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短文试题
Questions 9 to 12 are based on the passage you have just heard.
9.
A.The manufacturers producing the food.
B.The daily expense on the food.
C.The way of producing the food.
D.The places of selling the food.
10.
A.Better consistency, quality and genetics.
B.More efficiency and higher prices.
C.Without pollution and beneficial to health.
D.Better keeping conditions and safer.
11.
A.The waste can pollute waterways, and produce greenhouse gases.
B.The cost of using antibiotics and other chemicals is very high.
C.The place for large-scale production is difficult to find.
D.The hogs may damage apples, old pumpkins and other vegetables.
12.
A.It is the best choice of raising pigs.
B.It is more environmental friendly.
C.It can reduce the price of pork.
D.It will soon replace large-scale production.
短文文本
Passage One
Demand for meat, milk and eggs is growing around the world. (9) To meet that demand, the way these products are produced is changing. The change is from small farms to large industrial operations. This has already happened in the United States. But not everyone is happy with the change. As a result, there is also a growing demand for products growing locally on small farms.
James Lame stopped raising hogs in a small building and built two industrial-scale hog barns. Each of them holds 1,500 hogs. Nearly all pigs are raised this way in the United States now. (10) They had better consistency, better pork quality, and better genetics.
The government says the efficiency of large-scale production in a controlled environment has helped reduce the price of a pork chop by nearly 20 percent since 1998. These efficient and intensive production methods are being used around the world and many experts say that it is a good thing as the demand for meat grows. But livestock expert Carolyn Opio points out that the land, water and feed required to produce it are limited. If we are to produce within the constraints that we are facing today, efficiency is key. But the results of the efficiency are not always necessarily good. (11) The waste from thousands of confined animals can pollute waterways, and produce greenhouse gases. And some health experts are concerned about the antibiotics and other chemicals being put in the animal's feed. Others criticize the conditions in which the animals are kept.
(12) So today a growing number of people are returning to small-scale farming. The hogs eat damaged apples and old pumpkins, this reduces food waste, but this kind of farming also means higher prices. It would just involve people making the choice to buy this kind of food.
9. What is changing when demand for food is increasing?
10. What's the advantage of large-scale production?
11. What's the problem of large-scale production?
12. What do we know about small-scale farming?
文章一
肉、奶、蛋的全球需求量在不断增加。为了满足增长的需求，这些产品的生产方式也在发生变化。这种变化就是饲养场所由小型农场变为工业化的大规模养殖场。这种变化已经开始在美国发生。但并非所有人都认为这是一种可喜的变化。因此，对出自地方小型农场的产品的需求量也在增加。
詹姆斯·拉梅放弃了以前的小型猪场，建造了两个工业规模的猪舍。每个猪舍里面有1500头猪。在美国几乎所有的猪都是以这种方式饲养的。这种猪的肉质更好，且稳定，品种也更优良。
美国政府称，自1998年以来，控制环境下的高效养殖方式使猪排的价格降低了20%。这种高效的密集型生产方式目前已经在全世界被采用。专家表示鉴于肉类产品需求的上涨这种变化时好现象。但是畜牧专家卡洛琳·奥皮奥指出足以支撑这种养殖方式的土地、水源以及饲料有限。如果我们想要在目前面临的限制条件下生产，那么生产效率是关键。然而，追求高效的结果不能保证永远是好的。数千只圈养动物的排泄物可能会污染水源，还会产生温室气体。一些健康专家担心人们在这些动物的饲料中添加抗生素和化学物质。还有人对这些动物的饲养环境表示不满。
因此现在又有很多人回归了原来的小规模农场饲养方式。这种方式饲养的猪可以以坏掉的苹果和南瓜为食，避免了食物浪费，但是同样也意味着肉价更高。当然这也只是对选择购买这类食品的消费者有影响。
问题9 随着对食品需求量的增加什么也在发生变化？
问题10 大规模生产的弊端是什么？
问题11 大规模生产面临的问题是什么？
问题12 关于小型农场生产我们了解到了什么？
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习题答案解析
参考答案：
【小题9】C
【小题10】A
【小题11】A
【小题12】B
习题解析：
【小题9】短文提到，全世界对于肉、蛋、奶的需求逐渐增加，为了满足这一需求，生产这些食物的方式正在发生变化。C 选项与短文内容相符，故选 C。
【小题10】短文提到，进行大规模生产的公司更富有连续性，猪肉质量更高，更符合遗传学。A 选项与短文内容相符，故选 A。
【小题11】短文提到，在大规模生产中，圈养动物所排放的粪便会污染水道，产生温室气体。有的健康专家还担心抗生素以及其他化学物质被放人动物词料当中，其他人还批评动物的饲养环境。A 选项与短文内容相符，故选 A。
【小题12】短文提到，如今有越来越多的人开始回归小规模农业，这些猪吃有损伤的苹果和老南瓜，这就减少了食物浪费。因此，这种生产方式更加环保，对应选项 B。
