重庆市2017高考英语阅读理解选编17

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1、重庆市2017高考英语阅读理解选编（17）阅读下列短文，从给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。（2013・合肥市二模，B）Walkinginafarmers1marketoftenbringsonetoexplorenewfoodoptions,andnowmorelocallyfarmcdproteinchoicesareavailabletohelpbridgethegapbetweenourmealsandthefarmsonwhichtheyoriginated・Moreandmorelocalsmall

2、farmsarepoppingupinoppositiontofactoryfarms.Today"scommercialfarmsdonotfittheimagethatcomestomindwhilehappilysingingalongto“OldMcDonaldv.Instead,mostofthenation'sfoodcomesfromCAFOs,ConfinedAnimaJFeedingOperations,whereanimalsarekeptintightlyonclosedconditionsasthey

3、arefattenedupandreadiedtobekilledforfood.Fortunately,knowingexactlywhereone‘sfoodcomesfromhasledtoanincreaseintheavailabilityofwhatisknownas“grassfed”beef.Technically,allcattlearegrassfedforatleastalimitedamountoftime,butwhatmakesthemeatsignificantisthatitisgrassfi

4、nished,notforcefedcorn,soyorgrains.Thischangeindietmakesallthedifferencesincecornisnotpartofthecow'straditioneildiet,andthereforecausesmajorhealthissuesforit.Todealwiththehealthissues,antibiotics（抗生素）areusedandsomeoftheantibioticsusedtotreatthecattlearesimilartotho

5、segiventohumans,sotheycandecreasetheeffectivenessofmedicinewhenaconsumerissick・Ahealthierdietforthecattieleadsthemeattolowerinbothfatemdcalories.Andwhencookinggrassfedbeef,you'dbetteruseaslightly1owertemperaturetomakeitmoredelicious.文章人意：木文是一篇议论文。为了应对机械化农业的弊端，越来越多的

6、小农业开始兴盛起來了，它们牛产的农畜牧产品不仅丰富了人们的一日三餐，同时也更绿色、更健康。1.Theunderlinedwords"poppingup”（inthe1stparagraph）probablymeans.A.improvingB.fadingC.profitingD.appearing答案:D词义猜测题。根据文章第一句中"andnowmorelocallyfarmedproteinchoicesareavailable”可知，现在冇更多的当地小农场喂养的动物可满足人们对蛋白质的盂求，即当地出现了越来越多小农场，

7、由此可知‘appear与popup意思最为接近，故答案D符合文义。2.Thesong"OldMcDonaldndescribes.A.animalsraisedfreelyonlocalfarmsB.emimalskeptintightlyenclosedconditionsC.commercialfarmsprovidingfastfoodD.commercialfarmsprovidingunpopularfoods答案：A推理判断题。根据文章笫二段笫一句"Today'scommercialfarmsdonotfitth

8、eimage...”的提示和下文对商业农场喂养动物的方法的描述可知,thesong“OldMcDonald”所描述的喂养方式正好和商业农场相反，由此可推知，答案A符合文义。3.Somemedicinesarelesseffectiveforbeefconsumersprobablybeca