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
正确答案:B
解析:much 和little可以用于修饰不可数名词food，根据上下文，此处应选much，表示很多食物。
2.A.slight B.declining C.growing D.deceasing
正确答案:C
解析:因此，人们对于天然食品的兴致日益浓厚。表示“日益增加的”，应用growing。
3.A.which B.who C.where D.when
正确答案:A
解析:which 用于修饰该定语从句当中的先行词——蔬菜，水果和谷物。
4.A.by B.about C.of D.with
正确答案:D
解析:表示“提供……给……”，应用固定搭配provide… with…。
5.A.compared B.comparing C.compare D.being compared
正确答案:A
解析:表示“与……相比较”，属于分词的被动用法，因此应用固定搭配compared with。
6.A.quantity B.range C.quality D.type
正确答案:C
解析:这一句提到化肥的主要作用是提高产量而不是质量。quality有质量的含义。
7.A.clearly B.freely C.selectively D.separately
正确答案:B
解析:天然食品还包括在健康的牧场上自由放养的动物。表示“自由地”，应用freely。
8.A.than B.from C.between D.among
正确答案:A
解析:表示“好于”，应用better than。考察比较级的用法。
9.A.tasteless B.tasty C.delicious D.smelly
正确答案:A
解析:以这种方式饲养的鸡，不但其肉无味，下的蛋也缺乏维生素。A表示“无味的”，指以人工方法饲养出来的鸡肉无味。B美味的;C好吃的;D发臭的。
10.A.argument B.debate C.criticism D.attention
正确答案:D
解析:现在关于健康饮食的许多其他方面也引起了饮食专家们的日益关注。根据上下文判断，attention最合适。
11.A.But B.Although C.Moreover D.Furthermore
正确答案:B
解析:本句是对前一句的进一步阐述，尽管糖类可以替代天然食品蜂蜜，人们在生活中可以不必用到它。
12.A.with B.without C.before D.after
正确答案:B
解析:固定搭配do without是“没有……也行”的意思。
13.A.format B.style C.form D.function
正确答案:C
解析:固定搭配“in the form of”是“以某种的方式”的意思。
14.A.circulated B.removed C.presented D.appeared
正确答案:C
解析:白面包中没有这种纤维，但是在粗面粉和蔬菜中却可以找得到。present是“显示”的意思，所以符合题意。
15.A.composes B.makes of C.concludes D.contains
正确答案:D
解析:此处涉及“包含，包括”的表达方法。compose 常用be composed of 搭配，表示“由……组成”; make 常用固定搭配be made of;conclude：推断，断定。
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