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【題目】 Now more and more young people in China like to eat alone, whether at home or in restaurants. A survey was made among one hundred people. The result showed that ____ half of them had an experience of eating alone.

However, eating alone can still be a challenge in China, _____ Chinese culture is family—based（家庭式的）.Eating together is considered to be very ______ for family bond（紐帶）.Many people, especially old people, are influenced by this, so it is not easy for them to ___the idea of eating alone. Besides, usually children in China are ______ to eat with their families.

Many people have done research into the ____ of eating alone. Cal Yani is one of them. She used to work for a magazine. In 2012, she _____ her job and began her research work. At the same time, she herself started to eat alone. She often enters restaurants and notices many young people eating alone ______ her. She points out that young people are often very busy with their work. They have much stress from work. Eating alone is a good way for them to relieve stress and can bring them _____and make them feel comfortable. Cai said, “While you are eating alone, you can pay attention to the eating process ______ and you don't have to think about other things. This is the best kind of rest.”

【1】A.exactlyB.hardlyC.nearlyD.heavily

【2】A.thoughB.unlessC.untilD.because

【3】A.importantB.differentC.unusualD.convenient

【4】A.shareB.believeC.supportD.discuss

【5】A.warnedB.educatedC.advisedD.promised

【6】A.causeB.wayC.ruleD.symbol

【7】A.made upB.looked upC.took upD.gave up

【8】A.withB.likeC.byD.than

【9】A.fearB.shameC.pleasureD.progress

【10】A.itselfB.herselfC.yourselfD.myself

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【5】B

【6】A

【7】D

【8】B

【9】C

【10】A

【解析】

現(xiàn)在，越來(lái)越多的中國(guó)年輕人喜歡獨(dú)自一人吃飯，無(wú)論是在家還是在餐館里。這篇文章簡(jiǎn)單討論了這一社會(huì)現(xiàn)象。

【1】句意：結(jié)果表明，其中幾乎一半的人有獨(dú)自吃飯的經(jīng)歷。

考查副詞。A. exactly準(zhǔn)確地；B. hardly幾乎不；C. nearly幾乎；D. heavily重地。這里是表示“幾乎”一半人有獨(dú)自吃飯經(jīng)歷，故選C。

【2】句意：然而，在中國(guó)獨(dú)自吃飯仍然是一個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)，因?yàn)橹袊?guó)文化是以家庭為基礎(chǔ)的。

考查連詞。A. though雖然；B. unless除非；C. until直到；D. because因?yàn)椤＿@里是陳述為什么獨(dú)自吃飯是挑戰(zhàn)，because引導(dǎo)原因狀語(yǔ)從句引出原因，故選D。

【3】句意：一起吃飯被認(rèn)為對(duì)家庭紐帶非常重要。

考查形容詞。A. important重要的；B. different不同的；C. unusual不同尋常的；D. convenient方便的。對(duì)于維護(hù)家庭的紐帶，一起吃飯很“重要”，因?yàn)橹袊?guó)文化是以家庭為基礎(chǔ)的，故選A。

【4】句意：許多人，尤其是老年人，受此影響，因此，他們不容易支持單獨(dú)進(jìn)餐的想法。

考查動(dòng)詞。A. share分享；B. believe相信；C. support支持；D. discuss討論。老年人更受中國(guó)文化的影響，因此不容易“支持”獨(dú)自用餐的觀點(diǎn)，短語(yǔ)support the idea意為“支持觀點(diǎn)，支持看法”，故選C。

【5】句意：此外，通常中國(guó)的孩子被教育要與家人一起吃飯。

考查動(dòng)詞。A. warned警告；B. educated教育；C. advised建議；D. promised承諾。這是被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)be done，孩子們從小就“被教育”要和家人一起吃飯，故選B。

【6】句意：許多人已經(jīng)對(duì)單獨(dú)進(jìn)食的原因進(jìn)行了研究。

考查名詞。A. cause原因；B. way方式；C. rule規(guī)則；D. symbol象征。這里是說(shuō)有人對(duì)單獨(dú)用餐這一現(xiàn)象的原因進(jìn)行探究，后面開(kāi)始簡(jiǎn)單分享探究的結(jié)果，故選A。

【7】句意：2012年，她放棄了工作，開(kāi)始了她的研究工作。

考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。A. made up化妝；B. looked up查閱（信息）；C. took up從事；D. gave up放棄；這里是說(shuō)她辭職，放棄自己的工作專(zhuān)心開(kāi)始研究，故選D。

【8】句意：她經(jīng)常進(jìn)入餐廳，注意到許多年輕人像她一樣獨(dú)自吃飯。

考查介詞。A. with和；B. like像；C. by通過(guò)；D. than比……。這里介詞like意為“就像”，表示年輕人“就像”她一樣獨(dú)自用餐，故選B。

【9】句意：獨(dú)自進(jìn)食是緩解壓力的一種好方法，可以使他們感到愉悅并使他們感到舒適。

考查名詞。A. fear恐懼；B. shame羞恥；C. pleasure快樂(lè)；D. progress進(jìn)步。獨(dú)自用餐受年輕人選擇是因?yàn)槟苁蛊涓械娇鞓?lè)，感到舒適，故選C。

【10】句意：獨(dú)自吃飯時(shí)，您可以注意飲食過(guò)程本身，而不必考慮其他事情。

考查反身代詞。A. itself它自己；B. herself她自己；C. yourself你自己；D. myself我自己。這里指“用餐過(guò)程”eating process這件事“它自己，本身”，用反身代詞itself表示“它自己”，故選A。