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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

　　Several times each year the Queen gives afternoon tea parties at which guests are served tiny cakes filled with cream from her own cows. Cakes and sandwiches are brought in by footmen, yet you never see the Queen touch a thing. She simply sits beside a big silver plate, pouring cups of tea for everyone and carefully avoiding the cakes.

　　At cocktail parties the Queen moves from group to group, chatting informally, and manages to make one glass of diet(饮食)drink last an entire evening.

　　Tours abroad are difficult because hosts(主人)seem to believe the warmth of their welcome must be shown with wonderful state banquets(宴会). But the Queen has perfected the art of appearing to enjoy her meal without actually eating much.

　　During one visit to the Pacific islands of Tonga, a specially－prepared dinner was arranged in a hut made of wood and bamboo leaves. Deep holes were dug in the ground, filled with hot stones and baby pigs, and the pigs were slowly baked over several days. The Queen looked uneasily at her plate when she discovered a whole roast pig was her serving.

　　Then she became uneasy when a turkey, some meat, bananas and an apple were also carried in for each guest. So she depended on her old favorite trick of talking with her host, King Tupou TV, and carrying on a warm conversation. At the same time she pushed her food around her plate and only ate a piece of turkey and some fruit.

　　Reporters traveling with her have noted that the Queen will sometimes seem so carried away by a foreign leader's political chat she simply never has time to finish a meal before it is time to get up and make her speech. She will lift her fork to swallow a mouthful, then put it down again to make another point, leaving almost all of her meal untouched.

1．The main idea of the passage is about ________.

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A．the Queen's favorite food

B．the Queen' s tours abroad

C．how the Queen keeps her diet during her tours

D．the Queen's trouble with a foreign leader

2．The Queen talked with her host and carried on conversation with him. The purpose of doing this is ________.

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A．to show her politeness

B. not to eat much

C．to show her great interest in food

D．to hide her dislike to the food

3．We can infer from the passage that tours are difficult for the Queen, because ________.

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A．she has to meet with so many important leaders

B．she has to eat much oily food

C．she has so many reporters to travel with her

D. hosts always present wonderful state banquets

4．What probably is the Queen's art of acting at state dinners?

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A．Appearing to enjoy her meal without actually eating much.

B．Drinking Malvern water.

C．Eating a piece of turkey and some fruit.

D．Eating much without being noticed.

Answer 1

答案：C;B;D;A
解析：

1．C　　本答案较难选出。全文第一、二段叙述了the Queen在afternoon tea parties及在cocktail patties的表现，接下来作者又叙述了在其他几个场合下，如在the Pacific islands of Tanga的表现，短文第三段Tours abroad are difficult…又告诉我们作者在叙述the Queen。是在外出，因此C项为最佳答案。B项有较大干扰性。全文叙述了the Queen外出时的饮食，而没有涉及其他。 　　2．B　　本题答案依据短文第四段第一、二句得出。trick的意思是“计谋”，her old favorite trick of talking with her host是指“多说话少少吃东西”。 　　3．D　　从短文中我们可以看出无论是afternoon tea parties还是cocktail parties，还是在其他场合，主人提供的食品非常丰盛。 　　4．A　　从全文我们看出，无论在何种宴会上，尽管the Queen表现出喜欢主人的安排，但她用各种方法吃东西。