ridiculously大学英语阅读理解及解答

Passage 1

I’m

pretty

confident

that

there

will

never

be

a

day

when

all

the

world

is

in

agreement about the best human diet. I’m an omnivore myself, but I have friends who

swear

by

their

paleo,

vegetarian,

and

vegan

diets.

All

of

us

can

make

compelling

arguments about why we eat the way we do, and all of us can make valid criticisms of

diets that are unlike our own.

For me, deciding how and what to eat required a close examination of the values

and principles that truly matter to me. The type of food we consume has immediate

health

and

economic

consequences,

but

it

also

has

a

significant

impact

on

our

environment.

As

a

study

shows,

the

manner

and

scale

at

which

our

society

currently

raises

animal

for

human

consumption

contributes

to

climate

change

in

major

way.

It

also

wastes

water,

pollutes

our

soil,

and

contaminates

fresh

water

supplies.

So

if

you’re

really trying to live a low-impact life, eating less meat and ensuring that the meat you

do

eat

is

raised

by

responsible

farmers

and

ranchers

could

help

you

shrink

your

carbon footprint a lot faster than buying a hybrid or skipping showers.

1. The author believes that (

)

A. people will be more and more rational in choosing the food they eat.

B. the arguments about what should be eaten will never come to an end.

C. people will someday reach a consensus on what the best food is.

D. people will be more and more fastidious in choosing the food they eat.

2. When deciding how and what to eat, the author (

)

A. has some important principles to follow.

B. will consult with his friends.

C. will follow the instructions of his friends.

D. considers only his own interests.

3. The type of food we eat (

)

A. has an indirect but great effect on our environment.

B. has nothing to do with our environment.

C. has nothing to do with our health.

D. is decided only by our economic status.

4. What is implied in Paragraph 3 (

)

A. We should stop raising animals for human consumption.

B. We should stop eating animals.

C. The way animals are raised for human consumption should be improved.

D.

Environmental

pollution

and

climate

change

are

caused

by

raising

animals

for

human consumption.

Passage 2

Americans are too busy for lunch breaks, reports AOL. Rather than leaving the

office

for

some

much

needed

relaxation,

most

workers

are

opting

to

dine

at

their

desks. According to a survey, 62% of American office workers usually eat their lunch

in the same spot they work all day.

In a weakened economy, many employees feel a heightened need to prove their

worth or look like a superstar worker who goes above and beyond to get the job done.

Plus, when coworkers are working through their lunch breaks, no one wants to be the

person who looks like a slacker.

For others, it is not just a matter of saving time, but saving money. Eating out

routinely

gets

expensive,

so

bringing

a

lunch

to

eat

at

the

desk

is

also

the

thrifty

choice for the American worker.

On

a

national

level,

the

United

States

does

not

mandate

that

businesses

allow

their employees a lunch break. However, 22 states do have explicit laws on the books

stating

that

workers

must

take

a

half

hour

to

hour

lunch

break.

Nonetheless,

even

workers in these states often find themselves ignoring the law to chow down next to

their computers.

In

addition

to

lunch, 27% will eat

breakfast

at

their desk (at

least

they

are not

skipping

it

altogether),

and

50%

will

snack

at

their

desk

throughout

the

workday.

Unfortunately, using the desk as a dining table could be a health hazard. With about

two

in

three

workers

admitting

they

clean

their

desk

less

than

once

a

month,

the

unsanitary surface leaves workers susceptible to foodborne illnesses.

1. According to the report by AOL, most American office workers usually (

)

A. take lunch at their desks.

B. take a nap after lunch.

C. go out to eat at lunch time.

D. enjoy free lunch.

2. (

) makes the American employees feel a heightened need to prove their worth.

A. The employers

’

encouragement

B. An upturn in economy

C. The cozy working environment.

D. A downturn in economy.

3. According to Paragraph 4, (

)?

A. most states of America have passed the laws stating that workers must take some

lunch break.

B. the workers in the 22 states work fewer hours than those in the other states.

C. the workers in the 22 states do not necessarily take a better lunch break than those

in the other states.

D. the workers in the 22 states take a longer lunch break than those in the other states.

4. What is a disadvantage of taking lunch at the desk?

A. It may save time for the employees.

B. It may do harm to the employees

’

health.

C. It may save money for the employees.

D. It may help the employees reduce their weight.

Passage 3

In many urban centers throughout the world, vibrant waste recycling programs

aren’t

just

eco

-minded

niceties,

but

they

serve

an

essential

role

in

keeping

communities

clean

and

clutter-free.

But

thanks

to

one

forward-thinking

initiative

in

the Brazilian city of Jundiaí

, trading in trash has never been tastier.

Ten

years

ago,

the

city’s

Municipal

Utilities

D

epartment

launched

“Delicious

Recycling”,

a

program

aimed

at

enc

ouraging

residents

to

get

into

the

habit

of

collecting

recyclable

waste

in

exchange

for

fresh

vegetables,

grown

locally

in

a

public-run garden

—

and boy did it take off. Today, the garden boasts more than 30

thousand plants to meet the demand of thousands of veggie-loving recyclers, turning

aluminum cans and plastic bottles into edible greens.

Ultimately, the program has done wonders for the health of the environment as

well, by ridding the city of improperly disposed waste.

“

What once cluttered and even choked the flow of water from storm drains is

today

used

as

currency

for

healthy

food,”

local

mayor

Miguel

Haddad

tells

Jundiaí

Online. “Everybody wins with this.”

As innovative as Jundiaí’s “Delic

i

ous Recycling” may seem, it’s actually not the

first of its

kind, but given the program’s success, it’s no wonder why

though a number

of other Brazilian municipalities offer similar incentives to reward recyclers with food,

the idea seems to be catching internationally

—

like in Mexico City, where residents

recently exchanged trash for nearly three tons of vegetables!

1. Waste recycling programs (

)

A. are paid little attention to in many urban centers.

B. help make communities clean and tidy.

C. have nothing to do with the sanitation of communities.

D. are inactive in many urban centers.

2. The purpose of

“Delicious Recycling”

is (

)

A. to teach residents how to make delicious food.

B. to reward residents who do well in classifying rubbish.

C. to encourage residents to trade recyclable waste for meat or vegetables.

D. to encourage residents to trade recyclable waste for vegetables.

3. According to local mayor Miguel Haddad, (

)

A. water in storm drains is flowing more freely than before because the trash in it has

been removed.

B. water in storm drains can be exchanged for healthy food.

C. water in storm drains is essential to the growing of fresh vegetables.

D. there is more trash in storm drains now than there used to be.

4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A.

“Delic

i

ous Recycling”

has failed to achieve the desired result.

B. There are no waste recycling programs in other Brazilian municipalities.

C. Mexico City is probably imitating

Jundiaí’s “Delicious Recycling”

.

D.

Waste

recycling

programs

in

other

Brazilian

municipalities

are

more

successful

than

Jundiaí’s “Delicious Recycling”

.

Passage 4

A class action lawsuit has been filed against General Mills for misrepresenting

the

product

it

calls

Yoplait

Greek.

It

isn’t

Greek,

and

it

isn’t

yogurt.

The

sales

of

Yoplait

Greek

already

lag

far

behind

other

brands

such

as

Chobani

and

Fage

in

an

exploding Greek yogurt market, and this latest lawsuit won’t help any.

“

Yoplait Greek does not comply with the standard of identity of yogurt,” the

lawsuit

states.

“Indeed,

Yoplait

Greek

contains

Milk

Protein

Concentrate

(“MPC”)

which is not among the permissible ingredients of yogurt, non-fat yogurt, and low-fat