六级真题2023年6月第三套Passage One

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If you’re someone who has turned to snacking on junk food more in the pandemic (大流行病), you’re not alone. Investigative reporter Michael Moss says processed food is engineered to hook you, not unlike alcohol, cigarettes, or other harmful substances. His 2013 book,  Salt  Sugar Fat, explored food companies’ aggressive marketing of those products and their impact on our health. In his new book, Hooked, Moss updates the food giants' efforts to keep us eating what they serve, and how they're responding to complaints from consumers and health  advocates.

Processed  food  is  inexpensive,  it’s  legal,  and  it’s  everywhere.  Companies’  advertising  is  cueing  us  to remember those products and we want those products constantly. So the food environment is one of those key  things that makes food even more problematic for so many people. Memory, nostalgia (怀旧) in particular, plays a big role in the foods we crave. Soda companies discovered that if they put a soda in the hands of a child  when they’re at a ball game with their parents, that soda will forever be associated with that joyous moment.  Later in life, when that child wants to  experience  a joyous moment, they’re going to think of soda. Many people seek comfort in the snacks they remember from childhood.

Moss examines the way companies capitalize on our memories, cravings and brain chemistry to keep us snacking.

One  of the  reasons  I  came  to  think that  some  of these  food products  are  even  more powerful,  more troublesome than drugs can be is memory. What we eat is all about memory. And we begin forming memories for food at a really early age. And we keep those memories for a lifetime. Knowing this, the food industry  spends  lots  of time trying to  shape the memories that we have  for their products.  One  of the  features  of  addiction that scientists studying drug addiction discovered back in the 1990s was that the faster a substance hits the brain, the more apt we are as a result to act impulsively. There's nothing faster than food in its ability to hit the brain. For Moss, this puts the notion of "fast food" in an entirely new light as this isn't limited to fast food chains  almost 90% of food products in grocery stores are processed foods. Everything in the industry is about speed, from manufacturing to packaging.

Overall, Moss outlines the industry’s dependence on making their products inexpensive, super delicious,  and incredibly convenient for consumers. Now that more and more people care about what they put in their bodies and are wanting to eat healthier, these companies are finding it really difficult to meet that new demand because of their own addiction to making these convenience foods.

1. 1.In what way does Michael Moss think processed food is comparable to alcohol and cigarettes?

A    They are all addictive.

B    They are all necessary evils.

C    They are all engineered to be enjoyed.

D    They are all in increasingly great demand.

2. 2.What does the author say plays a key role in the foods we crave?

A    The food environment.

B    Aggressive marketing.

C    Convenience.

D    Memory.

3. 3.What do food companies do to capitalize on consumers’ association with their food products?

A    They strive to influence how consumers remember their products.

B    They attempt to use consumers' long-term memories to promote addiction.

C    They try to exploit consumers' memories for their products as early as possible.

D    They endeavor to find what consumers remember about their products.

4. 4. How does the food industry operate from manufacturing to packaging, according to Moss?

A    Placing the idea of fast food in an entirely new light.

B    Setting no limit to thSetting no limit to the number of fast food chains.e number of fast food chains.

C    Focusing on how quickly the work is done.

D    Prioritizing the quality of their products.

5. 5.Why are companies finding it difficult to satisfy consumers’ demand for healthier food products?

A    They think speed of production outweighs consumers’ health.

B    They believe their industry would perish without fast foods.

C    They have to strike a balance between taste and nutrition.

D    They are hooked on manufacturing convenience foods.

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