Passage Two
Yuppies are young people who earn a lot of money and live in a style that is too expensive for most people. If you are invited to a yuppie dinner party, [29]don't be surprised if you are offered freshly cooked insects as the first course. While the idea of eating fried insects fills most of us with horror, insect-eating is becoming highly fashionable. For example, in the media industry, successful executives are often seen to eat fried or boiled insects from time to time while working at their desks. [30]These safe-to-eat insects can be found and ordered on the Internet. And young people are logging on to exotic food websites and ordering samples of prepared insects to serve at their dinner parties. Although the idea of eating insects is probably disgusting to most of us, few people would claim that pigs, chickens and some kinds of seafood we often eat are examples of great beauty. One day, insects could be marketed and sold as a food item in supermarkets. According to their fans, [31]they are not only high in protein and low in fat but also very tasty. [32]But until our attitudes to food change fundamentally, it seems that insect-eaters will remain a select few.
Questions 29 to 32 are based on the passage you just have heard.
29. Why does the speaker say we might be surprised at the yuppie dinner party?
正確答案:A
解析:錄音提到,若第一道菜是剛烹制的昆蟲,你不要感到驚訝。故選A。
30. Where can people order the unusual food mentioned by the speaker?
正確答案:D
解析:根據“這些吃起來很安全的昆蟲能從網上找到和訂購”,選D。
31. Why are some yuppies attracted by the unusual food?
正確答案:B
解析:根據“據愛吃昆蟲的人所說,昆蟲不僅高蛋白低脂肪,而且很美味”,可以知道人們愛吃昆蟲的原因是出于好吃和健康,所以選B。
32. What does the speaker say about the future of this type of unusual food?
正確答案:D
解析:錄音提到,但除非我們對食物的觀念有了根本的改變,否則仍然只有少數人會吃昆蟲。由此可判斷人們不太可能接受吃昆蟲,故選D。