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课时作业
课时作业(二十四)
选择性必修第二册
Unit 3 Food and Culture
I,阅读理解
normally use,I will certainly take it.Often.I'll
A
mentally adjust my weekly menu plan on the spot,
(2023·烟台市高考诊断性测试)Earlier this
based on what I find.
month,British supermarket chain Morrisons
The handful of times I have looked at
announced that it would be removing "use by"
expiration dates have been for short-lived items
dates on most of its milk.The idea behind this is to
like prepackaged salad greens.What I've found,
discourage people from throwing milk away based
however,is that the dates mean little.Even a
on a date.rather than sniffing()and looking at it
package that claims to be fresh can still have rotten
to determine whether it's still safe for consumption.
yellow leaves at the bottom,which turns me off.
The fact is that significant amounts of food
Therefore,the expiration date means next to
get wasted every year by people blindly following
nothing,but my visual assessment.combined with
expiration dates,rather than their senses.What
my intention for when I plan to eat it,is far more
useful.
makes matters worse is that most dates don't mean
Food is your friend.Food is not out to
much,anyway.They're assigned somewhat randomly by
kill you!
food manufacturers that are not held to any
L.Why will Morrisons remove“use by”dates on
regulatory standards for what determines a safe
most of its milk?
date nor what expertise(专门知i识)is required to
A.To reduce food waste.
make such a judgment call-so it makes sense that
B.To improve customers'senses.
they'd be too cautious.
C.To meet the regulatory standards.
What I find amusing,however,is that many
D.To be cautious about food quality.
people seem to be horrified by this approaching
2.What do we know about the author's shopping
absence of“use by”dates.
habit from the text?
In fact,I never look at expiration dates when I
A.She shows little interest in packaging.
shop.To me,it's as if they don't exist.To be clear,
B.She cares more about the price.
I am not an absent-mi