英语中考复习精选试题二十一1、Nowadays,thefoodthatyoubuycomesfrommanydifferentcountries.Havealookinyourfridge,cupboard,andfruitbowlandchecktheorigins(来源)ofthefood.PerhapsthereareapplesfromCalifornia,lambfromNewZealand,orpotatoesfromEgypt?Youwillprobablybesurprisedhowfarfoodtravelstogettoyourplate.Thisjourney,from“fieldtoplate”,iscalled“foodmiles”.Afoodmileisthedistancethatfoodtravelsfromthefarmer’sfieldtothepersonwhobuysthefood.Nowadays,foodoftentravelsthousandsofmilestogettotheconsumer(消费者).Whyisthis,andwhataretheeffects(影响)oftheselongdistances?Traditionally,farmerssoldtheirfoodinthelocalmarketsothefooddidn’thavetotravelveryfar.Theconsumersalsodidnottravelveryfar,becausetheywenttotheirlocalmarkettobuythefood.Thiswasagoodsystemforfarmersandconsumers.However,thereweresomedisadvantages.Forexample,consumerscouldonlybuyfoodthatfarmersproducedlocally.Inaddition,theycouldonlygetfoodthatwasinseason.Now,becauseofmoderntechnology,foodcomesfromallovertheworld.Wedonothavetowaitforspringorsummertobuystrawberriesortomatoes.Theyareavailableinwinterifwewant.Somecountrieshavetoimport(进口)mostoftheirfood.Thisisbecausetheyhavedifficultclimates.TheUnitedArabEmirates(UAE),forexample,gets85%ofitsfoodfromothercountries.EvenfoodmadeintheUAEoftenusesimportedmaterials.What’swrongwith“foodmiles”?Isthisnotagoodwayofincreasinginternationaltrade?Ibelievethesemilesareworryingforanumberofreasons.Firstofall,becausefoodtravelssuchlongdistances.weneedmoreplanes,lorries,andshipstomovethefood.Thismeansweusemoreoilorpetrol,sothereismorepollutionandmoreglobal(全球的)warming.Inaddition,foodthattravelsalongwayisnotfreshandusuallynotverytasty.Tomatoes,forexample,arepickedearlyandstoredfortheirlongjourney.Forthisreason,theyareusuallytastelesswhentheygettotheconsumer.Localfoodhasabettertaste,anditalsoreducestheamountofglobalpollution.Weneedtobuymorelocalfood.1.Whatiscalled“foodmiles”accordingtothispassage?A.Theoriginsofthefood.B.Thejourneyfromfieldtoplate.C.Theeffectsoflongdistances.D.Thedisadvantagesofimportedfood.2.SomecountriesliketheUnitedArabEmirateshavetoimportmostoftheirfoodbecauseof____.A.longdistancesB.freshandtastyfoodC.difficultclimatesD.moderntechnology3.ThewriterusestheLASTparagraphmostlytoencouragereadersto______.A.buymorelocalfoodB.travellongdistancesC.increaseinternationaltradeD.useimportedmaterials2、CCTVNewsJune2,2016,ThursdayBEIJING—TheChinesemilitary（军方）sentaspecialistmedicalteamtoMalionThursdaytojoinChinesepeacekeepersthereandhelpdealwithcasualties（伤亡者）fromaTuesdayterroristattack,OnThursdaytheDefenseMinistryconfirmed（证实）thatasoldierShenLiangliang,29,waskilledintheattack,andanotherfivesoldierswerehurt.ChinaDailyJune4,2016,SaturdayAteamofrefugees（难民）willcompeteforthefirsttimeatthissummer’sOlympicsinRio.Inthepast,athletes（运动员）whodidnotrepresentacountrywerenotallowedtocompete.“Theteamwilllikelynumberbetweenfiveandtenathletes,”thecommitteesaidinastatement,“itwillbetreatedattheOlympicGameslikealltheotherteams.Wewanttosendamessageofhopetoalltherefugeesoftheworld.”ChinaDailyJune6,2016,MondayNANNING—Floods（洪水）havecausedthreedeathsinSouthChina’sGuangxi.MorethantencitiesandcountiesinGuangxiwerehitbyfloodsinthelastthreedays.About592peopleweredisplaced,and27,800peoplewereaffected,itsaid.Directeconomicloss（经济损失）totaled28millionyuan（about$4.26milli...
