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Unit 1 Food matters Period 1 Welcome to the unit & Reading(1)
Ⅰ. 话题拓展阅读。
Ask any American what he or she is doing on the first Sunday in February and the answer is likely to be either hosting or attending a Super Bowl party. Played between the AFC and NFC champions for the title of the National Football League Champion, Super Bowl is the most watched annual television program in the United States.
A Super Bowl party is more than just a 60minute football game—it is a welldesigned production that features halftime performances, fireworks shows and television ads that people discuss for days.①
But most important of all, it is the day to set aside all diets and enjoy foods one would normally avoid or at least not consume at the same time. It should, therefore, come as no surprise that Super Bowl Sunday is one of the biggest food consumption days in the US—second only to Thanksgiving.②
The noshing will start early in the day, long before matches begin and continue long.
As a result, it is estimated that on Sunday, the nation will consume 11.2 million pounds of potato chips, 8.2 million pounds of tortilla chips, 3.8 million pounds of popcorn and 3 million pounds of nuts.③
When the real hunger pangs start to hit, they will seek out comfort foods. Not surprisingly, pizzas top the list. Chicken wings are also very popular. It is estimated that almost 1.3 billion wings will be consumed on Super Bowl Sunday. Other favorites include bacon, hot dogs and burgers.
But the food consumption is not without consequences. Data released indicates that antacid(解酸药) sales increase by 20% on the Monday following the big game. Additionally, over seven million Americans call in sick. It is no wonder that fans have been urging the government to declare Super Bowl Monday a holiday.④
一、 阅读短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
( ) 1. Why does Super Bowl become the most popular television program in the US?
A. It is the longest football game. B. It is hosted by famous film stars.
C. It contains the most wonderful ads. D. It involves various performances.
( ) 2. Which can replace the underlined word “noshing” in Paragraph 4?
A. Playing. B. Eating.
C. Competing. D. Resting.
( ) 3. Which comfort food is consumed the most?
A. Hot dogs. B. Pizzas.
C. Nuts. D. Chicken wings.
( ) 4. What bad result might Super Bowl Sunday lead to?
A. Lots of food is wasted. B. Public disorder is caused.
C. Some people have an upset stomach. D. Many people lose their work.
二、 分析文中加序号句子的结构,在原句上标出基本成分,然后试着在下面横线上写出译文。
1. 译文:_________________________________________________________
2. 译文:_________________________________________________________
3. 译文:_________________________________________________________
4. 译文:_________________________________________________________
Ⅱ. 完形填空。
I'm now the cook and owner of a restaurant. Nothing in my early years led me to __1__ my life would connect to food and cooking deeply. My family did eat together often: we had a __2__ that my grandmother cooked the weekly big meal on weekends, but food was hardly the __3__ of my family's story. After I entered college. I was still __4__ about what I wanted to do. I was “supposed” to __5__ my family, getting a degree in medicine at graduate school or something similar.
When accepting the job assisting cooks after finishing college, I just __6__ to pay my rent. That didn't __7__ any big life plans. However, as I worked longer, the food world showed me amazing __8__.
Too little salt, and a dish is __9__ to be “tasteless”. A bit of lemon juice helps prevent cut apples and peaches from turning brown and __10__ their appealing colors. The lesson that small things matter reminds me to never __11__ tiny stuff in all parts of life.
Also, working with food teaches me to really taste, smell and touch. I learn to observe my __12__, watching ways birds land, the growth of trees along roads … and __13__ wonders in everyday life. __14__, I head down my own path, which is __15__ from going to medical school as my parents did, but gives my life purpose and direction.
