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(2025·广东省四校联考)

Oncethechoiceoftheroyalhousehold,thewatermelonhasgainedpopularityrapidlyovertheyears,andanonlinegrocerreportedthatthefruitssalesontheplatformhadincreasedsixfoldfrom2020to2022,resultinginincreasinglyhighdemandforwatermelonqualitytesters.

Lee,32,isextremelybusyinthesummermonths.Justbyholdingthewatermelonnearhisearandknockingonthesurfacewithhisfingers,Leesays,hecantellbythesoundifthefruitisripeenoughtobeeatenornot.Heworksforaruralcooperativesetupbyagroupofwatermelonfarmers,andputsthousandsofwatermelonsthroughthe“knocktest”daily,beforetheyareshippedtodowntownwarehouseswheretheplatformsourcesitssupplies.

Thepracticeofknockingonwatermelonstodeterminetheirripenesscanbefoundacrosscultures.InChina,itisconsideredanationalhabit.Smartbuyerstaponthefruitbeforepurchase,toensuretheirmoneyiswell-spent.Somebuyersknockonthefruitdespitenotknowingwhatthehollowsoundmeansjusttonegotiateabetterdealfromtheseller.

Asfruitsaleshavemovedtoonlineplatformsinabigway,thosewhomakealivingbycheckingthequalityofthefruitswiththeirfingersaremuchindemand.Leeisoneamongthegrowinggroup.Theirtaskistoconductknocktestsonbehalfofe-buyersandensurethatthefruitsselectedtobesoldonlineareuniforminsizeandquality.

Lee,whowasonceanaward-winningsoccerplayer,nowdescribeshimselfasa“goalkeeperforwatermelons”．Hequitsocceraboutfouryearsagoandlearnedaboutmelon-knockingasanemergingprofessionanddecidedtobecomeanapprentice(学徒)toanexperiencedfarmer.

Afterayearstrialanderror,Leeworkedindependentlyasaqualitychecker.“Itisahighlydemandingtask.Duringtheapprenticeship,Ioftencrackedopenmelonstoconfirmmyjudgment.Therearejustnoshortcuts，”hesaid.

语篇导读：本文主要介绍了一个新兴职业——西瓜质量检查员。

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