2021年12月大學英語四六級閱讀題專項練習26

2021年12月英語四六級閱讀題

專項練習26：餐桌上的蝸牛

Peoplebecomequiteillogicalwhentheytrytodecidewhatcanbeeaten

andwhatcannotbeeaten.IfyoulivedintheMediterranean,forinstance,

youwouldconsideroctopusagreatdelicacy.Youwouldnotbeableto

understandwhysomepeoplefinditrepulsive.Ontheotherhand,your

stomachwouldturnattheideaoffryingpotatoesinanimalfat-the

normallyacceptedpracticeinmanynortherncountries.Thesadtruthis

thatmostofushavebeenbroughtuptoeatcertainfoodsandwestick

tothemallourlives.

Nocreaturehasreceivedmorepraiseandabusethanthecommongarden

snail.Cookedinwine,snailsareagreatluxuryinvariouspartsofthe

world.Therearecountlesspeoplewho,eversincetheirearlyyears,have

learnedtoassociatesnailswithfood.Myfriend,Robert,livesina

countrywheresnailsaredespised.Ashisflatisinalargetown,hehas

nogardenofhisown.Foryearshehasbeenaskingmetocollectsnails

frommygardenandtakethemtohim.Theideaneverappealedtomevery

much,butoneday,afterheavyshower,Ihappenedtobewalkinginmygarden

whenInoticedahugenumberofsnailstakingastrollonsomeofmyprize

plants.Actingonasuddenimpulse,Icollectedseveraldozen,putthem

inapaperbag,andtookthemtoRobert.Robertwasdelightedtoseeme

andequallypleasedwithmylittlegift.Ileftthebaginthehal1and

i

RobertandIwentintothelivingroomwherewetalkedforacoupleof

hours.IhadforgottenallaboutthesnailswhenRobertsuddenlysaidthat

Imuststaytodinner.Snailswould,ofcourse,bethemaindish.Idid

notfancytheideaandIreluctantlyfollowedRobertoutoftheroom.To

ourdismay,wesawthatthereweresnailseverywhere:theyhadescaped

fromthepaperbagandhadtakencompletepossessionofthehall!Ihave

neverbeenabletolookatasnailsincethen.

練習題：

Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:

1.Theunderlinedword“repulsive“inParagraph1mostprobablymeans

A.disgustingB.pleasantC.acceptableD.delicious

2.WecaninferfromParagraph3thatwhencollectingthesnails,the

author.

A.wasgladthathecouldsharethemwithhisfriend

B.wasangrybecausetheymightdamagehisbelovedplants

C.wasexcitedaboutbeingabletogivehisfriendasurprise

D.wasdepressedbecauseitwashardtocatchthemall

3.Theauthorfindsthatsnails.

A.areasdeliciousasoctopus

B.aredislikedinhishometown

C.arethemostcontroversialfood

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D.areaspopularasfriedpotatoes

4.Thebesttitleforthepassagemightbe"”?

A.OneMan,sMeatisAnotherMan,sPoison

B.FoodsandCultures

C.SnailandOctopus

D.PeopleAreIllogicalinFrontofDelicacies

5.Asindicatedinthepassage,peoplelovedifferentfoodsmainly

because

A.theyliveindifferentplaces.

B.theylearntoeatcertainfoodsintheirfamilies

C.theyhavedifferentunderstandingofdelicacy

D.theyaretooillogicaltoexplain

1.[A]詞義推斷題。解答本題的關(guān)鍵首先要理解repulsive前面的it是指

上一句的octopus,由Ontheotherhand可知第2句和第3句描述的是人們對

章魚作為食物的兩種相反的反應(yīng)，而與agreatdelicacy相反的是A,故A為正

確答案。

2.[B]推理判斷題。在第2段中查找到作者有一天在陣雨后散步發(fā)現(xiàn)蝸牛爬

在他那些prizeplants上面，所以才突然有了去抓蝸牛的沖動。理解prize在

此意為“一流的，珍視的”，便可知作者當時很生氣，由此可確定答案為B。

3.[C]事實細節(jié)題。本題考查復合句的理解。第2段第1句“No

creature...more...thansnails”表達的是最高級概念，即：Snailshave

receivedmostpraiseandabuse由此可知，蝸牛是最具爭議性的食物，因此C

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就是該句的近義替換。作者沒有把蝸牛與章魚或炸土豆作比較，因此A和D不對;

文中提到在朋友的居住地，蝸牛是沒人瞧得上的，但沒有提到在作者的家鄉(xiāng)是否

受歡迎，因此B也不對。

4.[A]主旨大意題。文章第1句話其實是全文的主題句，說明人們對于選擇

吃什么、不吃什么是沒有什么章法的，暗示了人們在飲食方面有大相徑庭的喜好,

接著用了數(shù)個具體例子說明，并著重以蝸牛為例，闡明這種差異。英語習語“One

man,smeatisanotherman,spoison”形象地表達了這一觀點。本題最具干

擾性的是B,文章在第1段談到飲食有差異，這涉及到了culture,但作者并沒花

太多筆墨描述各國不同的文化，因此，culture并非本文的中心。另外，D的表

達與文章第1句很相似，但是D說的是人們在美食面前會喪失理智，與第1句的

意思其實相差甚遠，且并非文章要闡明的主題。