概括大意与完成句子（第23-30题，每题1分，共8分）
下面的短文后有2项测试任务：
(1)第23-26题要求从所给的6个选项中为第2-5段每段选择1个最佳标题；
(2)第27-30题要求从所给的6个选项中为每个句子确定1个最佳选项。
Waste Not, Want Not
I Bob and Clara Darlington, who own and run a farm in the North of England, have alwayslooked for new ways of making money out of the produce they grow. Their success began when they established a shop on their farm, so that people could come and buy fresh vegetables directly from them.
2 The business was an immediate success, and soon scored top marks in a competition set up by the Farm Retail Association to find the best farm shop in the country. The Association's inspectors found the Darlingtons' shop offered excellent service and value for money as well as quality fruit and vegetable.
3 Clara Darlington is a trained chef and, in addition to a range of home-grown foods and other local produce, she began offering a variety of prepared meals which she had made herself in the farmhouse kitchen. A small cafe alongside the farm shop was soon added, with everything that visitors could taste on the menu also being for sale in the shop.
4 Clara admits that starting the business was expensive, and she has worked very hard, but maintains that if the product is good, the public recognize this and buy it. "I aim to offer the highest quality to our customers, whether they come in for a loaf of bread, or take a whole dinner-party menu. I take it as a compliment(恭维) if people take home one of my dishes to serve to their family and friends and get away with pretending they made it themselves. "
5 So it was that the couple realized that they had a surplus of misshapen or damaged vegetables grown on the farm which were unsuitable for selling in the shop. Clara, not wishing to see them get thrown away, decided to turn them into soup.
6 The soup met with the immediate approval of customers to the shop and Clara now produces ten different varieties. She spent much of the summer traveling up and down to London by rail, doing presentations of the soups. As a result, they are now served in first-class railway restaurant cars belonging to three companies as well as being stocked by a number of high-class London stores.
23. Paragraph 2 __________.
24. Paragraph 3 __________.
25. Paragraph 4 __________.
26. Paragraph 5 __________.
A. Professional recognition is obtained
B. Ensuring that nothing gets wasted
C. A necessary alternative to farming
D. Time well spent is rewarded
E. Continuing investment is necessary alternative to farming in high stand9rds
F. Professional skills are exploited
27. Bob and Clara Darlington established a shop to _
28. Apart from quality fruit and vegetables, the couple
29. Instead of throwing the damaged vegetables away , the couple
30. Clara spent much of the summer going to London to
A. sell fresh vegetables
B. turn them into soup
C. sell as much as possible
D. promote her soups
E. fill a gap in the market
F. offer a variety of prepared meals
参考答案及解析
23.C [解析]该段讲到他们因为参加一场比赛，从而使出售农产品成为农场的另一个主业。所以题目应该是C--替代耕种的另外一种方法。
24.A[解析]克拉拉·达灵顿除了出售自家农场种的食物和本地出产的农产品外，还开设了一家小咖啡馆顺便出售自己的农产品，农场的经营越来越专业，并得到行业的认可。
25.E [解析]选择高标准、持续的投资是非常必要的。农场为顾客提供最优质的农产品。
26．B [解析]夫妇俩把那些不适合在商店出售的畸形的或是被弄坏的剩余蔬菜做成蔬菜汤，因此该段题目应该是确保没有浪费。
27.A[解析]文章第一段提到他们在农场建了一个商店，"people could come and buy fresh vegetables directly from them."他们可以直接购买新鲜蔬菜了。
28.F [解析]第二段的第一句"_in addition to a range of home - grown foods and other local produce，she began offering a variety of prepared meals"提供了答案。
29.B [解析]第三段第一句"...not wishing to see them get thrown away，decided to turn them into soup."提供了答案。
30.C [解析]最后一段第二句说到她夏天的大部分时间乘坐火车沿着伦敦来回旅行，以展示自己的蔬菜汤，所以应该选C，销售尽量多的产品。
