首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A、A supporter of free global trade. B、A member of the Food Commission. C、A supporter of First World food markets. D、A member of
A、A supporter of free global trade. B、A member of the Food Commission. C、A supporter of First World food markets. D、A member of
admin
2013-04-15
42
问题
An environmental group called the Food Commission is unhappy and disappointed because of the sale of bottled water from Japan. The water, angrily argued in public, has traveled 10,000 "food miles" before it reaches Western customers. "Transporting water halfway across the world is surely the extremely stupid use of fuel when there is plenty of water in the UK." It is also worried that we are wasting our fuel by buying prams from Indonesia (7,000 food miles) and carrots from South Africa (5,900 food miles).
Counting the number of miles traveled by a product is a strange way of trying to tell the true situation of the environmental damage done by an industry. Most food is transported around the world on container ships that are extremely energy efficient. It should be noted that a ton of butter transported 25 miles in a truck to a farmers’ market does not necessarily use less fuel on its journey than a similar product transported hundreds of miles by sea. Besides, the idea of "miles" ignores the amount of fuel used in the production. It is possible to cut down your food miles by buying tomatoes grown in Britain rather than those grown in Ghana; the difference is that the British ones will have been raised in heated greenhouses and the Ghanaian ones in the open sun.
What the idea of "food miles" does provide, however, is the chance to cut out Third World Countries from First World food markets. The number of miles traveled by our food should, as I see it, be regarded as a sign of the success of the global trade system, not a sign of damage to the environment.
26.Why is the Food Commission angry?
27.What does the phrase "food miles" mean according to the passage?
28.What does the speaker try to explain by comparing tomatoes raised in Britain and in Ghana?
29.Who is most probably giving this talk?
选项
A、A supporter of free global trade.
B、A member of the Food Commission.
C、A supporter of First World food markets.
D、A member of an energy development group.
答案
A
解析
选项均以A supporter/member开头表明,本题针对人物身份提问。问题询问的可能是谁做的这个演讲。做此类题型要根据说话者的观点判断身份。文中说话者对food miles这一概念提出质疑,认为它是全球贸易体系成功的标志,可见说话者是支持全球自由贸易的,故答案为[A]。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/IhB7777K
0
大学英语六级
相关试题推荐
InherinternationalbestsellingTalktotheHand,authorLynneTrussarguesthatcommoncourtesiessuchassaying"Excuseme"a
A、Theyusuallysay"Idon’tknow"inordertosavetime.B、Theymaygiveatouristawronganswersoastobepolite.C、Theycon
PoliceLesson:SocialNetworkToolsHaveTwoEdgesOfficerTreyEconomidyoftheAlbuquerquepolicenowrealizesthathesho
RecentlytheGallupOrganizationreleaseditsfindingsaboutpublicopiniononglobalwarming.It’snotgoodnewsforactivists,
Itisdecidedbythegovernmentthat______(建立纪念碑来纪念这位民族英雄).
Womenteachersareholdingbackboysbyblamingthemfortypicallymalebehavior,accordingtoastudyouttoday.Theyarereinf
A、Settingupanotheropenspacefortheold.B、Growingmoretreesandgrassaroundtheneighborhood.C、Choosinganotherplacene
IfenvironmentaltrendsinWesternnationscontinueonapositivetrack,somedaychildrenmayask,"Mommy,whatwaspollution?"
A、Inanoffice.B、Inarestaurant.C、Inadepartmentstore.D、Inafactory.D
A、Eggs.B、Diets.C、Protein.D、Exercises.B本题是主旨大意题。对话以Linda节食减肥为话题,讨论了一味的节食对身体带来的危害,对话中虽然出现了egg,protein,exercise这三个词,但不是贯穿整个对话的主
随机试题
监测FGR的指标
男,23岁。肛周肿痛3天伴发热,有里急后重感。肛周红肿,触诊波动感。进一步确诊的方法是
下列关于行政诉讼撤诉制度的说法正确的是:()
王某拥有两处房产,一处原值90万元的房产供自己及家人居住,另一处原值40万元的房产于2015年6月30日出租给他人居住,按市场价每月取得租金收入2400元。王某当年应缴纳房产税()元。(2015年回忆版)
长江具有重要的旅游价值,关于长江的说法中,正确的是()。
行政机关的基本职能是()。
0,1,14,39,76,125,()
可通过“打开”对话框的()属性设置对话框中所显示文件的类型。
某高校学生会计划举办一场“大学生网络创业交流会”的活动,拟邀请部分专家和老师给在校学生进行演讲。因此,校学生会外联部需制作一批邀请函,并分别递送给相关的专家和老师。请按如下要求,完成邀请函的制作:根据“Word-邀请函参考样式.docx”文件,调整邀
Childrenare【C1】______seriousillnessesbecauseoftheirparentssmokingathome,raysthegovernment’schiefmedicalofficer,
最新回复
(
0
)