《2025年天利38套五年高考真题汇编详解英语》

B
Like most of us, I try to be mindful of food that goes to waste. The arugula(芝麻菜) was to make a nice green salad, rounding out a roast chicken dinner. But I ended up working late. Then friends called with a dinner invitation. I stuck the chicken in the freezer. But as days passed, the arugula went bad. Even worse, I had unthinkingly bought way too much; I could have made six salads with what I threw out.
In a world where nearly 800 million people a year go hungry, “food waste goes against the moral grain,” as Elizabeth Royte writes in this month's cover story. It's jaw - dropping how much perfectly good food is thrown away—from “ugly” (but quite eatable) vegetables rejected by grocers to large amounts of uneaten dishes thrown into restaurant garbage cans.
Producing food that no one eats wastes the water, fuel, and other resources used to grow it. That makes food waste an environmental problem. In fact, Royte writes, “if food waste were a country, it would be the third largest producer of greenhouse gases in the world.”
If that's hard to understand, let's keep it as simple as the arugula at the back of my refrigerator. Mike Curtin sees my arugula story all the time—but for him, it's more like 12 boxes of donated strawberries nearing their last days. Curtin is CEO of DC Central Kitchen in Washington, D.C., which recovers food and turns it into healthy meals. Last year it recovered more than 807 500 pounds of food by taking donations and collecting blemished(有瑕疵的) produce that otherwise would have rotted in fields. And the strawberries? Volunteers will wash, cut, and freeze or dry them for use in meals down the road.
Such methods seem obvious, yet so often we just don't think. “Everyone can play a part in reducing waste, whether by not purchasing more food than necessary in your weekly shopping or by asking restaurants to not include the side dish you won't eat,” Curtin says.
24. What does the author want to show by telling the arugula story?
A. We pay little attention to food waste.
B. We waste food unintentionally at times.
C. We waste more vegetables than meat.
D. We have good reasons for wasting food.
25. What is a consequence of food waste according to the text?
A. Moral decline.
B. Environmental harm.
C. Energy shortage.
D. Worldwide starvation.
26. What does Curtin's company do?
A. It produces kitchen equipment.
B. It turns rotten arugula into clean fuel.
C. It helps local farmers grow fruits.
D. It makes meals out of unwanted food.
27. What does Curtin suggest people do?
A. Buy only what is needed.
B. Reduce food consumption.
C. Go shopping once a week.
D. Eat in restaurants less often.

答案： 24.B 推理判断题 [定位句]But as days passed, the arugula went bad. Even worse,I had unthinkingly bought way too much; I could have made six salads with what I threw out. (第一段最后两句)
译文：但是随着日子一天天过去，芝麻菜变质了。甚至更糟糕的是，我已经不假思索地买了太多；我原本可以用我扔掉的东西做六次沙拉的。
[解析]根据第一段内容尤其是定位句可推知，作者想通过讲述芝麻菜的故事表明我们有时会无意识地浪费食物。故选 B。
25.B 细节理解题 [定位句]That makes food waste an environmental problem. (第三段第二句)
译文：那让食物浪费成为了一个环境问题。
[解析]根据定位句可知，食物浪费的后果是对环境造成了危害。故选 B。
26.D 细节理解题 [解析]根据第四段内容尤其是第三句“Curtin is CEO of DC Central Kitchen in Washington, D. C., which recovers food and turns it into healthy meals.”可知，Curtin 的公司将人们不想要的食物制作成了健康的餐食。故选 D。
27.A 细节理解题 [定位句]“Everyone can play a part in reducing waste, whether by not purchasing more food than necessary in your weekly shopping or by asking restaurants to not include the side dish you won't eat,”Curtin says. (最后一段最后一句)
译文：Curtin 说：“每个人都可以在减少浪费方面发挥作用，无论是通过在你每周购物时不购买必要之外的食物，还是通过让餐厅不要放你不吃的配菜。”
[解析]根据定位句可知，Curtin 建议人们只购买必需品。故选 A。
[词汇积累]unthinkingly adv. 不假思索地
reject v. 拒绝接受 produce v. 生产