Food safety is ________ important, so our government spares no efforts to prevent food being polluted.
A.strongly B. reasonably C.highly D. naturally
科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
Ever since news of widespread food recalls caused by a carcinogenic dye broke, there has been confusion(混淆) over possible links to the country of the same name, but Sudan officials say there is no connection whatever.?
Sudan1 is a red industrial dye that has been found in some chilli powder, but was banned in food products across the European Union (EU) in July 2003.?
Since the ban was put in place, EU officials have been striving to remove some food products from the shelves. So far 580 products have been recalled.?
Last week Sudan's Embassy in the United Kingdom asked the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for clarification of the origin of the dye's name.?
Omaima Mahmoud Al Sharief, a press official at Sudan's Embassy in China, explained the purpose of the inquiry was to clear up any misunderstanding over links between the country and the poisonous dye.?
“We want to keep an eye on every detail and avoid any misunderstanding there,” she said. “Our embassy to Britain asked them how the dye got that name and whether the dye had something to do with our country. But they told us there was no relationship.”?
The FSA, an independent food security watchdog in Britain, received a letter from the Sudanese embassy last week.?
“They asked us why the dye is named Sudan, however, we also do not know how it got the name,” she said. “People found the dye in 1883 and gave it the name. Nobody knows the reason, and we cannot give any explanation before we find out.”?
Sudan dyes, which include Sudan?1 to 4,are red dyes used for colouring solvents(溶剂),oils, waxes, petrol, shoe and floor polishes. They are classified as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.?
What does the underlined word mean in Paragraph One??
A. Causing cancer.B. Having side effect.
C. Containing poison.D. Poisonous.
How did the Sudan?1 get its name??
A. The dye is often produced in Sudan.?
B. The dye has something to do with the country named Sudan.?
C. Nobody is sure of the origin of the name.?
D. Many foods produced in Sudan contain the dye.
We can infer from the passage that _______.?
A. the Sudan government is paying much attention to the food safety?
B. Sudan?1 is often used to be added to the food?
C. people didn't realize the danger of Sudan?1 until 2003?
D. many food shops will be closed down
Which of the following is the best title??
A. Keep away from Sudan?1
B. No Sudan?1 dye links to the country?
C. How Sudan?1 dye got its name
D. Pay attention to the food safety
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:阅读理解
We’ve reached a strange—some would say unusual—point. While fighting world hunger continues to be the matter of vital importance according to a recent report from the World Health Organization (WHO), more people now die from being overweight, or say, from being extremely fat, than from being underweight. It’s the good life that’s more likely to kill us these days.
Worse, nearly l8 million children under the age of five around the world are estimated to be overweight. What’s going on?
We really don’t have many excuses for our weight problems. The dangers of the problem have been drilled into us by public-health campaigns since 2001 and the message is getting through—up to a point.
In the 1970s, Finland, for example, had the highest rate of heart disease in the world and being overweight was its main cause. Not any more. A public-health campaign has greatly reduced the number of heart disease deaths by 80 per cent over the past three decades.
Maybe that explains why the percentage of people in Finland taking diet pills doubled between 2001 and 2005, and doctors even offer surgery of removing fat inside and change the shape of the body. That has become a sort of fashion. No wonder it ranks as the world’s most body-conscious country.
We know what we should be doing to lose weight—but actually doing it is another matter. By far the most popular excuse is not taking enough exercise. More than half of us admit we lack willpower.
Others blame good food. They say: it’s just too inviting and it makes them overeat. Still others lay the blame on the Americans, complaining that pounds have piled on thanks to eating too much American-style fast food.
Some also blame their parents—their genes. But unfortunately, the parents are wronged because they’re normal in shape, or rather slim.
It’s a similar story around the world, although people are relatively unlikely to have tried to lose weight. Parents are eager to see their kids shape up. Do as I say—not as I do.
59. What is the “strange” point mentioned in the first sentence? A
A. The good life is a greater risk than the bad life.
B. Starvation is taking more people’s lives in the world.
C. WHO report shows people’s unawareness of food safety.
D. Overweight issue remains unresolved despite WHO’s efforts.
60. Why does the author think that people have no excuse for being overweight?
A. A lot of effective diet pills are available.
B. Body image has nothing to do with good food.
C. They have been made fully aware of its dangers. C
D. There are too many overweight people in the world.
61. The example of Finland is used to illustrate ______. C
A. the cause of heart disease
B. the fashion of body shaping
C. the effectiveness of a campaign
D. the history of a body-conscious country
62. Which would be the best title for the passage? A
A. Actions or Excuses?
B. Overweight or Underweight?
C. WHO in a Dilemma
D. No Longer Dying of Hunger
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科目:高中英语 来源:上海市十校2010届高三下学期考前最后一次联考英语试卷 题型:阅读理解
Reading Comprehension
Section B
Directions:Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
Are organically grown foods the best food choices?The advantages claimed for such foods over conventionally (传统地) grown and marketed food products are now being debated. Supporters of organic foods—a term whose meaning varies greatly—frequently announce that such products are safer and more nutritious than others.
The growing interest of consumers in the safety and nutritional quality of the typical North American diet is a welcome development. However, much of this interest has been sparked by sweeping claims that the food supply is unsafe or inadequate in meeting nutritional needs. Although most of these claims are not supported by scientific evidence, the flood of written material advancing such claims makes it difficult for the general public to separate fact from fiction. As a result, claims that eating a diet consisting entirely of organically grown foods prevents or cures disease or provides other benefits to health have become widely publicized.
Almost daily the public is besieged by claims for “no-aging” diets, new vitamins and other wonder foods. There are numerous unproved reports that natural vitamins are superior to synthetic ones, that fertilized eggs are nutritionally superior to unfertilized eggs, that untreated grains are better than fumigated grains and the like.
One thing that most organically grown food products seem to have in common is that they cost more than conventionally grown foods. But in many cases consumers are misled if they believe organic foods can maintain health and provide better nutritional quality than conventionally grown foods. So there is real cause for concern if consumers,particularly those with limited incomes, distrust the regular food supply and buy only expensive organic foods instead.
1.The “welcome development” mentioned in paragraph 2 is an increase in ______.
A. attention to food safety and nutrition among north Americans
B. the nutritional quality of the typical North American diet
C. the amount of healthy food grown in North America
D. the number of consumers in North America
2. The author implies that there is cause for concern if consumers buy organic foods instead of conventionally grown foods because ______.
A. organic foods can be more expensive but are often not better than conventionally grown foods
B. many organic foods are actually less nutritious than similar conventionally grown foods
C. conventionally grown foods are more readily available than organic foods
D. too many farmers will stop using conventional methods to grow food crops
3.What is the author’s attitude toward the claims made by advocates of health foods?
A. Enthusiastic. B. Favorable. C. Neutral. D. Distrustful.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2011-2012学年浙江省高三年级九月月考英语题 题型:书面表达
当今食品安全问题已经成为人们关注的一个话题,请你以Food Safety(食品安全)为题并参考所给要点,写一篇英语短文。
要点:
1. 简要描述食品安全问题;
2. 分析造成该问题的主要原因: 1) 利益驱使 2)滥用杀虫剂 3)给动物注射激素
3. 提出相应的建议。
注意:词数100—120,文章开头已给出,不计入总词数。
参考词汇:激素hormones , 杀虫剂 pesticide
Currently, many problems concerning the safety of food have caused much attention.
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科目:高中英语 来源:2012届广西柳铁一中高三年级第一次月考英语题 题型:单项填空
Never before in China __________ so carefully concerned about the food safety.
A. people have been B. have people been C. are people D. people are
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