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【題目】Imagine the tallest building in the United States. Fill that large building 44 times with rotten (腐爛的)fruits and vegetables．Now you know how much food Americans waste every year．

It is hard to believe, right? About 133 .billion pounds of food get .thrown away. That's one, third of all the food we produce. And a lot of it is thrown away for one simple reason: It's ugly.

The problem is that nature isn't perfect. Apples can get scarred(留下疤痕)by storms. Cucumbers grow in C shapes. Carrots change into unusual fork-like forms. Watermelons get too big to fit on a refrigerator shelf. These crazy-looking fruits and vegetables may .taste great. But most grocery stores refuse to sell them. Store owners say people judge food by how it looks. No one wants a tomato that looks like a two-headed monster. (怪物). But what if you could buy that tomato for half-price?

A new movement is trying to make people see the "beauty" in ugly food. Some stores are selling ugly produce. It tastes the same. And you pay less for it because the. food doesn't, look perfect.

Usually, the stores find a nicer word than "ugly'; A Canadian chain uses "naturally imperfect". In some US stores, it's "misfit produce". Whatever you call it, ugly food helps many .people. Farmers get paid for food they were going to have to throw away. Shoppers get cheaper fruits and vegetables. The ugly-food movement will also help some of the 44 million Americans who don't have enough to eat. Many groups give the ugly produce to hungry people.

So really, who cares if that carrot looks a little ... ugly?

【1】We can know from the text that ________.

A. food is thrown mostly because it goes bad

B. food waste is a serious problem in America

C. the uglier the food is, the better it tastes

D. America produces more food than Americans can eat

【2】What is the "beauty" in ugly food?

A. It tastes the same but costs much less.

B. It does much good to people.

C. It is useful to hungry people.

D. It tastes just as good as normal-looking produce.

【3】The ugly-food movement is intended to ________.

A. call on people to help the poor

B. persuade grocery stores to sell ugly produce

C. prove the value 0fugty produce

D. advise people not to waste food

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文，主要講述了在美國食物浪費(fèi)問題很嚴(yán)重，由于食物看起來很丑陋而被丟掉，但是事實(shí)上它們吃起來和一般的食物是一樣的。一項(xiàng)“ugly-food”運(yùn)動(dòng)旨在使這些食物發(fā)揮價(jià)值，將食物送給那些饑餓的人吃。同時(shí)呼吁人們減少食物浪費(fèi)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“Imagine the tallest building in the United States. Fill that large building 44 times with rotten (腐爛的)fruits and vegetables．Now you know how much food Americans waste every year．”想象一下美國最高的建筑。腐爛的水果和蔬菜可填補(bǔ)44倍這一大型建筑，現(xiàn)在你知道多少美國人每年浪費(fèi)食物。故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Some stores are selling ugly produce. It tastes the same. And you pay less for it because the food doesn't look perfect.”一些商店出售的是丑陋的農(nóng)產(chǎn)品。味道是一樣的。你只需要付更少的錢，因?yàn)槭澄锟雌饋聿煌昝�。故選A。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“The ugly-food movement will also help some of the 44 million Americans who don't have enough to eat. Many groups give the ugly produce to hungry people.” 運(yùn)動(dòng)也將幫助4400萬美國人中的一部分人，他們沒有足夠的食物。許多團(tuán)體把這些丑陋的產(chǎn)品送給饑餓的人�？芍�這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)使這些丑陋食物更有價(jià)值。故選C。