33 饮食12ok英语阅读理解精选.docx

1、33 饮食12ok英语阅读理解精选Passage 1Paragraph 1Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of food people need. They say that there are several kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are: (1) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds. (2) citrus(柑桔) fruits and tomatoes; (3) potatoes and other f

2、ruits and vegetables; (4) meat of all kinds, fish and eggs; (5) milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal(谷类), rice is also in this kind of food; (7) butter, or something like butter.Paragraph 2 People in different countries and different places of the world eat different kinds of things. F

3、oods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It does

4、nt matter whether foods are eaten raw(生的) or cooked, canned or frozen. It doesnt matter if a person eats dinner at 4 oclock in the afternoon or at eleven oclock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.Paragraph 3There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on e

5、arth. The first is to find some ways to feed the worlds population so that no one is hungry.The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.1. According to the scientists, which of the following groups of food is the healthies

6、t for your lunch?A. chicken, apples, cereal, cabbagesB. potatoes, carrots, rice, breadC. oranges, bananas, fish, tomatoesD. beef, pork, fish, milk2. It is important for people to eat _.A. three times a dayB. dinner at twelve oclockC. cooked food all the dayD. something from each of the seven kinds o

7、f food every day3. People in different countries and different places of the world _.A. has the right kinds of food to eatB. cooks their food in the same wayC. has their meals at the same time D. eat food in different ways4. Which of the following is NOT true?A. People in some places dont have enoug

8、h to eat.B. There are too many people in the world.C. One of the problems is that no one is hungry.D. The scientists are trying to make people grow to be strong and healthy.5. If there is Paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?A. When people eat their lunchB. What to do with the

9、two problemsC. How to cook food in different waysD. Why people eat different kinds of food参考答案:ADDCBPassage 2People are so busy these days that many people have no time to cook. This becomes a problem, because most families love home cooking! The food tastes good and warm, and a family meal brings e

10、veryone together. In some families, meals are often the only times everyone sees one another at the same time.Another reason people enjoy home cooking is that it is often a way of showing love. A parent who makes some cookies is not just satisfying a childs sweet tooth. She or he is sending a messag

11、e. The message says, “I care about you enough to spend an hour making cookies that you will eat up in 15 minutes if I let you.”There is also something about the smell of home cooking. The smell of home cooking pleases people of all ages. It makes most of us feel good and loved, even if we are the on

12、es doing the cooking! Next time you smell a cake making, stop for a moment and pay attention to your mood(心情).1. Why do fewer people cook now?A. They are lazy. B. They are too busy.C. Many people dont like cooking. D. They dont like family meals.2. A parent spends an hour making cookies _. A. just t

13、o satisfy her or his childs sweet toothB. only to send a messageC. to let a child eat up in 15 minutesD. often to show her or his love3. The writer thinks the smell of home cooking _. A. makes us happyB. makes us be interested in cookingC. makes us pay attention to our mood D. makes us love others4.

14、 Whats the main idea of this passage?A. Family meals are important. B. How to make cookies.C. People are too busy to cook. D. Homemade cookies taste better【答案与解析】本文讲述了人们很喜欢家常饭菜的原因。因为家里做的饭菜代表着美味、温暖、爱心，同时给家人带来心情的愉悦。1. B。文章第1句people are so busy.(人们太忙了，所以很多人没时间在家做饭)，根据此句可知如今人们很少在家做饭的原因是B。2. A。文章第2段说父母传递

15、的一个信息是：我用了一个小时给你做饭，如果你爱我，你要在15分钟内吃完。由此可推知如果用了一个小时做饭，显示了他们对小孩的爱。3. A。家常饭菜让人闻了会怎样？文章第3段第2句可告诉我们：家常饭的香味能够让不同年龄的人高兴。由此可知选A。4. A。文章通过写人们对家常菜的喜爱及家常菜给人们带来的快乐说明在家做饭是很重要的。Passage 3 With the development of society, many people are coming under the umbrella of fatness. Not just adults，but even children are get

16、ting overweight. Today some of the newborn babies are also born fat. It has been proved that the people living in the western developed countries are more likely to become overweight. There are a number of causes behind this. The people in the developed countries including the United States almost e

