Natural Food as Choice of Healthy Diet
Increasingly, over the past ten years, people—especially young people—have become aware of the need to change their eating habits, because (1)of the food they eat, particularly processed foods, is not good for health. Consequently, there has been a (2)interest in natural foods: foods which do not contain chemical additives and which have not been affected by chemical fertilizers widely used in farming today.
Natural foods, for example, are vegetables, fruit and grain (3)have been grown in soil that is rich in organic matter. In simple terms, this means that the soil has been nourished by unused vegetable matter, which provides it (4)essential vitamins and minerals. This in itself is a natural process (5)with the use of chemicals and fertilizers, the main purpose of which is to increase the amount but not the (6)of foods grown in commercial farming areas.
Natural foods also include animals which have been allowed to feed and move (7)in healthy pastures. Compare this with what happens in the mass production of poultry: there are battery farms, for example, where thousands of chickens live crowded together in one building and are fed on food which is little better (8) rubbish. Chickens kept in this way are not only (9)as food; but also produce eggs which lack important vitamins.
There are other aspects of healthy eating which are now receiving increasing (10)from experts on diet. Take, for example, the question of sugar. This is actually a nonessential food! (11)a natural alternative, such as honey, can be used to sweeten food if this necessary, we can in fact do (12)it. It is not that sugar is harmful in itself. But it does seem to be additive: the quantity we use has grown steadily over the last centuries and in Britain today each person consumes an average of 200 pounds a year! Yet all it does is to provide us with energy, in the (13)of calories. There are no vitamins in it, no minerals and no fiber.
It is significant that nowadays fiber is considered to be an important part of a healthy diet. In white bread, for example, the fiber has been removed. But it is (14)in unrefined flour and of course in vegetables. It is interesting to note that in countries where the national diet (15)large quantities of unrefined flour and vegetables, certain diseases are comparatively rare. Hence the emphasis is placed on the eating of whole meal bread and more vegetables by modern experts on “healthy eating”.
1.A.many B.much C.few D.little
正確答案:B
解析:much 和little可以用于修飾不可數(shù)名詞food，根據(jù)上下文，此處應選much，表示很多食物。
2.A.slight B.declining C.growing D.deceasing
正確答案:C
解析:因此，人們對于天然食品的興致日益濃厚。表示“日益增加的”，應用growing。
3.A.which B.who C.where D.when
正確答案:A
解析:which 用于修飾該定語從句當中的先行詞——蔬菜，水果和谷物。
4.A.by B.about C.of D.with
正確答案:D
解析:表示“提供……給……”，應用固定搭配provide… with…。
5.A.compared B.comparing C.compare D.being compared
正確答案:A
解析:表示“與……相比較”，屬于分詞的被動用法，因此應用固定搭配compared with。
6.A.quantity B.range C.quality D.type
正確答案:C
解析:這一句提到化肥的主要作用是提高產量而不是質量。quality有質量的含義。
7.A.clearly B.freely C.selectively D.separately
正確答案:B
解析:天然食品還包括在健康的牧場上自由放養(yǎng)的動物。表示“自由地”，應用freely。
8.A.than B.from C.between D.among
正確答案:A
解析:表示“好于”，應用better than?？疾毂容^級的用法。
9.A.tasteless B.tasty C.delicious D.smelly
正確答案:A
解析:以這種方式飼養(yǎng)的雞，不但其肉無味，下的蛋也缺乏維生素。A表示“無味的”，指以人工方法飼養(yǎng)出來的雞肉無味。B美味的;C好吃的;D發(fā)臭的。
10.A.argument B.debate C.criticism D.attention
正確答案:D
解析:現(xiàn)在關于健康飲食的許多其他方面也引起了飲食專家們的日益關注。根據(jù)上下文判斷，attention最合適。
11.A.But B.Although C.Moreover D.Furthermore
正確答案:B
解析:本句是對前一句的進一步闡述，盡管糖類可以替代天然食品蜂蜜，人們在生活中可以不必用到它。
12.A.with B.without C.before D.after
正確答案:B
解析:固定搭配do without是“沒有……也行”的意思。
13.A.format B.style C.form D.function
正確答案:C
解析:固定搭配“in the form of”是“以某種的方式”的意思。
14.A.circulated B.removed C.presented D.appeared
正確答案:C
解析:白面包中沒有這種纖維，但是在粗面粉和蔬菜中卻可以找得到。present是“顯示”的意思，所以符合題意。
15.A.composes B.makes of C.concludes D.contains
正確答案:D
解析:此處涉及“包含，包括”的表達方法。compose 常用be composed of 搭配，表示“由……組成”; make 常用固定搭配be made of;conclude：推斷，斷定。
Increasingly, over the past ten years, people—especially young people—have become aware of the need to change their eating habits, because (1)of the food they eat, particularly processed foods, is not good for health. Consequently, there has been a (2)interest in natural foods: foods which do not contain chemical additives and which have not been affected by chemical fertilizers widely used in farming today.
