单选题 LONDON (Reuters)—Organic fruit, delivered right to the doorstep. That is what Gabriel Gold prefers, and he is willing to pay for it. If this is not possible, the 26-year-old computer technician will spend the extra money at the supermarket to buy organic food.
"Organic produce is always better," Gold said. "The food is free of pesticides (农药), and you are generally supporting family farms instead of large farms. And at most times it is locally (本地) grown and seasonal, so it is more tasty." Gold is one of a growing number of shoppers buying into the organic trend, and supermarkets across Britain are counting on more like him as they grow their organic food business. But how many shoppers really know what they are getting, and why they are willing to pay a higher price for organic produce? Market research shows that Gold and others who buy organic food can generally give clear reasons for their preferences — but their knowledge of organic food is far from complete. For example, small amounts of pesticides can be used on organic products. And about three quarters of organic food in Britain is not local but imported (进口) to meet growing demand. "The demand for organic food is increasing by about one third every year, so it is a very fast-growing market," said Sue Flock, a specialist in this line of business.

单选题 Organic food ______.

A、 is free of pesticides
B、 is locally grown
C、 is sold only at the supermarket
D、 is more expensive

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 本题各个选项的信息较为分散，适合用关键词定位分析法。选项A的关键词是pesticides，据此进行扫描定位，它在文中对应的文字有两处。pesticides第一次出现在Gold的话中，他认为organic food "is free of pesticides"；第二次出现在讨论购买者对organic food的了解时，作者举例说“small amounts of pesticides can be used on organic products”。综上可知，organic food实际上是有可能使用少量农药的。所以，选项A不正确。选项B的关键词是locally及其形容词local，因此我们进行定位，在文中找出两处对应文字。第一处是“at most times it is locally grown”，即通常organic food是本地种植的，但这仅是Gold的个人看法。第二处是“about three quarters of organic food in Britain is not local but imported to meet growing demand”，即英国有三分之二的organic food是进口而非本土生产的，这是作者提供的事实。因此，选项B也不正确。选项C的关键词本来应为supermarket，但由于前面加了一个only，所以如果我们要用排除法排除这一选项，就只需找出另外一个也出售organic food的地方就行了。从文中前两句来看，并非只有超市才有卖的，所以选项C不正确。对于选项D，我们不用关键词定位分析法，而是抽取里面的意思，即“价格”来对全文进行搜索。因此，我们将本项对应的文字定位为“why are they willing to pay a higher price for organic produce”这个问句，可见organic food的确是要更贵一些。因此，本题的正确选项是B。

单选题 Gabriel Gold ______.

A、 is the owner of a family farm
B、 is a 26- year- old computer technician
C、 is a shop assistant
D、 is a farmer growing organic fruit

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 本题可从文中第三句“If this is not possible, the 26-year-old computer technician…”中找出答案，这里的the 26-year-old computer technician就是指的Gabriel Gold。因此，本题的正确选项是B。

单选题 Organic food sold in Britain ______.

A、 is increasing by about two thirds every year
B、 is mainly imported from other countries
C、 is provided by local family farms
D、 is provided by local large farms

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[解析] 选项A在文中对应“The demand for organic food is increasing by about one third every year”，该项犯了两个错误，一是把销售额等同于需求量；二是把增长幅度搞错了，所以选项A错误。选项B对应“about three quarters of organic food in Britain is not local but imposed”，四分之三的比例算得上是“主要”，所以这一项正确。选项C是Gabriel Gold个人的错误认识。选项D更加错误，作为岛国的英国没有太多的大农场。因此，本题的正确选项是B。

单选题 People buying organic food ______.

A、 can generally give clear reasons for their preferences
B、 have complete knowledge of organic food
C、 are mainly computer technician
D、 are specialists in this line of business

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[解析] 选项A在文中对应“Gold and others…can generally give clear reasons for their preferences”，所以选项A正确。选项B对应“their knowledge of organic food is farfrom complete”，消费者对organic food的认识远远达不到完整的程度，所以选项B不正确。选项C是一种荒唐的推论，不能因为Gabriel Gold是一个computer technician就推断出大部分消费者也是。选项D对应文中最后一句“Sue Flock, a specialist in this line of business”，这里属于“移花接木”式错误。因此，本题的正确选项是A。