Question

    Most of us don't like about food until we start feeling hungry, but eating important in life. To talk about food and eating is to talk about one of the most common subjects we know. Eating is just like breathing or sleeping, so every day, so ordinary, it does not receive much notice.

However, what, where, when, how, and with whom we eat say a great deal about who we are. Do you use chopsticks? Do you hold the knife backward? Do you chew with your mouth open? All these eating habits say something about you. They are messages even when we are not trying to say anything. Food and the ways we eat it, like clothes and the way we wear them, tell who and what we are.

We learn our eating habits very early in life. We usually have strong feeling about our childhood foods. Foods we learn to like our early years probably have a special meaning for us forever because they are connected to people and things we love. Mom's cheers or the way Dad cuts the bread crusts just right bringing up feelings of love and comfort.

People use food and eating to mark the seasons and the important moments in life （such as growing up and getting married）, or to honor gods, and to say something about themselves. People will eat different foods for different holidays. Sometimes people ever explain why they eat certain things on certain days. Americans do that sort of explaining at Thanksgiving. They eat Turkey, corn, and Indian pudding because their ancestors（祖先）ate them at the first Thanksgiving. Those foods mean something to Americans.

As you can see, food and eating mark people's shared experiences, but they can also mark the differences. In the sense, we truly are what we eat.

1.You can probably read the article from a magazine about _______________.

A.traveling B.food and culture

C.clothes and fashion D.sports

2.Why do people have strong feeling about childhood foods?

A.Because the foods may connect to the beloved people or things.

B.Because most of the people like eating cheese and bread.

C.Because the cheese made by Mom and Dad tastes delicious.

D.Because people learn the eating habits very early.

3.Which of the following shows the proper structure of this passage?

A. B. C. D.

4.What does the sentence "we truly are what we eat" mean according to the passage?

A.We need to eat healthy food to keep fit. B.The way we eat tells a lot about us.

C.We eat some special food on special days. D.It's the food that makes us different.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.B

【解析】

文章介绍了我们中大多数人直到感到饥饿时才会考虑食物，但是饮食在生命中是最重要的。对饮食和食物的讨论是我们现在所知的最基本的话题之一。本文结合食物和饮食习惯从小养成，反映出我们一些信息说明食物和饮食习惯会体现我们是怎样的人。

1.

推理判断题。根据整个文章的理解及文章的开头Most of us don’t like about food until we start feeling hungry…it does not receive much notice及结尾As you can see, food and eating mark people’s shared experiences, but they can also mark the differences. In the sense, we truly are what we eat.可知，文章主要是说食物和饮食习惯方面的，所以B选项符合，故选B。

2.

细节理解题。根据文中We usually have strong feeling about our childhood foods. Foods we learn to like our early years probably have a special meaning for us forever because they are connected to people and things we love.可知，我们通常对童年的食物有强烈的感情。我们早年学会喜欢的食物可能对我们永远有着特殊的意义，因为它们与我们所爱的人和事有关。故选A。

3.

篇章结构题。根据文章的描述可以看出，第一段总的指出食物和饮食没有引起人们的重视；第二段指出通过食物和饮食习惯告诉我们是谁和我们是什么样的人；第三四段分别介绍人们饮食习惯很早就已经养成了，人们用食物和食物来纪念季节和生命中的重要时刻；最后一段再次总结食物和饮食习惯标志着人们的不同的经历，所以四个选项中C选项比较符合，故选C。

4.

句意猜测题。根据前句As you can see, food and eating mark people’s shared experiences, but they can also mark the differences.可知，这里说的是食物和饮食习惯能够反映出我们是什么样的人，通过我们的饮食方式可以告诉我们很多关于我们的事情。故选B。