Question

Linda has been a vegetarian for years. She stopped eating meat because of how she felt. As she told her doctor, she always felt tired. Her doctor looked her over and told her to eat less meat. She bought a vegetarian cookbook and decided to "go all the way". She still eats eggs and cheese sometimes; now, however, most of her food is vegetables, fruits, and grains (谷类). Linda became a vegetarian to improve her health.

Nancy is an animal lover. Nancy grew up on a farm where there were cows and chickens. As she grew older, she started to eat less meat One day she realized that she had stopped eating meat. She thinks it is not right to kill animals for food.

When Mark was a student, he had a careful plan of how to spend money. The little money that he had for food, he spent on rice, cheap vegetables. He learned to be a very good cook. Now Mark is a successful engineer, but he still eats simple foods, and no meat.

Roy is an environmentalist He knows that the population is increasing faster and faster, but the land for growing food is not increasing at all. He knows that it takes sixteen kilos (克) of grain to make one kilo of meat; he thinks about the fifteen kilos of grain that are wasted if he eats meat "Somewhere, " he says, "someone hasn't got enough to eat and is dying. How can I enjoy a thick steak (牛排)?" Mark's ideas about what is right and wrong make him a vegetarian

1. According to the passage, a vegetarian usually will not eat _____ .

2.Linda became a vegetarian because ______ .

A .her doctor asked her to do so

B. she was badly ill

C she enjoyed eating vegetables

D. she wanted to be healthier.

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Mark became a vegetarian when he was a student.

B. We aren't sure when Roy became a vegetarian.

C.Nancy became a vegetarian when she was old.

D. Roy doesn't like steak at all

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. people choose to be vegetarians for different reasons

B. people become vegetarians because they don't like meat

C .meat is not good for one's health

D. we had better become vegetarians

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了琳达已经吃素多年 ，因为他想变得更健康， 南茜是一个动物爱好者，所以她也不吃肉了， Mark 从还是学生的时候就是一个素食主义者；罗伊是一个环保人士 ，他也是一个素食主义者。

1.细节理解题。通读全文可知素食主义者是不吃肉的，通过图示可知，故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据文中She stopped eating meat because of how she felt. As she told her doctor, she always felt tired. Her doctor looked her over and told her to eat less meat.可知他想变得更健康，故选D。

3.细节理解题。通读全文可知只有A是正确的，当 Mark还是一个学生的时候，他就想成为一个素食主义者，故选A。

4.主旨大意题。这篇文章的主要的大意是人们选择不同的原因成为素食主义者，故选A。

考点：人物类短文阅读。