“It would be a pity to avoid instant(速食的) noodles in my life,” says Fiona Xu, a 21-year-old college student in the city of Hangzhou in East China.

Traditionally, people prefer the cup noodles because they are fast and cheap. However, instant noodles are often highly processed and don’t have nutritional(营养的) value. Many Chinese youth said that their parents didn’t allow them to eat cup noodles while growing up.

“When I was young, I thought instant noodles were very delicious, but my parents seldom fed me those,” Xu says. But when young kids grow up and go to university, they are free to choose whatever they want to eat, meaning that instant noodles are especially popular among university students. For them, the food is not unhealthy, but convenient and delicious. And instead of simply pouring hot water into paper cups, some take the time to make a real meal.

The convenient snack became even more important to Xu during the early days of COVID-19 pandemic(疫情). Xu’s university was closed to the public, so she had to depend on instant noodles, eating them at least three times a week. Cup noodles have also become one of the most popular foods in stores all over the world because of COVID-19. According to the World Instant Noodles Association, Chinese ate more than 46 billion instant noodles in 2020 — almost four times as much as the world’s second-largest market, Indonesia.

Now, with the growth of online shopping and international trade, Chinese youth and people who grew up with instant noodles are using more creative ways to buy their favorite treat.

1.What does Fiona Xu think of instant noodles in her life?

A Pitiful.

B Worthy.

C Avoidable.

D Harmful.

解析：选B。B 推理判断题。根据第一段第一句Fiona Xu所说的话“It would be a pity to avoid instant(速食的) noodles in my life”可知她认为“如果不吃方便面，那将是一种遗憾”，即对她来说方便面是非常值得一试的。故选B。

2.Why don’t parents let their kids eat instant noodles?

A Because they are too cheap.

B Because they are not delicious to eat.

C Because they are not good for their health.

D Because they are often not highly processed.

解析：选C。C 细节理解题。根据第二段的“However, instant noodles are often highly processed and don’t have nutritional value”可知，很多家长认为方便面没有营养价值，所以不让他们的孩子吃。故选C。

3.University students don’t think instant noodles________.

A unhealthy

B convenient

C delicious

D expensive

解析：选A。A 细节理解题。根据第三段的“ For them, the food is not unhealthy, but convenient and delicious”可知，大学生们并不认为方便面不健康。故选A。

4.What can we know from Paragraph 4?

A Indonesia was once the largest market of instant noodles.

B Fewer customers bought instant noodles after the pandemic broke.

C Xu ate cup noodles every day during the early days of COVID-19 pandemic.

D Instant noodles became more important to some people because of COVID-19.

解析：选D。D 推理判断题。根据第四段第一句以及第三句可知，由于新冠疫情的爆发，方便面对Fiona Xu来说变得更重要了，并且全球方便面销量大增。由此可知由于COVID-19，方便面对一些人变得更加重要。故选D。

5.Where can you probably read the passage?

A In a children’s storybook.

B In a school newspaper.

C In a food magazine.

D In a science book.

解析：选C。C 推理判断题。本文主要讲述中国年轻人对方便面的喜爱，方便面属于食品，最有可能在食品杂志读到本文。故选C。