《2025年初中英语阅读教程七年级英语上册外研版》

PASSAGE
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Classic
(经典美文)
words: 158 time: 5 min.
White Vegetables, Good Medicine
We're often told to "eat a rainbow", so we believe that the more colors a food has, the better it is. In fact, some white vegetables, such as cauliflower, mushrooms and onions, can offer us what we need.
As far as we know, they are rich in umami (鲜味), the fifth basic taste after sweet, salty, bitter and sour. In a word, all these white vegetables can help simple dishes come alive.
Some white vegetables are good medicine actually. Garlic, for example, is able to help hair grow, and keep colds and flu away. Julia Child said, "I cannot imagine a world without onions, so I always put slices of onion while cooking for my customers." And it is really like that: an onion on our plate can help us enjoy our life with a lower risk of cancer.

So, put these dishes with white vegetables on your dinner table.

Choose the best answer.
(C) 1. Which one is NOT white vegetable?
A. Cauliflower.
B. Mushroom.
C. Carrot.
D. Onion.
(A) 2. Which one is TRUE according to this passage?
A. Cauliflower is a kind of white vegetables.
B. Mushrooms are good medicine.
C. Onions are not good for us.
D. Garlics are not white vegetables.
(C) 3. What can we infer (推断) from the underlined words in Paragraph 1?
A. We should eat a real rainbow.
B. Rainbow is delicious.
C. We should eat food in more colors.
D. We must eat a lot.
(B) 4. The passage mainly tells us______.
A. cauliflower is healthy
B. some white vegetables are delicious and healthy
C. we should eat more vegetables
D. We all like to eat white vegetables

答案： 1.C【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段和第三段内容可知。
2.A【解析】细节理解题。根据第一段内容可知A 选项正确；B 项文中并未提及；根据文章第三段内容可知C 项与文意不符。故选 A。
3.C【解析】推理判断题。根据第一段第一句可知我们吃的食物颜色应多彩一些。
4.B【解析】主旨大意题。根据文章内容可知 white vegetables 鲜味丰富，可以让简单的菜肴也变得好吃，并且对人体健康有很多好处，故选 B。