题文
FDA proposed the most sweeping food safety rules in decades, requiring farmers and food companies to be more cautious in the wake of deadly outbreaks in peanuts, cantaloupe (瓜），and leafy greens.The long-overdue regulations are aimed at reducing the estimated 3,000 deaths a year from foodbome illness. Just since last summer, outbreaks of listeria (李氏杆菌）in cheese and salmonella(沙门氏菌）in peanut butter, cantaloupe and mangoes have been linked to more than 400 illnesses and as many as seven deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The actual number of those sickened is likely much higher.
The FDA’s proposed rules would require farmers to take new precautions against contamination (污染）,to include making sure workers5 hands are washed, irrigation (灌溉） water is clean, and that animals stay out of fields. Food manufacturers will have to submit food safety plans to the government to show they are keeping their operations clean.
Many responsible food companies and farmers are already following the steps that the FDA would now require them to take. But officials say the requirements could have saved lives and prevented illnesses in some of the large-scale outbreaks that have hit the country in recent years.
In a 2011 outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe that claimed 33 lives ，for example, FDA inspectors found pools of dirty water on the floor and old, dirty processing equipment at the Colorado farm where the cantaloupes were grown. In a peanut butter outbreak this year linked to 42 salmonella illnesses ，inspectors found samples of salmonella throughout a New Mexico peanut processing plant and multiple obvious safety problems ，such as birds flying over uncovered trucks of peanuts and employees not washing their hands.
Under the new rules, companies would have to lay out plans for preventing those sorts of problems and how they would correct them.
“The rules go very directly to preventing the types of outbreaks we have seen/，said Michael Taylor, FDA’s deputy commissioner for foods.
小题1:The main task of FDA is probably______A．to protect and promote the public healthB．to help those sickened recoverC．to research on food safety measuresD．to deal with water pollution小题2:According to the passage, the new rules focus on_____.A．inspecting the whole process of food productionB．improving food processing equipment on farms C．preventing water pollution in food productionD．urging food companies to lay out plans小题3:What does the word “they” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A．Inspectors.B．FarmersC．Manufacturers.D．Workers.小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A．The new regulations should have come into practice earlier.B．The 2011 outbreak of listeria is the most serious ever.C．Farmers and food companies are strongly against the new rules.D．Colorado and New Mexico are worst hit by food pollution. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
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小题1:A
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:A
解析
文章介绍FDA出台新的食品安全规定，主要是监管食品生产的过程，保证居民的食品健康。
小题1:推理题：从第一段的句子：FDA proposed the most sweeping food safety rules in decades, requiring farmers and food companies to be more cautious in the wake of deadly outbreaks in peanuts, cantaloupe (瓜），and leafy greens.可知FDA提议食品安全规定说明它的任务是保护公共安全的健康的。选A
小题2:细节题：从第三段的句子：The FDA’s proposed rules would require farmers to take new precautions against contamination (污染）,to include making sure workers5 hands are washed, irrigation (灌溉） water is clean, and that animals stay out of fields. 可知新的规定重点是调查食品生产的过程，选A
小题3:猜词题：从第三段的句子：Food manufacturers will have to submit food safety plans to the government to show they are keeping their operations clean.这句话的意思是：食品生产商要提交食品安全计划给政府确保他们的操作是安全的，they指的就是manufacturers，选C
小题4:推理题：从第四段的句子:But officials say the requirements could have saved lives and prevented illnesses in some of the large-scale outbreaks that have hit the country in recent years.可以如果有这些规定，就会救很多人的命，推断出新的规定应该早些出台，选A
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