Question

    Next time you throw away rotten lettuce or smelly berries you should think about this. Globally, we waste more than a third of the food we produce. That is according to the Food and Agriculture Organization.

A group of Swedish graduate students is working to fight that fact. They are in the Food Innovation and Product Design program and have come up with a way to use produce that is about to go to waste. They turn the food into non-perishable (不易腐烂的) powder. It may help people who have limited access to food.

They are calling it FoPo Food Powder. It is exactly what it sounds like. It is dried, powdered, shelf-stable fruits and vegetables. The powder can be dropped into relief efforts after natural disasters. Or it can be given out in low-resource areas where fresh food and refrigeration are hard to come by.

Ngo, one of the students who developed it, says they are not making something ground breaking. Powdered food has been around since the early days of astronauts. But they are rethinking the waste and delivery channels. Their development team reached out to farmers and retailers to source fruit.

“Today a relief bag for humanitarian disasters contains various foods such as strawberry jam, peanut butter and peas in tomato sauce. We think that an easily transported pack of cheap dried food powder with high nutritional value would fit in perfectly,” Ngo says. The team has been trying to keep its prices down, too. That would aid low-budget humanitarian groups and non-governmental groups.

Freeze-dried food keeps most of the nutritional benefits of raw food. It loses some vitamins and minerals in the drying process. But it is still a good way to get fiber and nutrients.

The group are about to start working with the U.N.’s Initiative on Food Loss and Waste. They want to try and reach more people and countries that could benefit.

1.Why did the group of Swedish graduates develop the FoPo Food Powder?

A.To reduce food waste.

B.To cut the cost of food.

C.To replace the traditional food.

D.To improve the flavor of the food.

2.What does the underlined word “ground breaking” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A.Additional. B.Reasonable.

C.Creative. D.Worthwhile.

3.What can we learn about powdered food?

A.It is very popular in some poor areas.

B.It is an effective way to lower food prices.

C.It keeps the nutritional benefits of raw food.

D.It provides aids for people in low-resource areas.

4.What will the group do according to the last paragraph?

A.They are about to cooperate with the U.N.

B.They are about to write an Initiative for the U.N.

C.They will visit and help more people worldwide.

D.They will make great profits from their product.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

本文是一篇科普说明文。 主要介绍了一种将多余食物干燥打磨成粉末，制成“food powder”的方式。这种方式能减少粮食浪费，并且能帮助缺乏粮食的人们。

1.推理判断题。根据文章第二段“A group of Swedish graduate students is working to fight that fact.” 一群瑞典研究生正在努力对抗这一事实。其中that fact，指的是上一段提到的食物浪费，他们研发产品是为了减少食物浪费，故选A。

2.词义猜测题。从“Powdered food has been around since the early days of astronauts.”可以知道，将食物研磨成粉末的工艺早已有之，并不是他们开创的，有此可以推断上文“they are not making something ground-breaking” 他们并没有做出什么突破性的东西，其中的ground breaking同creative意思相近，故选C。

3.推理判断题。根据文章第三段The powder can be dropped into relief efforts after natural disasters. Or it can be given out in low-resource areas where fresh food and refrigeration are hard to come by. 这些粉末可以投入自然灾害后的救援工作中。或者，它可以在资源匮乏的地区发放，那里新鲜食品和冰箱很难得到，由此推断出powered food可以为资源匮乏的地区提供援助，故选D。

4.推理判断题。文章最后一段The group are about to start working with the U.N.’s Initiative on Food Loss and Waste. They want to try and reach more people and countries that could benefit. 该组织即将开始与联合国组织合作在粮食损失和浪费问题上的倡议。他们希望努力惠及更多可能受益的人和国家。由此推断他们将和联合国进行合作，故选A。