Question

Never before in Chinese history has a documentary film aroused so much public enthusiasm. Everybody is talking about a new 7-part documentary called A Bite of China which was recently broadcast late at night on CCTV I. The documentary describes various gourmet items across the vast Chinese culinary (烹飪) landscape.

According to Taobao, China’s biggest online retail website, just five days after the series began to air, nearly 6 million people went to the site in search of various local specialties, particularly those mentioned in the documentary. More than 7.2 million deals were concluded. A ham producer from Yunnan Province saw his sales grow 17-fold in five days.

However, one can’t help but believe that the documentary’s popularity is probably linked to the endless stream of terrible food security issues that have emerged in recent years. In one well-received article, a netizen wrote, “I wonder how many felt so empty-hearted and sighed after watching the film. Blue-vitriol watered chive, formaldehyde(甲醛) sprayed cabbage, Sudan Red colored salty eggs, restaurants using gutter oil. The list is long…”

A varied and ancient food culture that is famous world-wide and which should have made the Chinese proud ends like this: one can only sigh. Food is the most vital thing in people’s lives. Yet China’s food industry is a typical description of “bad money driving out the good”.The market is huge while the cost of faking and cheating is so low for unscrupulous (不道德的) businessmen; and the punishment is too light. Take the milk industry as an example. Although Sanlu, the company that sold the melamine-adulterated milk powder, was punished, thousands of other dairies didn’t work hard to improve the quality. In order to allow national brands to survive, Chinese authorities are happy to loosen their regulations.

As the documentary shows, people are attracted not to gourmet items like matsutake, a species of rare mushroom grown naturally in remote forests, but to common Chinese dishes like barley, lotus root or tofu. They are what meet our basic needs. This explains why people are so excited about A Bite of China---it is a reminder that there is still a world out there where food is excellent and people have dignity.

1.The underlined word “gourmet items” probably means________.

A. beautiful clothes B. latest technology

C. delicious food D. great inventions

2.The second paragraph mainly talks about______.

A. The popularity of the documentary

B. the content of the documentary

C. the history of Chinese gourmet

D. the producer of the documentary

3.We can infer from what a netizen wrote in one well –received article that ______.

A. none of the television viewers have a knowledge of the Chinese food culture

B. there is a huge contrast between the ancient food culture and the reality

C. the price of food is too high for many common people

D. the documentary was made by a world-famous Chinese director

4.According to the passage, China’s food industry is full of faking and cheating because_____.

A. there are still so many poor people at the present time

B. the punishment for unscrupulous businessmen isn’t serious enough

C. the Chinese government encourages it to do so

D. the food technology is not so advanced as in developed countries

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：“舌尖上的中國”——風靡全國，讓我們感受到傳統美食的魅力，但我們也不能回避當前中國社會所存在的食品安全問題。

1.C詞義猜測題。根據該段可知這個紀錄片片名為“A Bite of China”(舌尖上的中國)，且該句中的介詞短語“across the vast Chinese culinary (烹飪) landscape.”(囊括了大量的中國美食)，可知這個節目介紹的是好吃的食物。故該題正確答案為C.

2.A推理判斷題。通讀第二段可知，該段主要講述的是：就淘寶這個層面，讓大家了解到“舌尖上的中國”風靡全國的影響力。故該段的段落大意應為：A. The popularity of the documentary(紀錄片“舌尖上的中國”極為流行。)

3.B推理判斷題。根據該段（第三段）中這篇廣受歡迎的文章所寫的“ I wonder how many felt so empty-hearted and sighed after watching the film. Blue-vitriol watered chive, formaldehyde(甲醛) sprayed cabbage, Sudan Red colored salty eggs, restaurants using gutter oil. The list is long…”可知，在看了舌尖上的美食之后，很多人會感到空虛和嘆氣。因為我們在擁有傳統的舌尖上的美食的同時，還面對著嚴峻的食品安全問題。故該題正確答案為B. there is a huge contrast between the ancient food culture and the reality.即古老的飲食文化和當今現實之間存在著巨大的落差。

4.B細節信息題。根據文章第四段中“The market is huge while the cost of faking and cheating is so low for unscrupulous (不道德的) businessmen; and the punishment is too light.”可知，中國市場充滿了假貨和欺騙是因為市場的巨大、假貨成本的低廉，此外對于那些不道德的、唯利是圖的商家的懲罰太輕了。故該題正確答案為B.而該題的干擾選項C.錯在謂語encourages，因為文中提到In order to allow national brands to survive, Chinese authorities are happy to loosen their regulations.（僅僅是放寬政策/法規），而非encourage鼓勵。

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