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【題目】Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

As dusk falls at the Lehua Night Market, the fluorescent (熒光的) lights flicker on and the hungry customers start trickling in, anxious for a taste of the local delicacies that give this island its reputation as one of Asia’s finest cookery 【1】 .

Nearly arranged pyramids of plump fish balls, bowls filled with tapioca balls 【2】 in lightly sweetened sauce, sizzling oyster omelets, hot off the griddle, deep-fried sweet potato puffs (冒熱氣), still 【3】 with oil. Take a bite of any of these dishes and you’ll discover a unique texture. But how exactly do you 【4】 that perfect “mouth feel” so sought after by local cooks and eaters alike? Slippery? Chewy? Not exactly.

Luckily, the people in Taiwan have a word for this texture. Well, actually, it’s not a word, it’s a letter—one that even non-Chinese speakers can pronounce.

It’s “Q.” Basically, it means springy, soft, elastic.

Andre Chiang, a Michelin-star chef and owner of RAW in Taipei, said he has been 【5】 with the texture at his restaurant, which uses only local materials. “It’s like aldente (筋道) but not quite,” Mr. Chiang said.

Q is so well 【6】 in Taiwan that many in Hong Kong and across the Taiwan Strait in mainland China use the term as well.

There are many other uses for the term Q in Chinese as well. It could be used, for example, as short form for the English word “【7】”, or to refer to the once-popular QQ messaging service from Tencent.

Among the local people, the 【8】 for Q texture starts at a young age. On a recent sticky evening at the Lehua Night Market, a group of people gathered at stand with a sign that 【9】 “QQ ice lolly.” Asked why Q texture was so 【10】 to Taiwanese, Lu Wei-chen, the owner of the stand, smiled as she handed a bright red jelly bar to a delighted toddler.

“It’s simple,” she said. “When you eat it, you will be in a good mood.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】CD

【4】BC

【5】AC

【6】C

【7】B

【8】ABC

【9】AD

【10】AB

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文。文章主要介紹了“Q”一詞起源于臺(tái)灣美食，這種口感得到了包括游客，年輕群體和廚師的認(rèn)同，并講述了大家喜愛(ài)如此口感的原因。

【1】考查名詞。句意：夜幕降臨時(shí)，樂(lè)華夜市的熒光燈亮了起來(lái)，饑腸轆轆的顧客開(kāi)始陸續(xù)進(jìn)來(lái)，他們渴望品嘗當(dāng)?shù)氐拿朗�，正是這些美食讓臺(tái)灣成為亞洲最美味的烹飪目的地之一。分析可知，“As dusk falls at the Lehua Night Market, the fluorescent lights flicker on and the hungry customers start trickling in, anxious for a taste of the local delicacies”在講述樂(lè)華夜市的熒光燈亮了起來(lái)，饑腸轆轆的顧客開(kāi)始陸續(xù)進(jìn)來(lái)，他們渴望品嘗當(dāng)?shù)氐拿朗�，因此可知，這里為食客的目的地。選項(xiàng)A. destinations，名詞，意為“目的地”。故選A項(xiàng)。

【2】考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。句意：碗里裝滿了浸泡在微甜醬汁里的木薯球。分析可知，所填空應(yīng)是動(dòng)詞，根據(jù)前文“Bowls filled with tapioca balls ___2__ in lightly sweetened sauce.”講述在碗里的東西，碗里有湯汁，因此木薯球應(yīng)是被浸泡在碗里的。選項(xiàng)D. bathed，過(guò)去分詞，意為“浸洗， 浸泡”。故選D項(xiàng)。

【3】考查非謂語(yǔ)和動(dòng)詞。句意：炸過(guò)的甘薯泡芙，上面還滴著油。分析可知，所填空應(yīng)是非謂語(yǔ)作狀語(yǔ)，且結(jié)合之前“Deep-fried sweet potato puffs(油炸紅薯泡芙)”冒著熱氣，可知，油炸泡芙應(yīng)該還在滴著油。選項(xiàng)CD. dripping，動(dòng)詞，意為“滴落”，可構(gòu)成drip with“往下滴”，符合句意。故選CD項(xiàng)。

