2013中考英語課外閱讀欣賞An apple a day keeps the doctor away

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    背景知識:美國人的飲食習(xí)慣
    美國人在吃午餐和晚餐之前,通常要喝點雞尾酒。在加利福尼亞州,人們大都喝葡萄酒。
    同時,在吃主食之前,一般都要吃一盤沙拉。炸蘑菇和炸洋蔥圈可作為開胃食品,牛排、豬排和雞(腿)為主食,龍蝦、貝殼類動物以及各種魚類,甚至包括淡水魚被統(tǒng)稱為海鮮。炸土豆條深受人們喜愛且?guī)缀醭闪吮夭豢缮俚氖澄?。另外,?yīng)特別注意的一點,如有吃剩的食物,一定要打包帶回家,以免浪費。
    美國人在吃飯的時候是刀叉并用,而且他們的用餐方式也是很有講究的。因此,在應(yīng)邀與美國朋友一起吃飯時,應(yīng)特別注意他們的用餐習(xí)慣。一般情況下,餐桌上擺放有一副餐刀和兩副餐叉,外邊的餐叉供你吃沙拉,里邊的餐叉用于吃主食和其它點心食品,餐刀用來切肉食。如果你兩手并用,應(yīng)左手握叉,右手握刀,而且一次握刀時間不能太長。
    拓展閱讀:
    Did you ever hear anyone say, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”? Do you think that if people eat apples they won’t get sick?
    Some scientists wanted to find out if this old saying is true. They divided a college class into two groups. The first group ate two apples a day. The second group did not eat any apple. After a few months, they added up all the times the young people got sick. The apple eaters turned out to be healthier than those who hadn’t eaten apples. It seemed to show that an apple or two apples a day really does keep the doctor away.
    1、The best title is ______.
    Growing Apples
    College Classes
    Apples and Health
    A Good Breakfast
    2、The scientists divided the class into ______.
    five groups
    three groups
    two groups
    four groups
    3、The first group ate ______.
    two apples a day
    no apples
    three apples a day
    one apple a day
    4、The story suggests that people should eat ______.
    pears
    bananas
    apples
    everything
    5、“Keep the doctor away” means ______.
    答案:
    1. C
    解析:第一題需要縱覽全文后才能做出,全文主旨在于講述吃蘋果的人可以少生病。題目要和主旨一致,所以為C選項。
    2. C
    解析:文中第二段指出,科學(xué)家把一個班分成兩個小組做對比實驗。C選項正確。
    3. A
    解析:文中第三段指出,每個國家都可以發(fā)行郵票來紀(jì)念運動會。
    4. C
    解析:文中講述的是吃蘋果有益健康,所以建議的是吃蘋果,而沒有說到吃其他東西。
    5. not getting sick
    解析:根據(jù)文中第二段的內(nèi)容可知,吃蘋果可以少生病。所以可知“Keep the doctor away”是不生病的意思。
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