Question

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

Answer 1

【答案與解析】

1. D 考查名詞。由后一句my parents switched over to speaking English可以推知是有關(guān)語言，故答案D正確。

2. A 考查動詞。leave意為“使處于某種狀態(tài)”，意指“使我至今帶有方言口音”。

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，為后面表述食物重要鋪墊。

4. A 考查動詞及文意理解。結(jié)合第一句及后文avoiding jiaozi for yuntun and steak for steamed fish可推知答案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(guān)注自己的午餐可推知答案D符合文意。

7.A考查副詞。only to find表示“意外發(fā)現(xiàn)”，最能表達(dá)出驚訝之狀。

8. B考查短語動詞。stand out意為“突出”，意指小孩子們更關(guān)注食物，符合上文文意。

9. C考查動詞。speak用于“說（某種語言）”，the mother tongue母語。

10. D考查動詞。identify with意為“與……認(rèn)同”，意指繼承祖先的傳統(tǒng)。

11. A 考查動詞。celebrate American Thanksgiving慶祝美國感恩節(jié)。

12. B考查名詞搭配。as custom意為“依照習(xí)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(jié)的傳統(tǒng)飲食。

14. B 考查動詞。risk doing意為“冒風(fēng)險……”，用以表達(dá)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?yōu)槭裁床怀员人_餅”。