問題詳情:
Food is stronger than language. Growing up in Canada, my first __1__ was Cantonese but, as I entered school, my parents switched over to speaking English, __2__ me to this day with a dicey (不確定的)command of the dialect. But more than that, living in Canada and now Beijing means I don't have to __3__ with my original language. I do, however, have to __4__ like a Cantonese, avoiding jiaozi for yuntun and steak for steamed fish.
We are what we eat, not only in terms that __5__ our bodies but culturally. __6__ can be embarrassing. What 9-year-old doesn't remember the schoolyard teasing she got when she opened up her lunch bag __7__ to find a special treat from the "motherland" (heard in the USA: "Eew! You got a chicken's foot?" Heard in China: "Waah! You got peanut butter AND jelly?"). And as every fifth-grader knows, food can make you __8__ in the crowd or be a part of it.
Even for the third and fourth generations, they may not __9__ the mother tongue of their ancestors but they __10___ with their heritage through their traditions; traditions that centre around family gatherings and food.
We __11___ American Thanksgiving the other day and as__12__, had a roast turkey the size of a sturdy(健壯的) bulldog, mashed potatoes, brussels sprouts and pumpkin pie. But being Chinese, we __13__ the traditional bread stuffing with rice because, as everybody knows, you ___14__ going into diabetic shock if you don't have rice every four hours or at least that's what my mother always told me when I asked __15__ we couldn't have pizza for dinner.
( )1. A. challenge B. knowledge C. ability D. language
( )2. A. leaving B. showing C. giving D. leading
( )3. A. come up B. keep up C. catch up D. take up
( )4. A. eat B. drink C. play D. live
( )5.A. supply B. support C. affect D. build
( )6. A. Thought B. Language C. Fun D. Food
( )7. A. only B. always C. happily D. suddenly
( )8. A. stand up B. stand out C. come up D. come out
( )9. A. remember B. tell C. speak D. say
( )10. A. confirm B. consider C. insist D. identify
( )11. A. celebrated B. created C. cheered D. classified
( )12. A. usual B. custom C. normal D. culture
( )13. A. examined B. expected C. changed D. charged
( )14. A. keep B. risk C. stop D. suggest
( )15. A. what B. when C. where D. why
【回答】
【*與解析】
1. D 考查名詞。由後一句my parents switched over to speaking English可以推知是有關語言,故*D正確。
3. B 考查短語動詞。keep up with意為“保持”, 意指初始語言不算重要,為後面表述食物重要鋪墊。
4. A 考查動詞及文意理解。結合第一句及後文avoiding jiaozi for yuntun and steak for steamed fish可推知*D正確。
5. C 考查動詞。affect意為“影響”,意思是“飲食影響身體,也影響文化”。
6. D 考查文意理解。由下文談及一位小女孩更關注自己的午餐可推知*D符合文意。
7.A考查副詞。only to find表示“意外發現”,最能表達出驚訝之狀。
9. C考查動詞。speak用於“説(某種語言)”,the mother tongue母語。
10. D考查動詞。identify with意為“與……認同”,意指繼承祖先的傳統。
11. A 考查動詞。celebrate American Thanksgiving慶祝美國感恩節。
12. B考查名詞搭配。as custom意為“依照習俗”,符合句意。
13. C 考查詞語搭配。Change A with B意為“將A換成B”,指我們改變了美國過感恩節的傳統飲食。
14. B 考查動詞。risk doing意為“冒風險……”,用以表達飲食文化的頑固。
15. D 考查連詞及文意理解。…why we couldn't have pizza for dinner意為“我們為什麼不吃比薩餅”。
知識點:健康保健類
題型:完型填空