If you don’t want people to know too much about you, then you had better keep your fridge contents secret, according to a British market research document released last week.
Researchers peered (凝視) into the fridges of 400 people in Britain and compared the contents with the owners’ lifestyles. They claim to be able to classify the nation’s people by fridge contents.
They say those people can be separated into five categories：nutrition nerds (no social sense), food faddiest (whatever’s in style), martyr mums, fast food fanatics and restaurant regulars.
Nutrition nerds care much about what they put into their bodies. Their fridges are stocked with fruit, vegetables and healthy meat.
People in this category tend to be highly organized and usually work in law or accountancy. The vast majority is single, but if they have a partner, that person will be similar.
A fridge full of vitamins — enriched juices implies its owner works in media or fashion. They tend not to eat the foods they buy. Known as the food faddiest, they just want to be seen as purchasing the latest important things.
A fridge filled with everything from steak to frozen fish suggests the martyr mum. Her fridge tends to be stocked with every kind of product, except what she herself would want. This fridge hints at difficulty balancing family and work life.
Fast food fanatics always buy mineral water or soda pop. The nearest they will get to fresh fruit is tomato sauce. Their fridges hint at someone who works hard and plays hard, also, someone who is not into long term planning.
Finally, a fridge filled with nothing more than a bottle of white wine and some sparkling mineral water implies an owner who is single, lives in a big city and enjoys the finer things in life. The fridge is empty because this person regularly eats in restaurants.
小題1:What can we know from the first two paragraphs?
A．Some researchers are fond of staring at other people’s fridges.
B．People don’t want others to know about their secrets.
C．The food you put in the fridge has something to do with your personality.
D．There are mainly five kinds of lifestyles among British people.
小題2:According to the passage, people who belong to food faddiest_________.  
A．don’t care much about money when buying things
B．will try their best to stay healthy
C．often stay up late to finish their job
D．prefer to ask others about what to do next
小題3:Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．“Nutrition nerds” are always organized and successful in their jobs.
B．“Food faddists” like to stock their fridges with all kinds of vitamins.
C．“Martyr mums” care themselves more than others.
D．“Fast food fanatics” usually do not stock their fridges with fresh fruit.
小題4:What will those who often dine out put in the fridge?
A．All kinds of food they like.
B．Only something to drink.
C．Fruit, vegetables and meat.
D．Food rich in vitamins.
小題5:What is this passage mainly about?
A．What people store in their fridges.
B．Fridge contents and its owner’s secret.
C．What we should store in our fridges.
D．How to keep our fridge contents secret.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:B

試題分析：本文論述了家里的冰箱里的存放的東西與人的關系。按照英國的調(diào)查可以把人分成五類，一是營養(yǎng)書呆型。二是食物時尚型。三是自我犧牲媽媽型（除了自己喜歡的東西之外應有盡有）四是快餐狂熱分子型。五是餐館的�？托汀Ｎ闹蟹謩e闡述了他們各自的儲存的東西種類。
小題1:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Researchers peered (凝視) into the fridges of 400 people in Britain and compared the contents with the owners’ lifestyles. 放冰箱的東西與人的個性有關，故選C。
小題2:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)whatever’s in style 無論是什么樣的都買，故選A。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Fast food fanatics always buy mineral water or soda pop. The nearest they will get to fresh fruit is tomato sauce. 故選D。
小題4:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)a fridge filled with nothing more than a bottle of white wine and some sparkling mineral water故選B。
小題5:主旨大意題。根據(jù)If you don’t want people to know too much about you, then you had better keep your fridge contents secret,可知冰箱里存的東西與主人的秘密，故選B。
點評：說明文、議論文類文章：要把握文章的中心，先找出文章的主題句(Topic Sentence)，即中心思想，文章的主題句往往出現(xiàn)在首段或末段。第一段給出作者的觀點或引出將要介紹的事物，而末段則總結(jié)全文、重申論點。因此，在閱讀議論文或說明文時，一定要注意首段或末段的信息，因為那通常就是文章的主題句。
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