【正文】 re a sign of food quality, while 26% did not understand that the more important useby dates were a decisive guide to food safety. In its report on food waste, the WI said supermarkets were “potentially contributing to home food waste by leading customers to buy more food than they need, and giving conflicting and confusing onpack information that leaves customers unsure about how long a product remains safe to eat in the home setting”. The 42page report is part of the WI39。s ongoing campaign to reduce food waste. To underline the point about conflicting information, it cites(引用) a can of Sainsbury39。s ownbrand sweetcorn advising consumers to eat it within one day of opening, while a similar tin from Waitrose gave consumers two days to finish it. Green Giant sweetcorn, however, has no specified date for eating once opened. Marylyn Haines Evans, chair of the Women39。s Institute39。s public affairs said: “WI members are some of the more informed members of society about food and cookery, but they are still confused about food labelling and 39。onceopened39。 information. So we would like supermarkets to extend the amount of time that consumers have to use a product in their homes by making all of their onceopened instructions on product packaging consistent, and pletely remove onceopened instructions on products where food safety is not an issue.”（1）What mainly leads to food waste according to WI?A.Poor quality of food.B.Attractive packaging of products.C.Competition among supermarkets.D.Consumers39。 confusion about onpack information.（2）Which of the following can inform you of food safety?A.B.C.D.（3）Why are the three supermarkets mentioned in Paragraph 3?A.To attract more consumers.B.To pare their products.C.To ment on their service.D.To make WI39。s report convincing.（4）What does Evans suggest supermarkets do about reducing food waste?A.Extend life of a product.B.Turn to wellinformed WI members.C.Give consistent onceopened instructions.D.Remove instructions on product packaging.【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）D（4）C 【解析】【分析】本文主要講述了婦女機(jī)構(gòu)強(qiáng)烈建議超市采取幫助消費(fèi)者減少食物浪費(fèi)的措施，比如延長(zhǎng)消費(fèi)者在家中使用產(chǎn)品的時(shí)間，使他們所有曾經(jīng)打開的關(guān)于產(chǎn)品包裝的說明一致。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段Only 45% of 5,000 WI members surveyed understood that bestbefore dates were a sign of food quality, while 26% did not understand that the more important useby dates were a decisive guide to food safety.可知，消費(fèi)者對(duì)于食品包裝上信息的混淆是導(dǎo)致食物浪費(fèi)的原因。故選D。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段while 26% did not understand that the more important useby dates were a decisive guide to food safety.可知，use by信息才是食品安全的決定性指導(dǎo)因素。故選C。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段To underline the point about conflicting information, it cites(引用) a can of Sainsbury39。s ownbrand sweetcorn可知，引用超市的例子是為了更好的說明這一問題，即使文章更具說服力。故選D。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段we would like supermarkets to extend the amount of time that consumers have to use a product in their homes by making all of their onceopened instructions on product packaging consistent,可知，為了減少食物浪費(fèi)，超市可通過使包裝帶上的信息一致來達(dá)到這一目的。故選C。8．閱讀短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 Many people have long dreamed of being able to fly around as simply as riding a bicycle. Yet the safety and strength of a flying bike was always a big problem. Over the past 10 years, developments in technology have moved the dream of personal flying vehicles closer to reality. Now, two groups of inventors say such vehicles may be available soon. The British pany Malloy Aeronautics has developed a prototype (原型) of its flying bicycle. Grant Stapleton, marketing sales director of Malloy Aeronautics, says the Hoverbike is able to get in and out of small spaces very quickly. It can be moved across continents very quickly because it can be folded and packed, he adds. Mr. Stapleton says safety was the pany39。s main concern. He says the designers solved the safety issue by using overlapping rotors to power the vehicle. The pany is testing a fullsize prototype of the Hoverbike, which will most likely be used first by the police and emergency rescue teams. In New Zealand, Martin Aircraft Company is also testing a fullsize prototype of its personal flying device, called the Jetpack. It can fly for more than 30 minutes, up to 1, 000 meters high and reach a speed of 74 kilometers per hour. Peter Coker is the CEO of Martin Aircraft Company. He said the Jetpack is built around safety from the start. In his words, Reliability is the most important element of it. We have safety built into the actual structure itself, very similar to a Formula One racing car. The Jetpack uses a gasolinepowered engine that produces two powerful jet streams. Mr. Coker says it also has a parachute that would be used, if there should be an emergency. It starts to work at very low altitude and actually saves both the aircraft and the pilot, he adds. Mr. Coker says the Jetpack will be ready for sale soon.（1）We can learn from the passage that the Hoverbike ________. A.can hardly get in and out of small spaces quicklyB.can fly for over 30 minutes, up to 1, 000 meters highC.has been used by the police and emergency rescue teamsD.can be transported quickly after being folded and packed（2）Peter Coker uses the example of Formula One racing car to show that ________. A.the Jetpack is very safe and reliableB.the engine of the Jetpack is powerfulC.the actual structure of the Jetpack is uniqueD.the Jetpack can reach a great speed and height（3）The underlined word It in the last paragraph refers to ________. A.the jet streamB.the engineC.the JetpackD.the parachute（4）What is the author39。s main