“Old wives’ tales” are beliefs passed from one generation to another. For example, most of us remember our parents’ telling us to eat more of certain foods or not to do certain things. Is there any truth in these teachings? Some of them agree with present medical thinking, but others have not passed the test of time.
Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? Scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease called macular degeneration. Eating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%. Garlic(蒜) is good for you, too. It can kill the type of virus that causes colds.
Unfortunately, not all of Mom’s advice passed the test of medical studies. For example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating. But research suggests that there is no danger in doing so. Do sweets cause tooth problems? Well, yes and no. Sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars.
Even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs don’t hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives’ tales. After all, much of this knowledge has been accumulated(積累) from thousands of years of experience in family health care. We should respect this body of knowledge even as we search for clear scientific support to prove it true or false.
【小題1】The author develops the third paragraph mainly         .

A．by cause and effect B．by order in space 
C．by examples D．by order in time 
【小題2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A．Eating garlic is good for our eyes. 
B．Carrots prevent people from catching colds. 
C．Swimming after a meal is dangerous. 
D．Sticky sweets are damaging to our teeth. 
【小題3】What is the author’s attitude toward “old wives’ tales” in the text?
A．Objective. B．Subjective. C．Dissatisfied. D．Curious. 
【小題4】The phrase “hold water” in the last paragraph most probably means “     .”
A．to be valuable B．to be believable 
C．to be admirable D．to be suitable 


【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】B

解析試題分析：中國有句俗話：不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前。本文大意是客觀地評價(jià)了保持身體健康的“老人言”的正確性。
【小題1】推理判斷題。通讀第三自然段可知本自然段是通過舉例進(jìn)行說明的，故本題選C。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars.故選D。
【小題3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三，四自然段可知作者對于“老人言”持客觀態(tài)度，故本題選A。
【小題4】詞義猜測題。文章中本句意思是：即使科學(xué)能告訴我們那些“老人言”是（能容水的）值得相信的，但“老人言”中還有很多正確的東西，hold water在此處意思是：能裝水的；值得相信的，故選B。
考點(diǎn)：日常生活類短文閱讀。
點(diǎn)評：做推理題干擾選項(xiàng)的特點(diǎn)夸大事實(shí)：一是對于原文中的細(xì)節(jié)或論斷的某方面程度進(jìn)行了夸大處理。二是無中生有：捏造原文并不存在的信息，并以此作為依據(jù)進(jìn)行推理。三是摻入常識：根據(jù)考生已有的常識是正確的，但卻不是基于文章。四是推理過頭：引申過度，使結(jié)論過于絕對化。知道了這些特點(diǎn)在容易排除干擾項(xiàng)進(jìn)而做出正確的判斷。

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