“Just ate chicken feet for lunch. ”These were the words I wrote on my blog yesterday. By the next day there were hundreds of comments from my friends. They included “OH MY GOD! That is so disgusting(令人厭惡的)! ”, “What were they like? ” and “Why can’t you eat sandwiches like everyone else? ”
To Chinese people, chicken feet are a normal snack. To my friends in Britain, the thought of eating a chicken’s feet is weird(不可思議的). As weird, in fact, as eating a bullfrog(牛蛙), scorpion(蝎子), snake, or turtle.
But if there are two things I love more than anything else in life, they are trying new things and food.
I arrived in Beijing five months ago. Since then, I’ve searched for the “weirdest” foods so I can try them, then treat my friends to some “virtual eating”on my blog.
One weekend, I went to Wangfujing, Beijing’s “snack street”. The trip gave me tons of blog materials.
“I chose a stick with three live, wriggling scorpions on it, ”I wrote. “And it was pretty good. The scorpion was warm and crispy. The legs did have a tendency to get stuck between one’s teeth, however. What’s more, I am sure scorpion stung(蜇傷)me twice with its tail in revenge. ”
Next came snake: “A bit like a cross between fish and chicken, with a slightly rubbery texture(彈性口感)and meaty taste. ”
Some people were actually angry when I ate turtle soup—especially when I posted pictures showing the poor little guy’s head staring sadly up at us from the bowl. “I am never speaking to you again, ”wrote one former friend.
Still, I will continue my culinary quest(美食征程).
Next on my list is starfish, though I feel I should have some vegetables too—algae, maybe.
So what am I eating, tonight, you may ask. Pizza. Well, a girl’s gotta have a break sometimes.
【小題1】According to the passage, which of the following “weirdest” foods is the one the author hasn’t tried?
| A．Chicken feet. | B．Bullfrog. |
| C．Scorpion. | D．Chicken head. |
| A．Trying new things and food. |
| B．Traveling. |
| C．Walking. |
| D．Shopping. |
| A．From her friends. |
| B．From Wangfujing, Beijing’s “snack street”. |
| C．From shopping. |
| D．From the Internet. |
| A．They are satisfied. |
| B．They are happy. |
| C．They are surprised and even angry. |
| D．They are sorry. |
| A．The author likes eating. |
| B．The author enjoys traveling. |
| C．The author is fond of shopping. |
| D．The author is interested in Chinese food. |
【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】B
【小題4】C
【小題5】D
解析這是一篇記敘文。文章記述了作者在中國體驗(yàn)的古怪的食物, 并對(duì)此很感興趣, 還寫在自己的博客里, 從而引起了朋友的不理解。
【小題1】選D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第二段的. . . eating a chicken’s feet is weird. As weird, in fact, as eating a bullfrog, scorpion, snake, or turtle. 可以看出, 作者吃過雞爪、牛蛙和蝎子, 沒有吃過雞頭。故選D項(xiàng)。
【小題2】選A。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第三段的But if there are two things I love more than anything else in life, they are trying new things and food. 可以看出, 作者最喜愛嘗試新事物和食品, 故A項(xiàng)是正確的。
【小題3】選B。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第五段的One weekend, I went to Wangfujing, Beijing’s “snack street”. The trip gave me tons of blog materials. 看出作者是從王府井小吃街得到博客的有關(guān)材料, 故答案是B項(xiàng)。
【小題4】選C。推理判斷題。從文章第八段的Some people were actually angry when I ate turtle soup—especially when I posted pictures showing the poor little guy’s head staring sadly up at us from the bowl. “I am never speaking to you again, ”wrote one former friend. 可以看出, 作者的朋友對(duì)她吃古怪的東西的態(tài)度。
【小題5】選D。推理判斷題。從全文的內(nèi)容和倒數(shù)第三段Still, I will continue my culinary quest. 可以推出, 作者對(duì)中國的飲食很感興趣。
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| B．a(chǎn) person was found who actually didn’t need any sleep. |
| C．everyone needs some sleep to stay alive. |
| D．people can live longer by trying not to sleep. |
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| B．cure him of his sleeplessness |
| C．find a way to free people from the need of sleeping. |
| D．find out why some old people didn’t need any sleep. |
| A．was too old to need any sleep. |
| B．often slept in a chair. |
| C．needed no sleep at all. |
| D．needed some kind of sleep. |
| A．that he hadn’t got a bed. |
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| C．his mother’s injury before he was born. |
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| D．QUT’s learning Potential Fund |
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| B．can be understood in different ways when read |
| C．used to be a festival for fans around the world |
| D．means the same as“May the Force be with you” |
| A．Breakfast． | B．A race pack． | C．T-shirt． | D．Training session． |
| A．Healthstream QUT | B．Cheryl Goodwin |
| C．QUT Music Society | D．Mechelle |
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| C．In 1963. | D．In 1971. |
| A．Arthur Sulzberger Jr |
| B．Adolph Ochs |
| C．Arthur Sutzberger Sr’s father |
| D．Arthur Sulzberger Sr |
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| B．Arthur Sulzberger Jr’s grandfather bought The New York Times. |
| C．Arthur Sulzberger Sr resigned when The New York Times was in financial trouble. |
| D．Arthur Sulzberger Jr took over The New York Times after graduating from Columbia College. |
| A．failed the case in the end |
| B．lost the controlling stake in The New York Times |
| C．gave in to the government |
| D．succeeded in guarding free speech of the paper |
| A．Friendship. | B．Politics. |
| C．Family ownership | D．Freedom of speech. |
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【小題1】Why did the two boys go to the sea?
| A．To go boat rowing. |
| B．To get back their football. |
| C．To swim in the open water. |
| D．To test the umbrella as a sail. |
| A．The beach. | B．The water. |
| C．The boat. | D．The wind. |
| A．To take in enough fresh air. |
| B．To consider turning back or not. |
| C．To check his distance from the boys. |
| D．To ask the boys to take down the umbrella. |
| A．They were dragged to the pier by Tim. |
| B．They swam to the pier all by themselves. |
| C．They were washed to the pier by the waves. |
| D．They were carried to the pier by Tim on his back. |
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| A．they hope to save money |
| B．they're both poor |
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| D．they're not far from their farms |
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| B．theirs were much less than the others' |
| C．a(chǎn) lot of apples had been already carried to the city |
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【小題1】According to the first paragraph, Mom ________.
| A．wanted to give the author some flowers |
| B．didn’t like the presents from the author |
| C．lived with the author on an Indiana farm |
| D．got different birthday presents from the author every year |
| A．a(chǎn)ll died quickly |
| B．didn’t bloom at all |
| C．grew as well as on Mom’s farm |
| D．grew better than those on Mom’s farm |
| A．She didn’t know how to grow irises. |
| B．She regretted they had sold Mom’s farm. |
| C．She didn’t know what to do in memory of Mom. |
| D．She couldn’t bear others living in Mom’s home. |
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| C．decided to send them to Mom after they bloom |
| D．ordered flowers for the people living in Mom’s home |
| A．All the irises in the author’s yard bloomed. |
| B．The author went to see the irises in Mom’s yard. |
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【小題1】The baby travelled on the Titanic with his_______.
| A．mother | B．parents | C．a(chǎn)unt | D．relatives |
| A．Schleiferi | B．Eino. | C．Magda. | D．Panula. |
| A．1912 | B．1954 | C．2012 | D．2004 |
| A．uncover | B．find | C．bury | D．gather |
| A．the unknown baby's body was taken from the north Atlantic |
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| C．people found out who the unknown baby was |
| D．people took care of the unknown baby for 100 years |
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