Question

【題目】Today we eat on the go, at our desks and even in front of computers. We eat takeout, delivered and packaged meals. 【1】

“Over the past three decades, people have started eating out more than ever before and purchasing more prepared foods at the grocery store, which tend to contain more fat, salt and sugar than their home-made foods,” noted US healthy living website Spark People.

【2】 It encourages us to value the time we spend preparing, sharing and consuming food, as a recent USA today article put it. It all started in 1986 with the efforts of Slow Food’s founding father, Italian activist Carlo Petrini, who wanted to bring back food varieties and flavors that had gone dark in the face of industrialization.【3】 Now his idea is almost the mainstream.

Starting at the table, the movement promotes an unhurried way of life founded on the idea that everyone has a right to cooking pleasure, and that everyone must also take responsibility to “protect the heritage (遺產(chǎn)) of food, tradition and culture that make this celebration of the senses possible”, wrote The Phnom Penh Post.

“【4】. It means turning down the speed at which we eat and increasing the amount of time we spend dining together with other people,” Althea Zanecosky, spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, told The Huf fington Post.”【5】 Dinner table conversations keep families together,” noted the Belgian non-profit organization Greenfudge.

A. It is a way to bring back the social togetherness of yesterday.

B. It seems that we have adapted our foods to our fast-paced lives.

C. So the Slow Food Movement has occurred against this fast-food trend.

D. Slow Food doesn’t necessarily mean food that takes a long time to cook.

E. It is based on the idea that we should spend as much time as possible on cooking.

F. It’s not only the food itself but also the time we spend dining together that matters.

G. At that time, he asked people to follow a more sustainable (可持續(xù)的) living model.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】G

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】試題分析：本文講述的是“慢吃的好處”。

【1】B根據(jù)上句：我們吃著外賣和包裝的食物。可知此處的意思是：我們似乎在調(diào)整食物來適應(yīng)快節(jié)奏的生活。故B項(xiàng)符合語境。

【2】C上面說了快餐的壞處，下面說了慢食的好處，故C項(xiàng)“所以，慢食已經(jīng)出現(xiàn)來對(duì)抗快餐的流行”符合語境。

【3】G由下面一句“Now, his idea is almost the mainstream.”可知，此處應(yīng)該說的是過去他的主張，故G項(xiàng)符合語境。

【4】D由下一句“它意味著放慢我們吃東西的速度……”可知，此處是解釋“Slow Food”的含義，故D項(xiàng)符合語境。

【5】A由下面的“餐桌交談能夠使家人在一起”可知，此處說的是慢食的好處，故A項(xiàng)符合語境。