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2019大学英语四级阅读练习及答案(2)

Section C

Directions： There are 2 passages in this section. Each

passage is followed by some questions or unfinished

statements. For each of them there are four choices marked

A．,B．, C． and D．. You should decide on the best choice

and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a

single line through the centre.

Passage One

Questions 56 to 60 are based on the following passage.

Fried foods have long been frowned upon. Nevertheless,

the skillet (长柄平底煎锅) is about our handiest and most

useful piece of kitchen equipment. Strong woodcutters and

others engaged in active labor requiring 4,000calories per

day or more will take approximately one-third of their

rations prepared in this fashion. Meat, eggs, and French

toast cooked in this way are served in millions of homes

daily. Apparently the consumers are not beset with more signs

of indigestion than afflicted by those who insist upon

broiling, roasting, or boiling. Some years ago one of our

most eminent physiologists investigated the digestibility of

fried potatoes. He found that the pan variety was more easily

broken down for assimilation than when deep fat was employed.

The latter, however, dissolved within the alimentary tract

( 消化道 ) more readily than the boiled type. Furthermore, he

learned, by watching the progress of the contents of the

stomach by means of the fluoroscope (荧光检查仪), that fat

actually accelerated the rate of digestion. Now all this is

quite in contrast with "authority". Volumes have been written

on nutrition, and everywhere the dictum ( 意见) has been

accepted--no fried edibles of any sort for children. A few

will go so tar as to forbid this style of cooking wholly. Now

and then an expert will be bold enough to admit that he uses

them himself, the absence of discomfort being explained on

the ground that he possesses a powerful gastric ( 胃的 )apparatus. We can of course sizzle perfectly good

articles to death so that they will be leathery and tough.

But thorough heating, in the presence of shortening, is not

the awful crime that it has been labeled. Such dishes

stimulate rather than retard contractions of the gall bladder.

Thus it is that bile ( 胆汁 ) mixes with the nutriment

shortly after it leaves the stomach.

We don't need to allow our foodstuffs to become oil

soaked, but other than that, there seems to be no basis for

the widely heralded prohibition against this method. But

notions become fixed. The first condemnation probably rose

because an "oracle" ( 圣贤) suffered from dyspepsia (消化不良)

which he ascribed to some fried item on the menu. The theory

spread. Others agreed with him, and after a time the doctrine

became incorporated in our textbooks. The belief is now

tradition rather than proved fact. It should have been

refuted long since, as experience has demonstrated its

falsity.

56. This passage focuses on__________.

A． why the skillet is a handy piece of kitchen equipment

B． the digestibility of fried foods

C． how the experts can mislead the public in the area of

food preparation

D． why fried foods have long been frowned upon

57. People engaged in active labor eat fried foods because

__________.

A． they are healthful

B． they are much cheaper

C． they can be easily digested

D． they can provide the calories the workers need

58. The author implies that the public should__________.

A． prepare some foods by frying

B． avoid fried foods if possible

C． fry foods for adults but not for children

D． prepare all foods by frying

59. When the author says that "an 'oracle' suffered from

dyspepsia which he ascribed to some fried item on the menu"

he is being__________.

A． grateful

B． factual

C． sarcastic

D． humorous

60. The passage was probably taken from__________.