15九年级 第15课时 Units 1～2-【智乐星中考·中考备战】2024年山东省枣庄市中考英语精练本

第15课时　Units 1～2 一、完形填空 (2023·山东滨州中考)When I first arrived in China, I knew little Chinese. And some of the Chinese words I 1 had something to do with food. I learned the names of a few dishes, but still didn't know most of the things I saw on Chinese restaurant menus. Luckily, there were 2 to help me. Nearly every restaurant menu in China has pictures of food 3 it. But many restaurants I've been to in the US don't. What is the 4 for the difference? One thing I've definitely(明确地) 5 about China is that food is a bigger part of their culture than it is in the US. A common way to 6 someone in China is to ask them if they've eaten yet. Food is just a bigger deal here—and having pictures of food in menus is part of that. Some menus are almost like works of art, with beautiful photos. Another thing is the 7 of the dishes. Chinese dishes sometimes have fanciful(别出心裁的) names like “palace guard chicken” or “three fresh things from the soil”. These are interesting names, but they don't really tell you 8 the dishes are like. Therefore, it's 9 to have pictures so you can actually see what you are going to eat. There are 10 even more reasons. All I know is that I was very thankful to have those picture menus when I first came to China years ago. 1．A.learned about B．came up C．kept away D．cleared out 2．A.videos B．covers C．pictures D．materials 3．A.at B．for C．from D．in 4．A.result B．reason C．choice D．list 5．A.noticed B．thought C．reflected D．imagined 6．A.introduce B．remember C．respect D．greet 7．A.plates B．colors C．pages D．names 8．A.what B．how C．why D．which 9．A.harmful B．helpful C．colorful D．awful 10．A.nearly B．simply C．probably D．hardly 二、阅读理解 A (2020·山东枣庄中考)Do you get lots of reading tasks as part of your homework? You might wish that you could read faster. There are some people who say that you can learn to read at super­high speeds. But experts disagree on this idea. “Speed reading is not actually possible，” said Elizabeth Schotter, a scienti