[2019·合肥市高三质量预测]Annette Larkins is an incredible woman who looks like a healthy 40yearold, although she just turned 70. She follows a special raw diet and only drinks rainwater.
She looks so young that people mistake her for the daughter, when she's out with her husband of 54 years, but I suppose he isn't complaining.
Mrs. Larkins says the secret to her beauty lies in her special diet, consisting of organic vegetables, fruits, seeds and nuts grown in her own garden; she calls it the “fountain of youth”. The woman doesn't touch anything that has been cooked.
And another strange thing she does is to collect rainwater, to keep her garden blossoming, but also to drink. But the resident of MiamiDade County, Florida, didn't always have such a healthy lifestyle. In fact, she consumed meat regularly, as her husband used to own a meat factory way back in the 1960s. It was then that she decided to change her eating habits forever. And what a great decision that was. I mean, just look at her!
When she started off, Mrs. Larkins was just looking for a few health benefits and never anticipated that she would look like a 40yearold at the age of 70. Over the 27 years, Mrs. Larkins has been eating raw food, and she has written two booklets called Journey to Health and also produced a DVD containing all her healthy secrets.
Her husband, Mr. Larkins, wishes he had followed her example, because now he looks much, much older and also suffers from diabetes (糖尿病) and high blood pressure. He takes prescription medicine every day, but Annette doesn't even take an aspirin.
体裁：说明文 题材：健康 主题：如何保持健康
【解题导语】 本文主要介绍了 Mrs. Larkins是如何保持健康年轻的。
【难句分析】 Mrs. Larkins says the secret to her beauty lies in her special diet, consisting of organic vegetables, fruits, seeds and nuts grown in her own garden; she calls it the “fountain of youth”．
分析：本句包含两个分句。第一个分句中“the secret to her beauty lies in her special diet”为宾语从句，省略了连接词that；“consisting of... seeds and nuts”为现在分词短语作定语；“grown in her own garden”为过去分词短语作定语。
译文：Larkins夫人说她的美丽的秘诀在于她的由那些被种植在她自己的园子里的有机蔬菜、水果、种子和坚果组成的特殊饮食，她把这种特殊饮食称为“年轻的源泉”。
1．What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A．The organic food. B．Her beauty.
C．Specially cooked food. D．Her raw diet.
答案与解析：D 考查词义猜测。根据第一段中的“she follows a special raw diet”及画线词所在句子的前半部分“Mrs.Larkins says the secret to her beauty lies in her special diet，consisting of organic vegetables，fruits，seeds and nuts grown in her own garden”可知，it是指上文提到的那种生吃食物的饮食。故选D项。
2．What kind of person does the author think Mrs. Larkins is?
A．Strongwilled. B．Honest.
C．Modest. D．Openminded.
答案与解析：A 考查推理判断。根据第四段的倒数第二句“It was then that she decided to change her eating habits forever”及倒数第二段第二句中的“Over the 27 years，Mrs.Larkins has been eating raw food”可知，Mrs.Larkins是一位意志坚定的人。故选A项。
3．What did the woman do with her healthy secrets?
A．She sold them to the local people.
B．She abandoned them at the age of 70.
C．She publicized them in various ways.
D．She improved them with her husband's help.
答案与解析：C 考查细节理解。根据倒数第二段最后一句中的“Mrs.Larkins has written two booklets called Journey to Health and also produced a DVD containing all her healthy secrets”可知，Mrs. Larkins利用各种方式推广她的健康秘诀。故选C项。
4．What is the author's attitude towards Mrs. Larkins's lifestyle?
A．Disapproving. B．Supportive.
C．Sympathetic. D．Skeptical.
答案与解析：B 考查观点态度。根据第四段最后两句“And what a great decision that was.I mean，just look at her”及最后一段对Larkins夫妇的情况的描述可知，作者对她的这种生活方式是支持的。
