Question

“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

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】B

解析試題分析：我們大多數(shù)人都記得父母告訴我們要吃某些食物或者不要去做某些事情。這些告誡是對的嗎？實(shí)際上，其中一些是與現(xiàn)在的醫(yī)學(xué)思想相符合的，而另外一些卻經(jīng)不起考驗。文章舉了例子，并指出即便當(dāng)我們尋找明確的科學(xué)證據(jù)來證明它的對錯時，我們也應(yīng)該尊重這類知識
【小題1】推理判斷題。第三段第一句是主題句。隨后，舉了飯后一小時內(nèi)游泳和吃糖這兩個例子來證明主題句。因此，這一段是通過舉例來構(gòu)成段落的。答案C
【小題2】事實(shí)細(xì)節(jié)題。從第三段最后一句 Sticky sweels made with grains tend tocause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars.可以看出，sticky sweets的確可以對牙齒造成危害。答案D
【小題3】推理判斷題�？v觀全文，作者既指出了一些傳統(tǒng)說法的正確性，又說明了一些傳統(tǒng)觀念沒有科學(xué)依據(jù)。尤其是文中最后一段作者表明了對這些觀念的尊重，因此可以看出作者的態(tài)度是客觀的。答案A
【小題4】猜測詞義題。從最后一段第一句可知，雖然科學(xué)告訴我們有一些傳統(tǒng)觀念不可信，但是這些老媽媽們的說法還是有一些正確的地方。hold water 指“可信的”。答案B
考點(diǎn)：考查日常生活類短文
點(diǎn)評：本文篇幅較短，通過提問，舉例，解決問題，主要是細(xì)節(jié)題為主，較為簡單。考生要注意迅速抓住關(guān)鍵句子，從中找出正確答案。猜詞詞義題要結(jié)合上下文判斷。