Question

　　Snake dishes have become popular in recent years. Snake meat in various flavors（风味）is often seen in restaurant ads. It seems that eating snake is now in vogue（盛行）, and if you haven’t eaten snake yet, you are considered “out of date”. But I wonder whether all of the trends are worth following.

　　Some people may defend themselves by saying that snake meat is nutritious（有营养的）. But these people don’t realize that mice and worms often comprise a snake’s diet, therefore, there are many parasites（寄生虫）found inside snakes. Thus, they may do harm to our health. Apart from this, I’m sorry to see that more and more snakes are being killed by man’s cruel knife.

　　According to the English newspaper Shanghai Star, about 1, 000 tons of snakes are eaten every year in China. In Shenzhen of Guangdong Province, sometimes as many as 10 tons of snakes are served on dinner tables in a single day.

　　These figures alert us that if we still turn blind eyes to this continuous movement against snakes, a vicious cycle will be created. If more snakes are eaten by people, the number of snakes will drop, which will make an increase in mice and worms population, which will result in a decrease of crop output. This will make more people hungry.

　　Who will see such tragedy happen?

　　So let’s start not to eat snakes any more because “to protect the snake is to protect ourselves”.

　　1．This passage tries to advice people ________.

　　A．to keep ourselves healthy

　　B．to protect snakes and not to eat them

　　C．to protect mice and worms

　　D．not to eat mice and worms

　　2．The parasites in the snake come from ________.

　　A．its diet

　　B．mice

　　C．worms

　　D．snake meat

　　3．What will happen if we continue eating snakes?

　　A．More snakes will be eaten.

　　B．A vicious cycle will be created.

　　C．More people will turn blind eyes to it.

　　D．Mice will damage the crops.

　　4．The vicious cycle may be like this: ________.

　　A．more snakes→more mice and worms→less crop output

　　B．less snakes→more mice and worms→more crop output

　　C．less snakes→more mice and worms→less crop output

　　D．more snakes→less mice and worms→more crop output

　　5．The best title of this passage is ________.

　　A．Snake Meat in Various Flavors

　　B．Protect the Snake Is to Protect Ourselves

　　C．Eating Snakes in Vogue

　　D．Let’s Not Eat Snakes Any More

 

Answer 1

答案：1B2A3B4C5D
解析：

1．B 作者列举了许多例子，给出了数字及吃蛇的危害性，就是要人们不要再吃蛇，而要保护蛇。 　　2．A 从此句话：many parasites found inside snakes and mice and worms are often snakes’ diet中可寻找答案。 　　3．B 第四段第一句话。 　　4．C 第四段最后几句话作者做出的推论，得出将要发生的情况。 　　5．D 作者用大量篇幅说明吃蛇的危害性，就是要人们不再吃蛇。