Question

In many English homes people eat four meals a day：breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. People have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge, eggs or bread, English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast.

Lunch comes at one o’clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon, and dinner is about half past seven. First they have soup, then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that they eat some other things, like bananas, apples, or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very simple.

1.Many English people have _______ meals a day.

A. four       B. three or four     C. two      D. three

2.A dinner can be _______ .

A. breakfast or supper               B. lunch or supper

C. breakfast or lunch                D. lunch or tea

3. People have breakfast at______.

A. one       B. five        C. any time     D. eight

4.People don’t have _________for their dinner.

A. soup      B. meat and fish

C. bread    D. bananas and oranges

5.Afternoon tea is ______.

A. from five to seven in the afternoon

B. before dinner

C. a kind of tea

D. from four to five in the morning

Answer

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文给我们介绍的是英国人的家庭里一日吃饭的情况，他们通常吃四顿饭：早饭、午饭、下午茶和晚饭。作者还介绍了人们经常在几点吃饭以及吃什么。

1.A 细节理解题。根据短文中In many English homes people eat four meals a day：breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner可知，在很多英国人的家庭中，人们每天吃四顿饭：早饭、午饭、下午茶和晚饭。故选A。

2.B 细节理解题。根据短文中Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day.可知，正餐可以是晚饭也可以是午饭。故选B。

3.D 细节理解题。根据短文中People have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning可知，人们经常在早上7点到9点吃早饭。结合选项可知选D。

4.C 细节理解题。根据短文中After that they eat some other things, like bananas, apples, or oranges. But not all English people eat like that可知，不是所有的英国人都吃像香蕉、苹果或橘子这样的东西。结合选项可知选C。

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考点：文化类短文阅读。