18．People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten． If you lived in the Mediterranean，for example，you would consider octopus （章魚）a great delicacy （佳肴）． You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive（令人討厭的）． On the other hand，your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat---the normally accepted practice in many northern countries． The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives．
  No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail （蝸牛）．Cooked in wine，snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world． There are countless people who，ever since their early years，have learned to associate snails with food．
As my friend，Robert's flat is in a large town，he has no garden of his own． For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him． The idea never appealed to me very much，but one day，after a heavy shower，I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails on some of my favorite plants． Acting on a sudden impulse （沖動），I collected several dozen，put them in a paper bay，and took them to Robert． Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift． I left the bag in the hall and Robert and 1 went into the living room where we talked for a couple of hours．I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner．Snails would，of course，be the main dish． I did not fancy the idea and 1 reluctantly （不情愿地） followed Robert out of the room． To our surprise，we saw that there were snails everywhere：they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall!I have never been able to look at a snail since then．
68． We can infer from Paragraph 3 that when collecting the snails，the writerB
  A． was glad that he could share them with his friend
  B． didn't think much about the result and it was just a sudden wish
  C． was excited about being able to give his friend a surprise
  D． was depressed because it was hard to catch them all
69． The writer finds that snailsC
  A． are as delicious as octopus                 B．a(chǎn)re disliked in his hometown
  C． are the most controversial（有爭議的） food  D．a(chǎn)re as popular as fried potatoes'
70． According to the passage，people love different foods mainly becauseD
  A． they live in different places
  B． they have the same genes as their parents
  C． they have different understandings of delicacies
  D． they learn to eat certain foods in their families
71． What's the best title for the passage？C
  A．Foods and cultures                      
  B．Snail and octopus
  C．One man's meat is another man's poison      
  D．People are illogical in front of delicacies．

分析 文章主要講述人們對蝸牛的不同態(tài)度．

解答 BCDC
68   B    細節(jié)題．由第三段第四句"Acting on a sudden impulse（沖動），I collected several dozen，put them in a paper bay，and took them to Robert．"可知作者收集蝸牛只是出于一時沖動，故正確答案為B．
69   C   細節(jié)題．由文章第一段第二三句"If you lived in the Mediterranean，for example，you would consider octopus（章魚） a great delicacy（佳肴）．You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive．"可知，一些人喜歡吃蝸牛，而另一些人則認為蝸牛很惡心，所以人們對蝸牛的態(tài)度是有爭議的，故正確答案為C．
70     D    細節(jié)題．由第一段最后一句"The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives．"可知大多數(shù)人一輩子都堅持吃某些食物是因為家庭因素，故正確答案為D．
71    C    主旨題．文章主要講述人們對蝸牛的不同態(tài)度，C項"蘿卜青菜，各有所愛"符合文意，所以C項正確．A項，"食物與文化"，文中沒有提及文化，所以A項錯誤．B項，"蝸牛與章魚"，文章沒有對蝸牛與章魚進行比較，所以B項錯誤．D項，"人們在美味面前是沒有邏輯的"，不符合文意，所以D項錯誤．故正確答案為C．

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7．---Has Li Lei finished his work today？
---I have no idea，but he ______ it when I saw him this morning．（　　）
A．had doneB．would doC．was doingD．did

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8．Mark Twain was a great writer．He was from the USA．He was born in 1835．He was also a famous speaker．He was famous for his sense of humour．Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time．
One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing．Before he was going to leave，one of his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes（蚊子） in the town and told him that he'd better not go there．Mark Twain waved （搖動） his hand and said，"It doesn't matter．The mosquitoes are no relatives of mine．I don't think they will come t o visit me．"
After he arrived at the town，Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station．He went into his room，but when he was just about to have a rest，quite a few mosquitoes flew about him．The waiters felt very sorry about that．"I'm very sorry，Mr．Mark Twain．There are too many mosquitoes in our town．"One of them said to him．
Mark Twain，however，made a joke，saying to the waiter，"The mosquitoes are very clever．They know my room number．They didn't come into the wrong room．"What he said made all the people present laugh heartily．
But that night Mark Twain slept well．Do you know why？That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night．
1．Many people liked Mark Twain becauseC．
A．he was famous    B．he liked to talk   C．he was humourous   D．he was a writer
2．That day Mark Twain went to the townB．
A．to see one of his friends      
B．because he wanted to do something there for his writing
C．because he was told there were a lot of mosquitoes there
D．to see one of his relatives
3．The waiters felt sorry becauseD．
A．they did something wrong to Mark Twain           
B．their hotel was too small
C．the room was not very clean  
D．there were quite a few mosquitoes in Mark Twain's room
4．All the people present laughed heartily becauseD．
A．the mosquitoes were very clever and they didn't come into the wrong room
B．the mosquitoes knew Mark Twain's room number
C．Mark Twain gave the waiters some nice presents
D．Mark Twain made a joke
5．From the story we knowA．
A．no mosquitoes troubled Mark Twain in the night
B．the owner of the hotel told the waiters to look after Mark Twain well at night
C．Mark Twain didn't have a good rest that night
D．there were not mosquitoes in the hotel any longer．

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