大学英语四级长篇阅读专项强化真题试卷14
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How to Eat Well
A)Why do so many Americans eat tons of processed food, the stuff that is correctly called junk(垃圾)and should really carry warning labels?
B)It\’s not because fresh ingredients are hard to come by. Supermarkets offer more variety than ever, and there are over four times as many farmers\’ markets in the U. S. as there were 20 years ago. Nor is it for lack of available information. There are plenty of recipes(食谱), how-to videos and cooking classes available to anyone who has a computer, smartphone or television. If anything, the information is overwhelming.
C)And yet we aren\’t cooking. If you eat three meals a day and behave like most Americans, you probably get at least a third of your daily calories(卡路里)outside the home. Nearly two-thirds of us grab fast food once a week, and we get almost 25% of our daily calories from snacks. So we\’re eating out or taking in, and we don\’t sit down—or we do, but we hurry.
D)Shouldn\’t preparing—and consuming—food be a source of comfort, pride, health, well-being, relaxation, sociability? Something that connects us to other humans? Why would we want to outsource(外包)this basic task, especially when outsourcing it is so harmful?
E)When I talk about cooking, I\’m not talking about creating elaborate dinner parties or three-day science projects. I\’m talking about simple, easy, everyday meals. My mission is to encourage green hands and those lacking time or money to feed themselves. That means we need modest, realistic expectations, and we need to teach people to cook food that\’s good enough to share with family and friends.
F)Perhaps a return to real cooking needn\’t be far off. A recent Harris poll revealed that 79% of Americans say they enjoy cooking and 30% \\
1.Cooking benefits people in many ways and enables them to connect with one another.
D
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2.Abundant information about cooking is available either online or on TV.
B
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3.Young people do less cooking at home than the elderly these days.
F
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4.Cooking skills can be improved with practice.
O
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5.In the mid-20th century, most families ate dinner at home instead of eating out.
G
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6.Even those short of time or money should be encouraged to cook for themselves and their family.
E
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7.Eating food not cooked by ourselves can cause serious consequences.
J
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8.To eat well and still save money, people should buy fresh food and cook it themselves.
M
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9.We get a fairly large portion of calories from fast food and snacks.
C
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10.The popularity of TV led to the popularity of frozen food.
H
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