So far, though, Fair Trade is the biggest. A Fair Trade label by itself does not guarantee an organic product, but most Fair Trade bananas are also organic, Ms. Bourque said, because pesticides are usually too costly for the small farmers who grow them. If the bananas are organic, they will be labeled as such, and will probably be wearing a sticker to prove it.
62. Why are bananas wearing “Fair Trade Certified” stickers?
A) It means bananas are the fashion victims of the produce section.
B) It means bananas have got a new label.
C) It means bananas with these stickers are available in the United States.
D) It represents an international effort to help the third-world farmers.
63. What does Fair Trade do?
A) It helps farmers sell their products for a higher profit.
B) It appoints brokers and middlemen to deal with farmer cooperatives.
C) It brings down the price of farmers’ goods.
D) It sets up schools and health clinics for American farmers.
64. What was the original purpose of the Fair Trade movement?
A) To cooperate with coffee growers and other farmers.
B) To help coffee farmers as prices were collapsing.
C) To prevent farmers from selling their products to commercial producers.
D) To sell products through coffee growers and other farmers.
65. What can we infer from this passage?
A) American coffee importers will never buy their products through Fair Trade channels.
B) Fair Trade is the only label that bananas might be wearing this year.
C) Not every consumer considers Fair Trade products the only choice.
D) Whole Foods and the Rainforest Alliance are more influential than Fair Trade.
66. What is the best title for this passage?
A) Helping the Third World: One Banana at a Time
B) Consumers Face More Choices
C) Fair Trade — the Best Sticker
D) The Fair Trade Movement
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