( ) 1. A. wonder B. expect C. doubt D. admit
( ) 2. A. suggestion B. pleasure C. tradition D. desire
( ) 3. A. center B. trouble C. witness D. secret
( ) 4. A. sensitive B. passive C. unconcerned D. unclear
( ) 5. A. sponsor B. accompany C. follow D. urge
( ) 6. A. happened B. intended C. managed D. promised
( ) 7. A. inspire B. affect C. replace D. prevent
( ) 8. A. opportunity B. wisdom C. memories D. skills
( ) 9. A. easy B. fit C. true D. sure
( )10. A. preserve B. hide C. restore D. change
( )11. A. worry B. forgive C. justify D. ignore
( )12. A. decisions B. improvements C. surroundings D. differences
( )13. A. keep away B. end up C. suffer from D. come across
( )14. A. Even so B. Above all C. Therefore D. Anyway
( )15. A. free B. absent C. different D. separate
Ⅲ. 语法填空。
In China, there are many places where people prefer spicy food, but no place like Zaozhuang 1. ____________(have) spicy chicken dominating the locals' dining table for hundreds of years.
According to legend, in the late Qing Dynasty in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province, there was a chef named Xu Zihua, 2. ____________ used to work as a royal chef in the palace. He opened a restaurant after 3. ____________(return) to his hometown and created “spicy chicken”. The dish has a spicy flavor, which made diners sweat but hard 4. ____________(resist). There was a saying, “The guests sitting ten miles away can still smell the fragrance of the chicken.”
Zaozhuang spicy chicken is 5. ____________(extreme) bright in color, spicy and fragrant, with traditional and particular workmanship, and strict ingredients. Genuine spicy chicken needs making with Zaozhuang local chicken, peppers and peppercorns. In the dish, the chicken and peppers are of equal 6. ____________(important). They go fiftyfifty, with the whole chicken 7. ____________(bury) in the peppers.
Zaozhuang spicy chicken is 8. ____________ unique local delicacy that carries food 9. ____________(memory) of generations. The custom of eating spicy chicken has been passed down for 300 years. In 2016, Zaozhuang City was named “Hometown of Spicy Chicken in China” and its spicy chicken cooking skills were selected into the 10. ____________(five) batch of representative projects of Shandong provincial intangible cultural heritage in 2021.
一、 1—4 DBBC
二、 1. 分析:本句为并列复合句。此句用破折号连接两个并列的表述,强调超级碗派对不仅仅是一场足球比赛,还是精心设计的活动。其中“that features halftime performances, fireworks shows and television ads that people discuss for days”为定语从句,修饰 production,而在这个定语从句中又嵌套了一个“that people discuss for days”的定语从句,修饰 television ads。
译文:超级碗派对不仅仅是一场60分钟的足球比赛——它是一场精心设计的活动,以中场表演、烟花秀以及人们会讨论好几天的电视广告为特色。
2. 分析:本句为主从复合句。该句中包含了一个同位语从句 “that Super Bowl Sunday is one of the biggest food consumption days in the US”,用来解释说明前面的名词surprise。在这个同位语从句中, Super Bowl Sunday是主语, is是系动词, one of the biggest food consumption days in the US是表语。 second only to Thanksgiving是一个插入语,用来进一步说明Super Bowl Sunday在美国食品消费日中的排名,仅次于感恩节。
译文:因此,超级碗星期天是美国最大的食品消费日之一——仅次于感恩节,这一点也就不足为奇了。
3. 分析:本句为主从复合句。it是形式主语,真正的主语是that引导的从句内容。
译文:因此,据估计,在周日,这个国家将消耗1 120万磅薯片、820万磅玉米片、380万磅爆米花和300万磅坚果。
4. 分析:本句为主从复合句。“It is no wonder that …”是固定句型,It是形式主语,that引导的从句是真正的主语。have been urging是从句谓语动词,为现在完成进行时,表示从过去某一时间开始一直持续到现在并且还在进行的动作;the government是宾语,to declare Super Bowl Monday a holiday是宾语补足语。
译文:难怪粉丝们一直敦促政府宣布超级碗后的周一为假日。
Ⅱ. 1—5 BCADC 6—10 BABDA 11—15 DCDBC
Ⅲ. 1. has had 2. who 3. returning
4. to resist 5. extremely 6. importance
7. buried 8. a 9. memories 10. fifth
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