Question

    Linda has been a vegetarian for years. She stopped eating meat because of how she felt as she told her doctor, she always felt tired. Her doctor looked her over and told her to eat less meat. She bought a vegetarian cook book and decided to “go all the way”. She still eats eggs and cheese sometimes; now, however, most of her food is vegetables, fruits, and grains. Linda became a vegetarian to improve her health.

Nancy is an animal lover. Nancy grew up on a farm where there were cows and chickens. As she grew older, she started to eat less meat. One day she realized that she had stopped eating meat. It had never seemed right to her that animals were fed to be killed for food.

When Mark was a student, he had a careful plan of how to spend money. The little money that he had for food, he spent on rice, cheap vegetables. He learned to be a very good cook. Now Mark is a successful engineer, but he still eats simple foods, and no meat.

Roy is an environmentalist. He knows that the population is increasing faster and faster, but the land for growing food is not increasing at all. He knows that it takes sixteen kilos of grain to make one kilo of meat; he thinks about the fifteen kilos of grain that are wasted if he eats meat “Somewhere,” he says, “someone hasn’t got enough to eat and is dying. How can I enjoy a thick steak?” Mark’s ideas about what is right and wrong make him a vegetarian.

1.Linda became a vegetarian because                .

A.she was badly ill

B.she wanted to be healthier

C.she enjoyed eating vegetables

D.her doctor asked her to do so

2.Which of the following is true?

A.Linda only eats fruits and vegetables.

B.Nancy became a vegetarian when she was old.

C.Roy doesn’t like steak at all.

D.We aren’t sure when Roy became a vegetarian.

3.The main idea of this passage is that                .

A.meat is not good for one’s health

B.we had better become vegetarians

C.people choose to be vegetarians for different reasons

D.people become vegetarians because they don’t like meat

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

【解析】

本文介绍了琳达已经吃素多年，因为她想变得更健康；南茜是一个动物爱好者，所以她也不吃肉了；马克还是学生的时候就是一个素食主义者；罗伊是一个环保人士 ，他也是一个素食主义者。

1.

细节理解题。根据第一段中“Linda became a vegetarian to improve her health.”可知，琳达成为一个素食主义者，是因为她想改善她的健康状况，也就是她想更健康。故选B。

2.

细节理解题。Linda only eats fruits and vegetables.琳达只想吃水果和蔬菜。根据第一段中“She still eats eggs and cheese sometimes.”可知，琳达仍然吃鸡蛋，有时候吃一些奶酪，所以A项错误。Nancy became a vegetarian when she was old.当南茜老了的时候成了素食主义者。根据第二段中“As she grew older, she started to eat less meat.”可知，随着年龄的增长，她开始少吃肉，而不是当她老了，她变成了素食主义者，所以B项错误。Roy doesn’t like steak at all.罗伊一点都不喜欢牛排。根据最后一段中“someone hasn’t got enough to eat and is dying. How can I enjoy a thick steak?”可知，罗伊认为如果有人没有足够的食物，正在死去，他怎么能享受一块厚牛排呢？而不是他一点都不喜欢牛排，所以C项错误。We aren’t sure when Roy became a vegetarian. 我们不确定罗伊什么时候成为素食者的。根据最后一段可知，文中并未提及罗伊是何时成为素食主义者的，所以D项正确。故选D。

3.

主旨大意题。结合文章内容可知，文章介绍了四个人由于不同的原因成了素食主义者。故选C。