题型:阅读选择 题类: 难易度:普通
浙江省嘉兴市平湖市2020-2021学年八年级人文(阅读)下学期英语期末试题(2021.6)
Do you often eat at KFC? Do you like its chicken nuggets(鸡块)? The fast-food company is now planning to" reinvent" this popular product. In the future, its chicken nuggets may contain no chicken.
Yes, you read that right. KFC has been working with a Russian tech company for the" Meat of the Future" project. They are going to produce chicken nuggets in labs. The process will use chicken cells(细胞) and plant material. There is no chicken in the ingredients. However, KFC says people may not notice the change. The lab-grown nuggets will be made as similar as possible to the real thing in both taste and appearance.
Meat-lovers may not like this idea. But according to KFC, producing chicken nuggets in labs is better for the environment. For years, fast-food companies have been asked to look into their environmental footprints. Raising farm animals and transporting(运输) meat over long distances produce lots of greenhouse gases.
Moreover, fast-food companies have long been criticized (批评) by animal lovers. Every year, they kill billions of chickens. If meat can be grown in labs, there will be no need to harm animals.
Raisa Polyakova is KFC Russia's general manager. "At KFC, we are monitoring all the new technologies," he says. "We are doing our best to try to solve our problems."
KFC says it will test its lab-grown chicken nuggets first in Russia. If the test is successful, the nuggets will be made available around the world.
What do you think of KFC's new idea? Do you want to try its"chickenless" chicken nuggets?
Clever people always bring us new things. They make our life easy. Let's have a look!
Fast Shoes Do you want to walk fast? Are you tired after walking a long way? Try this pair of shoes. With this new kind of shoes on, you can walk 11 kilometers an hour. The shoes have a motor*, so they can" walk" by themselves. Cool! It helps you walk fast and easily. But it's a little expensive. | |
The Rotating* House Vojin Kusic, 72, is from Bosnia. To make his wife happy, he builds a house that can rotate. Now, his wife can rotate the house when she wants to see different things through the window. For example, she can turn the bedroom to face the sun. Kusic uses motors and the wheels of an old car. | |
Mushroom Chips* Mushroom is not only delicious food. Now, scientists use a kind of mushroom to make the computer chips. They say it is good for the environment*. We usually use plastic* for computer chips. People throw them away and it brings 50 million tons of e-waste each year. Mushroom can help us in the future. |
Here is a travel diary from Peter.
Friday, August 10th It was fine today. My friends and I had an egg and an apple for breakfast. Then we went to Tian' anmen Square in the morning. It was great! In the afternoon, we went swimming. I taught some kids to swim. It was interesting. |
Saturday, August 11th It was cool today. We went to the Great Wall. The Great Wall is very long and great. We were very tired and hungry in the evenir: . So we ate a lot for dinner. I ate a large bowl of noodles, chicken and ice cream. The food was delicious. |
Sunday, August 12th It was rainy today, so we stayed in the camp. I wrote letters to my family and friends. At noon, we ate hamburgers and salad for lunch. After lunch, we watched an action movie. It was exciting. |
Month | After-school Activities for This Term | |
September | Drawing Time: 3:00-4:00, every Thursday Teacher: Andrea Price All boys and girls are welcome. | Football Time: 2:30-3:30, every Friday Teacher: Lisa White Only for girls this month. |
October&November | Singing Time: 3:00-4:00, every Tuesday Teacher: Jose Brown American country music. All boys and girls are welcome. | Basketball Time: 3:00-4:00, every Wednesday Teacher: David Lee Special teaching: for girls and boys. |
December | Dancing Time: 3:00-4: 00, every Tuesday and Friday Teacher: Sally Smith All boys and girls are welcome. |
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