Question

    Now more and more young people in China like to eat alone, whether at home or in restaurants. A survey was made among one hundred people. The result showed that ____ half of them had an experience of eating alone.

However, eating alone can still be a challenge in China, _____ Chinese culture is family—based（家庭式的）.Eating together is considered to be very ______ for family bond（纽带）.Many people, especially old people, are influenced by this, so it is not easy for them to ___the idea of eating alone. Besides, usually children in China are ______ to eat with their families.

Many people have done research into the ____ of eating alone. Cal Yani is one of them. She used to work for a magazine. In 2012, she  _____ her job and began her research work. At the same time, she herself started to eat alone. She often enters restaurants and notices many young people eating alone ______ her. She points out that young people are often very busy with their work. They have much stress from work. Eating alone is a good way for them to relieve stress and can bring them _____and make them feel comfortable. Cai said, “While you are eating alone, you can pay attention to the eating process ______ and you don't have to think about other things. This is the best kind of rest.”

1.A.exactly B.hardly C.nearly D.heavily

2.A.though B.unless C.until D.because

3.A.important B.different C.unusual D.convenient

4.A.share B.believe C.support D.discuss

5.A.warned B.educated C.advised D.promised

6.A.cause B.way C.rule D.symbol

7.A.made up B.looked up C.took up D.gave up

8.A.with B.like C.by D.than

9.A.fear B.shame C.pleasure D.progress

10.A.itself B.herself C.yourself D.myself

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.A

【解析】

现在，越来越多的中国年轻人喜欢独自一人吃饭，无论是在家还是在餐馆里。这篇文章简单讨论了这一社会现象。

1.句意：结果表明，其中几乎一半的人有独自吃饭的经历。

考查副词。A. exactly准确地；B. hardly几乎不；C. nearly几乎；D. heavily重地。这里是表示“几乎”一半人有独自吃饭经历，故选C。

2.句意：然而，在中国独自吃饭仍然是一个挑战，因为中国文化是以家庭为基础的。

考查连词。A. though虽然；B. unless除非；C. until直到；D. because因为。这里是陈述为什么独自吃饭是挑战，because引导原因状语从句引出原因，故选D。

3.句意：一起吃饭被认为对家庭纽带非常重要。

考查形容词。A. important重要的；B. different不同的；C. unusual不同寻常的；D. convenient方便的。对于维护家庭的纽带，一起吃饭很“重要”，因为中国文化是以家庭为基础的，故选A。

4.句意：许多人，尤其是老年人，受此影响，因此，他们不容易支持单独进餐的想法。

考查动词。A. share分享；B. believe相信；C. support支持；D. discuss讨论。老年人更受中国文化的影响，因此不容易“支持”独自用餐的观点，短语support the idea意为“支持观点，支持看法”，故选C。

5.句意：此外，通常中国的孩子被教育要与家人一起吃饭。

考查动词。A. warned警告；B. educated教育；C. advised建议；D. promised承诺。这是被动语态be done，孩子们从小就“被教育”要和家人一起吃饭，故选B。

6.句意：许多人已经对单独进食的原因进行了研究。

考查名词。A. cause原因；B. way方式；C. rule规则；D. symbol象征。这里是说有人对单独用餐这一现象的原因进行探究，后面开始简单分享探究的结果，故选A。

7.句意：2012年，她放弃了工作，开始了她的研究工作。

考查动词短语。A. made up化妆；B. looked up查阅（信息）；C. took up从事；D. gave up放弃；这里是说她辞职，放弃自己的工作专心开始研究，故选D。

8.句意：她经常进入餐厅，注意到许多年轻人像她一样独自吃饭。

考查介词。A. with和；B. like像；C. by通过；D. than比……。这里介词like意为“就像”，表示年轻人“就像”她一样独自用餐，故选B。

9.句意：独自进食是缓解压力的一种好方法，可以使他们感到愉悦并使他们感到舒适。

考查名词。A. fear恐惧；B. shame羞耻；C. pleasure快乐；D. progress进步。独自用餐受年轻人选择是因为能使其感到快乐，感到舒适，故选C。

10.句意：独自吃饭时，您可以注意饮食过程本身，而不必考虑其他事情。

考查反身代词。A. itself它自己；B. herself她自己；C. yourself你自己；D. myself我自己。这里指“用餐过程”eating process这件事“它自己，本身”，用反身代词itself表示“它自己”，故选A。