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1、2023年中考英語(yǔ)時(shí)事熱點(diǎn)閱讀專練 熱點(diǎn)62蔬菜的重要性及其種植 一、閱讀理解1 Igotoasupermarketwithmymother.Thesupermarketisverybig.Ithasaclothesstore,afruitstoreandavegetablestore.Firstwegototheclothesstore.Mymotherbuysanicesweater.Sheaskstheclerkthepriceofthesweater.Theclerksaysitis$38.Mymothertakesit.Shelikesitverymuch.Andshebuys

2、meajacket.Iwanttoknowhowmuchitis.SoIlookatthepricecard,anditsays$45.Theninthefruitstore,webuysomeapples,bananasandpears.Wedon'tneedvegetables,sowedon'tgotothevegetablestore.Webringourthingshome. 1. Therearestore（s）inthesupermarket. A.oneB.twoC.three D.many Mymotherbuysinthesupermarket. A. anice

3、dressadressandsomefruit B. anicesweater,ajacketandsomefruitadressandajacket 2. Mymotherpaysfortheclothes. A.$38B.$45C.$83 D.$85 tellsmethepriceofthejacket. A. MotherB.TheclerkC.FatherD.Thepricecard 3. Wedon'tbuyvegetablesbecause.A.wedon'tneedvegetablestherearenovegetablesinthestore B. wedon'

4、thaveenoughmoneythereisnovegetablestoreinthesupermarket 2 Underpressurefromhealthandchildren'sgroups,McDonald'sismakingchangestoitsfamousHappyMeals. Thefastfoodchain（連鎖店）willaddaserving（一份食物的量）offruitorvegetabletoallofthemeals,whichareaimedatchildren,andreducetheamountofFrenchfries. 32.A.so B.

5、such C.this D.that 33.A.special B.strange C.common D.stupid 34.A.until B.however C.though D.but 35.A.bring B.take C.carry D.fetch 36.A.sell B.buy C.sold D.bought 37.A.him B.it C.himself D.itself 38.A.on B.in C.for D.at 39.A.gave B.showed C.sold D.provided 40.A.nobody

6、B.neither C.anyone D.everyone 41.A.ring B.idea C.price D.reason 42.A.howmany B.what C.how D.howmuch 43.A.after B.before C.ago D.later 44.A.cost B.offered C.spent D.lent 45.A.of B.for C.to D.about 46.A.words B.thought C.knowledge D.dress 2023年中考英語(yǔ)時(shí)事熱點(diǎn)閱讀專練 熱點(diǎn)62蔬菜的重要性及其種植

7、 一、閱讀理解 Igotoasupermarketwithmymother.Thesupermarketisverybig.Ithasaclothesstore,afruitstoreandavegetablestore.Firstwegototheclothesstore.Mymotherbuysanicesweater.Sheaskstheclerkthepriceofthesweater.Theclerksaysitis$38.Mymothertakesit.Shelikesitverymuch.Andshebuysmeajacket.Iwanttoknowhowmuchitis.So

8、Ilookatthepricecard,anditsays$45.Theninthefruitstore,webuysomeapples,bananasandpears.Wedon'tneedvegetables,sowedon'tgotothevegetablestore.Webringourthingshome. 1.Thereare store(s)inthesupermarket. A.oneB.two C.three D.many 2. Mymotherbuysinthesupermarket. A. anicedressadressandsomefru

9、it B. anicesweater,ajacketandsomefruitD.adressandajacket菜店。故選c。 3.Mymotherpays fortheclothes. A.$38 B.$45 C.$83 D.$85 4. tellsmethepriceofthejacket. A.Mother B.Theclerk C.Father D.Thepricecard 5.Wedon'tbuyvegetablesbecause .A.wedon'tneedvegetables B.therearenovegetablesinthestore C.

