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Fast-food chains including Burger King and Starbucks have brought in plant-based meat products in China in an effort to promote healthy eating and protect the environment. Readers share their opinions.
Linda (China)
I just don’t get it. If you want something that tastes like meat, you’d better eat meat. Plant-based meat is highly processed. It is not as healthy as vegetables. It contains unhealthy amounts of fat, salt and artificial additives. Regular exercise, along with a well-balanced diet, is the best way to stay healthy.
Terryfoy (UK)
Our human body was not designed for us only to eat vegetables. We are designed to eat meat. The protein that our body must have to survive comes from the meat we eat. Our bodies function properly with the correct balance of meat and vegetables. Too much meat and we get fat, too little meat and we get skinny and weak. If you want to be healthy, you must eat a balanced diet of both meat and vegetables.
Taikor (Malaysia)
Start with a huge cutdown on meat. Regarding pigs, do you know they could outsmart you on Playstation games? Don’t be surprised. They’re much smarter than dogs. So they do better at video games than some primates (灵长类动物). Pigs are extremely clever animals. They're gentle, defenseless creatures. Start doing it now. It’s time we made a change.
Sockmonkey (Singapore)
I could never be a vegetarian. I eat very little meat, but I love the meat I do eat! If one has to cut down on meat, it seems that red meat is the first thing to be minimized since it’s not as good for you as other types.
1．What does Linda think of plant-based meat?
A．Unhealthy. B．Necessary. C．Delicious. D．Well-balanced.
2．Who suggests that humans have less red meat?
A．Linda and Taikor. B．Linda and Terryfoy.
C．Taikor and Sockmonkey. D．Terryfoy and Sockmonkey.
3．What’s the main purpose of the passage?
A．To introduce the harm of eating too much meat.
B．To show us different opinions about eating meat.
C．To inform us of the advantages of a balanced diet.
D．To state the necessity of protecting the environment.
【答案】1-3 ACB
【解析】这是一篇应用文。文章主要就连锁快餐店引进植物性肉制品问题，展示了来自不同国家的四个人的观点。
1.细节理解题。根据第二段Linda说的话“It is not as healthy as vegetables.”可知，Linda认为植物性肉制品不如蔬菜健康。故选A项。
2.细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“Start with a huge cutdown on meat.(从大量减少肉类开始)”及接下来提到猪是很聪明的动物可知，Taikor建议人们少吃猪肉，即红肉；根据最后一段最后一句“If one has to cut down on meat, it seems that red meat is the first thing to be minimized since it’s not as good for you as other types.(如果你必须减少吃肉，红肉似乎是第一个要减到最少的，因为它不像其他种类的肉那样对你有好处)”可知，Sockmonkey也建议人们少吃红肉。故选C项。
3.推理判断题。通读全文，并结合第一段最后一句“Fast-food chains including Burger King and Starbucks have brought in plant-based meat products in China in an effort to promote healthy eating and protect the environment. Readers share their opinions.(包括汉堡王和星巴克在内的快餐连锁店在中国引进了植物性肉制品，以促进健康饮食和保护环境)”可知，本文主要就连锁快餐店引进植物性肉制品问题，展示了来自不同国家的四个人的观点，所以本文目的是向我们展示关于吃肉的不同观点。故选B项。
