Passage 2

It’s summer time, meaning a lot of people are eating outside while enjoying the sunshine. But if you don’t properly take care of the grill or the food you’re cooking on it, you could wind up making people sick.

According to Dr. Elizabeth Hagen, the under secretary for food safety at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, people may neglect the importance of food safety during cookouts, because they’re busy entertaining and do not have the same “sense of food handling” they might have in the kitchen. However, Hagen noted it’s important to be cautious no matter where you cook, because thousands of people are admitted to hospitals every year for food-related illnesses. “Forty-eight million people in the United States get sick every year from food poisoning. Forty-eight million,” Hagen said. “And 128,000 of them end up in the hospital; 30,000 of them will die from food-related illness each year in the United States. That’s why this is worth talking about, raising awareness, and giving people the information they need to reduce the risk.”

Hagen listed three steps to keeping food safe. The first step is to clean your hands, tools and food surfaces before you cook. Then you should separate raw meat and poultry（禽肉）from foods that won’t be cooked. Besides, you need to use a meat thermometer to cook to the proper temperature.

“When you’re eating outside the rule is two hours,” Hagen said. “You really can’t leave things sitting out for more than two hours, and if the temperature is above thirty-two degrees, which it often is at fourth of July, you can’t leave things out for more than one hour. So get them back into the cooler, back into the refrigerator as soon as possible.”

If you get a food-related illness, Hagen said you may start feeling symptoms anywhere from a couple of hours to as long as six weeks after you’ve eaten the unhealthy food.

26. The phrase “wind up” (Line 3, Paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to ______.

A. turn up                                                        B. end up

C. clean up                                                      D. give up

27. Which of the following statements is true according to Dr. Hagen?

A. People pay less attention to food safety during cookouts.

B. 48 million people suffer from food poisoning during cookouts.

C. 128,000 people die from food-related illness each year in the US.

D. People have less sense of food handling when they cook at home.

28. What is the second step listed by Dr. Hagen to keep food safe?

A. Clean your hands, tools and food surfaces.

B. Keep your cooking materials in the refrigerator.

C. Separate raw meat from foods that won’t be cooked.

D. Cook to the right temperature by using a meat thermometer.

29. How long can you leave the food out when the temperature is above 32℃ ?

A. More than three hours.                                  B. More than two hours.

C. No more than two hours.                              D. No more than one hour.

30. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Outdoor cooking.                                         B. Food storage.

C. Outdoor food safety.                                   &n bsp; D. Food-related diseases.