Ⅳ.阅读理解(每小题2分，共30分)

阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。

A

Paragraph 1: Scientists have learned a lot about the kinds of foods people need. They say that there are several kinds of foods that people should eat every day. They are:(1)green and yellow vegetables of all kinds;(2)citrus(柑橘)fruits and tomatoes;(3)potatoes and other fruits and vegetables;(4)meat of all kinds，fish and eggs;(5)milk and foods made from milk; (6) bread or cereal(谷类食物), rice is also in this kind of food;(7)butter, or something like butter.

Paragraph 2: People in different places of the world eat different kinds of things. Foods are cooked and eaten in many different kinds of ways. People in different countries eat at different times of the day. In some places people eat once or twice a day; in other countries people eat three or four times a day. Scientists say that none of the differences is really important. It doesn’t matter whether foods are eaten raw or cooked. It doesn’t matter if a person eats dinner at 4 o’clock in the afternoon or at eleven o’clock at night. The important thing is what you eat every day.

Paragraph 3: There are two problems, then, in feeding the large number of people in the earth. The first is to find some ways to feed the world’s population so that no one is hungry. The second is to make sure that people everywhere have the right kinds of foods to make them grow to be strong and healthy.

36. From the first paragraph we know noodles belong to a kind of _______ food.

A. vegetable                  B. fruit

C. meat                   D. cereal

37. According to the scientists, which of the following groups is the healthiest for your lunch?

A. Chicken, apples, cereal and cabbages.

B. Potatoes, carrots, rice and bread.

C. Oranges, bananas, fish and tomatoes.

D. Beef, pork, fish and milk.

38. People in different countries and different places of the world _______.

A. have the right kinds of foods to eat

B. cook their foods in the same way

C. have their meals at the same time

D. eat foods in different ways

39. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. People in some places don’t have enough food to eat.

B. There are too many people in the world.

C. One of the problems is that no one is hungry.

D. The scientists are trying to make people grow strong and healthy.

40. If there is Paragraph 4, what do you think is going to be talked about?

A. When people eat their lunch

B. What to do with the two problems

C. How to cook food in different ways

D. Why people in different places eat different kinds of foods