Nowadays, the food that you buy comes from many different countries. Have a look in your fridge, cupboard, and fruit bowl and check the origins(来源) of the food. Perhaps there are apples from California, lamb from New Zealand, or potatoes from Egypt? You will probably be surprised how far food travels to get to your plate. This journey, from “field to plate”, is called “food miles”. A food mile is the distance that food travels from the farmer’s field to the person who buys the food. Nowadays, food often travels thousands of miles to get to the consumer(消费者). Why is this, and what are the effects(影响) of these long distances?
Traditionally, farmers sold their food in the local market, so the food didn’t have to travel very far. The consumers also did not travel very far because they want to their local market to buy the food. This was a good system for farmers and consumers. However, there were some disadvantages. For example, consumers could only buy food that farmers produced locally. In addition, they could only get food that was in season. Now, because of modern technology, food comes from all over the world. We do not have to wait for spring or summer to buy strawberries or tomatoes. They are available in winter if we want.
Some countries have to import(进口) most of their food. This is because they have difficult climates. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), for example, gets 85% of its food from other countries. Even food made in the UAE often uses imported materials.
What’s wrong with “food miles”? Is this not a good way of increasing international trade? I believe these miles are worrying for a number of reasons. First of all, because food travels such long distances, we need more planes, lorries, and ships to move the food. This means we use more oil or petrol, so there is more pollution and more global(全球的) warming. In addition, foo that travels a long way is not fresh and usually not very tasty. Tomatoes, for example, are picked early and stored for their long journeys. For this reason, they are usually tasteless when they get to the consumer. Local food has a better taste, and it also reduces the amount of global pollution. We need to buy more local food.The underlined word “available” most probably means ________.
| A．easy to get | B．not buy |
| C．willing to talk | D．impossible to get |
Some countries, like the United Arab Emirates, have to import most of their food because of ________.
| A．long distances | B．difficult climates |
| C．fresh and tasty food | D．modern technology |
The writer uses the LAST paragraph mostly to encourage readers to ________.
| A．buy more local food |
| B．increase international trade |
| C．how some countries import their food |
| D．use imported materials |
This passage is mainly about ________.
| A．how local food travels from field to plate |
| B．what “food miles” is and its effects |
| C．how some countries import their food |
| D．where different kinds of food come from |
阅读短文后回答问题
I have many pen pals in many countries.
Bill is my first pen pal .He is 13 years old. He is from Singapore. He lives with his grandparents .He has a big family.
Reiko is a little girl. She is Japanese .She is only 10 years old, but she can speak French and English.
Mike is from Australia .He often talks to me on the Internet(互联网) .He likes basketball very much. His favorite basketball star is Michael Jordan.
Sally lives in New York of the USA. She is my new pen pal. She is very kind .She has many pen pals in China. She likes writing to them.
Gao Yu is also my pen pal .But he is a Chinese boy .He is in Beijing and he often calls me on weekends. We talk about something interesting in school. How old is Bill?
.What other languages can Reiko speak?
.Where does Sally live?
.Where is Gao Yu from?
.What’s Mike’s favorite sport?
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根据短文内容判断句子正（T）误(F)。
Welcome to our school. Our school is on Xianyang Street. It’s next to the Xinhua Library. There is a big garden across from our school. The payphone is between our school and the post office. There are three buildings in our school, the students’ building, the teachers’ building and a library. The teachers in our school are good. Our school yard is very beautiful. If you come to our school from the airport, take a taxi and go along the highway until you see a bridge. Go across the bridge and turn left. Then go straight along the Bridge Street. Our school is on the right.Our school is between the post office and the garden.
The big garden is on Xiangyang Street.
The pay phone is next to the post office.
If you go straight along the highway, you can get to our school.
The market is across from our school.
阅读短文，选择正确答案
Come and see the Indian elephants and tigers from America. The koalas are waiting to meet you, and the monkeys from Thailand are waiting to throw things at you. The cute dogs from Australia are waiting to laugh at you, and the giraffes from Zambia are waiting to look down on you.
Tickets (票) Time
Adult (成人): $ 6 June 1~ June 2
Children: Free9:00 am.~ 7:00 pm.
Keep the park clean!
Do not touch (触摸), give food or go near the animals!How many kinds of animals are talked about in the poster (海报)?
| A．4 | B．5 | C．6 | D．7 |
Mr. and Mrs. Brown will take their twins aged 6 to the park. How much will the tickets be together (总共)?
| A．$6 | B．$12 | C．$18 | D．$24 |
Visitors can do the following things EXCEPT (除了) _____________.
| A．giving some food to the tigers |
| B．watching the elephants dancing |
| C．laughing at the dogs from Australia |
| D．taking some photos |
From the passage we can know the animal “giraffe” is ____________.
| A．long | B．fat | C．tall | D．strong |
The poster may be made (制作) just ________________.
| A．on New Year’s Day (元旦节) |
| B．on Christmas Day (圣诞节) |
| C．after Children’s Day (儿童节) |
| D．before Children’s Day |
根据短文，选择正确答案
A Clever Bird
A man has a bird. It is very clever. Every day the man speaks to the bird. “Hello!” he says. “Hello!” the bird answers. “What are you doing?” says the man. “What are you doing?” says the bird.
The man is not at home one day. A thief comes in. He is taking many things “Hello!” The thief hears the bird’s words. “What are you doing?” The thief is very afraid，so he does not take any things and runs out of the house.The man teaches the bird ________.
| A．how to say something | B．how to sing songs |
| C．how to eat something | D．how to dance |
The bird is ________.
| A．very nice | B．very clever | C．very beautiful | D．very silly(傻的) |
The man speaks to the bird ________.
| A．sometimes | B．once a week | C．every week | D．every day |
The thief is taking ________ things from the house.
| A．a few | B．a little | C．a lot of | D．some |
The thief ________ out of the room.
| A．walks | B．comes | C．runs | D．goes |
The clock struck（敲）eight，but I was still on the bed．I could hear it was blowing strongly．“It must be windy outside，” I thought． I came to the small town a week ago． I sold some clothes to a ten and friends．So I tried to meet the manager and ask him to pay for them．I was out of luck（运气不好）．He went to London and I had to wait for him here．There was no theatre here but a cinema．The films were all too old．I preferred staying in the small hotel to sitting in the cold cinema． Half an hour later，I felt hungry．I had to get up．It was white everywhere and some children were skiing down the hill．On my way to the small restaurant，I saw a boy fall on to a rock （岩石）．I ran to him quickly and carried him to a hospital．Soon his parents came here．Now I knew the boy was just the manager’s son．He thanked me very much and gave me the money after we had a dinner． What was the weather like ？
______________________________ What did the writer come to the town for？
______________________________ Why did the writer prefer staying in the hotel？
______________________________ When did the writer get up？
______________________________ Why did the manager thank the writer？
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