招生专业：外国语言学及应用语言学 考试科目及代码：321 英语基础知识 研究方向： 英语应用语言学 英美文学叙述学 注意：答案必须标明题号，按序写在专用答题纸上，写在本试卷上或草稿纸上者一律不给分。 Part I: Reading Comprehension (50%) Directions: Read the following passages and answer the questions after each passage. Mark your answers on the Answer Sheet only. Passage 1 Are organically grown foods the best food choices? The advantages claimed for such foods over conventionally grown and marketed food products are now being debated. Advocates of organic foods---a term whose meaning varies greatly—frequently proclaim that such products are safer and more nutritious than others. The growing interest of consumers in the safety and nutritional quality of the typical North American diet is a welcome development. However, much of this interest has been sparked by sweeping claims that the food supply is unsafe or inadequate in meeting nutritional needs. Although most of these claims are not supported by scientific evidence, the preponderance of written material advancing such claims makes it difficult for the general public to separate fact from fiction. As a result, claims that eating a diet consisting entirely of or-ganically grown foods prevents or cures disease or provides other benefits to health have become widely publicized and form the basis for folklore. Almost daily the public is besieged by claims for \There are numerous unsubstantiated reports that natural vitamins are superior to synthetic ones, that fertilized eggs are nutritionally superior to unfertilized eggs, that untreated gains are better than fumigated grains, and the like. One thing that most organically grown food products seem to have in common is that they cost more than conventionally grown foods. But in many cases consumers are misled if they believe organic foods can maintain health and provide better nutritional quality than conventionally grown foods. So there is real cause for concern if consumers, particularly those with limited incomes, distrust the regular food supply and buy only expensive organic foods instead. 1. The \A) interest in food safety and nutrition among North Americans B) the nutritional quality of the typical North American diet C) the amount of healthy food grown in North America D) the number of consumers in North America 2. According to the first paragraph, which of the following is true about the term\A) It is accepted by most nutritionists. B) It has been used only in recent years. C) It has no fixed meaning.
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