2021年12月大学英语四六级阅读题专项练习26

2021年12月英语四六级阅读题

专项练习26：餐桌上的蜗牛

Peoplebecomequiteillogicalwhentheytrytodecidewhatcanbeeaten

andwhatcannotbeeaten.IfyoulivedintheMediterranean,forinstance,

youwouldconsideroctopusagreatdelicacy.Youwouldnotbeableto

understandwhysomepeoplefinditrepulsive.Ontheotherhand,your

stomachwouldturnattheideaoffryingpotatoesinanimalfat-the

normallyacceptedpracticeinmanynortherncountries.Thesadtruthis

thatmostofushavebeenbroughtuptoeatcertainfoodsandwestick

tothemallourlives.

Nocreaturehasreceivedmorepraiseandabusethanthecommongarden

snail.Cookedinwine,snailsareagreatluxuryinvariouspartsofthe

world.Therearecountlesspeoplewho,eversincetheirearlyyears,have

learnedtoassociatesnailswithfood.Myfriend,Robert,livesina

countrywheresnailsaredespised.Ashisflatisinalargetown,hehas

nogardenofhisown.Foryearshehasbeenaskingmetocollectsnails

frommygardenandtakethemtohim.Theideaneverappealedtomevery

much,butoneday,afterheavyshower,Ihappenedtobewalkinginmygarden

whenInoticedahugenumberofsnailstakingastrollonsomeofmyprize

plants.Actingonasuddenimpulse,Icollectedseveraldozen,putthem

inapaperbag,andtookthemtoRobert.Robertwasdelightedtoseeme

andequallypleasedwithmylittlegift.Ileftthebaginthehal1and

i

RobertandIwentintothelivingroomwherewetalkedforacoupleof

hours.IhadforgottenallaboutthesnailswhenRobertsuddenlysaidthat

Imuststaytodinner.Snailswould,ofcourse,bethemaindish.Idid

notfancytheideaandIreluctantlyfollowedRobertoutoftheroom.To

ourdismay,wesawthatthereweresnailseverywhere:theyhadescaped

fromthepaperbagandhadtakencompletepossessionofthehall!Ihave

neverbeenabletolookatasnailsincethen.

练习题：

Choosecorrectanswerstothequestion:

1.Theunderlinedword“repulsive“inParagraph1mostprobablymeans

A.disgustingB.pleasantC.acceptableD.delicious

2.WecaninferfromParagraph3thatwhencollectingthesnails,the

author.

A.wasgladthathecouldsharethemwithhisfriend

B.wasangrybecausetheymightdamagehisbelovedplants

C.wasexcitedaboutbeingabletogivehisfriendasurprise

D.wasdepressedbecauseitwashardtocatchthemall

3.Theauthorfindsthatsnails.

A.areasdeliciousasoctopus

B.aredislikedinhishometown

C.arethemostcontroversialfood

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D.areaspopularasfriedpotatoes

4.Thebesttitleforthepassagemightbe"”?

A.OneMan,sMeatisAnotherMan,sPoison

B.FoodsandCultures

C.SnailandOctopus

D.PeopleAreIllogicalinFrontofDelicacies

5.Asindicatedinthepassage,peoplelovedifferentfoodsmainly

because

A.theyliveindifferentplaces.

B.theylearntoeatcertainfoodsintheirfamilies

C.theyhavedifferentunderstandingofdelicacy

D.theyaretooillogicaltoexplain

1.[A]词义推断题。解答本题的关键首先要理解repulsive前面的it是指

上一句的octopus,由Ontheotherhand可知第2句和第3句描述的是人们对

章鱼作为食物的两种相反的反应，而与agreatdelicacy相反的是A,故A为正

确答案。

2.[B]推理判断题。在第2段中查找到作者有一天在阵雨后散步发现蜗牛爬

在他那些prizeplants上面，所以才突然有了去抓蜗牛的冲动。理解prize在

此意为“一流的，珍视的”，便可知作者当时很生气，由此可确定答案为B。

3.[C]事实细节题。本题考查复合句的理解。第2段第1句“No

creature...more...thansnails”表达的是最高级概念，即：Snailshave

receivedmostpraiseandabuse由此可知，蜗牛是最具争议性的食物，因此C

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就是该句的近义替换。作者没有把蜗牛与章鱼或炸土豆作比较，因此A和D不对;

文中提到在朋友的居住地，蜗牛是没人瞧得上的，但没有提到在作者的家乡是否

受欢迎，因此B也不对。

4.[A]主旨大意题。文章第1句话其实是全文的主题句，说明人们对于选择

吃什么、不吃什么是没有什么章法的，暗示了人们在饮食方面有大相径庭的喜好,

接着用了数个具体例子说明，并着重以蜗牛为例，阐明这种差异。英语习语“One

man,smeatisanotherman,spoison”形象地表达了这一观点。本题最具干

扰性的是B,文章在第1段谈到饮食有差异，这涉及到了culture,但作者并没花

太多笔墨描述各国不同的文化，因此，culture并非本文的中心。另外，D的表

达与文章第1句很相似，但是D说的是人们在美食面前会丧失理智，与第1句的

意思其实相差甚远，且并非文章要阐明的主题。