12.Imagine the tallest building in the United States.Fill that giant building 44times with rotten fruits and vegetables.Now you know how much food Americans waste every year.
It is hard to believe,right?About 133billion 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.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 44million 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?
28.Why are lots of fruits and vegetables thrown away in the US?A
A.Because they don't look nice.
B.Because they have gone bad.
C.Because they don't taste good.
D.Because they are badly polluted.
29.What is the 5th paragraph mainly about?D
A.The stores selling ugly food.
B.The better names for ugly food.
C.The number of hungry Americans.
D.The benefits of the ugly-food movement.
30.What does the mark"…"in the last paragraph suggest?C
A.The author would like to buy ugly carrots.
B.No one would care if a carrot looks a little ugly.
C.The author does not quite like the word"ugly".
D.Nobody really wants to buy carrots that look ugly.
分析 本文講述了在美國有許多水果因?yàn)槌舐粊G棄,由此引發(fā)了一項(xiàng)運(yùn)動來幫助人們看到這些水果的好處.
解答 28.A.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.由第二段And a lot of it is thrown away for one simple reason:It's ugly,可知水果被丟棄的原因是看起來丑,不好看,故選A.
29.D.段意理解題.由第五段In some US stores,it's"misfit produce".Whatever you call it,ugly food helps many people,可知此段講的是這些丑陋的水果的好處,它可以幫助很多人,故選D.
30.C.理解推斷題.由文章內(nèi)容可知這些看起來不美的食物卻有很多好處,可推知作者認(rèn)為它們其實(shí)是好的,并不能直接用丑陋來形容,故需C.
點(diǎn)評 本篇閱讀較為簡單.文章內(nèi)容,所出題目以及選項(xiàng)也較短,因此考生只要閱讀詳略結(jié)合,細(xì)心理解,就能快速得出正確答案.