【4】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：但你如何準(zhǔn)確地描述那種被當(dāng)?shù)貜N師和食客追捧的完美“口感”呢?分析可知，所填空應(yīng)是動(dòng)詞原形。結(jié)合后文“Slippery? Chewy?(滑嗎？耐嚼的？)”可知，應(yīng)是對(duì)其進(jìn)行描述。選項(xiàng)BC. describe，動(dòng)詞，意為“描述”，符合分析。故選BC項(xiàng)。

【5】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：米其林星級(jí)廚師、臺(tái)北RAW餐廳老板江俊輝(Andre Chiang)說(shuō)，他一直在自己的餐廳里嘗試這種口感，餐廳只使用當(dāng)?shù)夭牧稀７治隹芍�，所填空�?yīng)是動(dòng)詞，且與空后with連用。結(jié)合句意可知，experiment with sth.意為“體驗(yàn)”，用在句中表達(dá)“品嘗”含義，與空前has been構(gòu)成現(xiàn)在完成進(jìn)行時(shí)。故選AC項(xiàng)。

【6】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：“Q”這個(gè)詞在臺(tái)灣很流行，在香港和海峽對(duì)岸的中國(guó)大陸也有很多人使用。分析可知，所填空應(yīng)是動(dòng)詞，且應(yīng)是被動(dòng)，結(jié)合句意可知“Q”一詞是在臺(tái)灣創(chuàng)立的。選項(xiàng)C. established，動(dòng)詞過(guò)去分詞形式，意為“建立，確立”，與空前is 構(gòu)成被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。故選C項(xiàng)。

【7】考查形容詞。句意：例如，它可以被用作英語(yǔ)單詞“cute”的縮寫(xiě)，也可以用來(lái)指代一度流行的騰訊QQ即時(shí)通訊服務(wù)。結(jié)合句意可知，“Q”一詞可以是英文單詞“cute”的縮略形式。選項(xiàng)B. cute符合句意表達(dá)。故選B項(xiàng)。

【8】考查名詞。句意：在當(dāng)?shù)厝酥�，�?duì)“Q彈”的欣賞開(kāi)始于年輕的時(shí)候。分析可知，所填空應(yīng)是名詞，且與之后for構(gòu)成固定搭配結(jié)構(gòu)。結(jié)合句意可知，選項(xiàng)ABC. appreciation，名詞，appealing for意為“對(duì)……的欣賞”。故選ABC項(xiàng)。

【9】考查動(dòng)詞。句意：最近一個(gè)悶熱的夜晚，在樂(lè)華夜市，一群人聚集在攤位前，手上舉著一個(gè)牌子，上面寫(xiě)著“QQ冰棍”。分析可知，that ___9__ “QQ ice lolly.”應(yīng)是之前名詞a sign的定語(yǔ)從句，先行詞在從句中作主語(yǔ)，即所填動(dòng)詞意為“上面寫(xiě)著”，選項(xiàng)AD. read，動(dòng)詞，意為“寫(xiě)著”，符合句意表達(dá)。故選AD項(xiàng)。

【10】考查形容詞。句意：當(dāng)被問(wèn)及為什么Q的口感對(duì)臺(tái)灣人如此有吸引力時(shí)，攤主盧維晨笑著把一個(gè)鮮紅色的果凍棒遞給一個(gè)開(kāi)心的小孩。分析可知，所填空應(yīng)與之后to構(gòu)成固定結(jié)構(gòu)，且結(jié)合句意可知，“Q彈”對(duì)于臺(tái)灣人有吸引力。選項(xiàng)AB. appealing，形容詞，意為“有吸引的”，符合句意表達(dá)。故選AB項(xiàng)。