【題目】It is made from grapes grown without pesticides (殺蟲劑) and chemicals, is kind to the environment and rarely causes hangovers (酒后頭痛). Sales of organic wine are booming in the UK.

According to the organic food and farming group Soil Association, sales of organic beers, wines and spirits rose by 14.3% last year to reach nearly 6 million, driven by the demand from consumers who are increasingly seeking “natural” food.

“It seems that people are rediscovering their link with the environment through organic food. Organic wines also taste better, perhaps due to less use of man-made chemicals.” said Finn Cottle of Soil Association. As well as the benefits of producing grapes without using pesticides, organic wine also contains less sulphur dioxide (二氧化硫), which can contribute towards hangovers.

Supermarkets are increasing supplies on their shelves to meet consumer demand, while the switch to online shopping has also helped, as people are more easily able to find what they are looking for. Vintage Roots is now one of the UK’s biggest online shops of organic wine, while Ocado provides more than 100 different organic wines and Daylesford, best-known for its organic vegetable boxes, has branched out into organic wine and spirits.

The discount supermarket Aldi is set to start its first collection of so-called “green” wines this week, offering eight wines with organic certificates. Aldi expects the wines to appeal to the young shoppers who are increasingly concerned about the environmental influence of the produce that they are buying and consuming.

English organic wine producer Oxney Estate’s Noir Rosé recently won the Waitrose prize for the most outstanding rosé wine at the competition. A spokeswoman for Waitrose said: “Organic wine is a growing trend globally and we have seen sales increase by 16% in the last year”.

【1】Sales of organic wine are increasing probably because ________.

A. consumers are now more environmentally aware

B. it offers a very different taste from traditional wine

C. consumers are tired of hangovers after drinking

D. it contains no sulphur dioxide or pesticide

【2】What’s the main idea of paragraph 4?

A. UK supermarkets welcome organic wine and spirits.

B. Online shopping promotes the sales of organic wine.

C. There’re not enough supplies of organic wine in the UK.

D. Supermarkets should go online to sell more wine.

【3】“Waitrose” in the last paragraph is probably ________.

A. a wine producer B. an organic wine

C. a wine competition D. a news agency

【4】The writing purpose of the text is to ________.

A. persuade readers to go green while drinking

B. compare organic wine and traditional wine

C. share with readers wines without hangovers

D. introduce a new consuming trend in the UK

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】C

【4】D

【解析】本文主要向我們介紹了英國市場有機(jī)葡萄酒以及它的銷售前景。有機(jī)葡萄酒是由無農(nóng)藥和化學(xué)品的葡萄釀造的，是一種對環(huán)境無危害和很少引起宿醉的葡萄酒。有機(jī)葡萄酒的銷售現(xiàn)在正在英國蓬勃發(fā)展。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由倒數(shù)第二段中“Aldi expects the wines to appeal to the young shoppers who are increasingly concerned about the environmental influence of the produce that they are buying and consuming.”（阿爾迪認(rèn)為葡萄酒對年輕顧客有吸引力，他們在購買和消費(fèi)的過程中會更多的關(guān)注生產(chǎn)對環(huán)境的影響。）可知，葡萄酒的銷量增加是因為消費(fèi)者現(xiàn)在更具有環(huán)保意識。故選A。

【2】主旨大意題。由第四段“Supermarkets are increasing supplies on their shelves to meet consumer demand, while the switch to online shopping has also helped, as people are more easily able to find what they are looking for. ”（超市正在增加貨架上的供應(yīng)，以滿足消費(fèi)者的需求，而轉(zhuǎn)向網(wǎng)上購物也有所幫助，因為人們更容易找到他們正在尋找的。）可知，網(wǎng)上購物促進(jìn)有機(jī)葡萄酒銷售。故選B。

【3】詞義猜測題。由最后一段“English organic wine producer Oxney Estate’s Noir Rosé recently won the Waitrose prize for the most outstanding rosé wine at the competition.”（英國有機(jī)葡萄酒生產(chǎn)商Oxney Estate’s Noir Rosé 最近在競賽中獲得了最杰出葡萄酒的獎項。）可知，Waitrose指的是一個葡萄酒競賽，故選C。

【4】主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，本文主要向我們介紹了現(xiàn)在英國有機(jī)葡萄酒以及其銷售情況，故本文主要介紹一種新的英國的消費(fèi)趨勢。故選D。

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