6. A。本题属表层理解题。由第一段科学家建议七大类食品可知答案非A莫属。

5. C。本来打算要在乡村农场过一个暑假，结果四天之后就回来了。这能不是个短暂的假期吗？用此作标题既切合题意，又具有幽默的味道。

(B) 这篇短文分为三个落：第一段列举了科学家研究了人们每天要吃的食物；第二段讲述了不同国家的人们饮食习惯和饮食结构等各方面有很大差异。但这些对人来说都没不是很重要的，重要的是每天吃什么。第三段阐述了两个问题：如何解决世界人口的吃饭问题，既要吃饱，又要吃得健康。

4. B。这由“A different meat every day, and you are complaining!”一句可知。

3. C。本题考查通过上下文对词汇的推测能力。根据亨利的叙述可得出此答案。

2. D。本题考查根据语境进行分析判断的能力。由上下文，显然可知这是报纸上的一则广告信息。

1. A。第二段的首句“...but one year he saw an advertisement in a newspaper.”即是答案的出处。

15. Can you guess what would happen next in the story?

A. The father would go to school and begin to learn math.

B. The father would become very ill and have to take more medicine.

C. The father would never do his daughter’s math problems again.

D. The father would go to the school and fight with the teacher.

[答案及解析]

(A) 假日里，亨利喜欢到海边去旅游。有一次，他想去西山农场享受一下田园风光，并计划在那儿度过一个月的时间。可是令人惊奇的是，才去四天之后他就回来了。当朋友问起其中的缘由时，亨利说道：第一天，农场里死了一只羊，晚餐时美美地吃了一顿烤羊肉；第二天农场死了一头牛，又吃了一顿烧牛肉；第三天农场死了一头猪，结果又吃了一顿烤猪肉。可是，到了第四天，农场主死了，我不敢再留下来吃饭了。

14. What the teacher said made the father _________.

A. angry　　　　 B. worried　　　 C. sad　　　　　 D. tired

13. From what the teacher said, we know that the word “units” means ______ here.

A. whole numbers less than 10 B. whole things

C. groups of lessons　　　　　　　 D. the smallest numbers

12. Which of the following sentences is not true?

A. The father had a different way to do the math problem.

B. The father couldn’t do his daughter’s homework.

C. The daughter couldn’t understand her father’s way.

D. The daughter had some trouble doing the math problem.