2020年管理类联考英语练习（32）
来源：北京学苑教育
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Reading Comprehension
What, besides children, connects mothers around the world and across he seas of time? It’s chicken soup, on prominent American food expert says.
From Russian villages to Africa and Asia, chicken soup has been the remedy fro those weak in body and spirit. Mothers passed their knowledge on to ancient writers of Greece, China and Rome, and even the 12th century philosopher and physician Moses Mainmides extolled (赞美) its virtues.
Among the ancients, Aristotle thought poultry should stand in higher estimation than four-legged animals because the air is less dense than the earth. Chickens got another boost (吹捧) in the book of Genesis, where it is written that birds and fish were created on the fifth day, a day before four-legged animals.
But according to Mimi Sheraton, who has spent much of the past three years exploring the world of chicken soup, much of the reason for chicken’s real or imagined curative (治愈) powers comes from its color.
Her new book, “The Whole World Loves Chicken Soup”, looks at the beloved and mysterious brew, with dozens of recipes from around the world. “Throughout the ages,” she said, “there has been a lot of feeling that white-colored foods are easier to eat for the weak—women and the ill,” In addition, “soups, or anything for that matter eaten with a spoon” are considered “comfort foods.” Sheraton said.
“I love soup and love making soup and as I was collecting recipes I began to see this as an international dish….It has a universal mystique as something curative, a strength builder,” Sheraton said from her New York home.
Her book treats the oldest remedy as if it was brand new.
The National Broiler Council, the trade group representing the chicken industry, reported that 51 percent of the people it surveyed said they bought chicken because it was healthier, 50 percent said it was versatile, 41 percent said it was economical and 46 percent said it was low in fat.
1. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A. Prominent American Foods
B. History of the Chicken Soup
C. Chicken Soup Recipes
D. Chicken Soup, a Universal Cure-all
2. Since ancient times, the value of chicken soup ________.
A. has been over-estimated
B. has been widely acknowledged
C. has been appreciated only by philosophers
D. has been known only to mother.
3. Which of the following statements is not true?
A. Chicken soup has a very long history.
B. Since ancient times, chicken soup has been a home remedy.
C. Poultry usually stands higher than four-legged animal.
D. Four-legged animals were said to be created on the sixth day.
4. Chicken soup has curative powers mainly for _____according to Sheraton.
A. its color B. its taste C. its flavor D. its recipe
5. It can be said from the survey that chicken is ______.
A. a main dish B. a popular food
C. cheaper than any other food D. All of the above
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参考答案：
1--5: D B C A B
