Question

    Recently I rolled into a local restaurant to try an Impossible Burger, an all-plant patty(人造肉饼) invented by Impossible Foods. It's well known for having an strangely chewy(有咀嚼感), even bloody, meat-like quality, a surprising verisimilitude(逼真) that has made it ''perhaps the country's most famous burger, '' as New York magazine wrote. One bite into its wonderful, smoky taste and, damn, I was convinced.

This is good news, because the time has come to consume fake meat. In the fight against climate change, meat replacement is something we can try. A University of Oxford study recently found that, to keep global warming below 2 degrees this century, we need to be eating 75 percent less beef and 90 percent less pork.

However, diets are culturally enshrined, so changing them will be hard. It isn't easy to replace 75 to 90 percent of beef and pork with fake meat. The first taste of an Impossible Burger—a moment when low expectations work a powerful magic in the product's favor—is one thing. But how do you keep meat-eaters asking for more after their sixth, and their 26th？

To get to true mass adoption, fake meat will need to compete favorably with the real thing on multiple fronts. Impossible Foods' goal is to drive the price of its product below that of Safeway's 80/20 hamburger meat, at which point people will simply vote with their wallets. The new industry also wants to improve on animal flesh in various ways. Fake meat has an advantage over traditional meat because ''you won't need to refrigerate it'' cofounder Niko Koffeman says. Plus, custom(定制的) production could improve choice. ''You could have very soft and tender meat for elderly people,'' Koffeman adds. ''You could have a tailored meat for whatever you need.''

You can tell the world is shifting this way, because the ranchers(牧场主) are nervous. Last year, the US Cattlemen's Association asked the government to define ''meat'' as a product ''coming directly from animals.'' That anxiety—and the power of the science driving it—goes to show that this grand shift isn't impossible.

1.According to passage, the author was convinced by the Impossible Burger because__.

A.it has a special taste that is different from normal ones.

B.it contains all non-meat materials that taste like meat.

C.more vegetables are used as main materials for the burger.

D.one bite of this burger can provide people with the energy needed for a whole day.

2.What does the author mean by saying "Diets are culturally enshrined"?

A.That people think their diet is the best in the world.

B.That people are unwilling to go against their culture by changing their diets.

C.That people's preference for food is linked to the food choice available to them.

D.That people's eating habits are consistently observed and closely connected with their culture.

3.Which of the following statements is true about the advantages that fake meat will have to beat over traditional meat?

A.Fake meat will not be necessarily stored in a refrigerator.

B.The price of fake meat will be just one-fourth of traditional meat's.

C.Fake meat will win over older people thanks to its tender and soft taste.

D.Fake meat will own a taste that is not found in traditional meat.

4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.Meat must come from animals.

B.The world will probably embrace the idea of fake meat.

C.The ranchers are suffering economic loss due to fake meat.

D.The definition of meat has been changed because of fake meat.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.B

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章由作者品尝Impossible Burger的话题为切入点，主要讲述了肉类代替品的发展，以及它们的优势，而且作者相信假肉会代替真肉。

1.

细节理解题。根据第一段的Recently I rolled into a local restaurant to try an Impossible Burger, an all-plant patty(人造肉饼) invented by Impossible Foods. It's well known for having an strangely chewy(有咀嚼感), even bloody, meat-like quality, (最近我到本地一家餐馆去尝Impossible Burger，一个由“不可能食物”研发的全植物人造肉饼。它有奇怪的咀嚼感，甚至血腥，像肉的品质)和One bite into its wonderful, smoky taste and, damn, I was convinced.(咬一口它那奇妙的烟熏味，我立刻就相信了)可知，在品尝之后，作者终于相信Impossible Burger 虽然不含肉，但有肉的味道。B. it contains all non-meat materials that taste like meat.(它含有不是肉,但尝起来是肉味的材料)符合以上说法，故选B项。

2.

词义猜测题。根据第三段的However, diets are culturally enshrined, so changing them will be hard.(然而，饮食在文化上是不可亵渎的，因此改变它们很困难。)可知，划线部分的意思是，饮食习惯是人们按照当地文化长期遵从的。D. That people's eating habits are consistently observed and closely connected with their culture.(人们的饮食习惯一直被遵从，且与文化密切相关)符合以上说法，故选D项。

3.

细节理解题。根据倒数第二段的Fake meat has an advantage over traditional meat because ''you won't need to refrigerate it'' cofounder Niko Koffeman says.( 联合创始人Niko Koffeman说，假肉比起传统肉来有优势，因为你不需要将它冷藏)可知，假肉比传统肉更有优势，因为假肉不一定需要放在冰箱里。A. Fake meat will not be necessarily stored in a refrigerator.(假肉不一定需要储存在冰箱里)符合以上说法，故选A项。

4.

推理判断题。根据最后一段的That anxiety—and the power of the science driving it—goes to show that this grand shift isn't impossible.(焦虑和科学的力量推动它，表明这种重大转变并非不可能)可推测，世界可能会接受假肉的想法。B. The world will probably embrace the idea of fake meat.(世界可能会接受假肉的想法)符合以上说法，故选B项。