昆明昆明 2015 高考英语阅读理解、完形填空四月自练（高考英语阅读理解、完形填空四月自练（13）答案）答案阅读理解阅读理解(2014长春模拟)While tofu is a household name in Asia, it has still not been completely accepted into the Western kitchen. When it arrived in the West, tofu found itself sitting alone in the food playground, ignored by the other kids. And when tofu did make friends, it was only with the open-minded, peace-loving vegetarians sometimes referred to as“hippies”. Why is it that such a staple(主要的)ingredient in the East has been subject to(遭受)such discrimination in the West? Well, tofu quite literally(简直)missed the boat. Tofu originated in China some 2, 000 years ago. But when the Europeans first arrived in China they ignored it. While rice was embraced with open arms and brought home with popular acclaim(称赞), tofu followed later and with much less success. Growing up in Australia I only had a vague notion of what tofu was. It was just last year, when I lived in the Dutch town of Maastricht, that we were really introduced. In that town, lots of students choose to live in“squats”old run-down factories rented out for very cheap prices. One of these squats holds a“Vegan Dinner”every Monday. In the dishes served there, tofu was a staple and I found that I quite liked it! Slowly but surely tofu is becoming accepted into mainstream Western cooking circles. In March, the singer Justin Timberlake dressed up in a tofu suit for a sketch(短剧)on NBCs show Saturday Night Live to promote the silky food. And notable UK food experts such as Nigel Slater and Fuchsia Dunlop are singing tofus praises as well. As Slater writes in an article published in The Guardian, “I think the Chinese know what they are talking about and I must give their beloved dou-fu(yet)another chance”. He found that when cooked with chilli, garlic and ginger, tofu was a very welcome guest at his dinner party! 【文章大意】豆腐越来越受西方人的青睐, 它是怎样做到如此受欢迎的呢? 1. When tofu was introduced to the West, it . A. was not accepted, just like riceB. was well-received mostly by hippiesC. was difficult to find things to cook with itD. was viewed as a toy instead of food【解析】选 B。细节理解题。由第一段最后一句话可知 B 为正确答案。2. The phrase“missed the boat”in the second paragraph probably means“ ”. A. failed to take advantage of an opportunityB. was in the same situationC. experienced a big changeD. drew much attention【解析】选 A。词义猜测题。上文提到了豆腐在西方遭遇歧视, 而下文又进一步提到了当欧洲人把大米和豆腐先后带到西方时, 大米遇到了优待, 而豆腐则错失良机, 没有那么成功, 所以 missed the boat 表示“没有利用好机会, 错失良机”, 故选 A。3. The first time the author tasted tofu in Maastricht, she . A. had already eaten it in AustraliaB. developed a love for itC. felt it was not her cup of teaD. found that she had expected too much from it【解析】选 B。细节理解题。由第三段最后一句话可知 B 为正确答案。4. By quoting Slater in the last paragraph, the author intends to show . A. it is beneficial to eat tofu now and thenB. a new creative way to cook tofu has been praisedC. tofu is becoming a staple at Western dinner partiesD. tofu is becoming popular in the West【解析】选 D。推理判断题。最后一段的中心句是该段的首句, 下文以 Justin Timberlake 和food experts such as Nigel Slater and Fuchsia Dunlop 为例来说明豆腐在西方日渐流行, 故答案为D。阅读理解，Everyone knows about straight-A studentsWe see them frequently in TV situation comedies and in movies like Revenge（报复）of the NerdsThey get high grades, all right, but only by becoming dull laborers, their noses always stuck in a bookThey are not good at social communication and look clumsy while doing sportsHow, then, do we account for Domenica Roman or Paul Melendres?Roman is on the tennis team at Fairmont Senior High SchoolShe also sings in the choral group, serves on the student council and is a member of the mathematics societyFor two years she has maintained As in every subjectMelendres, a freshman at the University of New Mexico, was student-body president at Valley High School in AlbuquerqueHe played soccer and basketball well, exhibited at the science fair, and meanwhile worked as a reporter on a local television stationBeing a speech giver at the graduation ceremony, he achieved straight As in his regular classes, plus bonus points for As in two college-level coursesHow do super-achievers like Roman and Melendres do it? Brains arent the only answer “Top grades dont always go to the brightest students, ” declares Herbert Walberg, a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who has conducted major studies on super-achieving students “Knowing how to make the most of your innate（天生的）abilities counts for moreMuch more ”In fact, Walberg says, students with high IQ sometimes dont do as well as classmates with lower IQFor them, learning comes too easily and they never find out how to get downHard work isnt the whole story, either “Its not how long you sit there with the books open, ” said one of the many-A students we interviewed “Its what you do while youre sitting ” Indeed, some of these students actually put in fewer hours of homework time than their lower-scoring classmatesThe kids at the top of the class get there by masteri