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课时数智作业(二十四)

选择性必修第二册UNIT3FOODANDCULTURE

Ⅰ．阅读理解(限时7分钟)

(2024·河北衡水三模)

WhatdoastudentinChina，anofficeworkerintheUKandanastronautinspaceallhaveincommon?Theyalleatinstantnoodles．Andtheyrenotalone—over100billionservingsofinstantnoodlesareconsumedgloballyeachyear，makingthemoneoftheworldsmostsuccessfulindustrialfoods．Buthowdidthishappen?

Putsimply，theyrecheaptoproduceandcheaptobuy，whichwasexactlywhattheircreatorintendedtoachieve．MomofukuAndo，anentrepreneur，spentayearperfectingtherecipejustaftertheSecondWorldWar．Hewantedtomakesomethingsimilartotraditionalnoodles．Hiscreationwasinstantlypopular，playingapartinthepost-wareconomicrise．Evenintheyear2000—accordingtoapollbytheFujiResearchInstitute—instantnoodleswerevotedthemostsuccessfulinvention，aheadofhighspeed-trains，laptopsandkaraoke．

AccordingtotheWorldsInstantNoodlesAssociation，China，Indonesia，VietnamandIndia—inthatorder—allconsumedmoreinstantnoodlesthanbeforein2021．Instantnoodlespopularityabroadisinpartduetohoweasytheyaretoadapttolocaltastes．InThailand，forexample，youcangetgreencurryflavour，whileinMexicothenoodlesaregarnished(加饰的)withlimeandsalsa．Anditseemsthatconsumershavegrowntoexpectinnovation．Nissin，thefoodcompanyfoundedbyAndo，launchesover300productsyearly，accordingtoemployeeKasuraSuzuki．

Instantnoodleshavetheircritics，too．Theirriseinpopularityhascomeatanenvironmentalcost—theyremadewithpalmoil，contributingtodeforestation，andtheirpackagingisplastic．Andwhiletheyareahot，tastyandfillingmeal，instantnoodlesdonthavemuchnutritionalvalue，andincludehighlevelsofsaltandfat．Nevertheless，instantnoodlesareundoubtedlylifesaversinemergencyorextremesituations．

Morethan60yearsaftertheirinvention，instantnoodleshavebecomethedefaultfoodforanyoneshortonmoney