Question

My interest in Chinese food started years a90, when l was a young reporter for the Washington Post. Our office wasn’t far from Chinatown, where I found some very good Chinese restaurants．

The first time I ever ate Chinese food I loved it. I noticed the fresh taste of the meat and vegetables. When I learned more about the food, I began to understand why it has this special feature.

Many years ago, China had an energy crisis because it lost much of its wood due to over population and poor management of its forests. 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 either find a substitute for their valuable wood，or learn how to use it better. There weren’t any substitutes so people found ways to economize.

In order to economize in cookin9, they had to use very little wood. So they started cutting their meat and vegetables 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 this way kept its fresh flavor一and it's this flavor that attracts people from other countries to the art of Chinese cooking.

1.This text is mainly about________.

A. what caused Chinese food to taste fresh

B. how Chinese food is cooked in the US

C. when the author started to make Chinese food

D. why most foreigners like cooking Chinese food

2.The author mentioned the energy crisis to show________.

A. it is important to protect the forests

B. it is necessary to find substitutes for wood

C. why the Chinese changed their way of cooking

D. what problems a big population is causing China today

3.It can be inferred from the text that before the energy crisis Chinese food________.

A. was cooked in rather large pieces

B. was cooked in water but not oil

C. didn’t taste good

D. didn’t look fresh

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.A

2.C

3.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要介紹中餐品嘗起來新鮮的原因。

1.考查主旨大意題，結合文章第二段，可知，當我學到更多有關中餐食物的背景知識時，我才開始明白為什么它有新鮮的味道。隨后第三、四兩段集中介紹其相關背景知識。故應選A。

2.考查推理判斷題，結合文章第三、四段，可知能源危機——森林的減少，使得做食物所需的木材變得昂貴而很難獲取，同時人們沒有找到木材的替代物，所以必須尋找一些節約木材的辦法，于是人們改變了烹制食物的方式即在將肉和蔬菜放入熱的油鍋之前將其切成小塊，進而保持食物新鮮的味道同時節省了燃料。故應選C。

3.考查推理判斷題，結合文章第四段“That way，the food cooked faster and they saved their fuel. The food prepared in this way kept its fresh flavor—it's this flavor that attracts people from other countries to the art of Chinese cooking.”可知利用新的烹制方式，食物做的更快了，節省了燃料，并保持著新鮮的味道，正是這種味道，吸引著來自其他國家的人們關注烹飪藝術。故應選D。

考點：說明文