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With the advent of fast food chains from the West such as McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut, the Chinese are being introduced to a diet that markedly increases the death rate from certain diseases in any population.
Scientific studies from all over the world show that a diet high in animal foods such as pork, beef, including sugar, white flour, white noodles and even white rice, undermines one's health. Deposits of animal fat cling to the walls of arteries(动脉), blocking the blood supply to various organs.
This causes diseases in almost every organ, but in particular it damages two of the most vital ones, the heart and brain.
Compare these problems with the excellent health one may enjoy if one consumes good Chinese food. The cook goes out every day, procures great tasting, fresh vegetables, then cooks them for just a few minutes so that their nutritional value is preserved and afterwards serves them in a most artistic and elegant fashion. Please cling to your traditional ways of eating. They are far superior to those of the West.
Certainly the fast food chains make lots of money, but who wants to fill the pockets of a foreign food chain that proceeds to ruin the health of the Chinese people? Another reason Western fast food restaurants make money is that the food they serve, which comes from assembly lines, will not attract bugs or spoil easily?
How the Chinese could patronize these fast food places when Chinese cook such delectable food, not just in this country but over the entire world, is beyond my comprehension.
Western restaurants are clean and tastefully decorated. Moreover, these restaurants also do indeed have “good service and an inviting dining atmosphere”. However, Chinese food chains could do likewise if they would organize themselves as the Western chains do.
These lessons in management and decoration are the only ones worth learning from the invasion of this country by the Western fast food chains. In other words only imitate the style of the restaurants, not the content of the food or the menus in any way, shape or form.
Do not let the desire for money destroy the wonderful tradition that China has established in producing absolutely fantastically tasty as well as healthful food.
1. The following are fast food chains from the West EXCEPT
________.
A.McDonald's B.Kentucky Fried Chicken
C.Pizza Hut D.Chinese food
解析 细节理解题。由第一段“such as McDonald's...Pizza Hut”可知Chinese food 不属于西方快餐连锁店。
答案 D
2. A diet high in animal foods and refined foods will cause diseases, particularly damage________.
A.the heart and brain B.the walls of arteries
C.all organs D.the blood
解析 细节理解题。由第三段“This causes disease in almost every organ, but in particular it damages two of the most vital ones, the heart and brain”可知， A项正确。
答案 A
3. The underlined word“undermines”in the 2nd paragraph may have the similar meaning with“________”.
A.improves B.damages
C.affects D.strengthen
解析 词义猜测题。根据情景可知，这里undermines是“破坏”的意思。
答案 B
4. What will be worth learning from the Western fast food chains?
A.The content of the food.
B.The menus.
C.The lessons in management and decoration.
D.Shape or form of the food.
解析 细节理解题。文章倒数二段中“These lessons in management and decoration are the only ones worth learning from the invasion of this country by the Western fast food chains”说明了西方快餐店值得学习的地方是管理及店面的装饰。
答案 C
