Unit 2 Healthy eating
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一、阅读理解
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cake可数吗A new study has found the amount of antibiotics (抗生素) given to farm animals is expected to increa by twothirds over the next 15 years. Rearchers are linking the growing dependence on the drugs to the increasing need for meat, milk and eggs. However, the drugs could quicken the development of antibioticresistant infections (感染). Such infections are already a major public health concern in the United States.komatsu
The World Health Organization(WHO) notes when people stop living in poverty(贫困), the first thing they want to do is eat better, rather than earn more money. For most people, that means their diet should contain more meat. With the rapid development of Asia, people there are eating nearly four times as much meat, milk and other milk products as they did 5
0 years ago.
To meet the need, farmers have put many animals into smaller spaces. As the animals are crowded together, the easiest way to deal with some of the problems of crowding is to give them antibiotics. It's clear that antibiotics help animals stay healthy in crowded environments and grow faster. But bacteria can develop resistance to the drugs gradually.
Nowadays, doctors find antibiotics that once worked against the infections no longer work. The bacteria have learned ways to fight against the drugs. The heavy u of antibiotics in farm animals is responsible for the growth of antibiotic resistance worldwide. Each year in the United States, at least two million people get antibioticresistant infections and at least 23,000 die from the infections.
Europe has banned the u of antibiotics to increa animal growth. And the United States is hoping to persuade farmers to stop using antibiotics for that purpo.
【文章大意】 本文主要围绕在农场动物身上使用抗生素的负面影响展开。
【难句分析】 The World Health Organization(WHO) notes when people stop living in poverty(贫困)，the first thing they want to do is eat better，rather than earn more money.
分析：本句为复合句。notes后接省略了连接词that的宾语从句；该宾语从句中含有when引导的时间状语从句when people stop living in poverty; they want to do 为省略了关系词that的定语从句，修饰the first thing; rather than连接的并列结构在宾语从句中作表语。
译文：世界卫生组织指出，当人们摆脱贫穷之后，他们想做的第一件事情就是吃得好点，而不是挣更多的钱。
1. What accounts for the increasing amount of antibiotics given to farm animals?乔治的英文
A．The desire for new drugs.
B．The less effective antibiotics.
C．The outdated farm technology.
D．The need for more various foods.
答案与解析：D'考查细节理解。根据第一段中的“Rearchers are linking the growing dependence on the drugs to the increasing need for meat, milk and eggs.”可知，研究人员认为用于农场动物身上的抗生素的数量增加与人们对各种不同的食物的需求增加有关，故选D项。
2. What do most people want to do first when they get rid of poverty according to the WHO?
bee cockA．Making a lot of money.
B．Focusing more on health.
C．Having more meat in their diet.
glad you cameD．Living in a better environment.
答案与解析：C'考查细节理解。根据第二段中的“The World Health Organization(WHO) no
tes when people stop living poverty(贫困)，the first thing they want to do is eat better, rather than earn more money. For most people, that means their diet should contain more meat.”可知，C项正确。
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3 What can be inferred from the passage?
A．Antibiotics do harm to animals.
B．Antibiotics help animals stay healthy.
C．Antibiotics are ud heavily in Europe.
D．Antibioticresistant bacteria spread to people.
答案与解析：D'考查推理判断。结合第四段中的“Each year in the United States, at least two million people get antibioticresistant infections and at least 23,000 die from the infections.”可推知，抗生素耐药细菌传播到了人身上，故选D。由第三段中的“It's clear that antibiotics help animals stay healthy in crowded environments and grow faster.”可知，A
项表述有误，可排除；由最后一段中的“Europe has banned the u of antibiotics to increa animal growth.”可知C项表述错误，可排除；B项最具干扰性，因为B项本身是正确的，但是B项是文中的明确信息，不需要推断得出，而题干所要求的选项需要经过推理判断得来，所以B项不符合题意。诸如B项这类本身正确，但不满足题干要求的选项是考生做题时需要特别留意的。
4. What's the passage mainly about?
A．The negative effect of antibiotics on farm animals.
permanentlyB．The advantages of using antibiotics.
C．The reason for banning the u of antibiotics.
D．A new way of raising farm animals.
答案与解析：A'考查主旨大意。结合文章内容可以看出，本文主要说的是在农场动物身上使用抗生素的负面影响，故选A项。
B
butterballIn 1959, when Jean Harper was in the third grade, her teacher gave the class an assignment to write a report on what they wanted to be when they grew up.
Jean’s father was a crop dusting pilot in the little farming community in Northern California where she was raid, and Jean was very interested in airplanes and flying. She poured her heart into her report and included all of her dreams. She wanted to be a crop dusting pilot, make parachute jumps(跳伞vdl), and be an airline pilot. Her paper came back with an "F" on it. The teacher told her it was a "fairy tale" and that none of the occupations she listed were women’s jobs. Jean was devastated and humiliated.
