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1、2023年中考英語(yǔ)時(shí)事熱點(diǎn)閱讀專練 熱點(diǎn)33外賣與食物儲(chǔ)存安全等 一、閱讀理解1 Wheredoesyourfoodcomefrom?Howisitmade?Thesedays,manypeopleworryaboutfoodsafety.Butfoodsafetyisnotanewworry.In1906,Upton辛克萊，美國(guó)作家）wrotetheJungle.ThebookisthestoryofapoorfamilyinChicago.Itisalsoaboutthedangerouswaysthatfoodwasprepared.Peopleweresoworriedthatt

2、heU.S.startedtestingfood. Thesedays,mostfoodintheworldissafe.Lawscontrolwherefoodcomesfrom.Theyalsocontrolhowfoodismanagedandprepared.Lawsareimportant.Butit'smoreimportanttomakesuretherulesarefollowed.Agoodfoodsafetysystem（系統(tǒng)）keepspeoplesafe.Italsohelpsthemeathealthyfood.Labels（標(biāo)簽）onfoodgivepeoplei

3、mportantinformation.Thentheycanmakegoodchoicesabouttheirfood. Althoughfoodsafetysystemsusuallywork,therecanbeproblems.Sometimesmistakesaremade.Forexample,atruckmightcarryeggsandthenicecream.Theicecreamcouldmakepeoplesickwhenthetruckisn'tcleanedbeforecarryingit.Otherproblemsarenotmistakes.Sometimesc

4、ompaniesbreakrulestomakemoremoney.Whenthishappens,peopledon'tknowiftheirfoodissafe. Asweallknow,foodiscloselyconnectedtoourdailylife.Weshouldtakeactionstomakefoodsafer! 1. WhydidtheUSstarttestingthefood? A. Becausefoodsafetyisnotanewworry. B. Becausefoodwaspreparedindangerousways. C. Becausethe

5、peopleweresoworried. D. Becausemostfoodintheworldisn'tsafe. 2. Whatcanpeopledoafterreadingtheinformationonfoodlabels? A. Theycancontrolhowfoodisprepared. B. Theycankeepfoodsafe. C. Theycaneathealthyfood. D. Theycanmakegoodchoicesaboutfood. 3. Whencouldicecreammakepeoplesickintheexample? A. W

6、henthetruckcarrieseggs. B. chemicalsareneededinfoodprocessingfoodpoisoningcanbekeptundercontrol C. foodpoisoningisoutofcontrol8 Nowadays,thefoodthatyoubuycomesfrommanydifferentcountries.Havealookinyourfridge,cupboard,andfruitbowlandchecktheorigins（來(lái)源）ofthefood.PerhapsthereareapplesfromCalifornia,

7、lambfromNewZealand,orpotatoesfromEgypt?Youwillprobablybesurprisedhowfarfoodtravelstogettoyourplate.Thisjourney,from“fieldtoplate”，iscalled"foodmiles”.Afoodmileisthedistancethatfoodtravelsfromthefarmer'sfieldtothepersonwhobuysthefood.Nowadays,foodoftentravelsthousandsofmilestogettotheconsumer。肖費(fèi)者）.Wh

8、yisthis,andwhataretheeffects（影響）oftheselongdistances? Traditionally,farmerssoldtheirfoodinthelocalmarketsothefooddidn'thavetotravelveryfar.Theconsumersalsodidnottravelveryfar,becausetheywenttotheirlocalmarkettobuythefood.Thiswasagoodsystemforfarmersandconsumers.However,thereweresomedisadvantages.Fo

9、rexample,consumerscouldonlybuyfoodthatfarmersproducedlocally.Inaddition,theycouldonlygetfoodthatwasinseason.Now,becauseofmoderntechnology,foodcomesfromallovertheworld.Wedonothavetowaitforspringorsummertobuystrawberriesortomatoes.Theyareavailableinwinterifwewant. Somecountrieshavetoimport（進(jìn)口）mostoft

10、heirfood.Thisisbecausetheyhavedifficultclimates.TheUnitedArabEmirates（UAE）,forexample,gets85%ofitsfoodfromothercountries.EvenfoodmadeintheUAEoftenusesimportedmaterials. Whafswrongwith"foodmiles”？Isthisnotagoodwayofincreasinginternationaltrade?Ibelievethesemilesareworryingforanumberofreasons.Firstof

