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1、Reading and ThinkingComprehending提示：文章中加灰底的词汇为本单元的词汇，请在阅读语境中牢记。I .阅读理解AAt home, ordering food from a menu is a normal, everyday routine.! don t even give it a second thought.In China, it sa whole other story! Here, ordering is a fun game of trial and error, and the adventure begins before the food i
2、s even served!Many restaurants in central Beijing advertise “ English language menus ，but the translations can just add to the confusion.Although accompanying pictures can be a helpful relief, the translations often make the whole experience even more amusing.During my first few weeks in China I tri
3、ed some delicious dishes with strange names.As an experiment, my friends and I would order things like “students addicted to chicken gristle（软骨）“and ured burned lion head v - It was always fun to see what landed on our table.Eventually we learned that u lion head ” was actually pork ， and“students”
4、are “addicted” to diced（切碎的）chicken with green pepper|.Recently, I came across a busy restaurant down a narrow side street in a Beijing hutong.lt was lunchtime and the small room was packed with people sitting on small stools eating noodles.I was hungry and cold, and the steaming bowls looked irresi
5、stible! I sat myself down and called out for a “caidan” ! In response, the waitress pointed to a wall at the back of the restaurant.The wall was full of Chinese characters describing numerous dishes.There was only one sentence in English： “crossing over the bridge noodles” .I had never heard of the
6、dish and had no idea what it would taste like.I took a gamble and ordered one bowl of crossing over the bridge noodles” . A few minutes later the waitress carried over a heavy bowl full of broth（肉汤）and I quickly dug in.It was the best bowl of noodles I had ever tasted! I have been back again and aga
7、in and each time I point at the one English sentence一 u crossing over the bridge noodles” . I always enter a restaurant in China feeling excited and a little nervous.Who knows what the next ordering adventure will reveal?语篇解读 作者是一位外国人，本文主要描述了他在北京餐馆订餐吃饭时的一些趣事。他 认为很多北京餐馆的英文菜单虽然有时让人困惑，但同时也给人带来了很多乐趣。1.
8、How does the writer find the English-language menus in many of Beijing s restaurants?A. Confusing but amusing.B. Easy to understand.C. Boring and annoying.D. Accurate and helpful.K答案X AK 解 析 U细节理解题。根据第二段中的 Ubut the translations can just add to the confusion和“the translations often make the whole exp
9、erience even more amusing” 可知， 作者认为很多 北京餐馆提供的英语菜单让人有些困惑，但是又让人感觉很有趣。应选A。2. The underlined word “gamble“ in the last paragraph probably means ” .A. taste B. look C. step D. riskK答案H DK解 析X 词义猜想题。根据最后一段前两句话可知，作者当时根本没有听说过“crossing over the bridge noodlesn ,也不知道尝起来会怎样，但是作者还是订了 一份。由此可判断出， 作者当时是冒险赌了一次，gamb
10、le的意思应该为“冒险，风险，与risk意思接近。应选D。 3. The passage is developed mainly in the form of.A. examples and statementscomparison and conclusionB. causes and effectstime and descriptionK答案AK解 析I 写作手法题。根据第二至四段作者描述自己在餐馆订餐的经历可判断出，作者主 要是通过具体事例来说明自己在北京餐馆吃饭的乐趣。应选AoBHave you wondered about the amount of time we spend t
11、alking about food and been surprised ? We are always asking questions such as Have you ever eaten ? ” and u What did you have for lunch? ” Yet, if you travel from one country to another, you might find that other nations think differently about food.People plan to think that what they eat is normal
12、and what everyone else eats is strange.In most parts of Asia, for example, no meal is complete without rice but in England, rice is the exception and people prefer to eat potatoes.In the Middle East, bread accompanies every meal.Eating, like so many things we do, becomes a habit that is difficult to