10、wedon'thaveenoughmoney D.thereisnovegetablestoreinthesupermarket 【答案】l.C2.C3.A4.D5.A 【解析】本文作者講述了和媽媽一塊去商場(chǎng)購(gòu)物情況。 1.題意：超市里有 家商店?？疾榧?xì)節(jié)理解。A.one一；B.two二；C.three三；D.many許多。根 據(jù)第3句Ithasaclothesstore,afruitstoreandavegetablestore.可知有3家商店，分別是服裝店，水果店和蔬 題意：我媽媽在超級(jí)市場(chǎng)買了o考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。A.anicedress一件漂亮的連衣裙；B.adressand

11、 somefruit一件連衣裙和一些水果；C.anicesweater,ajacketandsomefruit一件漂亮的毛衣、一件夾克和一些水果；D.adressandajacket一件連衣裙和一件夾克衫。根據(jù)文中第5句Mymotherbuysanicesweater.（我媽媽買了一件漂亮的毛衣。）第10句Andshebuysmeajacket.（她給我買了一件夾克。）和第13句Theninthefruitstore,webuysomeapples,bananasandpears.（然后在水果店，我們買了一些蘋果、香蕉和梨。）可知“我的媽媽買了一件漂亮的毛衣、一件夾克和一些水果。”故選C。

12、2. 題意：我媽媽付了元買衣服?？疾榧?xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第6和7句Sheaskstheclerkthepriceofthesweater.Theclerksaysitis$38.可知我媽媽付了38元買衣服；故選A。 3. 題意：告訴我夾克衫的價(jià)格?？疾榧?xì)節(jié)理解A.Mother母親；B.Theclerk職員；C.Father父親；D.Thepricecard價(jià)格牌。根據(jù)第12句SoIlookatthepricecard,anditsays$45.（所以我看一下價(jià)格牌，上面寫著45美元。）可知價(jià)格牌（thepricecard）告訴我夾克衫的價(jià)格。故選D。 4. 題意：我們不買蔬菜，因?yàn)閛考查細(xì)節(jié)理解

13、。A.wedon*tneedvegetables我們不需要蔬菜；therearenovegetablesinthestore商店里沒(méi)有蔬菜；C.wedon*thaveenoughmoney我們沒(méi)有足夠的錢；D.thereisnovegetablestoreinthesupermarket超市里沒(méi)有蔬菜店。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第2句Wedon'tneedvegetables,sowedon'tgotothevegetablestore.可知我們不買蔬菜，因?yàn)槲覀儾恍枰卟?，故選A。 2 Underpressurefromhealthandchildren'sgroups,McDonald'sismaki

14、ngchangestoitsfamousHappyMeals.Thefastfoodchain（連鎖店）willaddaserving（—份食物的量）offruitorvegetabletoallofthemeals,whichareaimedatchildren,andreducetheamountofFrenchfries. McDonald'ssaiditfirstexperimentedwithcuttingfriesentirelyfromtheHappyMeals,butchildrenandparentsdisagreed."PeoplecometoMcDonald'sand,

15、firstofall,theywantthechoiceandthecontroltobetheirs,buttheirexpectationofaHappyMealdoesincludefries^saidJanFields,presidentofMcDonald'sintheUS."Whenwediditwithoutfries,therewasahugedisappointment.,^ ThenewFrenchfriesinHappyMealswillcontain1.1ounces（31grams）ofpotatoes,downfrom2.4ounces.Applesliceswi

16、lloftenbeincludedasthehealthydish,butitcouldalsobecarrots,pineappleslicesororanges,dependingonthetimeofyearandtheregion（區(qū)域）inwhichtheyarebeingserved. Althoughthesubjecttovariation（變化）dependsonwhatisordered,thenewmealswillrepresent,onaverage,a20%decrease（減少）incalories（卡路里），thechainsaid.FieldssaidHap

17、pyMealpriceswillnotgoupasaresult ofthechanges.Butthechainhasraisedpricesthisyearasaresultofincreasingcosts. Astheworld'slargestrestaurantchainbysales,McDonald'shasbeenundercarefulexaminationforthenutritional（營(yíng)養(yǎng)的）qualityofitsfood.Peoplealsocriticizeditssalesofchildren'smealswithatoy,connectingittot

18、henation'sobesity（月巴月半）problem. 5. WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue,accordingtothepassage? A. NewHappyMealscontainfewercalories. B. NewHappyMealpricesarenotthesameastheoldones. C. PeopledonotwanttoeatFrenchfriesinHappyMeals. D. OldHappyMealscontain2.4ouncesofpotatoesintheformofFrenchfries. 6. Acco

19、rdingtothepassage,won'tbeservedinthenewHappyMeals. A. appleslicesB.orangesbananasD.carrots 7. Whydidpeoplecriticizethesaleofchildren'smealswithatoyatMcDonald's? A. Thetoyisofpoorquality. B. Childrenpreferitstoystoitsmeals. C. Itmakesthechildren'smealsmoreexpensive. D. Itwillcausetheobesityprob

