( A )

　　Scientists have learned a great deal about the kinds of food people need. They say that there are seven kinds of food that people should eat every day. They are:

　　( 1 ) green and yellow vegetables of all kinds;

　　( 2 ) citrus(柑橘类)fruits and tomatoes;

　　( 3 ) potatoes and other fruits and vegetables;

　　( 4 ) peas of all kinds, fish and vegetables;

　　( 5 ) milk and foods made from milk, such as cheese and ice-cream;

　　( 6 ) bread or cereal (谷类), rice is also in this kind of food;

　　( 7 ) butter, or something like butter, containing fat.

　　People in different countries and different areas of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are prepared, cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat in different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of these differences is really important. It doesn't matter whether foods are eaten raw(生的)or cooked, canned(罐装的)or frozen. It doesn't matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o'clock in the afternoon or at eleven o'clock at night. The important thing is that every day a person should eat something from each of the seven kinds of food.

　　There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people on earth. The first is to find some way to feed the world population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of food to make them grow to be strong and healthy.

　　1. In different countries people________.

　　A. eat the same kind of food

　　B. cook their food in the same way

　　C. eat different kinds of food

　　D. eat the food in the same way

　　2. What does the passage mainly discuss?

　　A. What kind of food should we eat every day?

　　B. How can we be sure that all the people in the world will not be hungry?

　　C. How can we make the people all over the world grow to be weaker?

　　D. Why should we eat seven kinds of food every day?

　　3. What's talked about in the last paragraph of the passage?

　　A. How can we cook the seven kinds of food?

　　B. How can people be strong and healthy?

　　C. How can we solve the two problems?

　　D. Why should we eat the seven kinds of food every day?

　　( B )

　　Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, the idea of skating didn't exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlin's work was making musical instruments. In his spare time he liked to play the violin. Joseph Merlin was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.

　　One day Merlin received an invitation to attend a fancy dress ball. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make a grand entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought he would get a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.

　　Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.

　　On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was astonished to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly, he ran into a huge mirror that was hanging on the wall. Down fell the mirror, breaking to pieces. Nobody forgot Merlin's grand entrance for a long time!

　　4. The text is mainly about ________.

　　A. a strange man

　　B. an unusual party

　　C. how roller skating began

　　D. how people enjoyed

　　5. Merlin put wheels under his shoes in order to________.

　　A. impress the party guests

　　B. arrive at the party sooner

　　C. test his invention

　　D. show his skill in walking on wheels

　　[答案与解析]

　　1. C。短文中指出:世界上不同国家和地区的人们吃不同的东西。2. A。本文主要讲了我们每天应该吃什么。短文开头的两句话即阐述了本文的主旨。3. C。短文最后一段指出目前世界所面临的两大问题:解决世界人口吃饱饭的问题以及吃适当的食物使人们身体健壮的问题。4. C。本篇短文主要说明了旱冰鞋是怎样问世的。 5. A。第二段最后一句即本题答案出处,Merlin穿旱冰鞋入场主要是为了吸引参加晚会的人们的注意力。

　　(文/张荣；英语辅导报高三版2003-2004学年第46期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)