13、 change.The Americans seem to like drinking lots of orange juice and coffee； the English prefer to drink tea four or five times a day； the Australians prefer to drink a lot of beer； the French like wine every day.People in different countries also like eating different kinds of meat and even within
14、countries, different regions will have different likes and dislikes, especially in large countries like China and the former Soviet Union.In Hong Kong and the south of China, some people enjoy eating snakes but in the north of China, most people refuse to eat them.The French think that horse meat is
15、 delicious but most English people are terrified at the thought of eating it.The New Zealanders eat a lot of lamb and mutton, but never goat.The Japanese say that they do not like eating lamb and mutton because of their smell, but that they really enjoy eating raw fish more than anything else.So it
16、seems that there is often very little common sense about what is nicest to eat or drink in different parts of the world although we may talk on the subject of food for hours.However, as people everywhere enjoy eating what they have always eaten, there seems very little point in trying to change trad
17、itional eating habits.语篇解读 本文介绍了世界上不同民族、不同地方的人的不同的饮食习惯。4. The topic people spend a lot of time talking about is .A. lunchB. breakfastC. dinnerD. foodK答案DK解析I细节理解题。根据第一段前两句可知，人们花大量的时间谈论食物，应选D。5. Bread is necessary in every meal in .A. the Middle EastB. AmericaC. EnglandD. AsiaK答案2AK解 析I 细节理解题。根据第一段末句
18、 “In the Middle East, bread accompanies every meal. ” 可知，面包在中东国家人们的每顿饭中必不可少，应选A。6. In England, people prefer to eat .A. riceB. potatoesC. cornD. breadK答案X BI解 析U细节理解题。根据第一段中的 .but in England, rice is the exception and peopleprefer to eat potatoes.,可知英国人偏爱吃土豆。应选B。CSome people love eating food right a
19、fter it is cooked.I prefer food just taken out from the freezer.Fruit, candies, nuts, chocolate, cake with buttercream frosting（糖霜），even peas, all of them taste delicious when frozen.In fact, I often eat them that way.I was a kid when I picked up the habit.In my family, lots of things were thrown in
20、to the freezer finally, two freezersto prevent them from going bad.Among them were some of the candies my sisters and I had collected on Halloween.If we eat when they are still warm, we 11 find ourselves taking the cookies more than we should.lt s better if we can put them into the freezer and wait.
21、That way we 11 eat less and enjoy them more because they are hard and chewing becomes a slower, more patient effort.That s the point about frozen buttercream frosting.Put it in your mouth at room temperature, and it s gone very quickly.But when it s frozen, you can enjoy the taste much longer as it
22、melts（融化）in your mouth.The freezer treats a lot of fruit kindly.Take frozen grapes for example.I keep a bowl of grapes in my freezer.They become a little icy, and somehow their sweetness is improved.They are perfect and healthy dessert .This is the same with oranges, apples, bananas.You might think
23、bananas would get super-hard when frozen.Wrong! They become cooL creamy and sweet.If you have wisely covered some or all of the bananas with melted chocolate before putting them into the freezer, they will have a double taste.As long as you aren t eating anything that truly has to be hot, go ahead a
24、nd experiment. 语篇解读 本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了作者与别人截然不同的爱好喜欢吃冰箱里 冷冻过的东西，并分析了自己喜欢这种吃法的原因。最后，作者建议大家也都来试一下。7. What is the passage intended to tell us?A. Fruit should be frozen before one eats it.8. Frozen food is better than hot food.9. The author prefers frozen food.10. Hot food is not healthy.K答案U CK 解 析 X 推理判断题
25、。由第一段中的 “I prefer food just taken out from the freezerI often eat them that way.,可推知作者喜欢吃冷冻食品。下文都是围绕作者喜欢这样做的原因而展开的。 应选C项。8. The author began to enjoy frozen food when he .A. was youngB. learned cookingC. got marriedD. got a feverK答案U AK解析X细节理解题。由第二段第一句可知A项正确。9. Why does the author NOT advise us to t
