Organic food: Why?1. Europe is now the biggest
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Organic food: Why?
1. Europe is now the biggest market for organic food in the world, expanding by 25 percent a year over the past 10 years. So what is the attraction of organic food for some people? The really important thing is that organic sounds more "natural". Eating organic is a way of defining oneself as natural, good, caring, different
from the junk-food-eating masses.
2. Unlike conventional farming, the organic approach means farming with natural, rather than man-made, fertilisers and pesticides. Techniques such as crop rotation(轮种)improve soil quality and help organic farmers compensate for the absence of man-made chemicals. As a method of food produc-tion, organic is, however, inefficient in its use of labour and land; there are severe limits to how much food can be produced. Also, the environmental benefits of not using artificial fertilisers are tiny com-pared with the amount of carbon dioxide emitted(排放)by transporting food.
3. Organic farming ,is often claimed to be safer than conventional farming. Yet studies into organic farming worldwide continue to reject this claim An extensive review by the UK Food Standards Agency found that there was no statistically significant difference between organic and conventional crops. Even where results in-dicated there was evidence of a difference, the reviewers found no sign that these differences would have any noticeable effect on health.
4. The simplistic claim that organic food is more nutritious than conventional food was always likely to be misleading. Food &39;is a natural product, and the health value of different foods will vary for a number of rea-sons, including freshness, the way the food is cooked, the type of soil it is grown in, the amount of sunlight and rain crops have received, and so on Likewise, the flavour of a carrot has less to do with whether it was fertilised with manure(粪便) or something out of a plastic sack than with the variety of carrot and how long ago it was dug up .
5. The notion that organic food is safer than "normal" food is also contradicted by the fact that many of our most common food are full of natural toxins(毒素). As one research expert says:"People think that the more natural something is, the better it is for them. That is simply not the case. In fact,it is the opposite that is true: the closer a plant is to its natural state, the more likely it is that will poison you. Naturally, many plants do not want to be eaten, so we have spent 10,000 years developing agriculture and breeding out harmful traits from crops. "
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??A.Main reason for the popularity of organic foodB.Description of organic faring C.Factors that affect food health value D.Testing the taste of organic food E.Necessity to remove hidden dangers form. foodF.Research into whether organic food is betteer??
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??A.Main reason for the popularity of organic foodB.Description of organic faring C.Factors that affect food health value D.Testing the taste of organic food E.Necessity to remove hidden dangers form. foodF.Research into whether organic food is betteer??
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A.Main reason for the popularity of organic foodB.Description of organic faring C.Factors that affect food health value D.Testing the taste of organic food E.Necessity to remove hidden dangers form. foodF.Research into whether organic food is betteer
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??A.Main reason for the popularity of organic foodB.Description of organic faring C.Factors that affect food health value D.Testing the taste of organic food E.Necessity to remove hidden dangers form. foodF.Research into whether organic food is betteer??
Techniques of organic farming help _ .
??A.show that organic crops are safer than conventional ones B.be specially trained C.improve soil qualityD.poison youE.be eatenF.affect their nutritional content??
There is no convincing evidence to _ .
??A.show that organic crops are safer than conventional ones B.be specially trained C.improve soil qualityD.poison youE.be eatenF.affect their nutritional content??
The weather conditions during the growth of crops _ .
??A.show that organic crops are safer than conventional ones B.be specially trained C.improve soil qualityD.poison youE.be eatenF.affect their nutritional content??
The closer a plant is to its natural state, the less suitable it is to
??A.show that organic crops are safer than conventional ones B.be specially trained C.improve soil qualityD.poison youE.be eatenF.affect their nutritional content??请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析,谢谢!
参考答案
问题 1 答案解析:
??A;文章第一段主要讲有机食品有巨大吸引力的原因,主要原因是“有机”二字听起来更自然,吃有机食品会让人与吃垃圾食品的人大不相同。A项“Main reason for the popularity of organic food.“(食品受欢迎的主要原因)符合本段主题,故选A。??
问题 2 答案解析:
??B;文章第二段第一句是主题句,意为:与常规农业不同,有机的耕种方式是自然而非人为的,不使用化肥或农药。下面又具体介绍了有机农业的耕作方式。B项“Description of organic farm-ing.”(描述有机农业)与主题句意思相符,故选B。??
问题 3 答案解析:
??F;文章第三段主要讲有机农业经常宣称比常规农业更安全,然而全球范围内关于有机农业的研究却反驳了这一观点,紧接着介绍了英国食品标准署的研究发现。F项“Research into whether organic food is better.”(关于有机食品是否更好的研究)符合本段主题,故选F。??
问题 4 答案解析:
??C;文章第四段主要讲过分简单的说有机食品比常规食品更有营养是有误导作用的。接下来介绍了影响食品健康价值的一些因素,包括食物的新鲜程度、烹饪方式,生长的土壤、阳光、雨量等等。C项“Factors that affect food health value.”(影响食品健康价值的因素)符合本段主题,故选C??
问题 5 答案解析:
??C;题意:有机耕作技术帮助改善土壤质量。文章第二段第二句指出,像作物轮种这样的技术能够提高土壤质量,帮助有机农夫弥补因不施化肥造成的损失。C项“improve soil quality”(改善土壤质量)与原句意思相符,故选C。??
问题 6 答案解析:
??A;题意:没有令人信服的证据表明有机作物比常规作物更安全。、文章第三段第一句指出,有机农业经常宣称比常规农业更安全,然而全球范围内关于有机农业的研究却反驳了这一观点。A项“show that organic crops are safer than conventional ones”(表明有机作物比常规作物更安全)与原句意思相符,故选A。??
问题 7 答案解析:
??F;题意:作物生长过程中的气候条件影响它们的营养成分。文章第四段第二句指出,食物是天然产品,食物的健康价值因很多不同的原因而各异,包括食物的新鲜程度、烹饪方式,生长的土壤、阳光、雨量等等。F项“affect their nutritional content”(影响它们的营养成分)与原句意思相符,故选F??
问题 8 答案解析:
??E;题意:植物越接近自然状态就越不适合被食用。文章第五段专家的话中指出,食物越接近自然状态,就越有可能使人中毒。E项be eaten(被食用)与原句意思相符,故选E??