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湖南省怀化市某中学2025-2026学年高二上学期第一次月考英语试题

第一部分听力（略）

第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Organicfoodfirstbecamepopularbecausemanypeoplewereworriedabouttheamountofchemicalsusedtogrowthefoodtheyate,aswellastheeffectofthefarmingindustryontheenvironment.Differentcountrieshavedifferentideasabout‘organicfood’,butingeneral,farmersdonotusechemicalpesticides(农药)andfertilizers(化肥).Organicfarmersdon’tfeedanychemicalstofarmanimalstomakethemeatfatterandtastier.Theyalsodonotgrowgeneticallymodifiedcrops.Geneticallymodified(GM)cropshavetheirgeneticstructurechangedbyscientists.Thesechangesaretomakethemgrowbigger,toresistdisease,ormaybejusttogivethemabrightercolourorsweeterflavour.

Globally,thesalesoforganicfoodhavegrownsteadilyeveryyearsincetheearly1990s.Thereareseveralreasonswhyorganicfoodhasbecomepopular.

·Peoplefeelthatfoodgrownwithoutchemicalsishealthier.

·Foodboughtfromlocalorganicfarmers,ratherthantransportedlongdistances,meanslesspollutionfromgreenhousegases.

·Farmersareabletogetbetterpricesbysellingtheircropsdirectly,whichhelpsthemtopayfortheextracostsofgrowingfoodorganically(有机地).

·Manypeoplesaythatorganicfoodtastesbetter!

Organicfoodwasoriginallysoldclosetothefarmwhereitwasgrown.Thisreducedtheenvironmentalimpactoftransportingit.Farmerswouldbringtheircropstoalocalmarketorusevanstodrivearoundlocalplacesdeliveringfood.Today,notallorganicfoodisgrownlocally.Manysupermarketsnowimportitfromabroad.Theenvironmentalbenefitsofsellingfoodclosetowhereitisgrownarenowbeinglost,evenintheorganicmarket.

Therearemanywaysinwhichyoucansupporttheorganicfoodindustry,andhelptheenvironment:

·Youcanbuylocal,ratherthanimported,org