Question

【題目】 Do you have a headache? Eat some bird brains for dinner, and your headache will go away. Is your hair turning gray? Eat black rice every day. And you won't have gray hair.

Eat bird brains and black rice? "Some people ask. "How strange!" But for many Chinese people, bird brains and black rice are not strange things to eat, they are good things to eat. They are good medicines, too.

Many Chinese believe that food can be medicine. Food that is medicine is called medicinal food. The Chinese have eaten medicinal food and spices(調(diào)味料)for hundreds of years. Ginger(姜), for example, is a common spice in Chinese cooking now. Ginger gives food a nice favor(味道). The Chinese began to use ginger many years ago. At that time, they used ginger not because it tasted good. They used it because it was medicinal Ginger, they thought, was good for the digestion (消化). It also helped people who had colds.

Not everyone approves of the medicinal food. Some people think that food and spices are not medicines. They want to buy their medicine in drug stores, not in supermarkets. Other people want to try medicinal food. They say, "Maybe medicinal food can't help me, but it can't hurt me, either.”

People can try medicinal food at a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, California .The restaurant serves only medicinal food. Queen's Secret", for example, is one dish at the restaurant. Meat from a chicken with black skin is in the dish. It is for women who want to look young.

Alan Lau is the owner of the restaurant,, He says, "Some people try medicinal food only once and then say, 'It didn't work. But think about this: When your doctor prescribes (開(kāi)藥方) medicine. you take the medicine for five days, or for ten days, or maybe for weeks. It's the same with medicinal food. You have to eat the food many times before it begins to help. "Mr. Lau believes that medicinal food works, he eats medicinally every day.

【1】Why did the Chinese use ginger many years ago?

A.Because it had a good taste

B.Because it was good for health

C.Because it made people feel cold

D.Because it gave food a different flavor.

【2】The words “approves of” in Paragraph 4 probably mean “___________”.

A.agrees toB.cares aboutC.hears ofD.gives up

【3】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.Can Food Be Our Medicine?

B.Can Spices Change Our Cooking?

C.What Is the Best Medicine for a Headache?

D.What Can People Eat in a Chinese Restaurant?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】A

【解析】

這篇短文給我們介紹的是中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)的藥膳，不光味道好，還對(duì)人的身體健康有利。而且中國(guó)人吃藥膳的歷史很悠久。現(xiàn)在很多外國(guó)人都想了解中國(guó)的藥膳，嘗試中國(guó)的藥膳。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Ginger(姜), for example, is a common spice in Chinese cooking now. Ginger gives food a nice favor(味道). The Chinese began to use ginger many years ago. At that time, they used ginger not because it tasted good. They used it because it was medicinal Ginger, they thought, was good for the digestion (消化). It also helped people who had colds.”例如，生姜是現(xiàn)在中國(guó)烹飪中常用的調(diào)味料。生姜對(duì)食物很有幫助。中國(guó)人很多年前就開(kāi)始用姜了。那時(shí)，他們用姜不是因?yàn)槲兜篮�。他們用它是因�(yàn)樗�是藥用姜，他們認(rèn)為，它有利于消化。它也幫助感冒的人�？芍�，姜這種調(diào)味料，中國(guó)人很久以前就開(kāi)始使用了，不僅是因?yàn)樗�的味道好，還因?yàn)樗�是有藥物作用的，�?duì)人的身體健康有利。故選B。

【2】詞意猜測(cè)題。A. agrees to同意；B. cares about關(guān)心；C. hears of聽(tīng)說(shuō)；D. gives up放棄。根據(jù)“Not everyone approves of the medicinal food.”不是每個(gè)人都贊成這種藥用食品�？芍�，approves of是“贊成；同意”的意思。故選A。

【3】最佳標(biāo)題。根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容我們知道這篇短文給我們介紹的是中國(guó)傳統(tǒng)的藥膳，不光味道好，還對(duì)人的身體健康有利。而且中國(guó)人吃藥膳的歷史很悠久。現(xiàn)在很多外國(guó)人都想了解中國(guó)的藥膳，嘗試中國(guó)的藥膳。因此選項(xiàng)A. Can Food Be Our Medicine? 食物能成為我們的良藥嗎？符合短文的內(nèi)容。故選A。

本題的第2小題是詞義猜測(cè)題。詞義猜測(cè)題是閱讀理解中常見(jiàn)的一種題型，所猜測(cè)詞匯可以是生詞，也可以是熟詞新義，還可以是人稱代詞的指代內(nèi)容。詞義猜測(cè)題主要考查考生根據(jù)上下文推測(cè)詞義和語(yǔ)義的能力，突出考查對(duì)語(yǔ)境的分析和把握能力。本題可以利用上下文語(yǔ)境來(lái)猜測(cè)詞意。猜測(cè)任何詞義都離不開(kāi)上下文，所以要借助上下文對(duì)需要猜測(cè)的詞或短語(yǔ)進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推測(cè)。