【題目】 In 2011, during his freshman year at the University of Maryland, Simon was struck by how much food was thrown away in the college cafeteria. " I was shocked to see someone buy a full sandwich, eat half of it, and throw the other half out," said Simon. "It was not the values I grew up with. " To him, discarded food was a "natural goldmine” he could source to do good.

Four years later, Simon cofounded Imperfect Produce, a subscription-based home-delivery service for discounted “ugly" fruits and vegetables that are perfectly good on the inside, but otherwise rejected from the food supply chain for their looks.

“Up to 20% of the fruits and vegetables grown on farms in America are thrown away because the produce doesn't meet grocery stores" standards," said Simon. "It's often for discoloration, scarring on the surface caused by the fruit rubbing against a tree limb or an atypical shape,” he said. "Sometimes it's the size. " Simon, 29, and Chesler, 27, decided to source this "ugly" produce directly from farms and deliver it to customers for about 30% less than conventional grocery store prices.

"The reason why we created Imperfect Produce as a direct-to-consumer business is because grocery stores didn't want to partner with us,” said Simon. “So we became our own store. " The San Francisco-based　service launched in August 2015. Today, Imperfect Produce has more than 200,000 subscribers in 22 cities. The company sources its produce from 250 growers nationwide, and slightly more than half of it is organic. To date, Simon said the service has helped recover 40 million pounds of food from going to waste.

Simon declined to disclose income but said this year's sales are expected to double last year's. The business is not yet profitable, but he hopes to expand the service to 40 cities by the end of 2019 and eventually take the company public at some point.

【1】What does the underlined word “discarded” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A.Wasted.B.Rejected.

C.Disliked.D.Eaten.

【2】Why are many fruits and vegetables wasted?

A.They are not tasty.B.They are not nutritious.

C.They are poorly looking.D.They are not good inside.

【3】What made Simon create Imperfect Produce as a direct-to-consumer business?

A.High price offered by him.

B.The wish to set up his own business.

C.His desire to offer service to others.

D.Grocery stores" unwillingness to cooperate with him.

【4】What can be inferred about Simon?

A.He wants to help the poor.

B.He thinks a lot about the wasted food.

C.He has expanded his service to 40 cities.

D.He expects to make profits from his business.

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述了Simon創(chuàng)建Imperfect Produce的過程及意義。

【1】詞句猜測題。A .wasted被浪費(fèi)的；B. rejected被拒絕的；C. disliked 不喜歡的；D. eaten 被吃掉的。根據(jù)第一段的“Simon was struck by how much food was thrown away in the college cafeteria. I was shocked to see someone buy a full sandwich, eat half of it, and throw the other half out.(Simon被大學(xué)食堂扔掉的食物感到驚訝。當(dāng)我看到有人買了一個(gè)完整的三明治，吃了一半，把另一半扔掉時(shí)，我很震驚。)”可知，Simon是反對浪費(fèi)食物的。根據(jù)選項(xiàng)的意思可推知，應(yīng)選擇wasted修飾food表示“浪費(fèi)的食物”，在他看來浪費(fèi)的食物是“寶物”，他可以利用它們做些善事。故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的“Up to 20% of the fruits and vegetables grown on farms in America are thrown away because the produce doesn’t meet grocery stores ‘ standards’. It's often for discoloration, scarring on the surface caused by the fruit rubbing against a tree limb or an atypical shape.( 美國農(nóng)場種植的水果和蔬菜中有20%被丟棄，因?yàn)檫@些水果和蔬菜不符合食品雜貨店的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。通常是因?yàn)樗兩�、水果摩擦樹枝而引起的表面結(jié)疤或不正常的形狀。)”可知，很多水果和蔬菜由于外表不夠美觀而被浪費(fèi)。故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中的“The reason why we created Imperfect Produce as a direct-to-consumer business is because grocery stores didn’t want to partner with us. (我們之所以創(chuàng)造出Imperfect Produce直接面向消費(fèi)者服務(wù)，是因?yàn)殡s貨店不想與我們合作。)”可知，Simon直接面向消費(fèi)者進(jìn)行銷售是因?yàn)殡s貨店的商家們都不愿與Simon的團(tuán)隊(duì)合作。故選D。

【4】推理判斷題。通讀全文可知，文中沒有提到任何關(guān)于窮人的內(nèi)容，A不正確；根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句 “The business is not yet profitable, but he hopes to expand the service to 40 cities by the end of 2019”可知， 這項(xiàng)業(yè)務(wù)目前還沒有盈利，但他希望在2019年底將這項(xiàng)服務(wù)擴(kuò)展到40個(gè)城市，故C和D不正確。根據(jù)第一段的分析，Simon看到很多人浪費(fèi)食物，使他后來通過創(chuàng)建Imperfect Produce對有可能被浪費(fèi)掉的水果和蔬菜進(jìn)行售賣。由此可推知，他對于被浪費(fèi)的食物思考了很多。故選B。

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