题目内容
If you don’t want people to know too much about you, then you had better keep your fridge contents secret, according to a British market research document released last week.
Researchers peered (凝视) into the fridges of 400 people in Britain and compared the contents with the owners’ lifestyles. They claim to be able to classify the nation’s people by fridge contents.
They say those people can be separated into five categories:nutrition nerds (no social sense), food faddiest (whatever’s in style), martyr mums, fast food fanatics and restaurant regulars.
Nutrition nerds care much about what they put into their bodies. Their fridges are stocked with fruit, vegetables and healthy meat.
People in this category tend to be highly organized and usually work in law or accountancy. The vast majority is single, but if they have a partner, that person will be similar.
A fridge full of vitamins — enriched juices implies its owner works in media or fashion. They tend not to eat the foods they buy. Known as the food faddiest, they just want to be seen as purchasing the latest important things.
A fridge filled with everything from steak to frozen fish suggests the martyr mum. Her fridge tends to be stocked with every kind of product, except what she herself would want. This fridge hints at difficulty balancing family and work life.
Fast food fanatics always buy mineral water or soda pop. The nearest they will get to fresh fruit is tomato sauce. Their fridges hint at someone who works hard and plays hard, also, someone who is not into long term planning.
Finally, a fridge filled with nothing more than a bottle of white wine and some sparkling mineral water implies an owner who is single, lives in a big city and enjoys the finer things in life. The fridge is empty because this person regularly eats in restaurants.
1.What can we know from the first two paragraphs?
A.Some researchers are fond of staring at other people’s fridges.
B.People don’t want others to know about their secrets.
C.The food you put in the fridge has something to do with your personality.
D.There are mainly five kinds of lifestyles among British people.
2.According to the passage, people who belong to food faddiest_________.
A.don’t care much about money when buying things
B.will try their best to stay healthy
C.often stay up late to finish their job
D.prefer to ask others about what to do next
3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A.“Nutrition nerds” are always organized and successful in their jobs.
B.“Food faddists” like to stock their fridges with all kinds of vitamins.
C.“Martyr mums” care themselves more than others.
D.“Fast food fanatics” usually do not stock their fridges with fresh fruit.
4.What will those who often dine out put in the fridge?
A.All kinds of food they like.
B.Only something to drink.
C.Fruit, vegetables and meat.
D.Food rich in vitamins.
5.What is this passage mainly about?
A.What people store in their fridges.
B.Fridge contents and its owner’s secret.
C.What we should store in our fridges.
D.How to keep our fridge contents secret.
1.C
2.A
3.D
4.B
5.B
【解析】
试题分析:本文论述了家里的冰箱里的存放的东西与人的关系。按照英国的调查可以把人分成五类,一是营养书呆型。二是食物时尚型。三是自我牺牲妈妈型(除了自己喜欢的东西之外应有尽有)四是快餐狂热分子型。五是餐馆的常客型。文中分别阐述了他们各自的储存的东西种类。
1.细节理解题。根据Researchers peered (凝视) into the fridges of 400 people in Britain and compared the contents with the owners’ lifestyles. 放冰箱的东西与人的个性有关,故选C。
2.细节理解题。根据whatever’s in style 无论是什么样的都买,故选A。
3.细节理解题。根据Fast food fanatics always buy mineral water or soda pop. The nearest they will get to fresh fruit is tomato sauce. 故选D。
4.细节理解题。根据a fridge filled with nothing more than a bottle of white wine and some sparkling mineral water故选B。
5.主旨大意题。根据If you don’t want people to know too much about you, then you had better keep your fridge contents secret,可知冰箱里存的东西与主人的秘密,故选B。
考点:日常生活类短文阅读。
点评:说明文、议论文类文章:要把握文章的中心,先找出文章的主题句(Topic Sentence),即中心思想,文章的主题句往往出现在首段或末段。第一段给出作者的观点或引出将要介绍的事物,而末段则总结全文、重申论点。因此,在阅读议论文或说明文时,一定要注意首段或末段的信息,因为那通常就是文章的主题句。
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