Several times each year the Queen gives afternoon tea parties at which guests are served tiny cakes filled with cream from her own cows. Cakes and sandwiches are brought in by footmen, yet you never see the Queen touch a thing. She simply sits beside a big silver plate, pouring cups of tea for everyone and carefully avoiding the cakes. At cocktail parties the Queen moves from group to group, chatting informally, and manages to make one glass of diet(节食)drink to last an entire evening. Tours abroad are difficult because hosts(主人)seem to believe the warmth of their welcome must be shown with wonderful state banquets(宴会). But the Queen has perfected the art of appearing to enjoy her meal without actually eating much. During one visit to the Pacific islands of Tonga, a specially-prepared dinner was arranged in a hut made of wood and bamboo leaves. Deep holes were dug in the ground, filled with hot stones and baby pigs, and the pigs were slowly baked over several days. The Queen looked uneasily at her plate when she discovered a whole roast pig was her serving. Then she became uneasy when a turkey, some meat, bananas and an apple were also carried in for each guest. So she depended on her old favorite trick of talking with her host. , King Tupou IV, carrying on a warm conversation. At the same time she pushed her food around her plate and only ate a piece of turkey and some fruit. Reporters traveling with her have noted that the Queen will sometimes seem so carried away by a foreign leader’s political chat that she simply never has time to finish a meal before it is time to get up and make her speech. She will lift her fork to swallow a mouthful, then put it down again to make another point, leaving almost all of her meal untouched.
1. The main idea of the passage is about ____. A. the Queen’s favorite food B. the Queen’s tours abroad C. how the Queen keeps her diet during her tours D. the Queen’s trouble with a foreign leader 2. The Queen talked with her host and carried on conversation with him. The purpose of doing this is ____. A. to show her politeness B. not to eat much C. to show her great interest in food D. to hide her dislike to the food 3. We can infer from the passage that tours are difficult for the Queen, because ____. A. she has to meet with so many important leaders B. she has to eat much oily food C. she has so many reporters to travel with her D. hosts always present wonderful state banquets 4. What probably is the Queen’s art of acting at state dinners? A. Appearing to enjoy her meal without actually eating much. B. Drinking Malvern water. C. Eating a piece of turkey and some fruit. D. Eating much without being noticed. 【答案与解析】 1. C解析：文章谈到了食品以及女王的“tours”，但主旨是女王如何“keep her diet”。答案为C。 2. B解析：由第五段“uneasy”、“old favorite trick of talking with her host”、“pushed her food around her plate and only ate a piece of turkey and some fruit”可判断答案为B。 3. D解析：从第三段第一句话中可推断出答案为D。 4. A解析：从第三段第二句话可得到答案A符合题意。
The following table shows some results of a survey in which 800 Japanese school pupils were asked to give their impressions of their classroom teachers. The pupils’ impressions were found to differ depending on whether the teacher was new(with less than three years’ experience), middle-standing(ten to twenty years), or a veteran(twenty to thirty years). The numbers in the table show the percentage of the pupils who answered “very satisfied” or “extremely satisfied” for each question item. Question items New Middle-standing Veteran 1. Shows a sense of humor in class 42 56 70 2. Explains clearly 33 58 68 3. Teaches in a relaxed(轻松的)manner 30 46 65 4. Writes neatly on the blackboard 9 43 56 5. Lets pupils ask questions in class 18 30 47 6. Makes checks and comments in notebooks 22 30 43 7. Speaks loudly and clearly 45 85 54 8. Treats all pupils squally 43 58 42 9. Cares about pupils’ opinions 47 43 17 10. Spends time with pupils between classes 25 10 6 1. In contrast(对比)to the new teachers, the middle-standing and veteran teachers seem to have made a remarkable(显著的)improvement in their ability to____. A. be fair to any pupil B. evaluate(评价)pupils’ progress C. present materials clearly D. understand and play with pupils 2. Pupils seem to regard the new and the middle-standing teachers as being more ____than the veteran. A. relaxed in class B. interested in pupils’ ideas C. neat in appearance D. skilful at explaining 3. According to the table, which of the following is right? A. In the new teachers’ classes, pupils seem to ask questions more freely. B. Pupils seem to be quite satisfied with amount(总量)of time their teachers spend with them between classes. C. The evaluation of the middle-standing teachers is lower than that of the veterans in seven items. D. Though veterans do not play games with pupils during breaks, their teaching is rated highly. 4. Compared with the new teachers, ____. A. the middle-standing teachers lack energy to teach B. the middle-standing teachers feel difficult to teach C. the veterans feel it relaxing to teach D. the veterans feel the older they are,
