Question

Apple a day may poison children

Children who eat an apple or pear a day may be exceeding(超过) the pesticide(杀虫剂) safety limit because of remains on the fruit，according to research.

Using data of the British Department of Environment on pesticides on fruit collected from supermarkets，scientists thought that each day some children would get a poisonous level of pesticides.

The research，published on Sunday，says the government repeatedly claims that the levels of pesticide are safe because，instead of measuring individual apples， researchers buy 10，crush them and take an average reading to see if they are safe. This is the internationally agreed method of checking remains.

But government figures show that the pesticide is not averagely spread across the batch(一批)，and one or two apples could contain 90% or more of the pesticide in the batch.

It used mathematical modeling to measure exposure(暴露) to pesticides for children aged between 18 months and four years old. The pesticides involved can destroy children’s hormones and some are suspected(怀疑) of causing cancer.

The good news for British fruit growers is that samples grown in this country had lower residue level than imported fruit，so buying home-produced fruit will reduce the danger，said Emily Diamand，one of the Earth’s senior food researchers and one of the authors of the report.

1.The reason why “Apple a day may poison children”  is that ______.

A. there are some pests in the apple

B. children would get a poisonous level of pesticides because of the remains on the apple

C. there are always more pesticides on the apples produced in Britain

D. the apple is too hard for children to eat

2.The internationally agreed method of checking remains is to buy ______.

A. two apples，crush them and take an average reading to see if they are safe

B. five apples，crush them and test to see if they are safe

C. ten apples，crush them and take an average reading to see if they are safe

D. eighty apples，and then test them by crushing

3.The underlined word “residue” can be replaced by  ______.

A. remains      B. pesticide

C. poison      D. medicine

4. Which of the following is NOT true？

A. The remains of the pesticides can do harm to the children’s health.

B. The remains of the pesticides can do harm to the children’s hormones.

C. Some remains of the pesticides are suspected of causing cancer.

D. For safety，we had better not import apples from Britain.

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

试题本文主要叙述的是水果上的农药残留对孩子身体的影响，建议我们多吃农药残留量较小的英国水果。

1.Children who eat an apple or pear a day may be exceeding(超过) the pesticide(杀虫剂) safety limit because of remains on the fruit，according to research.可知苹果上残留的杀虫剂会让孩子中毒。所以B正确。

2.The research，published on Sunday，says the government repeatedly claims that the levels of pesticide are safe because，instead of measuring individual apples， researchers buy 10，crush them and take an average reading to see if they are safe.可知买10个苹果，压碎然后去平均的一份看看是否安全，这是国际上通用的测量方法。故C正确。

3.The good news for British fruit growers is that samples grown in this country had lower residue level than imported fruit，中的下划线就是指remains残留的意思。故A正确。

4.The good news for British fruit growers is that samples grown in this country had lower residue level than imported fruit，so buying home-produced fruit will reduce the dangers可知进口水果的农药残留比英国本地生产的要更高。说明英国的水果更为健康，我们应该从英国进口更多的水果。故D说法是错误的。