9.Blind tasting is a very strange activity.Contrary to what many people imagine,it has nothing to do with blindfolds.It involves tasting a wine without seeing the label ( 商標(biāo) ) and it can deliver shocking surprises.I tasted seven champagnes (香檳) blind with a group of professionals recently.There was a shock when they discovered the wine most of them preferred carried a label they regarded as their least favorite.That sort of result is especially common with champagne,the most image-driven rather than quality-driven wine of all.But it happens all the time when wine is tasted blind.
Because I'm interested in how wines really taste instead of how I think they should,I taste wine blind as often as I can,especially when assessing similar young wines.But blind tasting when you know absolutely nothing about the wine in front of you is something completely different.The most difficult Master of Wine exams include three sessions during which you have a dozen glasses in front of you and nothing more helpful than a printed exam paper asking you to identify (鑒定) each wine as closely as possible,and assess its quality.
Now that the MW is behind me,I taste wine completely blind only very rarely,and never in public.So my blind tastings these days are round the dinner table with good friends and once a year when I act as a judge,with Hugh Johnson,in the Oxford vs Cambridge wine-tasting competition.This is the most extraordinary match,always held before the Boat Race but taken just as seriously nowadays.This year's taste-off took place at the end of last month,as usual in the Oxford and Cambridge Club on Pall Mall in London.
25.Which of the following is true about Blind tasting?D
A.Blind tasting is the professional way to identify a wine.
B.Blind tasting usually has the right result.
C.Blind tasting means tasting a wine with one's eyes covered.
D.Blind tasting is tasting a wine without seeing the label.
26.Why did the professionals get shocked at the result of their blind tasting?B
A.They got all the results correctly.
B.They didn't recognize their favorite at all.
C.The writer made no mistakes.
D.Champagnes can not be tasted blind.
27.What can we infer from the last paragraph?B
A.The Boat Race is taken more seriously than the wine race.
B.The Oxford v Cambridge wine-tasting competition is held annually.
C.I didn't act as a judge last year.
D.Pall Mall is chosen as the competition place for the first time.
分析 盲品(blind tasting)并不是大多數(shù)人想象中的蒙著眼睛品酒,而是通過純品嘗而非看酒標(biāo)來對葡萄酒進(jìn)行評價.
解答 DBB
25.D 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段中的It involves tasting a wine without seeing the label可知,盲品就是不看酒的商標(biāo)去品嘗酒.故選D項(xiàng).
26.B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段中的There was a shock when they discovered the wine most of them preferred carried a label they regarded as their least favorite.(當(dāng)他們發(fā)現(xiàn)自己挑選出來的自己最喜歡的酒竟然貼著他們平時最不喜歡的酒的標(biāo)簽時,非常吃驚.)可分析出只有B選項(xiàng)最符合原文.
27.B 推理判斷題.根據(jù)第三段所講述的意思,尤其是關(guān)鍵信息and once a year when I act as a judge,with Hugh Johnson,in the Oxford v Cambridge winetasting competition.可知競賽是每年一次,故答案為B選項(xiàng).
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