20、lem. 8. Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage? A. McDonald'stoRaisePriceAgainMcDonald'sinCarefulExamination B. McDonald'sCriticizedbyChildrenandParentsMcDonald'stoMakeHappyMealsHealthier 【答案】6.C7.C8.D9.D 【解析】這篇文章主要講了麥當(dāng)勞怎樣使歡樂(lè)餐更健康些。作為全球銷售額最大的連鎖餐廳，麥當(dāng)勞一直在仔細(xì)檢查其食品的營(yíng)養(yǎng)質(zhì)量。人們還批評(píng)該公司銷售的兒童餐玩具，將其與美國(guó)的肥胖問(wèn)題聯(lián)系在一起。 4.

21、 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)theirexpectationofaHappyMealdoesincludefries,他們期望的歡樂(lè)套餐包括薯?xiàng)l，可知選C。 5. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通過(guò)ThenewFrenchfriesinHappyMealswillcontain1.1ounces（31grams）ofpotatoes,downfrom2.4ounces.Applesliceswilloftenbeincludedasthehealthydish,butitcouldalsobecarrots,pineappleslices ororanges,dependingonthetimeofyearandth

22、eregion（區(qū)域）inwhichtheyarebeingserved. 新薯?xiàng)l開心樂(lè)園餐將包含1.1盎司（31克）的土豆，低于2.4盎司。蘋果片往往會(huì)被包括健康的菜,但也可能是胡蘿卜、菠蘿片、桔子、根據(jù)季節(jié)和地區(qū)提供。故選C。 6. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Peoplealsocriticizeditssalesofchildren'smealswithatoy,connectingittothenation'sobesity（肥胖）problem.聯(lián)系國(guó)家的肥胖問(wèn)題，人們也批評(píng)其用玩具銷售兒童的套餐。可知應(yīng)選D。 7. 歸納理解題。通過(guò)文章可知本文主要講了麥當(dāng)勞怎樣使歡樂(lè)餐更健康些。故選D

23、。 3 SchoolGardensCouldHelpChildrenTryMoreVegetables It'snotalwaysenjoyablefbrchildrentoeatvegetables.Butwhatifagardenisbuiltintheschool?Newresearchsuggeststhatagardeningprograminschoolscanincreasechildren'svegetableintake（攝入量）. HowtheStudyWasCarriedOut Thestudywascarriedoutineightschools.Eachsc

24、hoolwasinthegardeningprogramforoneschoolyear.Everychildingrades3-5receivedatotalofeighteen60-minutelessonsacrosstheschoolyear.Intheprogram,eachschoolbuiltagarden,wherechildrenlearnedtogrowtheirownfreshproduce,likefruitandvegetables. TheBenefitsChildrenCouldGet Thestudyfoundthatvegetableintakeifthe

25、childrenwhogrewtheirownproduceincreasedgreatlyacrosstheyear.Relatedstudiesshowthatincreasedvegetableintakecanimprovehealthandcuttheriskofchronicdiseases（'慢'性疾?。?Notonlyaretherebenefitstohealth,increasingthevarietyofvegetableschildrenareexposed（接布蟲）tomayalsomakemealtimesmucheasier.”Childrenwhoareofte

26、nexposedtoavarietyofvegetablesaremorelikelytotrynewfoods/9explainsDr.KerryJones.Forchildren,growingtheirownfoodisapowerfultooltoincreasetheirintakeofthefood. 28 Anyopportunitytoexposechildrentomorevegetablesismeaningful."Ifchildrenarelearningaboutvegetablesatschool,ifsimportanttoencouragethisinter

27、est/9saysJones.Parentscanlistentotheirchildrenaboutwhattheyhavelearnedandreadthehandoutstheybringhomefromschool.Parentsandchildrencanalsoreadbookstogether.Youngerchildrencanenjoyreadingstoriesaboutvegetableswithparentswhoofferusefulmessages.Olderchildrenmayenjoysearchingthroughcookbookswithparentsto

28、findnewdinnerideastocookvegetablesinatastyway.Besides,asmallplanterboxinasunnypartathomecanencouragechildrentounderstandmoreaboutwheretheirfoodcomesfrom. Teachingchildrentogrowtheirownproduceisagreatwaytoincreasetheirpreferencefortheproduce.Ifchildrenaretaughttoenjoyvegetablesearlyinlife,theywillpr