11、all,becausefoodtravelssuchlongdistances,weneedmoreplanes,lorries,andshipstomovethefood.Thismeansweusemoreoilorpetrol,sothereismorepollutionandmoreglobal（全球的）warming.Inaddition,foodthattravelsalongwayisnotfreshandusuallynotverytasty.Tomatoes,forexample,arepickedearlyandstoredfortheirlongjourney.Forth

12、isreason,theyareusuallytastelesswhentheygettotheconsumer.Localfoodhasabettertaste,anditalsoreducestheamountofglobalpollution.Weneedtobuymorelocalfood. 32. Whatiscalled"foodmiles,,accordingtothispassage? A. Theoriginsofthefood.B.Thejourneyfromfieldtoplate. C.Theeffectsoflongdistances.D.Thedisadvan

13、tagesofimportedfood. 33. SomecountriesliketheUnitedArabEmirateshavetoimportmostoftheirfoodbecauseof. A. longdistancesB.freshandtastyfoodC.difficultclimatesD.moderntechnology 34. ThewriterusestheLASTparagraphmostlytoencouragereadersto. A. buymorelocalfoodB.travellongdistancesC.increaseinternation

14、altradeD.useimportedmaterials 二、完型填空 35ofyouliketobuyahamburgerforlunchoreatsomecookiesbetweenclasses?Theyareyummyandeasy36around. Butremember37atthepackage.Isthereanytransfat（反式脂肪酸）?Mosttransfatsareman-made.Peoplemakethem38addinghydrogen（氫）tovegetableoil.Suchoilgivesfoodalongershelflife（保質(zhì)期）anda

15、39taste. However,researchfindsthattransfatsarevery40.Theycauseheartdiseases.Manycountries,suchasDenmark,havestopped41transfats.NowtheUSisalso42banning（禁止）it?Thereisnosuchban inChina.ItismainlybecauseChinesedietshave43fewertransfatsthanthoseintheWest,saidfoodsafetyexperts.Butyoungpeopleshould44,asc

16、akesandcookiesoftenhavetransfats.Somefastfoodrestaurantsalsouseoilwithtransfatstofry45theylastlonger. Inrecentyears,manyfoodcompanieshavestartedtousefewertransfats.Forexample,KFCinChinasaidin2006thattheirfoodcontainsnotransfats.Youcanhavealookataproductspackage46buying.Ifthefoodhastransfats,theresh

17、ouldbeinformationabouthowmuchit47ItislawinChina.Howmuchtransfatissafe?TheWorldHealthOrganizationsaysthatanadult48eatnomorethan2.2gramsoftransfatsaday. Transfatsarea"yummytrap（陷阱）n,manypeoplehavesaid.Theytastebetterthannaturaloil.Cakesandcookiesmadewithtrans-fatoilaremuchsofter.Buttransfatshave49nut

18、ritionalbenefit（營(yíng)養(yǎng)價(jià)值）atall. 35.A.Howold B.Howmany C.Howoften D.Howfar 36.A.carry B.tocarry C.bring D.tobring 37.A.tohavealook B.havealook C.tosee D.see 38.A.with B.without C.by D.and 39.A.good B.well C.better D.best 40.A.health B.healthily C.healthy D.unhealthy 41.A.using B

19、.touse C.used D.uses 42.A.think B.thinkof C.thinkabout D.thinkingabout 43.A.much B.many C.more D.most 44.A.putout B.comeout C.watchout D.goout 45.A.that B.when C.because D.becauseof 46.A.before B.after C.behind D.infront 47.A.consistof B.contain C.consistsof D.contains 48.

20、A.must B.need C.may D.should 49.A.less B.none C.no D.not 三、短文填空 Fewpeopleknowaboutonlinefooddeliveryapps10yearsago,buttodaymanywouldfindthatitishardtolivew50.them.InChinaalone,over400millionpeopleusesuchapps.Forbetterorforworse,onlinefooddeliverys51.havechangedthewayweeat,andtheyarealsohavi

21、ngahugeinfluenceonoursociety. Theseappshavenodoubtbringingusmanybenefits.Theyprovidejobsformillionsofpeopleandhelprestaurantsfindmorecustomers.S52.theappsareveryconvenient,theyalsobenefitconsumers.Wecannowhavemealsdeliveredatanytimeofday,whichisespeciallyimportantforpeoplewhoworklonghours,astheymig

