My interest in Chinese food started many years ago, when I had my first job. I was a young reporter for the Daily Journal in San Francisco. Our office wasn’t far from Chinatown. I usually managed to arrange my time so that I could go there at least two or three times a week for a good meal.
The first time I ever ate Chinese food I loved it. And since then, it just tastes better and better to me. The first thing I noticed was the fresh tastes of the meat and vegetable. When I learned more about the food, I began to understand why it has this special feature.
About 5000 years ago, China lost much of its wood because of over population and poor management of its forest. This loss was very bad for the country, of course, but it turned out to be very good for the food. Wood became very expensive and hard to get, so the Chinese had to learn how to use it better.
In order to use less wood in cooking, they started to cut their meat and vegetable into small pieces before they put them in the hot oil. That way, the food cooked faster and they saved their fuel. The food prepared in the manner kept its fresh flavor(風(fēng)味)--- and its this flavor that attracts people to the art of Chinese cooking.
I often wonder if the Chinese appreciated their solution to that ancient energy problem as much as I do now --- whenever I eat Chinese food.
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A．why Chinese food tastes fresh
B．what Chinese food tastes like
C．how Chinese food is cooked
D．what makes Chinese food special
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A．when he worked as a reporter in China
B．from a news story in the Daily Journal
C．a(chǎn)fter he got a taste of it in the Chinatown
D．before he got his first job in San Francisco
小題3:The author thought the Chinese cut meat and vegetable into small pieces in order to _____________.
A．keeping its fresh flavor
B．saving their hard –to-get wood
C．producing a different kind of food
D．a(chǎn)ttracting westerners to their food
小題4:The word “ fuel” in the 4th paragraph most probably means ____________.
A．fresh flavorB．meat and vegetable
C．hot oilD．firewood
小題5:According to the passage, the special freshness of Chinese food is the result of _______________.
A．the wood used to make the cooking fire
B．the fast speed at which it is cooked
C．the high quality of Chinese meat and vegetable
D．the well –developed art of Chinese cooking

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:D
小題5:B

試題分析：這篇文章主要講述了中國食物為什么美味。作者的工作地點離唐人街很近，當(dāng)他第一次吃中國食物時就喜歡上了。在5000年前，由于中國的木柴缺乏，人們?yōu)榱斯?jié)約木柴，就把食物切成小塊烹飪，食物很快就熟了，而且保持了鮮美的味道。
小題1:主旨大意題。結(jié)合文章內(nèi)容可知，這篇文章主要講述了為什么中國食物食物嘗起來那么新鮮。故選A。
小題2:判斷推理題。從文中第一段得知，作者在靠近唐人街的報社當(dāng)記者，所以經(jīng)常去唐人街吃中國食物，The first time I ever ate Chinese food I loved it.當(dāng)他第一次吃中國食物時就喜歡上了。由此可判斷C正確。
小題3:細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中第四段In order to use less wood in cooking, they started to cut their meat and vegetable into small pieces before they put them in the hot oil.為了節(jié)省做飯的木材，他們把肉和蔬菜切成小塊再放到油里炒；由此判斷B正確。
小題4:詞義猜測題。結(jié)合前文，為了節(jié)省木材他們把肉和蔬菜切成小塊，由此可判斷此句意為：通過這種方式，食物可以熟得更快些，也可以節(jié)約木材；此處的fuel指的是firewood柴火，故選D。
小題5:判斷推理題。根據(jù)文中描述That way, the food cooked faster and they saved their fuel. The food prepared in the manner kept its fresh flavor(風(fēng)味)可判斷，通過這種方式，食物很快就熟了，以這種方式做好的食物保持了鮮美，所以選B，快速的烹飪保持了食物的鮮美。
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