单选题 Directions:This part is to test your
reading ability. There are 5 tasks for you to fulfill. You should read the
reading materials carefully and do the tasks as you are instructed. 1 Directions:After reading the
following passage, you will find 5 questions or unfinished statements, numbered
36 to 40. For each question or statement there are 4 choices marked A), B), C)
and D). You should make the correct choice and mark the corresponding letter on
the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
Beginning in October, more than 13000
McDonald's restaurants in America will use a new variety of cooking oil.
McDonald's aims to make its French fries and other fried foods healthier.
The change will not affect the taste or the number of calories
in the food. But by changing the cooking oil, McDonald's says, it hopes to cut
by nearly half the amount of trans fatty acids (转换脂肪酸) in French fries
and reduce the amount of saturated fats (饱和脂肪) by 16 percent.
Scientists believe that trans fatty acids and saturated fats raise
cholesterol (胆固醇) levels and increase the risk of heart disease.
McDonald's new step is important because McDonald's is an
industry leader and other fast-food chains and food processors may follow the
lead. For McDonald's, the action comes at a time when Americans
are becoming more and more concerned about obesity, which is also an increasing
pressure on food companies to offer healthy food to consumers.
After three years of study, McDonald's officials say they are switching
oil that is lower in saturated fats and trans fatty acids. McDonald's says the
change will not cause higher coats for consumers. Though there
is some change, scientists say that the amount of trans fatty acids in foods at
McDonald's and at other fast-food companies is still important.
单选题
More than 13000 McDonald's restaurants in America will use a new kind of cooking oil to______.
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 细节推断题。由线索词13000，new和cooking oil定位到文中第一段最后一句：McDonald's aims to make its French fries and other fried foods healthier.得出答案为D)。
[避错] A)“降低产品成本”文中并未提及产品成本高低问题；B)“让食物尝起来比以前更好吃”，这与文章第二段第一句“这种油并不影响食物的味道和热量”相矛盾，故排除；C)“治疗心脏病”，新使用的油没有这种功能，只是以前的油有提高心脏病的风险，新使用的油会降低这种风险而已。
单选题
When a new kind of cooking oil is used in McDonald's,______.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 事实细节题。文章第三段指出，由于McDonald's在快餐业的领导地位，它对食用油的改变必将使other fast-food chains and food processors may follow the lead，故选C)。
[避错] 第五段指出，McDonald's说此次食用油的变更不会使其食品价格上升，故A)错；文章没有说明此次食用油的变更是否会影响食物的味道，故B)错误；D)未在文章中体现。
单选题
The word "switching" (Line 1, Para. 5) has the same meaning as"______".