22、htnothavetimetocook.Notonlydotheseappssavetime,theyalsoprovideuswithawidevarietyofrestaurantstochoosefrom. However,wemustnotforgettheproblemsofonlinefooddelivery.Foronething,theymakeiteveneasiertoorderu53?food,highinsugar,fatandsalt.Foodsafetyisanotherproblem.Iesfrom,andwhethertheownerisallowedtoru

23、narestaurant.Ascouriers（遞送者）needtodelivertheordersasquicklyaspossible,somemaypaylessattentiontotrafficrules.Theseyears,therehavebeenanumberofterribletrafficaccidentsbecauseofthis.Moreover,theindustryisp55?unbelievableamountsofpackagingwaste.Overamilliontonsofonlinefooddeliveryboxesarethrownawayevery

24、year. Therearemanygoodpointsofonlinefooddelivery,butweneedtomakesurethatwemaketherightc56.inthelongrun.Weshoulddoourbesttolimitwaste,especiallywhenitcomestopackaging.Wealsoneedtothinkaboutwhatweeatandtheinfluenceonourhealth.Nexttimeyouwanttoorderin,youshouldthinkaboutwhetheryoureallyneedto.Inmostca

25、ses,itisbettertowalkovertothesupermarket,buytheingredientsyouneed,andthencookthemonyourown. 2023年中考英語(yǔ)時(shí)事熱點(diǎn)閱讀專練 熱點(diǎn)33外賣與食物儲(chǔ)存安全等 一、閱讀理解1 Wheredoesyourfoodcomefrom?Howisitmade?Thesedays,manypeopleworryaboutfoodsafety.Butfoodsafetyisnotanewworry.In1906,Upton辛克萊，美國(guó)作家）wrotetheJungle.Thebookisthestoryofa

26、poorfamilyinChicago.Itisalsoaboutthedangerouswaysthatfoodwasprepared.PeopleweresoworriedthattheU.S.startedtestingfood. Thesedays,mostfoodintheworldissafe.Lawscontrolwherefoodcomesfrom.Theyalsocontrolhowfoodismanagedandprepared.Lawsareimportant.Butit'smoreimportanttomakesuretherulesarefollowed.Agood

27、foodsafetysystem（系統(tǒng)）keepspeoplesafe.Italsohelpsthemeathealthyfood.Labels（標(biāo)簽）onfoodgivepeopleimportantinformation.Thentheycanmakegoodchoicesabouttheirfood. Althoughfoodsafetysystemsusuallywork,therecanbeproblems.Sometimesmistakesaremade.Forexample,atruckmightcarryeggsandthenicecream.Theicecreamcould

28、makepeoplesickwhenthetruckisn'tcleanedbeforecarryingit.Otherproblemsarenotmistakes.Sometimescompaniesbreakrulestomakemoremoney.Whenthishappens,peopledon'tknowiftheirfoodissafe. Asweallknow,foodiscloselyconnectedtoourdailylife.Weshouldtakeactionstomakefoodsafer! 1. WhydidtheUSstarttestingthefood?

29、A. Becausefoodsafetyisnotanewworry. B. Becausefoodwaspreparedindangerousways. C. Becausethepeopleweresoworried. D. Becausemostfoodintheworldisn'tsafe. 2. Whatcanpeopledoafterreadingtheinformationonfoodlabels? A. Theycancontrolhowfoodisprepared. B. Theycankeepfoodsafe. C. Theycaneathealthyfood

30、. D. Theycanmakegoodchoicesaboutfood. 3. Whencouldicecreammakepeoplesickintheexample? A. Whenthetruckcarrieseggs. B. Whenthetruckiscleanedaftercarryingeggs. C. Whenthetruckisn'tcleanedbeforecarryingit. D. Whenthetruckisn'tcleanedaftercarryingit. 4. WhatcanwelearnfromParagraph3? A. Foodsafety

31、systemsusuallywork,buttherecanbemistakes. B. Theicecreamcouldmakepeoplesickwhenthetruckisn'tcleaned. C. Sometimescompaniesbreakrulestomakemoremoney. D. Althoughfoodsafetysystemsusuallywork,therecanbeproblems. 5. What'sthebesttitleofthepassage? A. Food.B.Foodsafety.C.Foodproblems.D.Testingfood.

