中考阅读还原专项练习

中考阅读还原专项练习 一 All around the world, everyone has to eat. 1 Sometimes, people cook the same ingredients but cook them differently. 2 People look at the local weather to decide what to grow in the fields. For example, the cold weather near the North Pole means that few plants can grow there. Therefore the local people, the Inuit, live only by fishing and feeding animals. In northern China, corn and wheat grow well in the dry weather. 3 However, it is different in the south. There, lots of rain and land near lakes and rivers mean that people can grow and eat rice. The land and weather in Central America is good for growing cocoa trees. 4 Almost every home in Central America has its own way of making chocolate. Chocolate has become a food that people cannot live without. 根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。 A．So the local people make steamed bread and noodles from corn or wheat. B．Chocolate is made from the seeds in the fruit of these trees. C．Food plays an important part in people’s lives. D．But people in different areas eat different things. E．What people eat has something to do with where they live. 二 Do women talk more than men? 1 According to the latest research from the United States of America, men and women talk such different languages that it is like people from two different cultures trying to communicate. Professor Deborah Tannen. of Georgetown University has noticed differences in the style of boys’ and girls’ conversations from an early age. According to her study, little girls’ conversation is less clear than boys’ and expresses more doubts. 2 These differences will continue into adult life, she says. In public conversations, men talk most and cut in on other speakers more than women do. In private conversations, men and women speak in almost equal amounts. 3 Professor Tannen believes that, for women, private talking is a way to have and test intimacy (亲密). For men, private talking is a way to explore the power st