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 (烹饪) 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】

试题分析：“舌尖上的中国”——风靡全国，让我们感受到传统美食的魅力，但我们也不能回避当前中国社会所存在的食品安全问题。

1.C词义猜测题。根据该段可知这个纪录片片名为“A Bite of China”(舌尖上的中国)，且该句中的介词短语“across the vast Chinese culinary (烹饪) landscape.”(囊括了大量的中国美食)，可知这个节目介绍的是好吃的食物。故该题正确答案为C.

2.A推理判断题。通读第二段可知，该段主要讲述的是：就淘宝这个层面，让大家了解到“舌尖上的中国”风靡全国的影响力。故该段的段落大意应为：A. The popularity of the documentary(纪录片“舌尖上的中国”极为流行。)

3.B推理判断题。根据该段（第三段）中这篇广受欢迎的文章所写的“ 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，很多人会感到空虚和叹气。因为我们在拥有传统的舌尖上的美食的同时，还面对着严峻的食品安全问题。故该题正确答案为B. there is a huge contrast between the ancient food culture and the reality.即古老的饮食文化和当今现实之间存在着巨大的落差。

4.B细节信息题。根据文章第四段中“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，中国市场充满了假货和欺骗是因为市场的巨大、假货成本的低廉，此外对于那些不道德的、唯利是图的商家的惩罚太轻了。故该题正确答案为B.而该题的干扰选项C.错在谓语encourages，因为文中提到In order to allow national brands to survive, Chinese authorities are happy to loosen their regulations.（仅仅是放宽政策/法规），而非encourage鼓励。

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