 refers to the fact that _________.

A.vegetables and fruits that don’t taste good are thrown away

B.grocery stores only sell produce of the same size

C.poor Americans can not afford healthy food

D.much produce gets wasted while many Americans starve

【2】What business does Hungry Harvest mainly do?

A.Deliver food for free.B.Collect “ugly” produce and sell it.

C.Raise money for the poor.D.Buy “ugly” produce and process it.

【3】Why does Evan Lutz employ those people mentioned in Paragraph 4?

A.To provide them with a job.B.To reduce labor costs.

C.To increase productivity.D.To earn a better reputation.

【4】What can be the best title for the passage?

A.Creating More Jobs for the Less Fortunate.

B.Putting Healthy Food on Dinner Table.

C.Giving Unused Produce a Purpose.

D.Making Profits from Shiny Produce.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。文章首先提到了美國浪費嚴重的現(xiàn)象。然后提到了Evan Lutz成立了一個組織來重新利用這些被浪費的食物，賦予這些食物新的目的。

【1】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段Every year, billions of kilograms of fresh produce are wasted in the United States. Meanwhile, millions of poor Americans go hungry, without access to healthy and affordable meals（在美國，每年有數(shù)十億公斤的新鮮農(nóng)產(chǎn)品被浪費。與此同時，數(shù)以百萬計的美國窮人在挨餓，無法獲得健康和負擔得起的食物）可知，題干中的social injustice（社會不公）指代就是第一段中提到的很多農(nóng)產(chǎn)品被浪費但卻有很多的美國人在挨餓的問題。故選D項。

【2】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段Lutz is CEO and founder of Hungry Harvest, a business which collects and sells “ugly” produce（盧茨是Hungry Harvest的首席執(zhí)行官和創(chuàng)始人，該公司專門收集和銷售“丑陋”農(nóng)產(chǎn)品）可知，Hungry Harvest是一個專門收集和銷售所謂“丑陋”農(nóng)產(chǎn)品的組織。故選B項。

【3】

推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第四段We hire people that were formerly in prison or were formerly injured or sick living in homeless shelters. They really wanted to get back on their feet for a second chance in life（我們雇傭那些曾經(jīng)在監(jiān)獄里或曾經(jīng)受傷或生病的人住在收容所。他們真的很想重新站起來，獲得人生的第二次機會）可知，Evan Lutz雇傭這些人是因為他們想重新開始，獲得人生的第二次機會。所以Evan Lutz給他們工作讓他們重新開始。故選A項。

【4】

主旨大意題。作者在文章第一段提到Every year, billions of kilograms of fresh produce are wasted in the United States. Meanwhile, millions of poor Americans go hungry, without access to healthy and affordable meals（在美國，每年有數(shù)十億公斤的新鮮農(nóng)產(chǎn)品被浪費。與此同時，數(shù)以百萬計的美國窮人在挨餓，無法獲得健康和負擔得起的食物）可知，在美國有很多的食物被浪費盡管有很多人挨餓。另外在文章第二段提到了Hungry Harvest成立了一個組織專賣這些被丟掉的“丑陋”的農(nóng)產(chǎn)品。最后根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段提到We sell produce with a purpose and that doesn’t just mean we reduce food from going to waste（我們出售農(nóng)產(chǎn)品是有目的的，這不僅僅意味著我們減少了食物的浪費）可知，出售這些產(chǎn)品的目的之一是為減少浪費。綜合分析，本篇主要在講讓那些被浪費的東西重新被利用。故選C項。