32、 【答案】l.C2.D3.C4.D5.B 【解析】這篇文章主要講的是食品安全.食品安全并非新鮮事，很早以前就有了.在1906年，UptonSinclair寫(xiě)了一本書(shū)theJungle（雨林），書(shū)里的故事是關(guān)于一個(gè)在芝加哥的家庭，也關(guān)于危險(xiǎn)食品的制作.人們對(duì)食品安全感到擔(dān)憂，因此美國(guó)開(kāi)始食物檢驗(yàn)。 1?細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章PeopleweresoworriedthattheU.S.startedtestingfood.可知，美國(guó)開(kāi)始測(cè)試食物的原因是人們很擔(dān)心食品安全，故選C。 2. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章Thentheycanmakegoodchoicesabouttheirfood.可知，

33、食品標(biāo)簽上的信息能幫助人們更好的選擇食物。故選D。 3. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章Theicecreamcouldmakepeoplesickwhenthetruckisn9tcleanedbeforecarryingit.可知，如果卡車?yán)觌u蛋后沒(méi)有洗車，再拉冰淇淋就會(huì)讓人生病。故選C。 4. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章Althoughfoodsafetysystemsusuallywork,therecanbeproblems.可知，食品安全系統(tǒng)通常都是起作用的，但是有時(shí)也會(huì)出問(wèn)題，故選D。 5. 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段Thesedays,manypeopleworryaboutfoods

34、afety.可知，這篇文章主要講的是食品安全。故選B。 2 Teenagersneedtoeatnutritious（有營(yíng)養(yǎng)的）foodwhilethey9restillyoungsothattheywillgrowuptobehealthyadults.Therefore,itisnecessaryforschoolcafeterias（食堂）toprovidehealthyfood.Withthisinmind,thegovernmenthasintroducedanewfoodsafetyregulation（規(guī)定）thatwillimprovenutritionandhealths

35、tandardsinschools. TheregulationtookeffectonApril1.Itrequiresthosewhoareinchargeofkindergartens,primaryandsecondaryschoolstoeatwithstudentsintheircafeterias.Schoolswillalsoberequiredtomakeinformationregardingfoodsourcesandsuppliers（供應(yīng)商）public. Theregulationalsosuggeststhatparentsshouldeatwithstude

36、ntsatschoolinordertoprovideadviceonfoodsafetyandnutrition.Schoolsmustfindoutfoodsafetyproblemsandsolvetheminatimelymanner. Ifaschooliscaughtbuyinglow-qualityfoodorfailingtoreportfoodsafetyincidents（事件），thepeopleinchargeoftheschoolwillbewarned,firedorhandedovertolawenforcement（執(zhí)法機(jī)關(guān)），theregulationsay

37、s. ParentsacrossChinahavebecomeincreasinglyangryaboutfoodsafetyincidentsinschools,accordingtoTheBeijingNews. ThemostrecentexampleoccurredinMarchattheChengduNo7HighDevelopmentSchool.Parentspostedvideosandphotosofmoldy（發(fā)霉的）foodthatwasservedintheschoofscafeteria,ChinaDailyreported.Theschool'sprincipa

38、lwaseventuallyfired. InOctober,theheadofaninternationalschoolinShanghaiwasfiredafterhealthandeducationauthoritiesfoundmoldytomatoesandonionsintheschoolskitchen. 6. Thestoryismainlyaboutanewregulationabout. A. students9eatinghabitsB.schoolprincipalsC.foodsafetyinschoolsD.parent-teacherrelationship

39、s 7. Thenewregulationrequiresschoolsto. A. showthepublicwheretheirfoodcomesfromimprovetheconditionsoftheircafeterias B. allowteachersandstudentstoeattogetherbuildmorethanonecafeteria 8. WhatdoweknowfromParagraph3? A. Teenagersshouldgohometoeatmealseveryday. B. Parentsshouldplayapartinimproving

40、foodsafetyinschools. C. Foodsafetyproblemscanbeeasilysolved. D. Parentsareangryaboutfoodsafetyincidentsinschools. 9. FromtheexampleofChengduNo7HighDevelopmentSchool,wecanlearnthat. A.thepunishmentforfoodsafetyviolationsisseriousschoolprincipalsnationwidearenotdoingtheirjobswell B. foodcangetmol

