As a kid, I can remember going to the supermarket and grabbing any random cardbo

As a kid, I can remember going to the supermarket and grabbing any random cardboard carton of eggs off the shelf. I would run them home (top speed!) to my mother because they were usually going into a delicious coffee cake or batch of corn bread. Times have changed. Cage-free? Organic? Brown? White? Omega-3s? Help! Here are some tips to help you figure out which eggs you should be eating:

◇Brown or white? In fact, color is simply an indication of the particular type of hen. Find the freshest egg with the most flavor and let color be a secondary concern.

◇Extra Omega-3s? Omega-3 eggs come from a hen whose diet has added flaxseed (亚麻籽), which produces an egg containing an average of 225 mg of Omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E. The countless health benefits for humans make these eggs a tempting purchase. My opinion? Eat a piece of fresh fish — salmon or sardines or Atlantic mackerel, for example — and get a pure dose of Omega-3’s. Let eggs be eggs.

◇Does your egg need exercise? Cage-free and free-range eggs are from hens raised without the limits of a cage, though they may or may not have spent much time outdoors. Organic eggs are from hens that are raised with the following approach: their feed must meet organic standards, they must be raised with sympathy, kindness and understanding, and they must be given access to the outdoors. Hey, happier hens do lay tastier eggs.

◇Does local make a difference? Nothing is better than local eggs. They may have a feather or two stuck to them or a slightly imperfect shape and they may or may not be certified organic; however, they have one quality I prize: I know exactly where my food came from and how it came to be! In some cases I can even ask the farmer when the eggs were laid and what they were fed. At $2.20 for a dozen large eggs and all the information I could want about my food, I call it a bargain! I refrigerate the eggs the minute I return from the market.

1. The author seems to think highly of the local eggs just for their _______.

A. colour B. shape C. exercise D. quality

2. The underlined sentence “let color be a secondary concern” (Paragraph 2) mostly means _______.

A. colour really matters a lot 　 　 B. colour isn’t so important

C. colour indicates its flavour 　 D. colour is as important as its flavour

3. We can infer from the passage that ________.

A. the author doesn’t like local eggs very much

B. we should choose the eggs with our favorite color

C. cage-free hens are happier and lay tastier and healthier eggs

D. Omega-3 eggs are from eggs which have eaten fish like salmon

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