（2025·山东·二模）Mo Wilde’s fascinating book, Free Food: Wild Plants and How to Eat Them, makes the case for connecting with nature by finding your cuisine beyond supermarket shelves.
A couple of years ago, the thin branches of an elder (接骨木) bush inched through the open blinds of my apartment building, gradually forming what I can only describe as a piece of living wallpaper. Mother Nature was breaking into our boundaries — reminding us who’s boss. I thought it was fantastic, but the householder did not. A tree surgeon was called in.
Mo Wilde would have had other ideas. In Free Food, she suggests using elder leaves when cooking potatoes: they have a similar taste to parsley, a plant used as a herb in cooking. This simple way bridges the gap that middlemen, such as supermarkets and grocery shops, have placed between us and the natural world. “We are nature,” Wilde writes. “And making good use of more wild food into our diets will make us more conscious of that.”
Free Food advocates for integration, not complete replacement. For instance, try using leaves instead of tin foil for wrapping delicate food when barbecuing. Tables, like the “Wild Spice Conversion Chart” make wild garlic look downright basic. Do you know sneezewort produces a similar taste to Sichuan pepper? Her suggestions even involve using plants for medicinal teas and household items. Wilde’s tone is encouraging and her expertise and experience make you trust her, and her enthusiasm makes you turn the page.
Readers whose home is their kitchen will notice that Wilde provides more ideas than recipes. Since reading Free Food, I’ve found myself picking leaves and seeing whether I can identify them without an app, though there is always an app that would instantly tell me what they are. The appeal of collecting is that it forces you to pay attention to your surroundings and build a relationship with nature, one plant at a time.
69．Why did the householder call in a tree surgeon?
A．To remove the elder branches. B．To repair the blinds.
C．To get another elder tree planted. D．To replace the wallpaper.
70．Where does Mo Wilde see a gap?
A．Between elder leaves and parsley. B．Between our diet and nature gifts.
C．Between wild food and our awareness. D．Between supermarkets and grocery shops.
71．What can the underlined word “sneezewort” refer to in paragraph 4?
A．A health-care tea. B．A big leaf used as a package.
C．A household cleaning article. D．A wild plant with a hot flavor.
72．What change has the author undergone after reading Free Food?
A．Falling in love with cooking. B．Starting to collect leaves for recipes.
C．Coming into closer contact with nature. D．Learning to draw on apps to explore plants.
【答案】69．A 70．B 71．D 72．C
【知识点】阅读 、食物与饮料 、说明文
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