41、dymoreeasilyinthesouththaninthenorthschoolcafeteriasoftenserverottenfoodtocuttheircosts 【答案】6.C7.A8.B9.A 【解析】本文介紹了新的食品安全條例。該條例于4月1日生效。它要求幼兒園、中小學(xué)的負(fù)責(zé)人和學(xué)生一起在食堂吃飯。學(xué)校也將被要求公開(kāi)有關(guān)食物來(lái)源和供應(yīng)商的信息。該規(guī)定還建議家長(zhǎng)應(yīng)與在校學(xué)生一起吃飯，以便就食品安全和營(yíng)養(yǎng)提供建議。學(xué)校必須及時(shí)發(fā)現(xiàn)和解決食品安全問(wèn)題。最后通過(guò)兩個(gè)例子說(shuō)明：對(duì)食品安全違法行為的處罰是嚴(yán)重的。 6. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Withthisinmind,thegover

42、nmenthasintroducedanewfoodsafetyregulation（規(guī)定）thatwillimprovenutritionandhealthstandardsinschools.有鑒于此，政府出臺(tái)了一項(xiàng)新的食品安全條例（規(guī)定），將改善學(xué)校的營(yíng)養(yǎng)和健康標(biāo)準(zhǔn)?？芍疚闹饕顷P(guān)于學(xué)校食品安全的新規(guī)定。故選C。 7. 細(xì)節(jié)理演牟題。左艮據(jù)Schoolswillalsoberequiredtomakeinformationregardingfoodsourcesandsuppliers（供應(yīng)商）public.學(xué)校也將被要求公開(kāi)有關(guān)食物來(lái)源和供應(yīng)商的信息?？芍?，新規(guī)定要求學(xué)校向公眾展

43、示食物的來(lái)源。故選Ao推理判斷題。根據(jù)Theregulationalsosuggeststhatparentsshouldeatwithstudentsatschoolinordertoprovideadviceonfoodsafetyandnutrition.該規(guī)定還建議家長(zhǎng)應(yīng)與在校學(xué)生一起吃飯，以便就食品安全和營(yíng)養(yǎng)提供建議?？梢酝茰y(cè)，這一段要求家長(zhǎng)應(yīng)該在改善學(xué)校食品安全方面發(fā)揮作用。故選B。 8. 推理判斷題。根據(jù)ThemostrecentexampleoccurredinMarchattheChengduNo7HighDevelopmentSchool.Parentspostedvid

44、eosandphotosofmoldy（發(fā)霉的）foodthatwasservedintheschoofscafeteria,ChinaDailyreported.最新的例子發(fā)生在3月份的成都第七中學(xué)。據(jù)《中國(guó)日?qǐng)?bào)》報(bào)道，家長(zhǎng)在學(xué)校食堂貼出發(fā)霉食品的視頻和照片。學(xué)校的校長(zhǎng)最終被解雇了。可以推測(cè)，對(duì)食品安全違法行為的處罰是嚴(yán)重的。故選A。 3 TeachersandheadmastersinChineseschoolsareaskedtoeatwithstudentsindiningroomsateverymeal.ThenewrulewascarriedoutonApril1,2019.A

45、ccordingtotheMinistryofEducation,theintroductionoftheruleisawayofmakingsureofthesafety,nutritionandhealthlevelsofschoolfood. Schoolleadersfromkindergartenstohighschoolsshouldgettogetherwithstudentsduringschoolmeals.Theplanwillguidethemtopaymoreattentiontofoodsafetyatschool. Thismovecameafteralisto

46、fschoolfoodsafetyproblemsinthepastfewyears.InMarch,2019,moldy（發(fā)霉白勺）foodwasfoundinaprimaryschooldiningroominChengdu.Thenewsledtopeople'sworries.Parentsasked tomakesureofschoolfoodsafety. Underthenewrule,schoolsareaskedtotellwherethefoodcomesfrom,whooffersitandotherinformation.Therulesaysschoolsshou

47、ldhelpstudentsgetintohealthyeatinghabits.Italsoinvitesparentstoeatwithstudentsatschooltomakethemlessworried. IntheUnitedStates,obesityrates（月巴月半率）havekeptrisingoverthepastthirtyyears.ThenewlawintroducedbyMichelleObamahaspushedschoolstomakelow-calorie（卡1?各里）menus.Eventhehealthiestchoicesarecommonlyp

48、rovidedbylargefoodcompanies. SchoolsinJapanalsogivechildrenahomemademealforlunch.Thefoodisgrownlocallyandalmostisneverfrozen.Themealsareoftenmadebycooksfromthebeginning.Andthey'rebalancedbutheavyonrice,vegetablesandfish. 9. ThepurposeofaskingteachersandheadmasterstoeatwithstudentsateverymealisEXCE

49、PTmakingsureofstudents9foodsafetyB.avoidingstudents9noise C.thenutritionofschoolfoodD.ThehealthlevelsofschoolfoodTherulethatteachersandheadmasterseatwithstudentsateverymealismade. A. becauseofanumberoffightsandargumentsamongsomestudentsbecauseofalistofschoolfoodsafetyproblemsinthepastfewyears B.

