2013届高考英语二轮专题总复习阅读能力培养精品系列（23）
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If there is something that appears most frequently on Chinese dining tables, it is doufu—bean curd. Bean curd looks like soft cakes and it’s made from dried soybeans. Bean curd used to be considered a favourite of the poor because of its low cost. Beans have high yields(产量) every year with their short growing period and suitability for various(各种各样) soil both dry and wet.
Historical records show bean curd was invented by Liu An, Prince of Huainan and uncle of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty（206BC—220AD）. He had a dream of finding the pill for longevity(长寿). He travelled all over the country and found soybeans, which looked much the same as gold in terms of colour. He collected soybeans, put them in the water and crushed them into pulp(浆). It got solidified and became known as doufu. Although it’s not able to keep longevity, it’s really good for one’s health with high protein and low fat.
With a long history, bean curd is rooted deep in Chinese culture. People eat more meat and fish than bean curd. But they are encouraged to have bean curd every once in a while for it’s really good for health. Most Chinese people still keep bean curd as one of their favourite dishes.
1.Why was bean curd considered to be liked by the poor?
A. It’s easy to make. B. It’s easy to cook.
C. It’s cheap. D. It’s good for health.
2.Where can beans grow well?
A. Only in wet soil. B. In dry soil.
C. In soft soil. D. In any soil.
3.What appears more often on the dining table in poor areas?
A. Meat. B. Fish. C. Eggs. D. Bean curd.
4.Why did Liu An travel all over the country?
A.He had a dream.
B.He wanted to find something that could make people live longer.
C.He wanted to invent bean curd.
D.He wanted to find gold.
5.How long has bean curd been invented?
A. It’s about 1，700 years. B. It’s less than 2，000 years.
C. It’s 500 years. D. It’s more than 2，000 years.
B
How to eat healthfully can be especially complex for working women who often have neither the desire nor the time to cook for themselves (or for anyone else). Registered dietitian(营养专家)Barhara Morrissey suggests that a few simple rules can help.
“Go for nutrient dense foods,” she suggests, “foods that contain a multiple of nutrients. For example, select whole wheat bread as a breakfast food, rather than coffee cake. Or drink orange juice rather than orange drink, which contains only a small percentage of real juice —the rest is largely coloured sugar water. You just can’t compare the value of these foods, the nutrient dense ones are so superior,”she emphasizes.
Morrissey believes that variety is not only the spice of life — it’s the foundation of a healthful diet. Diets which are based on one or two foods are not only virtually impossible to keep up the strength, they can be very harmful, she says, because nutrients aren’t supplied in sufficient amounts or balance.
According to Morrissey, trying to find a diet that can cure your illnesses, or making you superwoman is a fruitless search. As women, many of us are too concerned with staying thin, she says, and we believe that vitamins are some kind of magic cure to replace food.
“We need carbohydrates, protein and fat — they are like the wood in the fireplace. The vitamins and minerals are like the match, the spark, for the fuel,” she explains. “We need them all, but in a very different proportions. And if the fuel isn’t there, the spark is useless.”
6.From the paragraph we know that working women________.
A. think cooking is especially complicated
B. do not share the same views with registered dietitians
C. are busy and not interested in cooking
D. are likely to eat healthfully
7.Orange juice is different from orange drink in that ________.
A. it contains only a small percentage of real juice
B. it is natural, nutritious and prepared from real oranges
C. it is largely orange-coloured sugar water
D. it produces nothing but calories
8.In Paragraph 4, “a fruitless search” means “________”.
A. an effort with no results
B. a search for a diet without fruits
C. a research on fruitless diet
D. a diet serving as medicine
9.Many women take it for granted, according to passage that________ .
A. a balanced diet can result in being fat
B. staying thin and healthy are both possible
C. lack of variety in diets leads to staying thin
D. vitamins are some kind of substitutions (替代品) for food
10.By“if the fuel isn’t there, the spark is useless”, the author means ________.
A. carbohydrates, protein and fat are enough to support a human life
B. vitamins and minerals are virtually of no value
C. carbohydrates, protein and fat are as important as vitamins and minerals
D. without carbohydrates, protein and fat, vitamins and minerals are of no use
参考答案
1.解析：选C。细节理解题。由第一段第三句可知，应选C。cost指成本、价格。因豆腐价格低廉，故为穷人所喜欢。
2.解析：选D。细节理解题。从文中第一段末句即可得出答案。
3.解析：选D。细节理解题。由文章的第一句可知答案。
4.解析：选B。细节理解题。由文章第二段第二句可知答案。
5.解析：选D。推理判断题。本文只提及一个时间段(206BC—220AD), 从历史上可知，刘安生活在西汉年间，所以距今已2，000多年。
6.解析：选C。推理判断题。从第一段可知，职业妇女忙，对做饭不感兴趣。由第一段的“have neither the desire nor the time to cook for themselves”可知，C项正确。
7.解析：选B。推理判断题。橘汁和橘汁饮料的区别在于橘汁是自然的，有营养的，是直接从橘子中榨取的。橘汁和橘汁饮料的区别在第二段中曾经谈到过，即橘汁饮料“contains only a small percentage of real juice—the rest is largely coloured sugar water”故选B。
8.解析：选A。词义猜测题。文中第四段谈到“试图寻找一种可以包治百病，又能使你成为超人的食谱是徒劳的”。a fruitless search表示“毫无结果的努力”。fruitless的引申意义为“没有结果的，徒劳的”。
9.解析：选D。细节理解题。许多妇女想当然地认为维他命是一种食物的代替品。文中第四段提到“As women,many of us are too concerned with staying thin,she says,and we believe that vitamins are some kind of magic cure to replace food”。故选D。
10.解析：选D。推理判断题。通过引用“要是没有燃料，光有火花是不行的”。作者的意思是没有碳水化合物，蛋白质和脂肪，维他命和矿物质没有用处。文中最后一段在谈到碳水化合物、蛋白质、脂肪和维生素、矿物质的关系时，作者将碳水化合物、蛋白质、脂肪比作木材、燃料，维他命和矿物比作火柴、火花。故选D。
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