【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 oday39。s young people believe that it39。s wrong to kill animals to be used as food. Jess Murray, 22, a student at University College London, said that he chose to bee vegan after realizing that eating animals is a choice that people make, rather than something that we need to do to survive. “Being vegan was an ethical (道德的) decision,” he told the Guardian. Social media is also believed to have given rise to the increase in veganism. Platforms such as Facebook allow young vegans to connect with each other much easier, while others such as Instagram have led to the creation of “vegan celebrities (名人)”, who share lips on vegan lifestyles. Despite the rising of veganism, Laura Wyness, an expert in diet and nutrition, said that meat is very important for people39。s health. “A strict vegan diet makes it difficult to get some minerals and vitamins that your body needs,” Wyness told BBC news. However, the popularity of veganism doesn39。t seem to be fading. “It feels more like this is something that is sticking.” said an expert of the Vegan Society, a UK charity that promotes veganism.（1）What can we learn about veganism, “the fastestgrowing lifestyle movement” in UK? A.It has created many popular dishes.B.It is backed up mainly by old people.C.It has led to further market research.D.It has grown steeply in the past 10 years.（2）The following may account for the increase in veganism EXCEPT . A.Young people prefer an environmentfriendly life.B.Young people want to bee ethical celebrities.C.Meal manufacturing contributes a lot to the world39。s greenhouse gas.D.Social media allow the vegan message to spread quickly around.（3）The underlined word “sticking” in the Iasi paragraph is equal to in meaning. A.importantB.specialC.lastingD.impressive（4）Which of the following will serve as the best title of the passage? A.Young Brits Going VeganB.Veganism Comes FirstC.How to Start a Vegan LifestyleD.Veganism and the Environment【答案】（1）D（2）B（3）C（4）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，研究表明，過(guò)去的十年里素食主義在英國(guó)增長(zhǎng)迅猛。這一增長(zhǎng)的主要力量是那些年齡在1534歲之間的年輕人。其原因可能是由于肉類(lèi)加工排放的熱量大過(guò)世界上所有的汽車(chē)，火車(chē)和飛機(jī)的總和，他們認(rèn)為殺死動(dòng)物用作食物是不對(duì)，年輕人想要保護(hù)環(huán)境。另外社會(huì)媒體的參與也導(dǎo)致了年輕的素食者的增加。(1)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第二段中的“A study by a UK market research organization, suggests that over 542,000 Brits went vegan during the previous decade, an increase of 360%.”可知，英國(guó)市場(chǎng)研究表明，在過(guò)去的十年里，素食主義者的人數(shù)增長(zhǎng)了360%，增長(zhǎng)迅猛。”故選D。 (2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第五段中的“Being vegan was an ethical (道德的) decision,”他們認(rèn)為素食是道德上的決定，及第六段可知，社交媒體也被認(rèn)為導(dǎo)致了素食主義的增加的原因之一，因而出現(xiàn)了一些所謂的素食名人來(lái)分享他們的生活方式，可知素食主義者的增加不是因?yàn)樗麄兿氤蔀榈赖旅耍欠窒硭厥持髁x讓他們成為“名人”，這不是素質(zhì)快速發(fā)展的原因，因此選B。(3)考查詞義猜測(cè)。根據(jù)第六段中的“ the popularity of veganism doesn39。t seem to be fading. ‘It feels more like this is something that is sticking.’”根據(jù)轉(zhuǎn)折連詞however 可知，前后兩句意義是相反的。前面說(shuō)“素食主義的流行似乎并沒(méi)有消退”，因此可推斷出后一句是反而會(huì)持續(xù)下去。故sticking意為”持續(xù)”，可知， lasting“持久的，持續(xù)的”符合題意，故選C。(4)考查主旨大意。通讀全文可知，本文主要講述過(guò)去的十年里素食主義在英國(guó)增長(zhǎng)迅猛。這一增長(zhǎng)的主要力量是那些年齡在1534歲之間。素食主義在英國(guó)的年輕人中非常流行的原因可能是年輕人想要保護(hù)環(huán)境，社會(huì)媒體的參與也導(dǎo)致了素食者的增加。故選A?！军c(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解，詞義猜測(cè)和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查，是一篇社會(huì)現(xiàn)象類(lèi)閱讀，要求考生在捕捉細(xì)節(jié)信息的基礎(chǔ)上，進(jìn)一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，進(jìn)行分析，推理，概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．閱讀理解 Durian(榴蓮) is probably the smelliest fruit in the world, letting out an unusual unpleasant smell which would make anyone bring up. However, nobody was aware of what gave this fruit its unique smell, so a team of researchers from Singapore decided to take a look at its genome (基因組) and find out, Durian is wellknown throughout Southeast Asia as the king of fruits, mostly because of its awful appearance and smell. However, the origin of this unpleasant smell was unknown, so researchers decided to map the genome of the fruit, and find the gene that controlled it. A group of genes, volatile sulfur pounds (含硫化合物), became very active in the fruit, and they were found responsible for resulting in the unpleasant smell. The fruit confuses everyone with a sulfuric smell, like rotten onions and ingredients. The smell lasts long, mostly because the fruit contains more volatile sulfur pounds. Other species usually benefit from two gene copies at most, but durian has four, leading to the striking smell. However, this smell might be an advantage for durian in the wild. Although we find it unpleasant, many animals might be attracted by it. If they eat the fruit, then they can easily spread its seeds everywhere, thus contributing to the distribution of the species. The mapping of the durian genome also showed some other information on the species. First of all, the fruit has an impressive number of genes, namely 46,000. Also, with the help of these genes, they saw how it evolved, and discovered it was related to the cacao tree. All the other discoveries have been published in the journal Nature Genetics. Despite the striking smell, many people actually enjoy eating the fruit. However, not all durian species are edible, and some of them may even cause damage to our health, Even so, the fruit is often imported, significantly contributing to the economy.（1）What give durian its unique smell? A.Onions nearby.B.Two gene copies.C.Rotten ingredients in it.D.Volatile sulfur pounds.（2）What does the underlined word “evolved” in Paragraph 5 probably mean? A.Developed.B.Escaped.C.Predicted.D.Tolerated