did come true.

　　Even now，sometimes，when the skies are brilliantly blue，with soft puffy clouds sailing along with the breeze (微风)，I look up-to see Granny's ship.Its sails are full and proud.It is a beautiful ship，carrying a wonderful cargo of many packages of many sizes-all marked "From Granny.With Love"．

　　46．From the text，we know________.

　　A．Granny has been dead for a long time

　　B．Granny used to have unpractical ideas about life

　　C．Granny's ship arrived at last

　　D．Granny has moved to the city

　　47．We can infer from the text that the writer's family lived________.

　　A．in a city B．in Granny's ship

　　C．in a mountainous village D．at the seaside

　　48．What does the underlined word "them" in the second paragraph refer to?

　　A．Our necessities. B．Our wishes.

　　C．The children. D．Package.

　　B

　　(2009年福建检测)

　　When we Americans shop at the grocery stores today，we don't seem to be surprised at the sight of strawberries in the winter or perfect tomatoes from Holland.In the space of a generation，we've become accustomed to eating food that's never grown roots in local soil.In fact，most produce (农产品) grown in the United States travels an average of 1,500 miles before it gets sold.

　　Trucking，shipping and flying food from around the country and the globe has a very bad effect on the environment and on public health.Take grapes for example.Every year，nearly 270 million pounds of grapes arrive in California，most of them shipped from Chile to the Port of Los Angeles.Their 5,900­mile journey in cargo ships and trucks gives off 7,000 tons of global warming pollution each year，and enough air pollution to cause dozens of asthma (哮喘) attacks and hundreds of missed school days in California.

　　The way we eat has a great influence on the health of the planet.By choosing to eat lower on the food chain，and focusing on local and organic (有机的) produce，we can reduce global warming and air pollution，avoid poisonous chemicals，support local farmers and enjoy fresh and tasty food.

　　People are rediscovering the benefits of buying local food.How your food is grown，stored，transported，processed and cooked can all influence how it affects climate and the environment.Transportation­related influences are particularly important for imported food.NRDC calculated the transportation influences of importing fresh produce and wine widely consumed in California.They directly compared the climate and air quality influenced by importing the food instead of growing and consuming it in California.Their analysis shows that-all else being equal-locally grown food is a better choice.

　　49．From the passage we can learn that most produce sold at the grocery stores in the US________.

　　A．is grown by local farmers B．is from foreign countries

　　C．comes from far away D．is out of season

　　50．What would be the effect of transportation of food?

　　A．It pollutes the food during the transportation.

　　B．It makes the cost of the food much higher.

　　C．It makes the food less fresh and tasteless.

　　D．It causes air pollution and global warming.

　　51．Which of the following may have a bad effect on the health of the planet?

　　A．Eating higher on the food chain.

　　B．Eating locally grown food.

　　C．Eating more organic produce.

D．Eating fresh and tasty food.