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【題目】 Growing up in an Italian-American household was, for me, pretty special. My mother, Gina, an immigrant from Italy, held on to so many of her family's traditions that at times, regardless of the fact that I was living in American, our home felt like in Italy.

To this day, my mother only speaks to me in Italian. She may speak in some English terms and expressions from time to time, but our conversations are, for the most part, in her mother tongue. And most of those conversations are about food. For us, food —Italian food is an important part of our lives. The food my mother prepared for me and my sister as children is the same food my grandmother created in her small farm kitchen high up in the mountains.

One of my family's dishes of heritage I made sure to learn and perfect is my mother's arancini di riso (Italian rice balls). Arancini, in Italian, means little oranges. After you roll some leftover rice into a small ball, place a piece of mozzarella (馬蘇里拉奶酪 ) in the center, then bread that and fry it, the golden outside resembles one of our favorite fruits. For my family, it also showcased my mother' s ability to always find a delicious way to never let anything go to waste: Last night's good rice was repurposed into this perfect mid-day snack or dinner appetizer.

So, when I take a perfect little arancini out of the hot oil and crack it open, I am immediately transported back to my childhood: I am a little girl getting off the bus and running through the back door to the smell of last night's rice transformed into sticky, delicate goodness. This small snack symbolizes so many important elements in my life: my mother' s waste-not philosophy, her ability to take a few simple ingredients and transform them, and finally, the way she carried her mother' s recipes to the U. S. in her mind and heart so she could, years later, teach me about my heritage through food.

Eating arancini, and all the other recipes my mother continued to make here in the U. S. after leaving Italy, allowed her to teach me who I am, where I come from, and why I should be proud of it all.

【1】What makes the author's home feel like in Italy?

A.Fruit and snacks.

B.Neighbors and friends.

C.Names and holidays.

D.Food and language.

【2】Why does the author make sure to learn and perfect arancini di riso?

A.It saves valuable food from going to waste.

B.It reminds the author of her days at school.

C.It plays a major role in continuing family tradition.

D.It showcases the cooking skills of the author's mother.

【3】What does the underlined word "goodness" in paragraph 4 refer to?

A.Arancini di riso.

B.Mother' s kindness.

C.The Italian language.

D.Amazing cooking skills.

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A.Why learning to cook is important for a mother.

B.How the family heritage is taught through food.

C.How childhood experiences change one's life.

D.Why mothers are important in children's education.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，講述了生活在意大利裔美國(guó)家庭的作者通過(guò)學(xué)習(xí)和完善媽媽做的意大利飯團(tuán)阿蘭西尼迪里索來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)意大利人的家庭傳統(tǒng)。

【1】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段 “To this day, my mother only speaks to me in Italian. She may speak in some English terms and expressions from time to time, but our conversations are, for the most part, in her mother tongue. And most of those conversations are about food. For us, food —Italian food is an important part of our lives. The food my mother prepared for me and my sister as children is the same food my grandmother created in her small farm kitchen high up in the mountains.”可知，直到今天，我媽媽只跟我說(shuō)意大利語(yǔ)，雖然有時(shí)她會(huì)用一些英語(yǔ)詞匯和表達(dá)，但我們的談話大多是用她的母語(yǔ)，這些談話大多是關(guān)于食物的，對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)，意大利菜是我們生活中重要的一部分，小時(shí)候媽媽為我和妹妹準(zhǔn)備的食物和外婆在高山上的小農(nóng)場(chǎng)廚房里做的一樣，由此可知，語(yǔ)言和食物使作者在美國(guó)的家里感覺(jué)像在意大利一樣，故D項(xiàng)正確。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的“One of my family's dishes of heritage I made sure to learn and perfect is my mother's arancini di riso (Italian rice balls).”可知，我一定要學(xué)習(xí)和完善我媽媽做的意大利飯團(tuán)阿蘭西尼迪里索，因?yàn)樗�是我們家的傳統(tǒng)美食之一，由此可知，作者一定要學(xué)習(xí)和完善阿蘭西尼迪里索是因?yàn)檫@道家庭美食在延續(xù)家庭傳統(tǒng)中扮演著重要的角色，故C項(xiàng)正確。

【3】

詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)畫(huà)線詞前的“So, when I take a perfect little arancini out of the hot oil and crack it open, I am immediately transported back to my childhood: I am a little girl getting off the bus and running through the back door to the smell of last night's rice transformed into sticky, delicate”可知，當(dāng)我從熱油里撈出一個(gè)無(wú)比美味的小飯團(tuán)阿蘭西尼，剝開(kāi)吃的時(shí)候，那種美妙的味道立刻把我?guī)Щ亓送�年時(shí)代：一個(gè)小女孩下車后穿過(guò)后門(mén)，撲鼻而來(lái)的是用前一晚的米飯做成的粘乎乎的、口感細(xì)膩的小飯團(tuán)的香味，由此可知畫(huà)線詞指的就是前面提到的“小飯團(tuán)阿蘭西尼”，故A項(xiàng)正確。

【4】

主旨大意題。通讀全文，特別是根據(jù)第一段中的“Growing up in an Italian-American household was, for me, pretty special. My mother, Gina, an immigrant from Italy, held on to so many of her family's traditions that at times, regardless of the fact that I was living in American, our home felt like in Italy.”在意大利裔美國(guó)人家庭長(zhǎng)大，對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)很特別。我的母親吉娜(Gina)是來(lái)自意大利的移民，她一直保留著她家的許多傳統(tǒng)，以至于有時(shí)候，不管我住在美國(guó)，我們的家感覺(jué)就像在意大利一樣。及最后一段“Eating arancini, and all the other recipes my mother continued to make here in the U. S. after leaving Italy, allowed her to teach me who I am, where I come from, and why I should be proud of it all.”吃了阿蘭西尼，還有我母親離開(kāi)意大利后在美國(guó)繼續(xù)做的所有其他食譜，讓她教會(huì)了我，我是誰(shuí)，我從哪里來(lái)，以及為什么我應(yīng)該為此感到自豪�？芍�，本文主要講述的是生活在意大利裔美國(guó)家庭的作者通過(guò)學(xué)習(xí)和完善媽媽做的意大利飯團(tuán)阿蘭西尼迪里索來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)意大利人的家庭傳統(tǒng)，故B項(xiàng)正確。