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閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C、D四個選項中選出最佳選項。

　　Several times each year the Queen gives afternoon tea parties at which guests are served tiny cakes filled with cream from her own cows. Cakes and sandwiches are brought in by footmen, yet you never see the Queen touch a thing. She simply sits beside a big silver plate, pouring cups of tea for everyone and carefully avoiding the cakes.

　　At cocktail parties the Queen moves from group to group, chatting informally, and manages to make one glass of diet(飲食)drink last an entire evening.

　　Tours abroad are difficult because hosts(主人)seem to believe the warmth of their welcome must be shown with wonderful state banquets(宴會). But the Queen has perfected the art of appearing to enjoy her meal without actually eating much.

　　During one visit to the Pacific islands of Tonga, a specially－prepared dinner was arranged in a hut made of wood and bamboo leaves. Deep holes were dug in the ground, filled with hot stones and baby pigs, and the pigs were slowly baked over several days. The Queen looked uneasily at her plate when she discovered a whole roast pig was her serving.

　　Then she became uneasy when a turkey, some meat, bananas and an apple were also carried in for each guest. So she depended on her old favorite trick of talking with her host, King Tupou TV, and carrying on a warm conversation. At the same time she pushed her food around her plate and only ate a piece of turkey and some fruit.

　　Reporters traveling with her have noted that the Queen will sometimes seem so carried away by a foreign leader's political chat she simply never has time to finish a meal before it is time to get up and make her speech. She will lift her fork to swallow a mouthful, then put it down again to make another point, leaving almost all of her meal untouched.

1．The main idea of the passage is about ________.

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A．the Queen's favorite food

B．the Queen' s tours abroad

C．how the Queen keeps her diet during her tours

D．the Queen's trouble with a foreign leader

2．The Queen talked with her host and carried on conversation with him. The purpose of doing this is ________.

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A．to show her politeness

B. not to eat much

C．to show her great interest in food

D．to hide her dislike to the food

3．We can infer from the passage that tours are difficult for the Queen, because ________.

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A．she has to meet with so many important leaders

B．she has to eat much oily food

C．she has so many reporters to travel with her

D. hosts always present wonderful state banquets

4．What probably is the Queen's art of acting at state dinners?

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A．Appearing to enjoy her meal without actually eating much.

B．Drinking Malvern water.

C．Eating a piece of turkey and some fruit.

D．Eating much without being noticed.

Answer 1

答案：C;B;D;A
解析：

1．C　　本答案較難選出。全文第一、二段敘述了the Queen在afternoon tea parties及在cocktail patties的表現(xiàn)，接下來作者又敘述了在其他幾個場合下，如在the Pacific islands of Tanga的表現(xiàn)，短文第三段Tours abroad are difficult…又告訴我們作者在敘述the Queen。是在外出，因此C項為最佳答案。B項有較大干擾性。全文敘述了the Queen外出時的飲食，而沒有涉及其他。 　　2．B　　本題答案依據(jù)短文第四段第一、二句得出。trick的意思是“計謀”，her old favorite trick of talking with her host是指“多說話少少吃東西”。 　　3．D　　從短文中我們可以看出無論是afternoon tea parties還是cocktail parties，還是在其他場合，主人提供的食品非常豐盛。 　　4．A　　從全文我們看出，無論在何種宴會上，盡管the Queen表現(xiàn)出喜歡主人的安排，但她用各種方法吃東西。