41. What is the passage mainly about?

　　 A. Healthy food.　　　　　　　　　　 B. The processing of bread.

　　 C. Processed food.　　　　　　　　　 D. Poisonous.

40．From this passage, we all know ________.

　A. France produces the most apples in the world

　B. there are more apples in America than in France

　C. the apples in France are better than those in America

　D. apple trees are easy to grow in New York

K

　　 Healthy food is a general term (术语) applied to all kinds of food that is considered healthier than the types of food sold in supermarkets. For example, whole grains, dried beans, and corn oil are health food. A narrower classification (分类) of healthy food is natural food. This term is used to distinguish (区分) between types of the same food. Raw honey is a natural sweetener, while refined (提炼的) sugar is not. Fresh fruit is a natural food, but canned fruit, with sugars and other additives (添加剂), is not. The most exact term of all and the narrowest classification within health food that has been grown on a particular kind of farm. Fruits and vegetable that are grown in gardens, that are treated only with organic fertilizers, that are not sprayed with poisonous insecticides (杀虫剂), and that are not refined after harvest, are organic food. Meat, fish, dairy and poultry products from animals that are fed only on organically-grown food and that are not injected with hormones (激素) are organic food.

　　 In choosing the type of food you eat, then, you have basically two choices: inorganic, processed (加工) food, or organic, unprocessed food. A wise decision should include study of the reason why processed food contains chemicals, some of which are proved to be poisonous and that vitamin content is greatly reduced in processed food.

　　 Bread is typically used by healthy food supporters as an example of a processed food. First, the seeds from which the grain is grown are treated with a chemical that is extremely harmful. Later, the grain is sprayed with a number of very deadly insecticides. After the grain has been made into flour, it is made white with another chemical that is also poisonous. Next, a dough conditioner is added along with a softener. The conditioner and softener are poisonous, and in fact, the softener has sickened and killed experimental animals.

　　 A very poisonous antifungal compound, is added to keep the bread from getting moldy (发霉的).

　　 Other food from the supermarket would show a similar pattern of processing and preserving (保存). You see, we buy our food on the basis of smell, color and texture, instead of vitamin content, and manufacturers give us what we want, even if it is poisonous. The alternative? Eat health foods, preferably the organic variety.

39．What can we know from the underlined sentence?

　A. American apples taste good.

　B. We can see apples everywhere in America.

　C. Americans like to eat apples.

　D. Americans regard apples as their best food.

38. The writer took her neighbor to France for Christmas because he __.

A. felt lonely in England　　　 B. had never been to France

C. was from a typical French family

D. didn't like the British idea of family

J

　Almost everyone likes to eat apples. Apples grow in nearly every part of the world. The United States produces more apples than any other country except France. The states of Washington and New York grow the most apples. New York is on the east coast and Washington is on the west near Canada,

　Apples are red, yellow or green. They are very popular in the United States. Many people like to carry apples to work or to school to eat with their lunches. Most American people are often too busy or too tired to cook dinner, so they often have their dinners very simply. Apple juice is also a popular drink and apple pie is the favorite dessert for many Americans.

　The state of Washington is proud of its apples. The trees there produce nearly five billion apples every year-one apple for every man, woman and child in the whole world.

37. The underlined part “it” (in Para. 4) refers to______.

　　　 A. a taxi　　　　 B. the money 　　　

C. a bomb　 　　　 　　　　D. public transport

36. Where do people usually meet their friends in England?

　　　 A. In a cafe.　　　　　　 B. In a restaurant.

C. In a nightclub.　　　 D. In a pub.

35. The writer doesn’t like London because she ______.

　　　 A. is not used to the life there now

　　　 B. has lived there for seventeen years

　　　 C. prefers to live in an old-fashioned house

　　　 D. has to be polite to everyone she meets there

34. Who showed the right way to the interviewee according to the passage?

A. Someone we don’t know.

B. The writer did it for himself.

C. The secretary did so.

D. A warm-hearted old lady did such a thing.

I

I fell in love with England because it was quaint (古雅)-all those little houses, looking terri­bly old-fashioned but nice, like dolls’ houses. I loved the countryside and the pubs, and I loved London. I’ve slightly changed my mind after seventeen years because I think it’s an ugly town now.

Things have changed. For everybody, England meant gentlemen, fair play, and good man­ners. The fair play is going, unfortunately, and so are the gentlemanly attitudes and good man­ners-people shut doors heavily in your face and politeness is disappearing.

I regret that there are so few comfortable meeting places. You’re forced to live indoors. In Paris I go out much more, to restaurants and nightclubs. To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub, and it can be difficult to go there alone as a woman. The cafes are not terribly nice.

As a woman, I feel unsafe here. I spend a bomb on taxis because I will not take public trans­port after 10 p. m. I used to use it, but now I’m afraid.

The idea of family seems to be more or less non-existent in England. My family is well united and that’s typically French. In Middlesex I had a neighbor who is 82 now. His family only lived two miles away, but I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always alone.

33. How did the visitor feel when he was showed into the very room?

A. He felt strange.　　　　 B. He felt embarrassed.

C. He felt very sad.　　　　 D. He felt astonished.

32. Why did the writer consider himself to be an unlucky dog?

A. Because of his poor sense of direction.

B. Because he always forget the way to home.

C. Because he did not have any friend.

D. Because he used to be shy and dared not ask others the way.