Natural foods, for example, are vegetables, fruit and grain (3)have been grown in soil that is rich in organic matter. In simple terms, this means that the soil has been nourished by unused vegetable matter, which provides it (4)essential vitamins and minerals. This in itself is a natural process (5)with the use of chemicals and fertilizers, the main purpose of which is to increase the amount but not the (6)of foods grown in commercial farming areas.
Natural foods also include animals which have been allowed to feed and move (7)in healthy pastures. Compare this with what happens in the mass production of poultry: there are battery farms, for example, where thousands of chickens live crowded together in one building and are fed on food which is little better (8) rubbish. Chickens kept in this way are not only (9)as food; but also produce eggs which lack important vitamins.
There are other aspects of healthy eating which are now receiving increasing (10)from experts on diet. Take, for example, the question of sugar. This is actually a nonessential food! (11)a natural alternative, such as honey, can be used to sweeten food if this necessary, we can in fact do (12)it. It is not that sugar is harmful in itself. But it does seem to be additive: the quantity we use has grown steadily over the last centuries and in Britain today each person consumes an average of 200 pounds a year! Yet all it does is to provide us with energy, in the (13)of calories. There are no vitamins in it, no minerals and no fiber.
It is significant that nowadays fiber is considered to be an important part of a healthy diet. In white bread, for example, the fiber has been removed. But it is (14)in unrefined flour and of course in vegetables. It is interesting to note that in countries where the national diet (15)large quantities of unrefined flour and vegetables, certain diseases are comparatively rare. Hence the emphasis is placed on the eating of whole meal bread and more vegetables by modern experts on “healthy eating”.
1.A.many B.much C.few D.little
正確答案:B
解析:much 和little可以用于修飾不可數(shù)名詞food，根據(jù)上下文，此處應選much，表示很多食物。
2.A.slight B.declining C.growing D.deceasing
正確答案:C
解析:因此，人們對于天然食品的興致日益濃厚。表示“日益增加的”，應用growing。
3.A.which B.who C.where D.when
正確答案:A
解析:which 用于修飾該定語從句當中的先行詞——蔬菜，水果和谷物。
4.A.by B.about C.of D.with
正確答案:D
解析:表示“提供……給……”，應用固定搭配provide… with…。
5.A.compared B.comparing C.compare D.being compared
正確答案:A
解析:表示“與……相比較”，屬于分詞的被動用法，因此應用固定搭配compared with。
6.A.quantity B.range C.quality D.type
正確答案:C
解析:這一句提到化肥的主要作用是提高產量而不是質量。quality有質量的含義。
7.A.clearly B.freely C.selectively D.separately
正確答案:B
解析:天然食品還包括在健康的牧場上自由放養(yǎng)的動物。表示“自由地”，應用freely。
8.A.than B.from C.between D.among
正確答案:A
解析:表示“好于”，應用better than?？疾毂容^級的用法。
9.A.tasteless B.tasty C.delicious D.smelly
正確答案:A
解析:以這種方式飼養(yǎng)的雞，不但其肉無味，下的蛋也缺乏維生素。A表示“無味的”，指以人工方法飼養(yǎng)出來的雞肉無味。B美味的;C好吃的;D發(fā)臭的。
10.A.argument B.debate C.criticism D.attention
正確答案:D
解析:現(xiàn)在關于健康飲食的許多其他方面也引起了飲食專家們的日益關注。根據(jù)上下文判斷，attention最合適。
11.A.But B.Although C.Moreover D.Furthermore
正確答案:B
解析:本句是對前一句的進一步闡述，盡管糖類可以替代天然食品蜂蜜，人們在生活中可以不必用到它。
12.A.with B.without C.before D.after
正確答案:B
解析:固定搭配do without是“沒有……也行”的意思。
13.A.format B.style C.form D.function
正確答案:C
解析:固定搭配“in the form of”是“以某種的方式”的意思。
14.A.circulated B.removed C.presented D.appeared
正確答案:C
解析:白面包中沒有這種纖維，但是在粗面粉和蔬菜中卻可以找得到。present是“顯示”的意思，所以符合題意。
15.A.composes B.makes of C.concludes D.contains
正確答案:D
解析:此處涉及“包含，包括”的表達方法。compose 常用be composed of 搭配，表示“由……組成”; make 常用固定搭配be made of;conclude：推斷，斷定。