Meeting your family's nutritional needs may seem difficult considering today's busy lifestyle. But it doesn't have to ________ . Even a new emphasis ________ more fruit and vegetables doesn't necessarily mean more preparation time if you ________ the convenience of canned food.
When you open a ________ of fruit or vegetables at home you have fresh packed nutritional produce at hand, with no man-made ingredients and no preservatives. And all the work has been ________ for you: the slicing, the peeling, even the cooking. Canned fruit and vegetables leave you the ________ to be creative. And with the variety of fruit and vegetables available these days, you can serve different combinations, create new dishes, and ________ new tastes to old recipes. Canned foods are good as well. A United States Department of Agriculture and National Nutritional Foods Association co-sponsored study shows canned vegetables to be just as ________ as fresh or frozen. Because canned vegetables are ________ within hours of being packed, they generally retain 70 to 90 percent of their nutrients.
Fruit and vegetables canning is as ________ as your grandmother "stores up" tomatoes and other things from the garden. Fresh produce is taken from the field at just the right time, ________ to the cannery, checked, washed, sealed, and sterilized. All this generally ________ in less than 24 hours to ________ the best quality and nutritional value without the need for any preservatives.
Use the liquids that vegetables are ________ in as a substitute for water in recipes to get that last drop of good nutrition.
Most major brands of canned fruit and vegetables include nutritional ________ and ingredient statements on their labels. This is especially important to those on calorie-conscious or restricted diets.
38. 39. 40. A.pay attention to | B.get hold of | C.take advantage of | D.have faith in |
41. 42. A.done | B.prepared | C.designed | D.arranged |
43. A.demand | B.time | C.patience | D.place |
44. A.increase | B.decrease | C.put | D.add |
45. A.colorful | B.bad | C.good | D.eco-friendly |
46. A.cooked | B.fried | C.processed | D.boiled |
47. A.simple | B.complex | C.quick | D.convenient |
48. A.carried | B.delivered | C.brought | D.presented |
49. A.comes | B.goes | C.happens | D.takes |
50. A.ensure | B.remain | C.promote | D.produce |
51. A.put | B.stored | C.canned | D.buried |
52. A.element | B.content | C.detail | D.percentage |