1、5.1 Warming Up & Pre-reading & Reading & ComprehendingUnit 5 Travelling abroad阅读理解CWhen people visit their local family-owned pumpkin patch around Halloween, they arent usually looking for dinner. The majority of the nearly 2 billion pounds of pumpkins grown in the US each year are carved（雕刻）up inst
2、ead of being eaten, making them a unique part of the agriculture industry. For people who prefer seasonal recipes to decorations, that may raise a few questions: Are the pumpkins sold for jack-o-lanterns different from pumpkins sold as food? And are Halloween pumpkins any good to eat?Carving pumpkin
3、s, often with a round shape and deep orange color1 , dont taste very good, because they are bred to be decorations first. They have walls that are thin enough to stick a knife through and a texture (质地) thats unappealing compared to the ones consumers are used to eating. “Uncut carving pumpkins are
4、safe to eat; however, its not the best type to use for cooking,” Daria McKelvey, a supervisor for the Kemper Center for Home Gardening at the Missouri Botanical Garden, tells Mental Floss. Unlike decorative pumpkins, cooking pumpkins are small and dense (紧实的). This is one reason they taste better. M
5、cKelvey says. “Cooking pumpkins are smaller, sweeter, and have fewer fibers, making them easier to cook withbut not so good for carving.” These pumpkins can be added into soup, or simply roasted.If you do want to get some use out of your carving pumpkins this Halloween, turn the flesh of your Hallow
6、een pumpkin into pure. Adding sugar and spices and baking it into a dessert can do a lot to mask the fruits underwhelming flavor(味道). Whatever you do, make sure your pumpkin isnt carved up already when you decide to cook with it. Never use one thats been carved into a jack-o-lantern, otherwise you c
7、ould be dealing with bacteria, dirt and dust.1. Whats the writers purpose in paragraph 1?A. To introduce a new concept. B. To lead readers to the topic.C. To make a summary. D. To offer background information.2. How does the text mainly develop in paragraph 2?A. By providing examples. B. By followin
8、g the order of time.C. By making comparisons. D. By following the order of importance.3. Why cant we cook with carved pumpkins according to the last paragraph?A. Because they are specifically used for decoration.B. Because they are not so delicious as the ones sold for food.C. Because they are too e
9、xpensive to serve as a dish.D. Because they are not healthy and safe enough as food.4. Where is the text most likely from?A. A diary. B. A magazine.C. A novel. D. A guidebook.【答案解析】 1. B 2. C 3. D 4. B这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一到万圣节，就会有许许多多南瓜被雕成南瓜灯，这些南瓜颜色鲜艳又饱满，不知道吃起来味道怎么样呢？实际上，装饰性南瓜和食用南瓜完全是不同的品种，前者是不建议食用的，因为不是
10、很美味，如果真的要吃，那一定要选用没被雕刻过的南瓜。【1题详解】推理判断题。根据第一段最后两句“Are the pumpkins sold for jack-o-lanterns different from pumpkins sold as food? And are Halloween pumpkins any good to eat? ” (作为南瓜灯原材料出售的南瓜和作为食物出售的南瓜一样吗？万圣节南瓜的味道好不好？)可知，作者提出来的这两个问题是在吸引读者，引发读者阅读的兴趣，同时也预示着作者在下文会有解释，旨在引导读者进入主题。故选B项。【2题详解】推理判断题。根据第二段第一句“C
11、arving pumpkins, often with a round shape and deep orange color1 , dont taste very good.”(雕刻南瓜的形状通常是圆形的，颜色是深橘色，但雕刻出来的南瓜味道不太好)、第二段第三句“Uncut carving pumpkins are safe to eat” (未经雕刻的南瓜吃起来是安全的)、第二段第四句“Unlike decorative pumpkins, cooking pumpkins are small and dense.” (与装饰南瓜不一样，食用南瓜是小而密集。)以及第二段第六句“Cookin
12、g pumpkins are smaller, sweeter, and have fewer fibers, making them easier to cook withbut not so good for carving. ” (烹饪南瓜更小，更甜，纤维更少，更容易烹饪，但不太适合雕刻)可知，本段是通过装饰南瓜和烹饪南瓜之间的比较来展开的。故选C项。【3题详解】细节理解题。根据第三段的最后一句“Never use one thats been carved into a jack-o-lantern, otherwise you could be dealing with bacter
