| 阅读理解。 |
| AnenvironmentalgroupcalledtheFoodCommissionisunhappyanddisappointedbecauseofthesale
ofbottledwaterformJapan.Thewaterisangrilyarguesinpublic,hastraveled10,000"foodmiles"before itreachesWesterncustomers."transportingwaterhalfwayacrosstheworldissurelytheextremelystupid useoffuelwhenthereisplentyofwaterintheOK."Itisalsoworriedthatwearewastingourfuelbybuying praums(对虾)fromIndonesia(7,000foodmiles)andcarrotsfromSouthAfrica(5,900foodmiles). Countingthenumberofmilestraveleddonebyaproductisastrangewayoftryingtotellthetruesituation oftheenvironmentaldamagedonebyanindustry.Mostfoodistransportedaroundtheworldoncontainer shipsthatareextremelyenergyefficient(高能效的).Itshouldbenotedthatatonofbuttertransported25 milesinatruckproducttransportedhundredsofmilesbysea.Besides,theideaof"ofmiles"ignoresthe amountoffuelusedintheproduction.Itispossibletocutdownyourfoodmilesbybuyingtomatoesgrown inBritainratherthanthosegrowninGhana;thedifferenceisthattheBritishonewillhavebeenraisedinheated greenhousesandtheGhanaianonesintheopensun. Whattheideaof"foodmiles"doesprovide,however,isthechancetocutoutThirdWorldCountriesfrom FirstWorldfoodmarkers.Thenumberofmilestraveledbyourfoodshould,asIseeit,beregardedasasign ofthesuccessoftheglobal(全球的)tradesystem,notasignofdamagetotheenvironment. |
| 1.TheFoodCommissionisangrybecauseitthinksthat____. |
| A.OKwastesalotofmoneyimportingfoodproducts
B.someimportedgoodscauseenvironmentaldamage C.growingcertainvegetablescauseenvironmentaldamage D.peoplewasteenergybuyingfoodfroothercountries |
| 2.Thephrase"foodmiles"inthepassagereferstothedistance_____. |
| A.thatafoodproducttravelstoamarket
B.thatafoodproducttravelsfromonemarkettoanother C.betweenUKandotherfoodproducingcountries D.betweenaThirdWorldcountryandaFirstWorldfoo 刘卫回答：
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