Food safety will become the food industry’s key target as the nation tries to adopt international food standards. The National Development and Reform Commission, the Standardization Administration of China, the Ministry of Agriculture and six other departments announced their 2004-05 development programme for national food standards over the weekend.
China is conducting a rectification (整顿) within two years. Inspectors will search for all known banned materials in food production. To reduce trading barriers, China will raise the ratio of adopting international standards in the food industry to 55 percent from today’s 23 percent. “Safety is the first consideration for anything entering people’s mouth followed by its nutritious value,” said Hao Yu, secretary-general of the National Food Industry Standardization Technique Committee. He added the usage of food addictives (添加剂) will be a major field for consideration in setting the new standards. On-the-spot checks during the past two years have shown the abuse (滥用) or misuse of addictives in food production and processing has become the biggest threat to food safety. In one case, talcum (滑石粉) powder was found in flour products, which is outlawed according to national food standards.
“At present there are no methods or standards to test the content of talcum powder in flour,” said Shang Yan’e, an official with the national watchdog on grain and oil inspections. Under the guidelines, all banned addictives will be recorded as inspections increase, Relevant departments have allocated (分配) funds to conduct risk evaluations on current food addictives to fix the limits of their usage. China will adopt international advanced techniques and standards so as to find out the harmful materials in food within a shortest period.
小题1:China will raise the ratio of adopting international standards in the food industry by _____.
A．55%
B．32%
C．23%
D．78%小题2:_________ is the second consideration for anything people eat according to the passage.
A．Safety
B．Value
C．Nutrition
D．Addictives小题3:What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．Addictives are dangerous to people’s health.
B．Chinese food will be as safe as foreign food.
C．New food safety standards are to be fixed.
D．Food safety is a major concern in present China.
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:C
题目分析：本文主要讲述的是在我国要实行新的食品安全标准，同时也讲述了我国现在的食品安全现状。
小题1:B 计算题。根据第二段的2,3行To reduce trading barriers, China will raise the ratio of adopting international standards in the food industry to 55 percent from today’s 23 percent.可知整个数据上升了32,故B正确。
小题2:C 细节题。根据第二段4,5好难过“Safety is the first consideration for anything entering people’s mouth followed by its nutritious value,”可知安全是第一个要考虑的因素，而营养是第二个要考虑的因素。故C正确。
小题3:C 主旨大意题。根据文章主题段第一段Food safety will become the food industry’s key target as the nation tries to adopt international food standards. 和 development programme for national food standards over the weekend.本文主要讲述的是在我国要实行新的食品安全标准。故C正确。
点评：本文主要讲述的是在我国要实行新的食品安全标准，同时也讲述了我国现在的食品安全现状。本文主旨鲜明,很容易在文中找到答案。做题时要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因为它们往往就是文章的主题句。阅读中要注意要点之间的关系。然后带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读任务。