egg, bean curd, cake, cookie, biscuit, cracker, nut, fish, shrimp, lobster, crab, clam, etc.
tea, coffee, Cock, rum, Pepsi, wine, Seven-up, Sprite, beer, whiskey, brandy, milk, juice, soda water, lemonade, mineral water, etc.
2. How Much Do You Know About Food?
1）ABCCB 6)ACBCA
Part Two
Reading Comprehension
1. Finding Food Taboos
Taboo
Reason
cow
1） Cows can help people plow the fields.
2） Cow manure can be used as fertilizer.
3） Cow manure can be dried and burned to make a cooking fire.
dog
1） Dogs can be as companions for people.
2） Dogs serve as protection against thieves.
pork
1） Pork cooked insufficiently may spread disease.
2） Nomadic people did not want to stay in one place to raise pigs.
2. Understanding the Details
1）nutrition，religion，the ways of life of different people
2）butterflies，rats，termites
3）calories，protein
4）there is plenty of land for raising cattle and the meat can be shipped for long distances by railway road
5）they can go anywhere they want to in the streets；they can eat anything from the supplies of the food sellers in the streets
Vocabulary
1. 1) common 2) appropriate 3) forbidden 4) supplies 5) related
6) evidence 7) requires 8) raise 9) spread 10) sufficiently
2. 1) disgusting 2) habit 3) insects 4) reasonable 5) relatively
6) animals 7) harvested 8) grow 9) nearly 10) other
11) altogether 12) consumed 13) avoided 14) popular 15) offers
16) served 17) would 18) enjoyed 19) considered 20) reject
3. 1) g 2) f 3) b 4) c 5) h 6) e 7) I 8) d 9) a 10) j
Translation