26、ake warm cookies?A. Because they need more time to prepare.B Because the taste is not good when they are warm.C. Because they are too delicious to avoid our overeating.D. Because we may eat them quickly and enjoy them less.K答案U DK解 析I 推理判断题。由第三段可推知我们吃冷冻的曲奇饼时可以慢慢地享受，反之，吃 温的曲奇饼时我们会吃得快而不能好好地享受它们的美味。应选D
27、项。10. What does the underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refer to?A. The taste.B. Buttercream.C. The cookie.D. Frozen buttercream frosting.K答案HDK 角星析 U代词指代题。由前文信息“That s the point about frozen buttercream frosting. whenit s frozen.” 可知，画线单词 it 指代 frozen buttercream frosting, 故 D 项正确。II.七选五It
28、is an old expression about some people who are highly motivated about work in itself with the opposite view of someone who works to live. 11 But answering it honestly and accurately is critical to making intelligent career choices, and to your ultimate happiness in life.Unfortunately, many people la
29、ck the self-knowledge andrealistic expectations necessary to address this vital issue properly.Certain people, it is said, live to work.Their lives center on their work or careers and that achievement in their professions is a major source of satisfaction and meaning in their lives.1 2 In some cases
30、, achieving huge levels of pay is considered more as a means of proving your worth than it is for the money itself.By contrast, other people work to live.These people view their work or careers largely as toil whose purpose is to earn the money necessary to support themselves and their dependents.Th
31、eir real interests lie elsewhere. 13 Some of these people try to cut comers, to gain the maximum pay for the minimum amount of effort.Others do indeed take great pride in their work and put great effort into doing their jobs well, but their jobs simply are not the centers of their lives.14 Examples
32、abound of individuals who lose their native passion for work because they cannot find an adequate position or pay in their preferred fields of endeavor. When they settle for jobs in other fields, they often do so strictly for benefits, such as | compensation1. 15 A. It s critical to understand it.B.
33、 Money may not be a motivation.C. They may develop a same attitude.D. And their work or careers are only means to an end, not an end in itself.E. There is no right or wrong answer to the question of which attitude is better.F. The answer for a given individual may differ based on his or her circumst
34、ances.G. Many individuals used to work to live but after a change of career they start living to work.语篇解读 这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了有些人活着就是为了工作，他们的职业成就 是自我满足的主要来源，而金钱可能不是他们生活的动力；而相比之下，其他人工作是为 了生活，他们的工作或职业只是到达目的的手段，工作并不是他们生活的中心。一个人的 K答 案可能会根据他或她的情况而有所不同。11. K答案U E角星 析U 结合下文 “But answering it honestly and accur
35、ately is critical to making intelligent career choices, and to your ultimate happiness in life.” 中的 it 可对应至E 选项中 the question, 指代上文提出的问题。故E选项“哪种态度更好这个问题没有正确或错误的K答 案符合 上下文语境。12. K答案1 BK解 析I根据上下文可知，对一些人来说，他们的生活以他们的工作或职业为中心，他们的职业成就是自我满足的主要来源，在一些情况下，高收入更多的是证明自身价值的方式， 而不是为了金钱。故B选项“金钱可能不是动机”符合上下文语境。13. K答
36、案R D工角星 析X 结合上文 These people view their work or careers largely as toil whose purpose is to earn the money necessary to support themselves and their dependents.Their real interests lie elsewhere.”可知，这些人认为工作是为了生活，故工作或职业只是到达他们目的的手段，而 不是目的本身。故D选项符合上下文语境。14. K答案U FK解 析 1结合下文Examples abound of individual
37、s who lose their native passion for workbecause they cannot find an adequate position or pay in their preferred fields of endeavor.v 可佚口， 此处是在说明每个人的情况都不相同，因此每个人的K答 案X也就不一样。故F选项“一个 人的K答案X可能会根据他或她的情况而有所不同”符合上下文语境。应选F。15. K答案】GK解 析1 结合上文可知，本句承接上文继续说明每个人的不同情况。上文中的individuals 可对应到G选项中Many individuals。故G选项“许多人过去为了生活而工作，但在换了职 业之后，他们开始为了工作而生活”符合上下文语境。