天文学家指出，三个在可见宇宙边缘的、人们熟悉的星系并非像以前人们所认为的那样，完全是从超新星爆发后逐渐衰退的余烬中得到能量的。 对上句理解正确的是( )。
A．以前人们认为这些星系完全是从超新星爆发后逐渐衰退的余烬中得到能量的
B．以前人们认为这些星系完全不是从超新星爆发后逐渐衰退的余烬中得到能量的
C．现在人们发现这些星系完全是从超新星爆发后逐渐衰退的余烬中得到能量的
D．现在人们发现这些星系完全不是从超新星爆发后逐渐衰退的余烬中得到能量的
参考答案：A
解析：[命题提示] 本题主要考查考生理解文意和归纳推断的能力 [解题要点] 正确理解文段意思，把握关键词的含义 [答案与解析] 这段文字的关键词是“那样”，弄清了“那样”所指代的内容，文段意思也就不难理解了。根据上下文，代词所指代内容从离它最近的句子中寻找，可以判断“那样”指代的是“完全是从超新星爆发后逐渐衰退的余烬中得到能量的”。那么这句话的意思是以前人们认为这些星系完全是从超新星爆发后逐渐衰退的余烬中得到能量的。故选A。
Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each of the passages is followed by 5 questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the best one.
Passage One
| American consumers like convenience very much. During the last 50 years, there has been a dramatic increase in such labor-saving devices as automatic washing machines, clothes dryers, dishwashers, food processors, microwave ovens, garbage disposals and power lawn mowers. Today, all of these and many more, are found in a typical suburban home. These labor-saving devices are designed to reduce the time spent on housework. However, the time that Americans save is quickly spent on other activities. The American desire for convenience also created the concept of fast-food restaurants, found in every city and almost every small town in the United States, and now exported all over the world. These fast-food restaurants, such as McDonald’s and KFC, serve sandwiches, salads, fried chicken, seafood, and other food to hurried customers in five minutes or less, often at a drive-up window. There are also a wide variety of restaurants that will deliver Chinese food, pizza, and other dishes to people’s homes in about a half-hour. In many areas there are "take-out taxis" that will deliver food from the menus of 20 or 30 different restaurants for a small charge. For those who prefer to prepare their food at home, American grocery stores are full of convenience foods that are packaged and ready to cook or even precooked. Like microwave ovens and dishwashers, fast-food and take-out restaurants are convenient because they save the American consumer time that would otherwise be spent fixing meals or cleaning up. More than half of all the women in the United States are currently employed. This includes mothers with children under the age of 18. More than half the women with little children under the age of six hold jobs. Sixty-eight percent of the women who have school-age children are employed. Families with working mothers need all the time-savers they can get. Thus, the conveniences that Americans desire reflect not so much a leisurely lifestyle as a busy lifestyle in which even minutes of time are too valuable to be wasted. Alexis de Tocqueville was one of the first to see in this a curious paradox (自相矛盾) in the American character. He observed that Americans were so busy working to acquire comforts and conveniences that they were unable to relax and to enjoy leisure time when they had it. Today, many Americans have what one medical doctor has called "the hurry sickness". |
It is implied in the passage that ______.
A．fast food is not as nutritious as home-cooked food
B．fast food restaurants are more popular than take-out restaurants in the U. S.
C．most of the cooking at home is done by women
D．more men than women prefer eating convenient food