Question

    Many of us eat purely to satisfy our appetite for delicious food. But due to the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP), many Chinese people are changing their eating habits.

Due to busy work schedules, ordering simple and quick meals online used to be commonplace (寻常的) for many young people in China. Zhang Xiaoyan, a 30-year-old from Nanjing, Jiangsu province, was one of them. She typically ate in the office and seldom cooked at home on weekdays. Even on weekends, she would prefer takeout food. But amid the NCP outbreak, being trapped at home for an extended (延长的) period has changed her eating habit. Now, she rolls up her sleeves and cooks for herself. “Cooking by myself sometimes is quite time-demanding, but it helps me have a healthy diet,” Zhang told China Daily.

Instead of eating at fast food chains or restaurants, cooking at home has become a nationwide trend. Some even regard sharing food videos on their WeChat Moments at meal times as “a special way to say hello to each other when face-to-face dinner is not possible,” noted China Daily.

Apart from cooking at home, many also eat separately and adopt (采用) the habit of using serving chopsticks and spoons, or gongkuai and gongshao in Chinese.

Influenced by collectivism (集体主义), communal eating habits have been a part of Chinese culture for centuries. For Chinese people, eating one’s own dish would be considered rude during a social gathering. They typically share several dishes laid out in the center of a table and sometimes share utensils (餐具) in the meals to show their respect and closeness.

Though it seems polite, it’s indeed risky. According to World Health Organization, foodborne (食物传播的) diseases are quite common, and saliva (唾液) is one of the most common ways for them to spread. So many cities in China, including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, have already launched initiatives (倡议) for people to order separate meals.

“Healthy eating habits and maintaining good order have become real issues for us. It’s related to people’s health and safety, and it’s also a personal responsibility during the pandemic (大流行),” noted Guangming Daily. These are habits formed amid the pandemic, but as long as they are good for our health, perhaps we should keep them from now on.

1.How has Zhang Xiaoyan’s eating habit changed?

A.She eats simple and quick meals more often. B.She cooks meals by herself at home.

C.She now orders more takeout food. D.She often copies the meals her friends post on WeChat.

2.What do Paragraphs 5-7 mainly talk about?

A.How to change communal eating habits.

B.Why changing communal eating habits helps.

C.The relationship between culture and eating habits.

D.The role collectivism plays in Chinese eating habits.

3.What does Guangming Daily’s quote tell us?

A.Eating habits have a lot to do with our health.

B.Safety always comes first in every situation.

C.People are warned that foodborne diseases are on the rise.

D.It’s difficult for Chinese people to break bad eating habit

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.A

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。我们许多人吃东西纯粹是为了满足我们对美味食物的欲望。但由于新型冠状病毒肺炎的爆发，许多中国人正在改变他们的饮食习惯。文章写了因为疫情很多中国人改变饮食习惯，并写了分享的饮食习惯的害处。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段中Now, she rolls up her sleeves and cooks for herself.可知现在，她卷起袖子为自己做饭。由此可知，张晓燕如今在家自己做饭。故选B。

2.主旨大意题。根据第五段写中国很久保持着分享的饮食习惯，第六段写分享的饮食习惯很危险，食物和飞沫会传播疾病，专家建议分开点餐，第七段写疫情期间形成的习惯只要是好的，就应该从现在开始坚持。 由每段大意可知，这三段主要讲改变分享的饮食习惯有帮助的原因。故选B。

3.推理判断题。根据最后一段中“Healthy eating habits and maintaining good order have become real issues for us. It’s related to people’s health and safety, and it’s also a personal responsibility during the pandemic (大流行),” noted Guangming Daily.可知光明日报》指出：“健康的饮食习惯和保持良好的秩序已经成为我们面临的现实问题。这关系到人们的健康和安全，也是疫情期间个人的责任。”由此可推知，光明日报的引述是为了告诉我们饮食习惯与我们的健康有很大关系。故选A。