Question

【题目】Many people travel to different places in the world by air. Usually it takes a long time, perhaps half a day, for passengers to stay in the plane. So airlines( 航 空 公 司 ) offer passengers food. But it is common that they feel bad about food taste. Do you agree?

To solve this problem, airlines try hard to improve their food. They would like to do so because they don’t want to lose customers.

However, according to scientific research, part of the reason why plane food tastes bad is that at high altitude(海拔) we can not taste things as well as we do on the ground. Also scientists have found that our noses become very dry even before a plane takes off. As the plane moves up, the change in air pressure(气压) reduces(降低) one third of the sensibility(感觉) of our taste buds ( 味 蕾 ). So our taste buds become senseless. The sad fact, however, is that our noses don’t know it.

All of these help explain why food on the plane tastes so bad. They also help explain why airlines choose to offer passengers salty and spicy(辛辣的) food. Without doing so, the food would be tasteless.

Now there are many researches on this. According to one of them, some volunteers are asked to lie with their feet higher than their heads for weeks. And scientists write down their feeling about food taste.

Though scientists try their best, it is not as easy as they thought. Because they can’t deal with the special environment successfully, such as the change in air pressure(气压), making food taste good is still hard for them.

【1】In Paragraph 2, this problem means________.

A. passengers stay long in the plane B. food on the plane tastes bad

C. passengers have no food to eat D. food on the plane is expensive

【2】From Paragraph3, we know that________.

A. No one can find out the reasons

B. people can taste well anywhere and anytime

C. high altitude is part of the reason of plane food’s bad taste

D. our noses are not dry or wet on the plane all the time

【3】Why do scientists feel it hard to make food on the plane taste good?

A. The volunteers don’t know about food taste.

B. The volunteers don’t understand them at all.

C. They can’t find enough volunteers to try it.

D. They can’t solve the special environment problem.

【4】What is the best title of the passage?

A. Taste of Airplane Food. B. Airplane Travel.

C. Scientific Research on Noses. D. The Change in Air Pressure.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 B

【2】 C

【3】 D

【4】 A

【解析】

本文主要介绍了很多人对飞机上提供的食物不满。而根据科学研究，食物味道不好的重要原因是高海拔太高，我们不能像在地上一样品尝东西，气压等因素的变化使我们的味觉和嗅觉都减弱了。针对这个问题，科学家们还在努力研究，但并不像他们想象的那么容易。

【1】细节理解题。题干句意：在第2段中，这个问题的意思是_______。其中A. passengers stay long in the plane乘客在飞机上停留的时间很长；B. food on the plane tastes bad飞机上的食物很难吃；C. passengers have no food to eat.乘客没有食物可吃；D. food on the plane is expensive飞机上的食物很贵。结合答案和原文信息，根据上文But it is common that they feel bad about food taste. Do you agree?To solve this problem 但是他们对食物的味道感觉不好是很正常的。你同意吗?为了解决这个问题....可知，this problem是指food on the plane tastes bad，故正确答案为B .

【2】细节理解题。题干句意：从第三段，我们知道_______。其中A. No one can find out the reasons没有人能找出原因；B. people can taste well anywhere and anytime人们随时随地都能品尝到美味；C.high altitude is part of the reason of plane food’s bad taste高海拔是飞机餐难吃的部分原因；D. our noses are not dry or wet on the plane all the time我们的鼻子在飞机上并不总是干湿的。结合答案和原文信息，根据第三段As the plane moves up, the change in air pressure reduces one third of the sensibility of our taste buds.当飞机上升时，气压的变化会降低我们味蕾三分之一的敏感度 。C项符合题意，故正确答案为C .

【3】细节理解题。题干句意：为什么科学家觉得在飞机上很难做出好吃的食物？

其中A. The volunteers don’t know about food taste.志愿者不知道食物的味道；B. The volunteers don’t understand them at all.志愿者们一点也不理解他们；C. They can’t find enough volunteers to try it.他们找不到足够的志愿者来尝试；D. They can’t solve the special environment problem.他们不能解决特殊的环境问题。结合答案和原文信息，根据最后一段Because they can’t deal with the special environment successfully因为他们不能成功地应对特殊的环境，可知D项符合题意，故正确答案为D .

【4】主旨大意题。题干句意：这篇文章最好的题目是什么？其中A. Taste of Airplane Food. 飞机餐的味道。B. Airplane Travel.飞机旅行。C. Scientific Research on Noses.鼻子的科学研究。D. The Change in Air Pressure.气压的变化。结合答案和原文信息，可知A项符合题意，故正确答案为A .

做主旨大意题应该从话题、主题段、主题句、语篇结构等方面入手，从全局的角度梳理文章脉络，并进行归纳概括。