29、obablycontinueeatingvegetablesinthelongterm. 8. Whatdidchildrendointhegardeningprogram? A. Theydidresearchonnewplants.B.Theygrewfreshproduceatschool. C.TheytookhomegreenvegetablesD.Theybuiltgardensfortheirclasses. 9. WhichofthefollowingwouldbethebestheadingforParagaph4? A. IdeastoEncourageChild

30、rentoCookatHomeWaystoExposeChildrentoVegetablesatHome B. ReasonsWhyParentsShouldUnderstandChildrenSuggestionsWhichChildrenCouldGetfromParents 10. Whatcanwelearnfromtheprogram? A. Parents,supportmightimprovechildren'sreading. B. Schoolprogramscoulddevelopstudents9creativity. C. Doingstudiescanpr

31、eparestudentsforfuturelearning. D. Hands-onexperiencemayinfluencechildren'spreference. 【答案】10.B11.B12.D 【解析】本文介紹了在學(xué)校花園里讓學(xué)生自己種植蔬菜的好處。 9. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)"Intheprogram,eachschoolbuiltagarden,wherechildrenlearnedtogrowtheirownfreshproduce,likefruitandvegetables,9nT知，在該項(xiàng)目中，每一所學(xué)校都建了一個(gè)花園，孩子們?cè)谀抢飳W(xué)會(huì)種植自己的新鮮農(nóng)產(chǎn)品，故選

32、B。 10. 句意猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)“Anyopportunitytoexposechildrentomorevegetablesismeaningful”及整段的內(nèi)容可知I,本段主要介紹了從不同方面鼓勵(lì)孩子們多吃蔬菜的方法，故選Bo推理判斷題。根據(jù)"Teachingchildrentogrowtheirownproduceisagreatwaytoincreasetheirpreferencefbrtheproduce"可知，教孩子們自己種植農(nóng)產(chǎn)品是增加他們對(duì)農(nóng)產(chǎn)品偏好的一個(gè)很好的方法，所以實(shí)踐經(jīng)驗(yàn)可能會(huì)影響孩了的偏好，故選D。 4 DuanJiayang,a12-year-oldstude

33、ntofaprimaryschoolinYinchuan,Ningxia,learnstheskillsrequiredtotakecareofvegetablefields. "Ilearnedhowtoplacethemulchfilm（土也膜）hesays,"It'snoteasy.^, InChina,manyparentsplaceaheavyfocusontheirchildren'sgoodresults,butvocational（職業(yè)的）skillshavelittlebeencared. “Someparentsdoeverythingfbrtheirchildren

34、,”saysYanMei,anofficialwiththeprimaryschool,addingthatmanystudentsareshortofthebasicskillsneededintheirdailylives.Forexample,Yansays,someparentswoulddotheschoofsgeneralcleaninginsteadoftheirchildren. SinceMarchlastyear,thegovernmentshavelaunchedalotofpolicies,requiringthatcolleges,middleschoolsandp

35、rimaryschoolspaymoreattentiontoteachingstudentspracticalskills. Followingthesepolicies,theprimaryschoollaunchedan"agricultural（農(nóng)業(yè)的）classbase"ononeofitsschoolyards.Studentsplantfruitandvegetablesonanareaoflandabout4,000m2insize. InthedayscominguptotheMayDayholiday,studentsofvariousgradesattheschool

36、workedtogetherinthefields,saysschoolprincipalYangBo.Theyplantedwatermelon,carrotandcorn.MayDay,alsoknownasLaborDay,iscelebratedonMay1stinChina. Theschoolhopesthatstudentswillunderstandthefoodisquiteprecioussothattheywillbetterrealizethedifficultiesthattheirparentswentthrough. 11. WhatdoesDuanJiaya

37、ngthinkofthisactivity? A. Boring.B.Easy.C.Difficult.D.Interesting. 12. Whatdomanyparentscaremostinthepassage? A. Children'slifeskills.B.Children'shighmarks. C.Teachers9skillscourse.D.Teachers9teachinglevel. 13. Whichofthefollowingcropsisnotmentionedaccordingtothepassage? A. Corn.B.Watermelon.C

38、.Carrot.D.Cabbage. 14. Whatcanstudentslearnfromtheagriculturalclass? A. Studentswillunderstandtheimportanceoflabor. B. Studentscanrealizethedifficultiestheirparentswentthrough. C. Studentscanlearnthebasiclifeskills. D. Alloftheabove. 15. Whichofthefollowingisthebesttitleforthepassage? A. Yout

