专题03 阅读理解说明文-【好题汇编】备战2023-2024学年高二英语上学期期末真题分类汇编（人教版2019）

专题03阅读理解说明文 ( 经典基础题 ) 1.（2023上•河北石家庄•高二统考期末）What can bring people from around the world together? Skin colour? Language? A favourite football team? According to a recent study conducted by OnePoll, a London-based marketing research company, food is the answer. OnePoll surveyed 2,000 people around the world. 84% of participants said that food had the power to connect people of different cultures and backgrounds. “Food has to do with how we live——it’s not just an object that we ingest. Food is a part of our lives, and it helps bring people closer together,” one participant in the survey said. People can get a better understanding of another culture through trying its cuisine. For example, Chinese culture is based on the idea of harmony, which can be seen in almost every aspect of life in China, most noticeably its cuisine. In Chinese cuisine, every ingredient is used in a balanced way to create delicious dishes that go well together. Another example is the rich diversity of American cuisine, which directly reflects the rich diversity of its multicultural influence. Food can help strengthen cultural ties. Every country has its own way of doing things, which means that sometimes there can be very little common ground between countries. However, every country has food in common——after all, we all need to eat. So something as simple as a dinner gathering has the power to bring together people from different countries or cultures. In fact, food is often the catalyst (催化剂) in forming many important decisions and friendships. “We believe food has a transcending (超越的) ability to connect us, and that delicious things can happen when we share heritage, culture, and uniqueness through food,” said Jason Levine, one of the survey’s conductors. 1．What does the underlined word “ingest” most probably mean? A．Swallow. B．Appreciate. C．Digest. D．Prefer. 2．According to the passage, why can food improve the understanding of different cultures? A．Food is connected with the idea of harmo