50、becausealotofstudentsusuallyactagainstsomeschoolrulesbecausealotofstudentsaretooyoungtotakecareofthemselves 10. Theunderlinedword"it"inParagraph4refersto"\A.theruleB.theinformation C.theschoolD.thefoodWhatdoesthepassagemainlytalkabout? A.Schoolrules.B.Schooleducation. C.Schoolfoodsafety.D.School

51、eatingenvironment. 【答案】10.B11.B12.D13.C 【解析】本文主要介紹針對(duì)學(xué)校食品安全問(wèn)題，學(xué)校采取的舉措。以及其他國(guó)家學(xué)校的做法。 10. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段中...theintroductionoftheruleisawayofmakingsureofthesafety,nutritionandhealthlevelsofschoolfood可知，該規(guī)則的實(shí)施是確保學(xué)校食品安全、營(yíng)養(yǎng)和健康水平的一種方式，沒(méi)提到 避免學(xué)生的噪音。故選B。 11. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中Thismovecameafteralistofschoolfoodsafet

52、yproblemsinthepastfewyears.可知，這一舉措是在過(guò)去幾年學(xué)校食品安全問(wèn)題出現(xiàn)后出臺(tái)的。故選B。 12. 推理判斷題。分析Underthenewrule,schoolsareaskedtotellwherethefoodcomesfrom,whooffersitandotherinformation.可知，根據(jù)新規(guī)定，學(xué)校被要求說(shuō)出食物的來(lái)源、提供食物的人以及其他信息。所以推測(cè)it指的是其前的thefoodo故選D。 13. 主旨大意題。本文主要介紹針對(duì)學(xué)校食品安全問(wèn)題，學(xué)校采取的舉措。以及其他國(guó)家學(xué)校的做法。所以本文主要討論的是學(xué)校食品安全問(wèn)題。故選C。 4 I

53、fyouboughtsomecandiesmonthsagobutneverateit,howcanyoutellwhetherit'sstilleatable?TheeasiestwayistochecktheHexpiration（截止）date（EXP）''printedonthecover.Ifthatdatehasalreadypassed,you'relikelytothrowthecandiesaway.Butisthatreallynecessary? AccordingtoanewreportfromtheNRDC,tonsoffoodiswastedeachyear,la

54、rgelybecausepeopledon'tfullyunderstandwhatexpirationdates,or"use-bydatesn,actuallymean,sotheythinkthefoodisnotsafetoeat. Fooddatingwasintroducedin1975becausecustomerswantedmoreinformationaboutthethingsthattheywereeating.Whentheyfirstshowedup,use-bydatesonlyshowedfreshnessbecauseproducerswantedtheir

55、productstobetastedintheirbestconditions. However,mostcustomersmistakenlybelievedthatuse-bydatesshowedhowsafethefoodwas.Butthetruthisthatthesedatesaren'trelatedtothedangeroffoodpoisoning（中毒）.Eggs,forexample,canstillbeeatenthreetofiveweeksafterbeingbought,eventhoughtheuse-bydateismuchearlier.Whenthei

56、ruse-bydatespass,cookiesmaylosetheircrunch（松脆的口感）,buttheyarenotharmful. "It'sanunclearsubject,thedifferencebetweenfoodquality（質(zhì)量）andfoodsafety,"saidJenaRobertsfromaUSfoodtestingcompany."Eventheworkmatesinthefoodfactoryarenotsureaboutit.Thisiswhytheuse-bydatesmustbeprintedonthecoversofproducts.'Weho

57、peitcanhelpcustomersunderstandtheinformationsothattheywon'twastealotoffood." Anotherproblemisthatthequalitylevelsofdifferentfoodschangedifferently.Somearestilleatablelongaftertheiruse-bydatewhileothersarenot. Asaresult,foodfactoryofficialsarenowthinkingofchangingtheuse-bydatetoadatewhichcanshowwhe

