复合题

Directions: Read the following four texts. Answer the questions below each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.

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What, besides children, connects mothers around the world and across the seas of time? It’s chicken soup, one prominent American food expert says. 

From Russian villages to Africa and Asia, chicken soup has been the remedy for those weak in body and spirit. Mothers passed their knowledge on to ancient writers of Greece, China and Rome, and even the 12th century philosopher and physician Moses Mainmides extolled (赞美) its virtues. 

Among the ancients, Aristotle thought poultry should stand in higher estimation than four-legged animals because the air is less dense than the earth. Chickens got another boost in the book of Genesis, where it is written that birds and fish were created on the fifth day, a day before four-legged animals. 

But according to Mimi Sheraton, who has spent much of the past three years exploring the world of chicken soup, much of the reason for chicken’s real or imagined curative powers comes from its color. 

Her new book, “The Whole World Loves Chicken Soup”, looks at the beloved and mysterious brew, with dozens of recipes from around the world. “Throughout the ages,” she said, “there has been a lot of feeling that white-colored foods are easier to eat for the weak women and the ill.” In addition, “soups, or anything for that matter eaten with a spoon” are considered “comfort foods.” Sheraton said. 

“I love soup and love making soup and as I was collecting recipes I began to see this as an international dish...It has a universal mystique as something curative, a strength builder,” Sheraton said from her New York home. 

Her book treats the oldest remedy as if it was brand new. 

The National Broiler Council, the trade group representing the chicken industry, reported that 51 percent of the people it surveyed said they bought chicken because it was healthier, 50 percent said it was versatile, 41 percent said it was economical and 46 percent said it was low in fat. 

单选题 Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】主旨大意题。 纵观全文可知， 文章是围绕鸡汤在世界范围内的治愈功效展开的。 故D项正确。
单选题 Since ancient times, the value of chicken soup _____.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】细节理解题。 通过文章第二段可知， 鸡汤的功效得到母亲们、 哲学家和内科医生的广泛认可， 因而B项正确。
单选题 Which of the following statements is NOT true?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】细节理解题。 文章第三段提到“Among the ancients, Aristotle thought poultry should stand in higher estimation than four-legged animals because the air is less dense than the earth”， 由此可知， 亚里士多德认为家禽应比四条腿的动物物种优良， 因为高处的空气比地面稀薄。 但这只是亚里士多德个人的意见， 没有普遍意义， 因而C项不正确。 故本题选C。
单选题 Chicken soup has curative powers mainly for _____ according to Sheraton.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】细节理解题。 第四段最后一句提到“much of the reason for chicken’s real or imagined curative powers comes from its color”， 鸡汤之所以具有真正的或想象的治愈能力， 主要源于它的颜色。 故本题选A。
单选题 It can be said from the survey that chicken is _____.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】概括大意题。 由最后一段提到的研究结果可知， 很多人都因为不同的原因买鸡， 由此可知鸡是一种广受欢迎的食物。 故答案为B。