Question

On Jan. 13th, 2009, the Peanut Corporation of America issued a recall (召回) for products it had made over the past six months, after five people had died and more than 400 had fallen ill with salmonella（沙门氏菌）poisoning as a result of contamination. Two weeks later, the recall was extended to more than 400 consumer products made since Jan. 1, 2007, including Jenny Craig nutritional bars and Keebler Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers, while the toll from the contamination had reached eight dead and more than 500 sickened in 43 states, half of them children.
   The company's factory in Blakely, Ga., which was the source of the contamination, supplied some of the largest food makers in the nation. The outbreak showed the complexities of the industrial food chain, and left consumers to figure out if some food in their cabinets had a danger. The recall of peanut products is the latest in a series of increasingly severe food contamination scares involving tomatoes, spinach, cantaloupes and other foods.
   The Georgia plant, which is closed, packed peanut butter in bulk ranging from 5 to 1,700 pounds, much of which was shipped to institutions. Many school districts have pulled peanut butter from menus, with some substituting more commonly recognized supermarket brands. New York City school officials said they had not bought any peanut butter or products with ingredients that originated at the Georgia plant.
   An F.D.A. inspection team that visited the plant on Jan. 9 discovered that on 12 occasions in 2007 and 2008 tests conducted by the company found salmonella contamination in its products but that it shipped the contaminated products to customers after a retest found no contamination and did nothing to clean the plant.

57. We can learn from the passage that__________.

A. 13 persons have died because of the poisoning

B. people may now worry about the food at their homes.

C. people can return the food to the supermarkets

D. half of the school children have fallen ill

58. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Much of the peanut butter produced in the plant was supplied to schools.

B. It is the first time that the virus has been found in the products in this company.

C. Some consumer products made since nearly two years ago were also recalled.

D. There have been some other food concerns besides peanut products recently.

59. What can be inferred from the fact that the recall was extended?

A. The outbreak showed the complication of the food chain.

B. The poisoning has been found in the products made much earlier.

C. The poisoning has been found in more products.

D. More persons would die or get ill after having the products.

60. The passage is mainly about___________.

A. the importance of food inspection in the US

B. the problems in the US food industry

C. food poisoning in some schools

D. a recall for peanut products of a company

Answer 1

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