Waste Not, Want Not

I Bob and Clara Darlington, who own and run a farm in the North of England, have alwayslooked for new ways of making money out of the produce they grow. Their success began when they established a shop on their farm, so that people could come and buy fresh vegetables directly from them.

2 The business was an immediate success, and soon scored top marks in a competition set up by the Farm Retail Association to find the best farm shop in the country. The Association's inspectors found the Darlingtons' shop offered excellent service and value for money as well as quality fruit and vegetable.

3 Clara Darlington is a trained chef and, in addition to a range of home-grown foods and other local produce, she began offering a variety of prepared meals which she had made herself in the farmhouse kitchen. A small cafe alongside the farm shop was soon added, with everything that visitors could taste on the menu also being for sale in the shop.

4 Clara admits that starting the business was expensive, and she has worked very hard, but maintains that if the product is good, the public recognize this and buy it. "I aim to offer the highest quality to our customers, whether they come in for a loaf of bread, or take a whole dinner-party menu. I take it as a compliment(恭維) if people take home one of my dishes to serve to their family and friends and get away with pretending they made it themselves. "

5 So it was that the couple realized that they had a surplus of misshapen or damaged vegetables grown on the farm which were unsuitable for selling in the shop. Clara, not wishing to see them get thrown away, decided to turn them into soup.

6 The soup met with the immediate approval of customers to the shop and Clara now produces ten different varieties. She spent much of the summer traveling up and down to London by rail, doing presentations of the soups. As a result, they are now served in first-class railway restaurant cars belonging to three companies as well as being stocked by a number of high-class London stores.

23. Paragraph 2 __________.

24. Paragraph 3 __________.

25. Paragraph 4 __________.

26. Paragraph 5 __________.

A. Professional recognition is obtained

B. Ensuring that nothing gets wasted

C. A necessary alternative to farming

D. Time well spent is rewarded

E. Continuing investment is necessary alternative to farming in high stand9rds

F. Professional skills are exploited

27. Bob and Clara Darlington established a shop to _

28. Apart from quality fruit and vegetables, the couple

29. Instead of throwing the damaged vegetables away , the couple

30. Clara spent much of the summer going to London to

A. sell fresh vegetables

B. turn them into soup

C. sell as much as possible

D. promote her soups

E. fill a gap in the market

F. offer a variety of prepared meals

答案解析：

23.C [解析]該段講到他們因為參加一場比賽，從而使出售農產品成為農場的另一個主業。所以題目應該是C--替代耕種的另外一種方法。

24.A[解析]克拉拉·達靈頓除了出售自家農場種的食物和本地出產的農產品外，還開設了一家小咖啡館順便出售自己的農產品，農場的經營越來越專業，并得到行業的認可。

25.E [解析]選擇高標準、持續的投資是非常必要的。農場為顧客提供最優質的農產品。

26.B [解析]夫婦倆把那些不適合在商店出售的畸形的或是被弄壞的剩余蔬菜做成蔬菜湯，因此該段題目應該是確保沒有浪費。

27.A[解析]文章第一段提到他們在農場建了一個商店，"people could come and buy fresh vegetables directly from them."他們可以直接購買新鮮蔬菜了。

28.F [解析]第二段的第一句"_in addition to a range of home - grown foods and other local produce，she began offering a variety of prepared meals"提供了答案。

29.B [解析]第三段第一句"...not wishing to see them get thrown away，decided to turn them into soup."提供了答案。

30.C [解析]最后一段第二句說到她夏天的大部分時間乘坐火車沿著倫敦來回旅行，以展示自己的蔬菜湯，所以應該選C，銷售盡量多的產品。

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