英语四级阅读理解练习题及其解析.docVIP

英语四级阅读理解练习题及解析

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【阅读练习】

What?is?iｔ?abｏut?Aｍericaｎs?and?fｏod？?We?ｌovｅ?ｔo?ｅat，buｔ?we?fｅel?1?aｂout?iｔ?afterｗａrｄ、?Ｗe?say?ｗe?want?ｏnly?the?best,?ｂｕt?we?strａｎgely?enｊoy?jｕｎkfood、?Ｗｅ’rｅ?2?with?healtｈ?anｄ?weight?losｓ?but?ｆaｃｅ?an?ｕnpreceｄented?ｅｐｉdeｍic?ｏｆ?obesｉty(肥胖)、?Ｐeｒhaps?the?3?to?thiｓ?aｍbivalence（矛盾情结)?ｌies?in?our?hｉstｏry、?The?first?Eｕroｐｅans?ｃameto?this?conｔinｅnt?sｅａrｃｈiｎg?for?new?spiｃes?but?wenｔ?ｉn?vaiｎ、?The?first?cash?cｒoｐ（经济作物)waｓnt?ｅaten?but?smｏkeｄ、?Then?tｈerｅ?ｗas?Prohｉbition，?ｉntｅnｄed?to?pｒohiｂiｔ?ｄrinkiｎg?bｕtａcｔualｌy?encouragiｎg?ｍoｒｅ?4?waｙs?of?doinｇ?it、

The?ｉｍmｉgｒanｔ?ｅxｐeriｅnce，?toｏ，?ｈas?bｅｅｎ?oｎe?of?ｉnｈａrmoｎy、?Do?as?Romans?do?meａｎseatｉng?ｗhat?“real?Ameriｃａｎs”?eat，?but?our?natiｏn’ｓ?fooｄ?has?e?ｔｏ?be?5?bｙ?imports—pizza，ｓay,?oｒ?hｏt?dogs、?And?some?ｏf?tｈｅ?cｏuntry’s?mｏst?ｔreaｓuｒed?ｃookinｇ?eｓ?froｍ?peopｌe?ｗｈｏarrｉveｄ?here?iｎ?ｓｈaｃkleｓ、

Pｅｒhaｐs?it?should?ｅ?ａs?ｎｏ?suｒprisｅ?then?ｔｈａt?fｏod?haｓ?ｂeｅn?ａ?mediｕｍ?foｒ?the?nation’sdefｉｎｉnｇ?stｒuｇgleｓ,?ｗheｔher?ａｔ?ｔｈe?Boston?Tｅａ?Party?ｏr?the?ｓｉt?ins?at?soutｈeｒｎ?lunch?counters、Iｔ?ｉs?iｎtｅgral?to?our?cｏncepts?oｆ?heａlｔh?aｎd?evｅn?ｍoｒalitｙ?whｅthｅr?oｎe?ｒefraｉｎs?from?ａlcohｏl?ｆorrelｉgious?rｅasons?or?evades?ｍｅａt?for?poliｔical?6

Bｕt?sｔroｎg?opiｎionｓ?have?not?brought?7、?Ａmｅriｃanｓ?ａrｅ?aｍbｉvalent?abｏｕｔ?whaｔ?they?pｕtin?thｅir?moutｈｓ、?Ｗe?hａｖe?bｅe?8?of?our?foodｓ，?eｓpeｃiａlly?ａs?we?lｅaｒn?mｏre?ａｂouｔ?whａt?ｔhｅycontaiｎ、

Ｔhe?9?ｉn?ｆｏｏd?is?stilｌ?prosｐｅrous?in?tｈe?Ａmeriｃａn?consciｏusnｅsｓ、?Its?no?ｃｏｉnｃiｄeｎce,?thｅｎ，thａt?the?first?Tｈaｎksgiving?ｈｏｌｄｓ?ｔhe?Amerｉcan?imagination?in?suｃｈ?bｏｎdａｇe(束缚）、?It’ｓ?whatwe?eat—ａnd?hｏw?we?1０?ｉt?wiｔｈ?frieｎds，?faｍily，?aｎd?straｎｇers—that?ｈelｐ?ｄefine?America?as?aｍuniｔy?toｄay、

A、?aｎｓｗｅr?I、?creatｉｖe

B、?rｅsuｌt?J、?belieｆ

C、?ｓｈare?K、?susｐiciouｓ

D、?guiｌtｙ?L、?certaintｙ

Ｅ、?ｃonstaｎt?Ｍ、?oｂsｅssｅd

F、?dｅfｉnｅd?N、?iｄｅnｔｉfｙ

G、?vaｎiｓｈ?O、?ideals

H、?adaｐteｄ

【答案及详解】

１、?D?ｆeeｌ就是一个系动词，可以判断此处应填入一个形容词,通过上下文意思，以及后面介词abｏut，可以确定选项为D项guiｌty,短语ｆeeｌ?gｕilｔy?aboｕt?stｈ、“对……感到有愧”。全句得意思为“我们很爱吃,但就是往往在吃完之后又有负罪感”.

２、Ｍ?be?obsｅssed?witｈ?为固定搭配，原意为“被