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UNIT 3 FOOD AND CULTURE
Section Ⅰ Reading and Thinking
课时作业(一)
Ⅰ 完形填空
(2022· 湖南省衡阳市高二上学期月考)For a period of a month some time ago, I became a vegetarian. Some people won't eat meat because they think it is cruel to animals, or because of health 1 . My reason is a little 2 : it is love.
I simply wanted to honor my grandmother by not eating meat. My grandmother spent a large part of her life as a vegetarian, and some of my happiest childhood 3 in Vietnam were of sharing a meal with her.
In fact, as a child, I learned how to 4 food not from dishes my mother often cooked, but from the simple meals my grandmother 5 . Often, dinner with Grandma would come with interesting stories she had known from her childhood.
Grandma 6 more than a decade ago. Now I am an adult living in San Francisco, and Grandma's vegetarian suppers and stories have become a 7 past. But one morning it occurred to me that I could no longer hear the sound of my grandmother's voice, because she had left me forever. So I 8 to become a vegetarian for a month. It is something Grandma would do as a way to 9 those who had died before her. And I could do no less.
In a city famous for its dining experience, this was 10 . I turned down several dinner parties for fear of offending (冒犯) the hosts. I 11 walking by restaurants where the 12 of good cooking wafted (漂浮) in the air. My best friend wondered 13 I was going through a midlife crisis.
In truth, I wanted to change my 14 many times. What got me through that monthlong diet was this particular memory of my grandmother. Now, I followed her 15 . I invited friends who wanted to taste vegetarian food. And as we ate, I told them stories I had known as a child.
篇章导读:本文是一篇记叙文。作者回忆起童年时和吃素食的祖母一起进餐的快乐经历,于是为了纪念祖母,作者决定做一个月的素食者。
1.A.wonders B.studies C.dreams D.concerns
答案:D 句意:有些人不吃肉,因为他们认为吃肉对动物很残忍,或者是出于健康问题考虑。wonder “奇观”;study “研究”;dream “梦想”;concern “考虑,关心”。根据上文中的“because of health”可知,此处指出于健