58、nfoodismostlikelytobethrownaway. A. Whenthetruckiscleanedaftercarryingeggs. B. Whenthetruckisn'tcleanedbeforecarryingit. C. Whenthetruckisn'tcleanedaftercarryingit. 4. WhatcanwelearnfromParagraph3? A. Foodsafetysystemsusuallywork,buttherecanbemistakes. B. Theicecreamcouldmakepeoplesickwhenthet

59、ruckisn'tcleaned. C. Sometimescompaniesbreakrulestomakemoremoney. D. Althoughfoodsafetysystemsusuallywork,therecanbeproblems. 5. What'sthebesttitleofthepassage? A. Food.B.Foodsafety.C.Foodproblems.D.Testingfood. 2 Teenagersneedtoeatnutritious（有營(yíng)養(yǎng)的）foodwhilethey'restillyoungsothattheywillgrowup

60、tobehealthyadults.Therefore,itisnecessaryforschoolcafeterias（食堂）toprovidehealthyfood.Withthisinmind,thegovernmenthasintroducedanewfoodsafetyregulation（規(guī)定）thatwillimprovenutritionandhealthstandardsinschools. TheregulationtookeffectonApril1.Itrequiresthosewhoareinchargeofkindergartens,primaryandsecon

61、daryschoolstoeatwithstudentsintheircafeterias.Schoolswillalsoberequiredtomakeinformationregardingfoodsourcesandsuppliers（供應(yīng)商）public. Theregulationalsosuggeststhatparentsshouldeatwithstudentsatschoolinordertoprovideadviceonfoodsafetyandnutrition.Schoolsmustfindoutfoodsafetyproblemsandsolvetheminatim

62、elymanner. Ifaschooliscaughtbuyinglow-qualityfoodorfailingtoreportfoodsafetyincidents（事件），thepeopleinchargeoftheschoolwillbewarned,firedorhandedovertolawenforcement（我l法機(jī)關(guān)），theregulationsays. ParentsacrossChinahavebecomeincreasinglyangryaboutfoodsafetyincidentsinschools,accordingtoTheBeijingNews.

63、ThemostrecentexampleoccurredinMarchattheChengduNo7HighDevelopmentSchool.Parentspostedvideosandphotosofmoldy（發(fā)霉的）foodthatwasservedintheschoofscafeteria,ChinaDailyreported.Theschool'sprincipalwaseventuallyfired. InOctober,theheadofaninternationalschoolinShanghaiwasfiredafterhealthandeducationauthorit

64、iesfoundmoldytomatoesandonionsintheschoolskitchen. 14. Whichofthefollowingpicturescanshowthemeaningoffexpirationdate(EXP)"? 15.Whatdidtheuse-bydatesshowatfirstaccordingtothepassage? A.Foodfreshness. 16. WhatcanwelearnfromParagraph4? A. Mostcustomerscaremoreaboutfreshnessthanfoodsafety.

65、 B. Mostcustomersfullyunderstandwhatexpirationdatesmean. C. "Expirationdatesnwerefirstusedtoshowwhenfoodwaslikelytogobad. D. Evenaftertheirexpirationdatespass,somefoodsarestillsafetoeat. 17. Whatisprobablythebesttitleforthispassage? A.CustomersandFoodB.FoodQualityandFreshnessC.FoodDatingD.Expira

66、tionDatesandFoodSafety 【答案】14.B15.A16.D17.D 【解析】本文講述的是有關(guān)食品保質(zhì)期的問(wèn)題。很多人以為食物到了保質(zhì)期就不能食用，其實(shí)這樣會(huì)造成很大的浪費(fèi)。很多食物的保質(zhì)期到了只會(huì)影響口感等，是可以食用的。 11. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)所給的四幅圖片，可知選項(xiàng)A標(biāo)出的是生產(chǎn)日期；選項(xiàng)C和選項(xiàng)D都看不出截止日期；只有B.betterifusedby11Apr.2015（最好在2015年4月11之前使用），清楚的表示了截止日期。故選Bo細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Whentheyfirstshowedup,use-bydatesonlyshowedfreshnessbecauseproducerswantedtheirproductstobetastedintheirbestconditions.”，可知?jiǎng)偝霈F(xiàn)的時(shí)候，只是表示新鮮度。故選Ao 12. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“However,mostcustomersmistakenlybelievedthatuse-bydatesshowedho