17、njoy all the comforts of life. Almost all the things in the lives of the people living in these countries are at their finger tips. A very limited amount of movement and physical effort is required to do any kind of job. Because of the fact that these countries are quite developed，most of the jobs t

18、hat the people take up are desk jobs. So the lifestyle of them is just around the office desk. Most of the western developed countries are cold ones. Nature demands that people eat the kinds of food so as to make them stand the coldness. Therefore，wine，fatty dairy products，bread，junk food，and red me

19、at become important diets in these countries. However，the blame cannot be entirely put on the unhealthy eating habits of the people. Technology allows them to import almost all the food products that they do not grow. Although some healthy foods are grown in the countries nowadays，the quantity is ve

20、ry limited. It is not enough to meet the demand. So when they are not available and fatty foods are cheaper, people prefer to go for the eating habit that they have always been following. 1. According to Paragraph 2，most people in the developed countries do _. A. office jobs B. management jobsC. phy

21、sical jobs D. tiring jobs2. According to the text, the reason why people in the western developed countries have to eat some fatty foods is that _. A. the unhealthy eating habit is not important B. fatty foods cost less to buy and healthy foods are in shortage C. healthy foods are in shortage and fa

22、tty foods are abundant.D. they cant put the blame on their eating habits.3. The purpose of the author in writing the text is to _. A. warn us of our bad eating habits in the developed countriesB. remind us of the relation between food and weight gainC. inform us of the causes of weight gain in the d

23、eveloped countriesD. tell us that fatness in the developed countries is natural4. People in the western developed countries often _. A. carry umbrellas with them B. blame the fatness on the weatherC. grow a lot of healthy foods in their countries D. eat to protect themselves from the coldness参考答案:AB

24、CDPassage 4Legends about the development of coffee are varied and interesting, involving chance occurrences, political tricks, and the pursuit of wealth and power. According to one story, a sheepherder named Kaldi, as he tended his sheep, noticed the effect of coffee beans. He noticed that the sheep

25、 became excited after eating the red “cherries from a certain plant when they changed pastures (牧场). He tried it himself, and was soon as overactive as his sheep. Another story relates that a monk happened to discover that this fruit from the shiny green plant could help him stay awake. Another lege

26、nd gives us the name for coffee, “mocha”. Omar, an Arabian was thrown to the desert with his followers to die of starvation. In desperation, Omar had his friends boil and eat the fruit from an unknown plant. Not only did the soup save the group, but the residents of the nearest town, Mocha, took the

27、ir survival as a religious sign. The plant and its beverage (饮料) were named Mocha to honor this event. Coffee was introduced much later to countries beyond Arabia, whose inhabitants believed it to be a tasty thing and guarded its secret as if they were top secret military plans. The government forba

28、de transportation of the plant out of the Moslem nations. The actual spread of coffee was started illegally. One Arab named Baba Budan smuggled (走私) beans to some mountains near Mysore, India, and started a farm there. Early in this century, some of those original plants were found still growing fru

29、itfully in the region. Coffee today is grown and enjoyed worldwide, and is one of the few crops that small farmers in third-world countries can profitably export. 【小题1】What does the second paragraph mainly talk aboutAA sheepherder used coffee beans to keep sheep excited. BCoffee was a special kind o

30、f red cherry from a certain plant. CA sheepherder and a monk accidently discovered coffees effect. DSheep ate a lot of coffee beans while they changed pastures. 【小题2】Which of the following involves political tricks AKaldis story. BThe monks story. COmars story. DBaba Budans story. 【小题3】Mocha is orig

31、inally the name of _. Aa town Ban Arabian Ca kind of coffee Da sheepherder 【小题4】What can be the best title for the text AThe Secret of Coffee BThe Tales of Coffee CPeoples Love for Coffee DThe Function of Coffee 参考答案: CDABPassage 5 A turkey named Courage gave thanks to President Obama for saving his

32、 life on the day before Thanksgiving. Honouring a 62-year-old tradition, the President pardoned the bird on Thanksgiving eve. The tradition of a turkey pardon at Thanksgiving began with President Truman in 1947. Courage comes from Ellsworth, Iowa. The name Courage was chosen by voters (投票人)who took part in a survey posted on the White House