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陕西永寿县2016高考英语二轮阅读理解练习（3） 阅读理解解读 Walking in a farmers market often brings one to explore new food options, and now more locally-farmed protein choices are available to help bridge the gap between our meals and the farms on which they originated. More and more local small farms are popping_up in opposition to factory farms. Todays commercial farms do not fit the image that comes to mind while happily singing along to “Old McDonald”. Instead, most of the nations food comes from CAFOs, Confined Animal Feeding Operations, where animals are kept in tightly enclosed conditions as they are fattened up and readied to be killed for food. Fortunately, knowing exactly where ones food comes from has led to an increase in the availability of what is known as “grass-fed” beef. Technically, all cattle are grass-fed for at least a limited amount of time, but what makes the meat significant is that it is grass-finished, not force-fed corn, soy or grains. This change in diet makes all the difference since corn is not part of the cows traditional diet, and therefore causes major health issues for it. To deal with the health issues, antibiotics (抗生素) are used and some of the antibiotics used to treat the cattle are similar to those given to humans, so they can decrease the effectiveness of medicine when a consumer is sick. A healthier diet for the cattle leads the meat to lower in both fat and calories. And when cooking grass-fed beef, youd better use a slightly lower temperature to make it more delicious. 文章大意：本文是一篇议论文。为了应对机械化农业的弊端，越来越多的小农业开始兴盛起来了，它们生产的农畜牧产品不仅丰富了人们的一日三餐，同时也更绿色、更健康。 5．The underlined words “popping up” (in the 1st paragraph) probably means ________. A．improving B．fading C．profiting D．appearing 6．The song “Old McDonald” describes ________. A．animals raised freely on local farms B．animals kept in tightly enclosed conditions C．commercial farms providing fast food D．commercial farms providing unpopular foods 7．Some medicines are less eff