Question

Do you have a headache? Take an aspirin or eat bird brains. Do you want beautiful skin? Use skin cream or eat pearls. Is your hair turning gray? Color your hair or eat black rice.
“Eat bird brains, pearls, and black rice?” some people ask. “How strange!” But for many Chinese people, bird brains, pearls, and black rice are not strange things to eat. Instead, they are good medicines.
Food that people use for medicines is called medical(藥用的) food. The Chinese have eaten medicinal food and spices(香辛料) for centuries. Ginger, for example, is a common spice in Chinese cooking. Ginger gives food a nice flavor. The Chinese began to use ginger many years ago. They used ginger not because it tasted good. They used ginger because it was medicinal. Ginger, they thought, was good for the digestion. It also helped people who had colds. Pepper and garlic, too, were probably medicines a long time ago.
Some people don’t believe that food and spices are good medicines. They want to buy their medicine in drugstores, not in supermarkets. Other people want to try medicinal food. They say, “Maybe medicinal food can’t help me. But it can’t hurt me, either.”
People can try medicinal food at a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, California. The restaurant serves medicinal food. The menus at the restaurant have a list of dinners. Next to each dinner there is information about the food. The information helps people order “Queen’s Secret,” for example, is one dinner at the restaurant. This dinner has meat from chickens with black feathers. It is for women who want to look young.
小題1:All of the followings are common spices in Chinese cooking EXCEPT     .

A．ginger

B．pepper

C．garlic

D．pearls

小題2:What do you know about medicinal food?

A．The Chinese have eaten medicinal food for a long time.

B．Many Chinese believe medicinal food tastes good.

C．Medicinal food may be bad for your health.

D．Medicinal food is served all over the world.

小題3:Why did the Chinese begin to use ginger many years ago?

A．Because it gave food different flavors.

B．Because it made food more delicious.

C．Because it was good for people’s health.

D．Because it made people feel cold.

小題4:Which answer to the following questions can be found out from the passage?

A．When did the Chinese start to eat bird brains?

B．Why do women like “Queen’s Secret”?

C．What is the advantage of using pepper?

D．How do Chinese people stop a toothache?

小題5:What can we infer (推測) according to the passage?

A．More foreigners will learn more about medicinal food.

B．All the Chinese will believe black rice stops hair turning gray.

C．Ginger will be more and more popular in China.

D．Medicinal food will be sold in drugstores and supermarkets.

Answer 1

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:A

試題分析：這篇短文給我們介紹的是中國傳統的藥膳，不光味道好，還對人的身體健康有利。而且中國人吃藥膳的歷史很悠久。現在很多外國人都想了解中國的藥膳，嘗試中國的藥膳。
小題1:細節理解題。根據短文第二段中Ginger, for example, is a common spice in Chinese cooking. Pepper and garlic, too, were probably medicines a long time ago.可知，A、B和C選項中的這三個在中國的飲食中都是常用的作料，D選項珍珠是可以當做藥物的，但是不是作料。故選D。
小題2:細節理解題。根據短文第二段中The Chinese have eaten medicinal food and spices(香辛料) for centuries.可知，中國人吃藥用的食物和香料已經有幾個世紀的歷史了，即很長時間了。故選A。
小題3:細節理解題。根據短文第二段中Ginger, for example, is a common spice in Chinese cooking. Ginger gives food a nice flavor. The Chinese began to use ginger many years ago. They used ginger not because it tasted good. They used ginger because it was medicinal.姜這種作料，中國人很久以前就開始使用了，不僅是因為它的味道好，還因為他是有藥物作用的，對人的身體健康有利。故選C。
小題4:細節理解題。根據短文最后一段中It is for women who want to look young.可知，這里坐坐告訴了我們女性為什么喜歡女王的秘密這道菜。故選B。其他選項中的問題都沒有在文章中解釋答案。
小題5:推理判斷題。根據短文的最后一段第一句話People can try medicinal food at a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, California.可知，在加利福尼亞的舊金山，你可以在中國的餐館里嘗試藥膳，故由此可以推測外國人對中國藥膳的了解將會越來越多。故選A。