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
考研
Convenience food helps companies by creating growth; but what is its effect on people? For people who think cooking was the foun
Convenience food helps companies by creating growth; but what is its effect on people? For people who think cooking was the foun
admin
2011-02-12
138
问题
Convenience food helps companies by creating growth; but what is its effect on people? For people who think cooking was the foundation of civilisation, the microwave is the last enemy. The communion(共享) of eating together is easily broken by a device that liberates household citizens from waiting for mealtimes. The first great revolution in the history of food is in danger of being undone. The companionship of the campfire, cooking pot and common table, which have helped to bond humans in collaborative living for at least 150,000 years, could be destroyed.
Meals have certainly suffered from the rise of convenience food. The only meals regularly taken together in Britain these days are at the weekend, among rich families struggling to retain something of the old symbol of togetherness. Indeed, the day’s first meal has all but disappeared. In the 20th century the leisure British breakfast was undermined by the cornflake; in the 21st breakfast is vanishing altogether, a victim of the quick cup of coffee in Starbucks and the cereal bar.
Convenience food has also made people forget how to cook. One of the apparent paradoxes of modern food is that, while the amount of time spent cooking meals has fallen from 60 minutes a day in 1980 to 13 minutes a day in 2002, the number of books and television program mes on cooking has multiplied. But perhaps this isn’t a paradox. Maybe it is because people can’t cook any more, so they need to be told how to do it. Or maybe it is because people buy books about hobbies—golf, yachting—not about chores. Cooking has ceased to be a chore and has become a hobby.
Although everybody lives in the kitchen, its facilities are increasingly for display rather than for use. Mr. Silverstein’s new book, "Trading Up", looks at mid-range consumers’ willingness to splash out. He says that industrial-style Viking cooktpos, with nearly twice the heat output of other ranges, have helped to push the "kitchen as theatre" trend in home goods. They cost from $1,000 to $9,000. Some 75% of them are never used.
Convenience also has an impact on the healthiness, or otherwise, of food. Of course, there is nothing bad about ready-to-eat food itself. You don’t get much healthier than an apple, and all supermarkets sell a better-for-you range of ready-meals. But there is a limit to the number of apples people want to eat; and these days it is easier for people to eat the kind of food that makes them fat.
The three Harvard economists in their paper “ Why have Americans become more obese?” point out that, in the past, if people wanted to eat fatty hot food, they had to cook it. That took time and energy—a good chip needs frying twice, once to cook the potato and once to get it crispy(脆)—which discouraged consumption of that sort of food. Mass preparation of food took away that constraint. Nobody has to cut and double—cook their own fries these days. Who has the time?
Which of the following might the author most likely agree with?
选项
A、There is nothing bad about convenience food.
B、Convenience food makes people lazy.
C、Convenience food helps companies grow.
D、Convenience food is a revolution in cooking.
答案
B
解析
本题是推论题。作者会同意以下哪一种说法呢?首先可排除掉太绝对的A.There is nothing bad about convenience food(方便食品没有任何坏处)。其次,D.Convenience food is a revolution in cooking(方便食品是一场烹饪革命)的说法在文章中也没有根据,所以也应当排除掉。C.Convenience food helps companies grow.(方便食品帮助公司成长)亦不合题意,而根据全文的要点,正确答案为B.Convenience food makes people lazy(方便食品使人们懒惰)。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/tke4777K
0
考研英语二
相关试题推荐
Thebesttitleforthispassagewouldbe______.Accordingtotheauthor,whichofthefollowingisNOTnecessarilythecase?
Thelongestbullruninacenturyofart-markethistoryendedonadramaticnotewithasaleof56worksbyDamienHirst,Beauti
TheUnitedStateshashistoricallyhadhigherratesofmarriagethanthoseofotherindustrializedcountries.Thecurrentannual
Wearelivinginoneofthoseperiodsinhumanhistorywhicharemarkedbyrevolutionarychangesinallofman’sideasandvalue
Workingatnonstandardtimes—evenings,nights,orweekends—istakingitstollonAmericanfamilies.One-fifthofallemployedAm
Thecellphone,adevicewehavelivedwithformorethanadecade,offersagoodexampleofapopulartechnology’sunforeseensi
Thecellphone,adevicewehavelivedwithformorethanadecade,offersagoodexampleofapopulartechnology’sunforeseensi
Leadingdoctorstodayweighinonthedebateoverthegovernment’sroleinpromotingpublichealthbydemandingthatministersi
Isitpossiblethattheideaswehavetodayaboutownershipandpropertyrightshavebeensouniversalinthehumanmindthatit
Whateverhappenedtothedeathofnewspapers?Ayearagotheendseemednear.Therecessionthreatenedtoremovetheadvertising
随机试题
具有音乐造诣的人听音乐时会产生相应的视觉。这种现象属于【】
一般体力活动明显受限,步行1~2个街区,登楼一层引起心绞痛是一般体力活动轻度受限,快步、饭后、寒冷或刮风中、精神应激或醒后数小时内步行或登楼,步行1~2个街区,登楼一层引起心绞痛是
3个月婴儿,冬季出生,人工喂养,近日来夜啼,睡眠不安。头部多汗,查体可见枕秃,未见骨骼畸形,X线无异常。该患儿应考虑为
2015年1月,甲公司与乙公司签订劳务派遣协议,派遣刘某到乙公司从事临时性工作。2015年5月,临时性工作结束,两公司未再给刘某安排工作,也未再向其支付任何报酬。2015年7月,刘某得知自2015年1月被派遣以来,两公司均未为其缴纳社会保险费,遂提出解除劳
某次认知能力测试,刘强得了118分,蒋明的得分比王丽高,张华和刘强的得分之和大于蒋明和王丽的得分之和,刘强的得分比周梅高;此次测试120分以上为优秀,五人之中有两人没有达到优秀。根据以上信息,以下哪项是上述五人在此次测试中得分由高到低的排列?()
下列选项中,对于开发网络安全产品体系描述正确的有()。
(2013联考36)负面新闻并不是永远都制造_______,从商业角度看,负面宣传在某种情况下可以_______销售,尤其在公司和产品不知名的情况下。曾有研究者发现,如果某些书籍的作者让读者感觉_______,书被评为劣作却能达到相反的效果——它们的销售增
EveryonecomplainsthatcorporateAmericais【C1】______tohireadditionalworkers.Far【C2】______attentionhasbeenpaidtothefl
请在【答题】菜单下选择【进入考生文件夹】命令,并按照题目要求完成下面的操作。注意:以下的文件必须保存在考生文件夹下。为了更好地控制教材编写的内容、质量和流程,小李负责起草了图书策划方案(请参考“图书策划方案.docx”文件)。他需要将图书策划方案Wor
Nancy’sgonetoworkbuthercar’sstillthere.She______bybus.
最新回复
(
0
)