Several times each year the Queen gives afternoon tea parties at which guests ar

       Several times each year the Queen gives afternoon tea parties at which guests are served tiny cakes filled with cream from her own cows. Cakes and sandwiches are brought in by footmen, yet you never see the Queen touch a thing. She simply sits beside a big silver plate, pouring cups of tea for everyone and carefully avoiding the cakes.

       At cocktail parties the Queen moves from group to group, chatting informally, and manages to make one glass of diet(节食)drink to last an entire evening.

       Tours abroad are difficult because hosts(主人)seem to believe the warmth of their welcome must be shown with wonderful state banquets(宴会). But the Queen has perfected the art of appearing to enjoy her meal without actually eating much.

       During one visit to the Pacific islands of Tonga, a specially-prepared dinner was arranged in a hut made of wood and bamboo leaves. Deep holes were dug in the ground, filled with hot stones and baby pigs, and the pigs were slowly baked over several days. The Queen looked uneasily at her plate when she discovered a whole roast pig was her serving.

       Then she became uneasy when a turkey, some meat, bananas and an apple were also carried in for each guest. So she depended on her old favorite trick of talking with her host., King Tupou IV, carrying on a warm conversation. At the same time she pushed her food around her plate and only ate a piece of turkey and some fruit.

       Reporters traveling with her have noted that the Queen will sometimes seem so carried away by a foreign leader’s political chat that she simply never has time to finish a meal before it is time to get up and make her speech. She will lift her fork to swallow a mouthful, then put it down again to make another point, leaving almost all of her meal untouched.

68. The main idea of the passage is about ____.

       A. the Queen’s favorite food

       B. the Queen’s tours abroad

       C. how the Queen keeps her diet during her tours

       D. the Queen’s trouble with a foreign leader

69. The Queen talked with her host and carried on conversation with him. The purpose of doing this is ____.

       A. to show her politeness

       B. not to eat much 

       C. to show her great interest in food

       D. to hide her dislike to the food

70. We can infer from the passage that tours are difficult for the Queen, because ____.

       A. she has to meet with so many important leaders

       B. she has to eat much oily food

       C. she has so many reporters to travel with her

       D. hosts always present wonderful state banquets

71. What probably is the Queen’s art of acting at state dinners?

       A. Appearing to enjoy her meal without actually eating much.

       B. Drinking Malvern water.

       C. Eating a piece of turkey and some fruit.

       D. Eating much without being noticed.

试题答案

68. C

解析：文章谈到了食品以及女王的“tours”，但主旨是女王如何“keep her diet”。答案为C。

69. B

解析：由第五段“uneasy”、“old favorite trick of talking with her host”、“pushed her food around her plate and only ate a piece of turkey and some fruit”可判断答案为B。

70. D

解析：从第三段第一句话中可推断出答案为D。

71. A

解析：从第三段第二句话可得到答案A符合题意。