首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] An environmental group called the Food Commission is unhappy
[originaltext] An environmental group called the Food Commission is unhappy
游客
2024-05-12
16
管理
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://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3594510.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]M:Areyougoingtothedemonstrationtohelpstopthespreadof
[originaltext]AnenvironmentalgroupcalledtheFoodCommissionisunhappy
[originaltext]AnenvironmentalgroupcalledtheFoodCommissionisunhappy
[originaltext]PatO’BurkewasapoorIrishmanwithalargefamilytosuppo
[originaltext]PatO’BurkewasapoorIrishmanwithalargefamilytosuppo
[originaltext]ThegoldengatebridgejoinsthebeautifulcityofSanFrancis
[originaltext]M:Andhere’sourguest,JaneThomas,totellusaboutMontreal’s
[originaltext]M:Andhere’sourguest,JaneThomas,totellusaboutMontreal’s
[originaltext]W:Ienjoygoingthroughsecond-handbookstores,don’tyou?It’s
[originaltext]W:Ienjoygoingthroughsecond-handbookstores,don’tyou?It’s
随机试题
AmericanMoviesAmericanMovies【T1】______oftheUnitedStates.Manymovi
A.吮咬唇 B.咬物 C.吮咬颊 D.吮其他指 E.吮拇指牙弓缩窄、腭穹
下列易患异嗜癖的为( )。A.缺钙儿童 B.缺锌儿童 C.缺铁儿童 D.
关于沪深300股指期货合约,下列叙述有误的是( )。A.最小变动价位是0.2指
男性,50岁。反复发生夜间呼吸困难1个月,加重1天就诊,体格检查:血压180/1
下述保险与赌博异同点的说法,正确的是( )。 A.保险和赌博都是分散已有风
人们的实践活动从来都不是随心所欲的,任何人都只能在一定的条件下,运用恰当的方法去
药师对药品不良事件、新药上市后被召回或撤市的案例应及时掌握,不能松懈 因导
流行性出血热多尿移行期的临床特点是A.尿量开始增加,临床症状好转 B.尿量开始
“借款单”属于()。A:外来原始凭证B:自制原始凭证C:一次凭证D:累计凭
最新回复
(
0
)