39、hsGetaLessoninLifethroughSkillsCourseDuanJiayang,aHard-workingStudent B. SchoolsFollowtheGovernments9PoliciesParentsHopefbrChildren'sGoodResultsinSchool 【答案】13.C14.B15.D16.D17.A 【解析】政府已經(jīng)出臺(tái)了很多政策，要求大學(xué)、中學(xué)和小學(xué)更加注重教授學(xué)生實(shí)用技能。本文強(qiáng)調(diào)了勞動(dòng)教育的重要性。 11. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Wsnoteasy.”可知，段佳陽(yáng)認(rèn)為這不容易，即很難，故選C。 12. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)"InChi

40、na,manyparentsplaceaheavyfocusontheirchildren'sgoodresults”可知，在中國(guó)，許多父母非常重視孩子的好成績(jī)，故選B。 13. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)"Theyplantedwatermelon,carrotandcom.,,可知，他們種了西瓜、胡蘿卜和玉米，沒(méi)有提到卷心菜。故選D。 14. 侖田節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)"thegovernmentshavelaunchedalotofpolicies,requiringthatcolleges,middleschoolsandprimaryschoolspaymoreattentiontoteachin

41、gstudentspracticalskills”和"Theschoolhopesthatstudentswillunderstandthefoodisquiteprecioussothattheywillbetterrealizethedifficultiesthattheirparentswentthrough.可知，學(xué)生們可以從農(nóng)業(yè)課中學(xué)習(xí)基本的生活技能、理解勞動(dòng)的重要性以及意識(shí)到他們的父母所經(jīng)歷的困難。故選D。 15. 最佳標(biāo)題題。本文強(qiáng)調(diào)了勞動(dòng)教育的重要性，選項(xiàng)A“年輕人通過(guò)技能課程獲得一節(jié)生活課”符合主題，故選Ao5 Whenwefirstmovedhere,wedidn'th

42、aveagarden.MikeandItalkedaboutmakingalargevegetablegardensomewhereinouryard,butwecouldn'tagreeonwhere.Beforewewentaheadanddugupthegrass,wespentsometimethinkingaboutwhereitwouldworkbest.Atlast,wechoseanoldsandbox（沙坑）inourfrontyardtobecomeourgarden. Wedreamedaboutalivelygardenwithlotsofvegetables.Wea

43、skedmanypeoplewhatweshoulddototurnthissandboxintoaspace,thenplantscangrowinit.Andtheygaveuslotsofideas.Mysisterwasthemostknowledgeable,sowelistenedmostlytoher.Atfirst,Mikemadeawoodfence（柵欄）andIpainteditwiththekids.Wechoseadarkercolorbecauseitwouldfitourlightgreyhouse. Next,Mikedug17holes.Thenwefill

44、edthemwithsoil（土壤）.Itwasstilltoocoldtoplantanything,sofordaysIjuststaredoutthewindowattheseholes.Tome,itlookedmuchtoountidy.Iadvisedtofillthoseholesbackanddignewones.Thistimeweendedupwith10.Muchbetter. Overthenextfewweeks,Iworkedongettingeverythingplantedinmygarden.Istartedbyplantinggreenonion.ButI

45、wastooexcitedandplantedittooearly.Rightawayitwasclearthatitwasn'tgoingtosurvive.Ihadtogiveitupandtrysomethingelse.Thenmynextdoorneighborgavemeredrosestoputinmygarden.Afewdayslaterwewenttoagreenhouseandcamebacknotwithgreenonionbutpeppers,tomatoesandsoon.Clearlythevegetableandflowergardenwasslowlybeco

46、mingourdreamgarden.Ohwell! Ilovethewayitturnedout.Thisgardenwillalwaysremindmeofmysister. 16. Whenthewriterfirstarrivedathernewhouse,she. A. hadalargeflowergardendugupthegrassinheryard B. talkedaboutmakingsandboxwantedagardenwithvegetables 17. Whydidthewritersuggestfillingthefirst17holesback?

