Question

【题目】Eating in different areas

All around the world, everyone has to eat.【1】

What people eat is related to where they live.【2】For example, the cold weather near the North Pole (北极) means that few plants can grow there.【3】

In Northern China, corn and wheat grow well because of the dry weather. 【4】 People there usually grow and eat rice because their land is near lakes or rivers. They do this also because there is much rain.

The land and weather in Central America is good for growing cocoa trees. Cocoa trees may have gotten their start on the lower slopes of the Andes Mountains. Cocoa trees can only live in hot, rainy places near the Equator. Chocolate is made from the seeds named cocoa beans in the fruit of these trees.【5】Chocolate has become the food that people can’t live without.

A. However, it is different in the South.

B. People decide what to grow in the fields based on the local weather.

C. Almost every home there has its own way of making chocolate.

D. But people in different areas eat different things.

E. Therefore, the local people live only by fishing and catching animals.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】E

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】

本篇是一篇说明文。介绍了在世界上不同地区由于气候不同，人们选择不同的食材。主要以中国北方和中美洲为例介绍了不同区域的食材差异。

【1】上文提到全世界的人都必须吃东西。下文又说人们吃什么是由他们住在哪里决定的。所以中间选D，但是人们在不同的区域吃不同的食物。这个承接上文和下文的理解意思。故选D。

【2】前一句讲人们吃什么是由他们住在哪里决定的，后面一句讲住在北极附近的人不能种出植物，所以中间应该是人们根据当地的天气来决定在地里种什么。故选B。

【3】上文提及住在北极附近的人不能种出植物，所以后面应跟他们只能通过钓鱼和打猎为生。故选E。

【4】上文提到在中国的北方，玉米和小麦由于干燥的天气所以长势很好，下文又说人们经常吃大米，因为他们住在湖或者江边，前后两句讲的是不同的生活方式，故中间应是然而在南方是不同的。故选A。

【5】前一句讲巧克力是由可可树果实中的可可豆种子制成的，后面一句讲巧克力已经成为人们不能没有的食物，中间应该用一句表示连接的句子，几乎每个家庭都有自己制作巧克力的方法。故选C。

对于五选五的解题步骤注意以下几点：1. 通读全文，理解大意；2. 浏览选项，初选答案；3. 详细阅读，确定答案；4. 重读全文，验证答案。在第三个步骤详细阅读时，还需注意词汇复现、代词、语篇标记语、空前空后这几点。