Question

【題目】 People all over the world eat eggs. Most of the eggs we eat come from hens. Eggs are easy to cook. They can be cooked in lots of ways such as fried or hard-boiled. Eggs can be used with other things to make cakes and ice-cream.

The fresh test Put your egg in a pan of water and use the guide below to find out how old your egg is.

Sinks（下沉）to the bottom of the pan and stays there 3-6 days old Sinks, but floats at an angle（角度） Just over 1 week old Sinks, and then stands on end About 2 weeks old Floats on top or just under the surface Over 2 weeks old Eggs last a long time. You can keep them for about four weeks in your fridge.

【1】According to Paragraph 1, cakes and ice-cream are mentioned to describe ____________.

A. the birth of chickensB. the difference between them

C. the use of eggsD. the way of keeping them

【2】What makes a yolk dark orange?

A. The hen's food.B. The colour of the shell.

C. The age of the egg.D. The vitamins in the egg.

【3】What does the table above show?

A. How heavy an egg can be.B. How long to cook an egg in a pan.

C. How to make an egg sink.D. How to check the age of an egg.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【解析】

短文大意：本文是科普文，簡(jiǎn)單介紹了雞蛋的做法和用途，重點(diǎn)介紹的是如何檢驗(yàn)雞蛋的新鮮程度。

【1】題意：根據(jù)第1段，蛋糕和冰淇淋被提到用來(lái)描述雞蛋的用途。考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)Eggs can be used with other things to make cakes and ice-cream.可知雞蛋可被用于做蛋糕和冰淇淋，the use of eggs（雞蛋的用途）符合句意，故選C。

【2】題意：什么使蛋黃變成深橙色?考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)The yolk can be pale yellow to dark orange. The colour depends on what the hen eats.可知蛋黃的顏色取決于母雞吃什么，故選A。

【3】題意：上面的表格顯示了什么?考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)Put your egg in a pan of water and use the guide below to find out how old your egg is.可知表格提供了如何檢查雞蛋的天數(shù)的方法，How to check the age of an egg.符合文意，故選D。