2016年12月英语四级阅读理解练习题及答案(八)思维导图

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　　People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a gre

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Peoplebecomequiteillogicalwhentheytrytodecidewhatcanbeeatenandwhatcannotbeeaten.IfyoulivedintheMediterranean,forinstance,youwouldconsideroctopusagreatdelicacy.Youwouldnotbeabletounderstandwhysomepeoplefinditrepulsive.Ontheotherhand,yourstomachwouldturnattheideaoffryingpotatoesinanimalfat--thenormallyacceptedpracticeinmanynortherncountries.Thesadtruthisthatmostofushavebeenbroughtuptoeatcertainfoodsandwesticktothemallourlives.

Nocreaturehasreceivedmorepraiseandabusethanthecommongardensnail.Cookedinwine,snailsareagreatluxuryinvariouspartsoftheworld.Therearecountlesspeoplewho,eversincetheirearlyyears,havelearnedtoassociatesnailswithfood.Myfriend,Robert,livesinacountrywheresnailsaredespised.Ashisflatisinalargetown,hehasnogardenofhisown.Foryearshehasbeenaskingmetocollectsnailsfrommygardenandtakethemtohim.Theideaneverappealedtomeverymuch,butoneday,afterheavyshower,IhappenedtobewalkinginmygardenwhenInoticedahugenumberofsnailstakingastrollonsomeofmyprizeplants.Actingonasuddenimpulse,Icollectedseveraldozen,puttheminapaperbag,andtookthemtoRobert.Robertwasdelightedtoseemeandequallypleasedwithmylittlegift.IleftthebaginthehallandRobertandIwentintothelivingroomwherewetalkedforacoupleofhours.IhadforgottenallaboutthesnailswhenRobertsuddenlysaidthatImuststaytodinner.Snailswould,ofcourse,bethemaindish.IdidnotfancytheideaandIreluctantlyfollowedRobertoutoftheroom.Toourdismay,wesawthatthereweresnailseverywhere:theyhadescapedfromthepaperbagandhadtakencompletepossessionofthehall!Ihaveneverbeenabletolookatasnailsincethen.

练习题：

Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:

1.Theunderlinedword“repulsive”inParagraph1mostprobablymeans“_____”.

A.disgustingB.pleasantC.acceptableD.delicious

2.WecaninferfromParagraph3thatwhencollectingthesnails,theauthor____.

A.wasgladthathecouldsharethemwithhisfriend

B.wasangrybecausetheymightdamagehisbelovedplants

C.wasexcitedaboutbeingabletogivehisfriendasurprise

D.wasdepressedbecauseitwashardtocatchthemall

3.Theauthorfindsthatsnails_______.

A.areasdeliciousasoctopus

B.aredislikedinhishometown

C.arethemostcontroversialfood

D.areaspopularasfriedpotatoes

4.Thebesttitleforthepassagemightbe“______”?

A.OneMan’sMeatisAnotherMan’sPoison

B.FoodsandCultures

C.SnailandOctopus

D.PeopleAreIllogicalinFrontofDelicacies

5.Asindicatedinthepassage,peoplelovedifferentfoodsmainlybecause____

A.theyliveindifferentplaces.

B.theylearntoeatcertainfoodsintheirfamilies

C.theyhavedifferentunderstandingofdelicacy

D.theyaretooillogicaltoexplain

答案：

1.[A]词义推断题。解答本题的关键首先要理解repulsive前面的it是指上一句的octopus，由Ontheotherhand可知第2句和第3句描述的是人们对章鱼作为食物的两种相反的反应，而与agreatdelicacy相反的是A，故A为正确答案。

2.[B]推理判断题。在第2段中查找到作者有一天在阵雨后散步发现蜗牛爬在他那些prizeplants上面，所以才突然有了去抓蜗牛的冲动。理解prize在此意为“一流的，珍视的”，便可知作者当时很生气，由此可确定答案为B。

3.[C]事实细节题。本题考査复合句的理解。第2段第1句“Nocreature...more...thansnails”表达的是最高级概念，即：Snailshavereceivedmostpraiseandabuse由此可知，蜗牛是最具争议性的食物，因此C就是该句的近义替换。作者没有把蜗牛与章鱼或炸土豆作比较，因此A和D不对;文中提到在朋友的居住地，蜗牛

是没人瞧得上的，但没有提到在作者的家乡是否受欢迎，因此B也不对。

4.[A]主旨大意题。文章第1句话其实是全文的主题句，说明人们对于选择吃什么、不吃什么是没有什么章法的，暗示了人们在饮食方面有大相径庭的喜好，接着用了数个具体例子说明，并着重以蜗牛为例，阐明这种差异。英语习语“Oneman’smeatisanotherman’spoison”形象地表达了这一观点。本题最具干扰性的是B，文章在第1段谈到饮食有差异，这涉及到了culture,但作者并没花太多笔墨描述各国不同的文化，因此，culture并非本文的中心。另外，D的表达与文章第1句很相似，但是D说的是人们在美食面前会丧失理智，与第1句的意思其实相差甚远，且并非文章要阐明的主题。

5.[B]推理判断题。本题考查表语从句的理解。从第1段的最后一句中“mostofushavebeenbroughtuptoeatcertainfoods”可推断B为不同的人喜好不同食物的最主要原因。A最具干扰性,它也是原因之一，但住在同一个地方的人也会有不同的饮食差异，所以还是因为家庭的原因所造成的。

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