The slow food organization

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题目与答案

1. 1 The Ark of Taste lists food plant and animal species in danger of extinction.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：The Ark of Taste is the catalog of endangered food plant and animal species that Slow Food has resolved to protect

   同义替换：「lists」↔「catalog」，「in danger of extinction」↔「endangered」

2. 10 What were farmers in the USA given so that they could raise endangered turkeys?

   _____

   答案：eggs

   原文定位：The project was for the farmers to raise a total of 5,000 turkeys from eggs which had been selected from four varieties of endangered turkey;The farmers had to begin by hatching the eggs they had been supplied with

   同义替换：「were given」↔「had been supplied with」

3. 11 How many varieties of endangered turkey benefited from the project?

   _____

   答案：four

   原文定位：The project was for the farmers to raise a total of 5,000 turkeys from eggs which had been selected from four varieties of endangered turkey

   同义替换：「benefited」↔「selected」

4. 12 Who was not happy with the size of the turkeys?

   _____

   答案：chefs

   原文定位：Although chefs in some restaurants where the turkeys were on the menu complained that the Slow Food turkeys were smaller than industrially produced turkeys

   同义替换：「not happy with」↔「complained」

5. 13 Who liked the taste of the endangered turkeys?

   _____

   答案：consumers

   原文定位：the distinctive flavors were very well received by consumers

   同义替换：「liked the taste」↔「distinctive flavors」

6. 2 Slow Food considers the term biodiversity should be restricted to wild species.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：Biodiversity is a term commonly associated with discussions of threats to wild species, but according to Slow Food the biodiversity of the domesticated species people have depended on for centuries is no less important

   同义替换：「should be restricted to」↔「commonly associated with」

7. 3 The genes of heritage plants may be of vital importance to modern plant breeders.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：TRUE

   原文定位：When the latest patented hybrid variety of plant proves unable to withstand fungal or bacterial disease, plant breeders will need the disease-resistant genes which can be obtained from heritage plant varieties

   同义替换：「may be of vital importance」↔「will need」

8. 4 Countries can sell the genes of their heritage plant varieties internationally.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：NOT GIVEN

9. 5 Slow Food maintains that food and culture exist independently of each other.
   • TRUE
   • FALSE
   • NOT GIVEN

   答案：FALSE

   原文定位：In this way, local producers will be able to continue producing the food which for many years has been a defining factor of their cultural identity

   同义替换：「exist independently of each other 」↔「defining factor」

10. 6 Some Native Americans are now giving cookery classes featuring Iroquois white corn.
    • TRUE
    • FALSE
    • NOT GIVEN

    答案：NOT GIVEN

    原文定位：By working to find new markets for this ancient variety of corn, Slow Food is ensuring a source of income for the Native Americans who grow, roast, and grind this corn and, at the same time, helping to preserve the specific cookery and religious uses that the corn has been selected to support over hundreds of years

11. | | Taste | Quantities sold | Cost |

    | --- | --- | --- | --- |

    | Slow Foods | 7_____ | 8_____ | high |

    | Fast food | 9_____ | enormous | low |

    答案：unique|||limited|||unchanging

    原文定位：the taste of a recognized Slow Food is unique to that food;the quantities of Slow Food products which are available for selling are limited;global fast food companies aim to sell food that has an unchanging taste wherever in the world it is eaten

    同义替换：「sold」↔「available for selling」