47、A. Becauseshelistenedtohersister. B. Becausetheweatherwastoocold. C. Becausethegardenlookedlikeamess. D. Becausethekidscoulddigbetterones. 18. What'stheChinesemeaningoftheunderlinedwordinParagraph4? A. 存活B.傳播C.嫁接D.爬藤Whichoneistherightorderofbuildingthegardenaccordingtothepassage? a. Webuiltthe

48、fenceandpaintedit. b. Wecollectedmuchothers'advice. c. Wepreparedtheplantsthatwewanted. d. Wedecidedontheplaceofthegarden. e. Wedugseveralholesandfilledthemwithsoil. A.b-d-a-e-cB.d-b-a-e-cC.d-e-c-a-bD.b-a-d-e-cWhatdoesthepassagemainlytellus? A.Whywasthewriterthankfultohersister? B. Whatdidthe

49、familyplantintheirgarden? C. Howdidthefamilymaketheirdreamgarden? D. Whospenttimewiththewriterinthegarden? 【答案】18.D19.C20.A21.B22.C 【解析】本文主要講述了作者把自己把前院變成一個(gè)種蔬菜和鮮花的花園的經(jīng)歷。 16. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Whenwefirstmovedhere,wedidn'thaveagarden.MikeandItalkedaboutmakingalargevegetablegardensomewhereinouryard99可知，在搬到

50、新房子時(shí)，她想有一個(gè)有蔬菜的花園，故選D。 17. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Tome,itlookedmuchtoountidy.Iadvisedtofillthoseholesbackanddignewones”可知，花園看起來(lái)太臟了，故選C。 18. 詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)"Ihadtogiveitupandtrysomethingelse95nJ知,因?yàn)樗鼪](méi)有成活,所以作者不得不放棄而嘗試些其他新的東西，所以survive表示“存活”，故選A。 19. 2田節(jié)理解題。|艮據(jù)“Befdrewewentaheadanddugupthegrass,wespentsometimethinkingabo

51、utwhereitwouldworkbest”“Weaskedmanypeoplewhatweshoulddototurnthissandboxintoaspace”“Mikemadeawoodfence（柵欄）andIpainteditwiththekids""Next,Mikedug17holes.Thenwefilledthemwithsoil""Overthenextfewweeks,Iworkedongettingeverythingplantedinmygarden”可知，正確的順序是：決定了花園的位置——收集了其他人的意見——建立了柵欄并給它上了漆一一挖了幾個(gè)洞，然后用土填上——

52、準(zhǔn)備想要的植物。故選B。 20. 主旨大意題。通讀全文可知，本文主要講述了作者是如何建立她夢(mèng)想花園的經(jīng)歷，故選C。 6 Onceuponatimecarrotswerepurple,therewerenopineapplesinAsiaorlemonsinAmerica,andmanypeoplethoughtpotatoeswerepoisonous（有毒白勺）.Manytypesoffruitandvegetableslikechiligrewonlyinoneplace.Sowhyaretheyallovertheworld? Fivethousandyearsago,carro

53、tsonlygrewinAfghanistanandmostwerepurple.Onlyafewwereorangeastheylookliketoday!FarmersintheNetherlandswerelookingforafruitorvegetabletostandfortheirking,WilliamofOrange,andorangecarrotswerejustwhattheywerelookingfor—theybecamethegrandfatherofallmodemcarrots. ManyplantsonlygrowincertainplacesonEarth

54、,oftendeepintheforest.ThehomeofpotatoesisinthemountainsoftheAndesinSouthAmerica.BananascomefromPapuaNewGuineaandlemonsgrowwildinChina.Cornisn'tfromChina,butSouthAmerica. Butoncepeoplerealizedthatmanyoftheseplantsweregoodtoeat,theytookthemfarfromtheplaceswheretheygrew.Fruit,especially,interestedthir

55、stytravelers.Arabbusinessmentransporteddifferentfruitsandvegetables McDonald'ssaiditfirstexperimentedwithcuttingfriesentirelyfromtheHappyMeals,butchildrenandparentsdisagreed."PeoplecometoMcDonald'sand,firstofall,theywantthechoiceandthecontroltobetheirs,buttheirexpectationofaHappyMealdoesincludefrie

56、s,"saidJanFields,presidentofMcDonald'sintheUS."Whenwediditwithoutfries,therewasahugedisappointment.^, ThenewFrenchfriesinHappyMealswillcontain1.1ounces（31grams）ofpotatoes,downfrom2.4ounces.Applesliceswilloftenbeincludedasthehealthydish,butitcouldalsobecarrots,pineappleslicesororanges,dependingonthe