13、ia, dirt and dust. ” (永远不要用一个已经被雕成南瓜灯的南瓜来烹饪，否则你要面对的是细菌、尘土和灰，还有其他微生物) 可知，用一个已经被雕成南瓜灯的南瓜来烹饪，你要面对的是细菌、尘土和灰，还有其他微生物，由此可见是不健康的。故选D项。【4题详解】推理判断题。阅读全文可知，本文介绍了装饰性南瓜和食用南瓜是完全不同的品种。由此可推断出A. diary日记；C. novel小说 D. guidebook指南，均不符合题意，本文的来源可能为一本杂志。故选B项。BThe word “adulting” started as a kind of jokewhenever a mille
14、nnial (千禧一代) would do something as an adult does, this was an act of “adulting”. However, now, millennials clearly need training in being an adult.Rachel Flehinger has founded an Adulting School, which includes online classes on simple sewing (缝纫), problems solving and cooking. The cause for such cl
15、asses is that many millennials havent left childhood homesin America 34 percent of adults aged 18 to 34 still lived with their parents in 2015, up from 26 percent 10 years before. Theres a good deal of truth to this. If youre living at home, with Mom and Dad doing their best to spoil (溺爱) you, youre
16、 less likely to know how to wash clothes, cook or make the bed. Dependency leads to enervation. Over time, you are unable to adult.But living at home doesnt necessarily bring dependency. Back in 1940, 30 percent of 25-to-29-year-olds lived at home with parents or grandparents. But they were adulting
17、. Parents expected their kids to do housework, and to prepare for life. Then, whats the real problem now?Instead of blaming (责备) living at home, we have to blame our style of parenting. The truth is that weve simply become lazier as parents. Were more likely to let our kids lie on a sofa than tell t
18、hem to get a job. We dont push our kids to build families of their own, because life cost has increased. Then the question is how we can encourage young people to “adult” in such a situation.5. What is the purpose of showing the data (数据) in paragraph 2?A. To show that millennials liked to live with
19、 their parents.B. To show that the Adulting School became popular in 2015.C. To show that more adults still depended on their parents.D. To show that the online courses were necessary to learn.6. Which of the following can best explain “enervation”?A. Emergency B. Argument C. Tension D. Weakness7. W
20、hich of the following statements is TRUE about the last two paragraphs?A. Living at home certainly leads to dependency.B. Parents are too lazy to do housework.C. We often tell kids to get a job.D. Kids are not pushed to start their own families.8. What does this passage mainly talk about?A. What the
21、 life of the millennials is like.B. Why millennials need adulting training.C. How parents encourage millennials to “adult”.D. How parents educated kids in the past.【答案解析】 5. C 6. D 7. D 8. B本文是说明文，千禧一代的孩子接受着父母的宠爱，他们很多人不能独立生活，事实上，是父母的养育方式导致孩子不能独立。孩子需要的是成为成年的培训。【5题详解】推理判断题。根据第二段“he cause for such clas
22、ses is that many millennials havent left childhood homesin America 34 percent of adults aged 18 to 34 still lived with their parents in 2015, up from 26 percent 10 years before.” 他开设此类课程的原因是，许多千禧一代没有离开童年时的家在美国，2015年有34%的18岁至34岁的成年人仍与父母住在一起，而10年前这一比例为26%。根据此处的数据显示，开设课程的原因是千禧一代的人没有离开童年的家，而且这个数据相对于以前有所
23、增长，所以数据显示了更多了成年人仍然依赖于父母。故选C项。【6题详解】词义猜测题。根据第二段“Dependency leads to enervation. Over time, you are unable to adult.” 依赖会导致enervation。久而久之，你就无法成年。根据后一句的解释，可以推测是依赖导致了软弱，所以不能成年，所以换线词为“软弱”。故选D项。【7题详解】细节理解题。根据最后一段“We dont push our kids to build families of their own, because life cost has increased.” 我们不强
24、迫我们的孩子建立他们自己的家庭，因为生活成本增加了。可知孩子不被催促去成家，故选D项。【8题详解】主旨大意题。根据第一段“However, now, millennials clearly need training in being an adult.”然而，现在，千禧一代显然需要接受成人培训。第一段引出了本文的主旨，最后一段“Instead of blaming (责备) living at home, we have to blame our style of parenting.” 与其责备住在家里，我们还不如责备我们的养育方式。最后一段说明了导致千禧一代不能够成人的原因，所以整篇文章的主旨是千禧一代需要接受成人培训的原因。故选B项。
