6．Have you ever wondered where the chocolate in your favorite candy bar comes from？Chocolate comes from the cacao tree，which grows in warm，tropical areas of West Africa，Indonesia，Malaysia，Mexico，and South America．And who eats the delicious chocolate made from the cacao grown in these places？The majority of chocolate is consumed in Europe and North America．This probably sounds like a familiar story-developing countries produce inexpensive raw materials that are manufactured and sold as finished goods in developed countries，and generally，that is what happens with chocolate．Large chocolate companies buy cacao beans at a low price and produce cocoa and chocolate products to sell at a relatively high price．
But the familiar story has a new chapter．Beginning in the 1980s，some consumers learned that cacao farmers were living difficult and uncertain lives．The farmers received money for their crops based on world markets，and the market price for cacao was sometimes so low that farmers received less for their crops than the crops had cost to produce．In response，groups of consumers in Europe and the United States developed"fair trade"organizations to guarantee that farmers of cacao，as well as coffee and tea，would receive fair and consistent prices for their crops．
Fair trade organizations benefit farmers by buying cacao beans or other products from them directly at higher-than-market prices and eliminating （除去）"middle men"such as exporters．Fair trade organizations also encourage farming techniques that are not harmful to the environment or to farm workers，for example，growing cacao without chemical pesticides or fertilizers in the shade of rain forest trees．One organization，Equal Exchange，helps farmers set up farming cooperatives in which they can share resources and work on projects such as community schools．Another，F(xiàn)airtrade Labelling Organizations International （FLO），guarantees that products bearing its label meet standards that improve the lives of growers and producers．
The results of fair trade are a better standard of living for some farmers and nicer chocolate bars made with organically produced cocoa that consumers don't feel guilty about buying．And although fair trade chocolate is somewhat more expensive than other chocolate and now makes up only 1% of chocolate sold，the fair trade idea is spreading quickly．You may soon see fair trade chocolate right next to the more famous bars in your favorite store．
24．The underlined word"that"in Para.1refers toA．
A．the unfair trade between countries
B．the high price of chocolate products
C．the traditional production of raw materials
D．the major consumption of the finished food
25．The organization Equal Exchange aims toB．
A．promote chocolate sales
B．offer support to the farmers
C．reduce the cost of growing crops
D．increase the production of chocolate
26．What does the author imply in the last paragraph？A
A．There will be more fair trade chocolate in the future．
B．Fair trade chocolate is not as tasty as other chocolate．
C．Consumers feel guilty about buying fair trade chocolate．
D．There is probably no reason to worry about cacao farmers．
27．The passage is written toD．
A．give tips on how to undertake fair chocolate trade
B．advise people to join in Fair trade organizations
C．encourage farmers to adopt organic farming
D．inform people of fair trade chocolate．
分析 本文是一篇說明文，作者通過本篇文章主要向我們描述了由于不公平的巧克力交易而誕生的維護農民權益的平等交易組織，盡管這樣的巧克力價格比較高，但是它維護了農民的利益，有強大的發(fā)展前景．
解答 24．A．詞義猜測題．根據(jù)文章第一段的"This probably sounds like a familiarstory-developing countries produce inexpensive raw materials that aremanufactured and sold as finished goods in developed countries"可知，這可能聽起來像一個很熟悉的故事，發(fā)展中國家生產廉價的原材料，在發(fā)達國家加工成成品進行銷售；可知單詞that指的是這種不公平的國家之間的貿易，故選A．
25．B．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)文章第二段的"In response，groups of consumers in Europe and the United Statesdeveloped"fair trade"organizations to guarantee that farmers of cacao，as wellas coffee and tea，would receive fair and consistent prices for their crops"可知，對此，歐洲消費者團體和美國建立的"公平貿易"組織，保證種植可可、咖啡和茶的農民的莊稼將獲得公平和一致的價格，所以平等交易這個組織的目的是給農民提供幫助，故選B．
26．A．推理判斷題，根據(jù)文章最后一段的"You may soon see fair trade chocolate rightnext to the more famous bars in your favorite store"可知，你可能很快在您最喜愛的商店里看到公平貿易的巧克力僅次于有名的巧克力；所以作者的意思是將來會有更多的公平貿易巧克力，故選A．
27．D．主旨大意題．通讀全文，可知文章主要講了由于不公平的巧克力交易而誕生的維護農民權益的平等交易組織，盡管這樣的巧克力價格比較高，但是它維護了農民的利益，有強大的發(fā)展前景；可知文章主要是要告訴讀者公平的巧克力貿易，故選D．
點評 本文是政治經濟類閱讀，考查學生對細節(jié)的理解把握和推理判斷能力，做題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確選擇．在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
