2021高考英語短文改錯與完型填空解題指導
the invention of the fridge contributed comparatively little to the art of food preservation. many well-tried technique already existed natural cooling, drying, smoking, salting, sugaring, bottling（瓶裝）…
what refrigeration did produce was marketing - marketing hardware and electricity, marketing soft drinks, marketing dead bodies of animals around the world in search of a good price.
so most of the world’s fridges are to be found, not in the tropics where they might prove useful, but in the rich countries with mild temperatures where they are climatically almost unnecessary. every winter, millions of fridges hum（嗡嗡聲） away continuously, and at vast expense, busily maintaining an artificially—cooled spare inside an artificially—heated house—while out—side, nature provides the desired temperature free of charge.
the fridge’s effect upon the environment has been evident, while its contribution to human happiness has been not important. if you don’t believe me, try it yourself, invest a food cabinet and turn off your fridge next winter. you may not eat the hamburgers, but at least you’ll get rid of that terrible hum.
44.the statement "in my fridge less fifties childhood, i was fed well and healthily." suggests that_____.
a. the author was well-fed and healthy even without a fridge in his fifties
b. the author was not accustomed to use fridges even in his fifties
c. there was no fridge in the author's home in the 1950s
d. the fridge was in its early stage of development in the 1950s
45. why does the author say that nothing was wasted before the invention of fridges?
a. people would not buy more food than was necessary
b. food was delivered to people two or three times a week
c. food was sold fresh and didn't get rotten easily
d. people had effective ways to preserve their food
46. benefited the least from fridges according to the author?
a. inventors b. consumers
c. manufacturers d. traveling salesmen
47. which of the following phrases in the fifth paragraph indicates the fridge’s negative effect