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四、閱讀測驗【請在下列各題中選出最適當的答案】Eating habits are influenced by environment, such as the climate and the availability of water and of plantsor animals to serve as food. It is also influenced by the customs of eating passed down from generation togeneration.The nomadic Arabs eat what they can transport and find in the desert. Fruits from oases, camel’s milk, goat’scheese, rice, and a bit of meat may constitute the only meal of the day. These nomads sit close together and eatwith their fingers, partaking from a common bowl. The Arabian nomads have a longstanding tradition ofdemocracy and hospitality. For example, rich and poor eat similar food, and visitors are always offered coffeeand invited to share the “common” meal.Another group of people who eat with their hands are the people of India. They are trained to use only thetips of the fingers of the right hand to touch food. It is a major social disgrace to eat with one’s left hand, or evento pick up one’s drink glass with the left hand, since the left hand is reserved for wiping one’s backside afterusing the restroom. Banana leaves are the only utensils required. These leaves are laid out on the floor in an areatypically reserved for eating. In India people wash their hands and mouths before and after eating. As theeconomic situation changes in India, eating habits may change also. In many industrialized parts of India peoplenow eat with forks and knives.In Mexican villages and in other rural areas in Latin America, the tortilla is used as an eating utensil in placeof the fork or spoon. This custom is disappearing in urban areas. The tradition lives on in modern restaurants,especially in tourist areas of Mexico, where dining enthusiasts are offered large bowls of scoop shaped tortillas,which are fried to a crisp shape for dipping.Eating habits vary widely. Like other customs, they arise out of the environment where they are practiced.There is a close relation between eating habits and ways of living. When these ways change, many eating habitsalso change.
【題組】46. What is the best title of this passage?
(A) Cultural Differences Around the World
(B) Eating Customs in Modern Times
(C) Various Ways of Living
(D) Eating Habits in Various Parts of the World
參考答案
答案：D
難度：簡單0.798331
統計：A(66),B(55),C(24),D(574),E(0)
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【Allison Tsai】評論
文章翻譯：(翻譯不好、有誤請指教)飲食習慣會受環境所影響，如氣候、水源和食用性植物或動物的可用能力。它也受到代代相傳的飲食的習俗影響。游牧的阿拉伯人食用可在沙漠中運輸及發現的食物。來自綠洲的水果、駱駝奶、山羊(奶)製的起司、米、及些許的肉類，組成一天唯一的一餐。這些牧民緊坐在一起，然後用他們的手指、共享公碗裡的食物。這群阿拉伯遊牧民族有個存在已久的民主又好客的傳統。例如，富有和貧窮(的人)吃的是類似的食物，訪客總是(被)提供咖啡並受邀一起分享”一般的”餐點。另一個用手吃飯的族群是印度人。他們被訓練只能用右手的指尖觸碰食物。用左手進食，或甚至用左手拿起杯子，都是嚴重的社會恥辱，因為左手是用來如廁後擦屁股...
【Peng-You Kao】評論
These leaves are laid out on the floor in an area typically reserved for eating這些葉子鋪在地上，是這個區域典型的保存食物的方法。