Question

Food is life; it gives us the nourishment （營(yíng)養(yǎng)） we need to stay alive and be healthy．__1.__ Brian Wansink, a professor at the University of Illinois, says we also eat certain foods because they make us feel good, and remind us of happy memories．Wansink calls this kind of food comfort food．For some people, ice cream is a comfort food．For others, a bowl of noodles soup makes them feel good．

2.__ Professor Wansink believes that we connect food with important times, feelings, and people in our lives．“When I was a child, my mother made a delicious soup; I loved it．__3.__ And it helps me feel better,” Says one of Wansink’s coworkers．

Do men and women choose different comfort foods? Wansink’s research at the University of Illinois says “ yes”．In his study, the favorite comfort food for both men and women was ice cream．After this, men usually preferred hot, savory （香的） foods like soup or noodles．_4.__ Men and women like to eat comfort foods when they are happy, but women eat these foods more when they are sad or worried．

__5._ About 40 percent of the comfort foods in Wansink’s study were healthy main dishes or soups and vegetables．It shows, says Wansink, that a comfort food can taste good and be good for you．

A．Not all comfort food is junk food．

B．Where can we buy this sort of food?

C．Sweet foods are also their preference．

D．How does a food become comfort food?

E．Usually, we eat because we are hungry or need energy．

F．Women like sweet things such as chocolate and cookies．

G．Now, I often have this kind of food when I am tired or worried．

 

Answer 1

1.E

2.D

3.G

4.F

5.A

【解析】

試題分析:食品是我們生活中必不可少的，它不僅供給我們?nèi)梭w所需的能量，而且某些食品還會(huì)起到讓我們身心愉快的作用，這些食品稱為爽心食品。這些令人身心舒暢的食物可能是和某些事情或者某些人有聯(lián)系，會(huì)讓我們想起某些美好的回憶。

1.考查對(duì)上下文的理解和概括能力。空前內(nèi)容是講述食物的重要性，空后是著名教授的建議，建議人們要吃某些食物以便讓人們感覺(jué)良好，心情愉快。由此判斷空上內(nèi)容應(yīng)該和吃有關(guān)，縱觀選項(xiàng)E選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容Usually, we eat because we are hungry or need energy可以起到承上啟下的作用，選E。

2.考查對(duì)上下文的理解和概括能力。本段介紹在生活中人們往往把某些食物和一些重大時(shí)刻，或者某些人聯(lián)系起來(lái)，而且還進(jìn)行了舉例說(shuō)明，由此可知D選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容可以作為本段主題句，選D。

3.考查對(duì)上下文的理解和概括能力。從空前內(nèi)容可知這是說(shuō)“I”在生孩子的時(shí)候，母親做了一種湯，如今她仍然喜歡喝，而且還可以幫助她改善心情，故G選項(xiàng)Now, I often have this kind of food when I am tired or worried．符合語(yǔ)境，選G。

4.考查對(duì)上下文的理解和概括能力。本段內(nèi)容是關(guān)于男女不同的飲食偏好，空前內(nèi)容是介紹男士對(duì)食物的偏愛(ài)，故F選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容Women like sweet things such as chocolate and cookies．符合語(yǔ)境。

5.考查對(duì)上下文的理解和概括能力。空后內(nèi)容是介紹百分之四十的comfort foods 是健康食品，所填內(nèi)容應(yīng)該和健康以及爽心食品有關(guān)，故A選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容Not all comfort food is junk food符合語(yǔ)境，選A。

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