Question

Most countries have their own breakfast traditions. For example, a breakfast containing bread, eggs, and coffee, is common in the United States. However, people in Japan usually have white rice and vegetable soup for breakfast.    1.  In fact, in some Asian countries, breakfast does not usually mean foods that are different from other meals.

European countries have their own breakfast traditions too! In Italy, people usually just eat bread and coffee.    2.  And an “English breakfast” means eggs, salted meat, vegetables or fruit, and bread. It is a very large meal.

In Africa, breakfast is very different across the continent.   3.  In Nigeria, for example, many different tribes eat different foods for breakfast. One common thing is ground beans. In parts of Nigeria, people make a round cake from beans and cook it in oil. In other parts of Nigeria, people drink coffee. They also eat bread with butter or chocolate on it, along with fresh fruit.

  4.  People in Costa Rica, Central America have a meal called gallon pinto for breakfast. Gallo Pinto is Spanish for “spotted rooster,” but the breakfast food is not a rooster or a chicken! Gallo Pinto is just rice and beans. It also uses a special sweet and spicy(辛辣的) liquid called Lozano Sauce, which is a special part of the Costa Rican breakfast. People eat different versions of this same food in other Central American countries. 5.  But all of them find ways to eat the things that will be healthy for them.

A. But these meals can be different.

B. In other parts of Africa, people drink coffee.

C. This is very similar to other meals in the day.

D. In the Americas, the breakfast meal is different too.

E. Each country across the world has a different breakfast.

F. In Germany, people eat different cold meats and special bread rolls.

G. What people have for breakfast differs a lot even within the same country.

Answer

1.C

2.F

3.G

4.D

5.E

【解析】

试题分析：世界上每个国家都有不同的早餐，但他们都找到对健康有益的方式吃东西。

1. 根据上句：然而，在日本早饭通常吃大米饭和蔬菜汤。可知这与一天的其他饭相似。故选C。

2. 根据上文：欧洲国家也有自己的早餐传统！在意大利人们通常只吃面包和咖啡。再根据下文：一项典型的英式早餐意味着鸡蛋、咸肉、蔬菜或水果，还有面包。故F项In Germany, people eat different cold meats and special bread rolls.（在德国，人们吃不同的冷肉和特制面包圈）符合语境，故选F。

3. 根据下句：比如在尼日利亚，许多不同的部落早餐吃不同的食物。可知上句在说：同一国家早饭也不同。故选G。

4. 根据下文：哥斯达黎加人，中美洲有一顿被称作gallon pinto的饭。可知在美洲早饭也不同。故选D。

5. 根据下句：但是他们都找到了吃东西的方法，并对他们来说是健康的。可知上句要表达的意思是：世界上每个国家都有不同的早餐。故选E。

【名师点睛】

七选五阅读题，有部分题出现在每一段的开始位置，若问题在段首 1.通常是段落主题句。认真阅读该段落，根据段落一致性原则，查找相关词或者同义词，从而推测出主题句，找到答案。 2.与后文是并列、转折、因果关系等。着重阅读后文第一两句，锁定线索信号词，然后在选项中查找 相关特征词。一般来说正确答案与它后面的一句话的在意思上是衔接的，所以通常情况下，这两句话中会 有某种的衔接手段。3.段落间的过渡句。这时要前瞻后望找到启示，即阅读上一段结尾部分，通常正确答案与上一段结尾有机地衔接起来，并结合下一段内容，看所选的答案是否将两段内容连贯起来。6.

考点：考查对文章的整体内容和结构以及上下文逻辑意义的理解和掌握