Unit 1 Food for Thought Understanding Ideas 阅读知识挖空练习-2025-2026学年高中英语外研版必修第二册

A child of two cuisines Growing up (________)in England with a British father and a Chinese mother, I've enjoyed food from both countries ever since ( )I _____________(能够做...)hold a knife and fork - and chopsticks! Mum ____________(有着对...的美好回忆) of the food from her home town in Sichuan, and often cooks spicy dishes. Thanks to this, Dad has come to( ) love _______(火锅)! But there are still some dishes that Dad ________(不敢尝试) even after many years of _______(婚姻) to my mother. He _____(曾经) told me he ___________(对...感到惊讶) what he saw on the table when he first visited( ) my mother's parents in China. He was even shocked at their wedding(be shocked at/by... ) when he saw how the Chinese ______(吃) almost( ) every part of an animal. Even today, he still does not easily take to eating( take to (doing) sth ;do/does not easily take to (doing)sth. ) things like chicken feet. But I enjoy that sort of food( ) myself. Last week, I went to the butcher's( ) and asked,“Do you have pigs' ears?”“No,” the butcher said, pulling at his own ears,“just these ordinary( ) ones.” He must have thought (must have done sth:_____________)I was joking( ). Dad can cook a _______(极好的) “full English breakfast” of bacon,eggs, beans, sausages and toast with butter( ) - Mum and I just have to find a way to get him into the kitchen!( ) He also does a _______(典型的) Sunday roast. We all love roast beef and vegetables, but Mum says we'd better not eat too much roast food( ) as( ) it may make us ________(遭受) heat inside our bodies, __________(根据) traditional Chinese medicine( ). I'll never forget my first visit to China. Mum ___________________(鼓励我尝试不同种类的食物), and I did! I loved everything. But just when I thought I could _______(应付,处理,打交道) all Chinese food, I ________(偶然遇到/发现) stinky tofu, a ______(可怕的) grey thing that looked and smelt like a burnt( ) sports shoe. “You _________(不需要尝试它) if you don't want to,” Mum said, but I gathered all my courage to take a bite( ) and was amazed to find it wasn't so bad( ). It 使我想起( ) blue cheese, a similarly strong smelling type of food you either love or hate( ). Maybe I'll _________(爱上) stinky tofu - someday. People say that one man's meat is another man's poison( ), but I feel at home with( ) food from both my cultures. To me, there's nothing better than a cross-cultural afternoon tea( ) of English biscuits and a cup of Chinese oolong tea in a fine china cup! 答案：成长 ever since (自从) Dad has come to (逐渐开始) love hotpot dare not try after many years of marriage to my mother He once told me he was amazed at what he saw first visited (第一次拜访) was even shocked at their wedding (甚至在婚礼上感到震惊) how the Chinese eat almost every part of an animal almost (几乎) does not easily take to eating (不容易接受吃……) that sort of food (那种食物) butcher‘s (肉铺) ordinary (普通的) must have done sth (一定做了某事) – He must have thought I was joking. 极好的：wonderful/super toast with butter (黄油吐司) have to find a way to get him into the kitchen (得想办法让他进厨房) 典型的：typical we’d better not eat too much roast food (我们最好别吃太多烧烤食物) as (因为) 遭受：suffer from 根据：according to traditional Chinese medicine (中医) 鼓励我尝试不同种类的食物：encouraged me to try different kinds of food 应付，处理：handle/deal with 偶然遇到：came across 可怕的：horrible burnt (烧焦的) You needn’t try it (你不需要尝试它) gathered all my courage to take a bite (鼓起勇气咬了一口) was amazed to find it wasn’t so bad (惊讶地发现没那么难吃) 使我想起：reminded me of you either love or hate (你要么爱要么恨) 爱上：fall in love with one man‘s meat is another man’s poison (甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜) feel at home with (对……感到自在/熟悉) there‘s nothing better than a cross-cultural afternoon tea (没有什么比跨文化的下午茶更好的了) 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $