1.[单选题]What does the author say about Italians of the old days?
A.They enjoyed cooking as well as eating.
B.They ate a big dinner late in the evening.
C.They ate three meals regularly every day.
D.They were expert at cooking meals.
2.[单选题]What does the author think of the food people eat today?
A.Its quality is usually guaranteed.
B.It is varied, abundant and nutritious.
C.It is more costly than what our ancestors ate.
D.Its production depends too much on technology.
3.[单选题]What does Professor Carole Counihan say about pre-industrial European families eating meals together?
A.It was helpful to maintaining a nation’s tradition.
B.It brought family members closer to each other.
C.It was characteristic of the agrarian culture.
D.It enabled families to save a lot of money.
4.[单选题]What do we learn from the passage about people in pre-industrial Europe?
A.They had to work from early morning till late at night.
B. They were so busy working that they only ate simple meals.
C. Their daily routine followed the rhythm of the natural cycle.
D.Their life was much more comfortable than that of today.
5.[单选题]What does “cultural metabolism” (Line 1, Para. 3. refer to?
A.Evolutionary adaptation.
B.Changes in lifestyle.
C.Social progress.
D.Pace of life.