Question

People in different countries have quite different eating habits. People always think their own food is delicious while others’ is strange or terrible. In most parts of Asia, for example, no meal is complete (完整的) without rice. In England, people eat potatoes every day. In the Middle East, people enjoy bread for every meal. Americans like to drink orange juice and coffee. The English drink tea four or five times every day. Australians drink lots of beer, and the French drink wine every day.

The kinds of meat people like to eat are also different from one country to another. Horse meat is thought to be delicious in France. In Hong Kong, some people enjoy eating snakes. New Zealanders eat sheep, but they never eat goat(山羊) meat. The Japanese don’t like to eat sheep meat because of its smell, but they enjoy eating raw fish (生鱼).

So it seems that eating is a topic (话题) we can talk about for hours. People always enjoy eating what they always eat, and there is very little we can do to change our eating habits.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。

1.It’s not a complete meal if there is no ________ in most parts of Asia.

A. meat    B. rice    C. fruit    D. vegetable

2.The _______ people drink tea four or five times every day.

A. English    B. American    C. Australian    D. Japanese

3.The Japanese don’t like sheep meat because ________.

A. they think sheep meat is not healthy    B. they regard the sheep as a holy animal

C. they dislike its smell    D. most Japanese keep the sheep as a pet

4.Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Americans like to drink orange juice and coffee.

B. English people eat tomatoes every day.

C. Some people in Hong Kong enjoy eating snakes.

D. The French drink wine every day.

5.Which is the best title (题目) of the passage?

A. Healthy Food    B. Different Eating Habits

C. Different Table Manners    D. How to Cook Food

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.B

【解析】不同国家的人们有不同的饮食习惯，这篇短文的作者用举例的形式给我们阐述了这个话题。

1.细节理解题。根据短文第一段中In most parts of Asia, for example, no meal is complete (完整的) without rice可知，在大多数的亚洲国家，没有米饭这一顿饭就是不完整的。由此可知应选B。

2.细节理解题。根据短文第一段中The English drink tea four or five times every day可知，英国人每天喝四、五次茶。故应选A。

3.细节理解题。根据短文第二段中The Japanese don’t like to eat sheep meat because of its smell可知，日本人不喜欢吃羊肉因为羊肉的气味不好。由此可知应选C。

4.推理判断题。根据短文第一段中In England, people eat potatoes every day可知，英国人每天都吃土豆，不是西红柿，故B不对。根据Americans like to drink orange juice and coffee、In Hong Kong, some people enjoy eating snakes、the French drink wine every day可知其他三个选项都是对的。

5.主旨大意题。短文开头的第一句话就是文章的中心句，根据这句话People in different countries have quite different eating habits可知，不同国家的人们有不同的饮食习惯，下面给我们举了很多例子来说明这个主题，故B选项的题目符合文章的中心。

点睛：这篇短文介绍了不同国家的饮食习惯，短文内容比较简单，容易理解，后面的题目设置也很简单，都是细节理解题为主，我们可以用题目中的关键词，定位到原文相关的地方，寻找答案。例如第1小题，题目中的in most parts of Asia这个地点就是关键词，我们在文章中找到这个短语，就能找到题目的答案。第4小题是判断题，但考查的内容并不难，四个选项的内容都可以在原文中找到依据，很容易能判断出答案。