57、timeofyearandtheregion（區(qū)域）inwhichtheyarebeingserved. Althoughthesubjecttovariation（變化）dependsonwhatisordered,thenewmealswillrepresent,onaverage,a20%decrease（減少）incalories（卡路里）,thechainsaid.FieldssaidHappyMealpriceswillnotgoupasaresultofthechanges.Butthechainhasraisedpricesthisyearasaresultofincreas

58、ingcosts. Astheworld'slargestrestaurantchainbysales,McDonald'shasbeenundercarefulexaminationforthenutritional（營(yíng)養(yǎng)的）qualityofitsfood.Peoplealsocriticizeditssalesofchildren'smealswithatoy,connectingittothenation'sobesity（月巴月半）problem. 6. WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue,accordingtothepassage? A. NewHapp

59、yMealscontainfewercalories. B. NewHappyMealpricesarenotthesameastheoldones. C. PeopledonotwanttoeatFrenchfriesinHappyMeals. D. OldHappyMealscontain2.4ouncesofpotatoesintheformofFrenchfries. 7. Accordingtothepassage,won'tbeservedinthenewHappyMeals. A. appleslicesB.orangesC.bananasD.carrots 8. W

60、hydidpeoplecriticizethesaleofchildren'smealswithatoyatMcDonald's? A. Thetoyisofpoorquality. B. Childrenpreferitstoystoitsmeals. C. Itmakesthechildren'smealsmoreexpensive. D. Itwillcausetheobesityproblem. 9. Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage? A.McDonald'stoRaisePriceAgainMcDonald'sinCarefulExamin

61、ation aroundtheworld,suchasoranges,whichtheytookfromAsiatocountriesfarawaysuchasSpain.TheSpanishreturnedfromSouthAmericawithmanynewtypesoffood,includingchocolateandchili. Peoplewerenotoftensurewhattodowiththesenewfruitsandvegetables,orusedthemfordifferentpurposesfromtoday.Carrotswereusednotasfoodb

62、utasmedicinetoprotectpeoplefrompoisonoreven(itwasbelieved)tomakepeoplefallinlove.Thefirsttomatoesandpineapplesweregrownnotasfoodbuttomakethegardenlookpretty.Andmanypeoplewereworriedaboutpotatoes一althoughtheyaregoodforus,theirleavesarepoisonousandpoorerpeoplebelievedtheycouldbeusedforblackmagic.InGer

63、many,peopleonlybeganeatingpotatoeswhenthekingorderedthatpeoplewhodidnoteatthemwouldhavetheirearsandnosescutoff! Today,wearesousedtoourdifferenttypesoffoodthatwedon'tthinkaboutwheretheycamefrom.Butforeachpineapple,potatoorcarrotweeat,thereisalonghistory! 21. Whyarecarrotsweseetodayorange? A. Becau

64、sepeopledidn'tlikethecolorofpurplecarrots. B. Becauseorangecarrotswerethegrandpaofmodemcarrots. C. BecausethereweresomeconnectionswithWilliamofOrange. 22. SouthAmericaisthehomeof. ①caiTots②lemons③chili④potatoes⑤bananas⑥corn⑦oranges⑧chocolate A.①③⑤⑧B.②④⑥⑦C.③④⑥⑧Whoplayedthemostimportantroleinmaki

65、ngthefoodworldwideaccordingtothepassage? A.Thirstytravelers.B.Arabbusinessmen.C.TheSpanish. 23. Aboutthepurposesoffood,whichstatementisTRUE? A. Peopleusedtotakecarrotsaspoisonousmedicine. B. Pineappleswereplantedtomakegardensbeautiful. C. Potatoeswereusedtobringbadlucktopoorpeople. 24. Themain

66、ideaofthepassageis. A.howthefoodspreadB.wherethehomeoffoodisC.whatfoodwasusedfor 【答案】23.B24.C25.B26.B27.B 【解析】本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，主要介紹了人們今天食用的食物的原產(chǎn)地。 19. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)"orangecarrotswerejustwhattheywerelookingfbr—theybecamethegrandfatherofall modemcarrots"可知，橙色的胡蘿卜是現(xiàn)代胡蘿卜的鼻祖，所以我們現(xiàn)在見到的胡蘿卜是橙色的。故選B。 20. 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)"ThehomeofpotatoesisinthemountainsoftheAndesinSouthAmerica."、"Cornisn'tfromChina,butSouthAmerica."及“TheSpanishreturnedfromSouthAmericawithmanynewtypesoffood,includingchocolateandchili.,,可知,馬鈴薯、玉米、巧克力和辣椒