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【题目】根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。Food festivals around the world
Stilton Cheese Rolling
May Day is a traditional day for celebrations, but the 2,000 English villagers of Stilton must be the only people in the world who include cheese rolling in their annual plans. Teams of four, dressed in a variety of strange and funny clothes, roll a complete cheese along a 50-metre course. On the way, they must not kick or throw their cheese, or go into their competitors' lane(赛道). Competition is fierce and the chief prize is a complete Stilton cheese weighing about four kilos (disappointingly, but understandably the cheeses used in the race are wooden ones). All the competitors arc served with beer or port wine, the traditional accompaniment for Stilton cheese.
Fiery Foods Festival—The Hottest Festival on Earth
Every year more than 10,000 people head for the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. They come from as far away as Australia, the Caribbean and China, but they all share a common addiction—food that is not just spicy(辛辣),but hot enough to make your mouth burn, your head spin and your eyes water. Their destination is the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival which is held over a period of three clays every March. You might like to try a chocolate-covered habanero pepper—officially the hottest pepper in the world—or any one of the thousands of products that are on show. But one thing's for sure—if you don't like the feeling of a burning tongue, this festival isn't for you!
La Tomatina—The World's Biggest Food Fight
On the last Wednesday of every August, the Spanish town of Bunol hosts Ea Tomatina—the world's largest food fight. A week-long celebration leads up to an exciting tomato battle as the highlight of the week's events. The early morning sees the arrival of large trucks with tomatoes—official fight-starters get things going by casting tomatoes at the crowd.
The battle lasts little more than half an hour, in which time around 50,000 kilograms of tomatoes have been thrown at anyone or anything that moves, runs, or fights back. Then everyone heads down to the river to make friends again—and for a much-needed wash!
(1)In the Stilton cheese rolling competition, competitors on each team must ______________.
A.wear various formal clothes
B.roll a wooden cheese in their own lane
C.kick or throw their cheese
D.use a real cheese weighing about four kilos
(2)Where is the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival held?
A.In New Mexico.
B.In the Caribbean.
C.In Australia.
D.In China.
(3)The celebration of La Tomatina lasts __________.
A.three days
B.seven days
C.less than three days
D.more than seven days
(4)Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.The chief prize for the Stilton cheese rolling competition is beer or port wine.
B.More than 10,000 Chinese take pail in the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival.
C.Thousands of spicy foods are on show in the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival.
D.An exciting tomato battle takes place at the beginning of La Tomatina.

【答案】
(1)B
(2)A
(3)B
(4)C
【解析】本文介绍了世界上的几个关于食品的节日:英国滚奶酪节、新墨西哥最热的食品节和西班牙的西红柿节。
(1)B细节理解题。根据短文第一段Teams of four, dressed in a variety of strange and funny clothes , roll a complete cheese along a 50-metre course.可知四个队伍,穿着滑稽搞笑的衣服,在50米的路程中卷一个完整的奶酪,以及后面but understandably the cheeses used in the race are wooden ones可知这个奶酪是木头的,故选B。
(2)A细节理解题。根据第二段第一句Every year more than 10,000 people head for the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico.可以知道这是在新墨西哥发生的事情,从段落中第三句Their destination is the Fiery Eood and BBQ Festival可以知道人们到新墨西哥是为了参加Fiery food festival,故选A。
(3)B细节理解题。根据文章第三段第二句A week-long celebration leads up to an exciting tomato battle as the highlight of the week's events.可以知道,西红柿大战这个西班牙的节日的持续时间是一周,故选B。
(4)C细节理解题。根据文章第二段倒数第二个破折号后面的文字or any one of the thousands of products that are on show.可以知道你可以任意品尝展出的上千种的食物,故选C。

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Two and a half centuries on, most countries impose sort of tax on alcohol and tobacco. With obesity levels putting increasing pressure on public health systems, governments around the world have begun to toy with the idea of taxing sugar as well.

Whether such taxes work is a matter of debate. A review of Mexico’s taxation found a fall in purchases of taxed drinks as well as a rise in sales of untaxed and healthier drinks. By contrast, a Danish tax on foods high in fats was abandoned a year after its introduction, during claims that consumers were avoiding it by crossing the border to Germany to satisfy their desire for cheaper, fattier foods.

The food industry has, in general, been firmly opposed to such direct government action. Nonetheless, the renewed focus on waistlines means that industry groups are under pressure to demonstrate their products are healthy as well as tasty.

Over the past three decades, the industry has made some efforts to improve the quality of its offerings. For example, some drink manufactures have cut the amount of sugar in their beverages.

Many of the reductions over the past 30 years have been achieved either by reducing the amount of sugar, salt or fat in a product, or by finding an alternative ingredient. More recently, however, some companies have been investing money in a more ambitious undertaking: learning how to adjust the fundamental make-up of the food they sell. For example, having salt on the outside, but none on the inside, reduces the salt content without changing the taste.

While reformulating recipes is one way to improve public health, it should be part of a multisided approach. The key is to remember that there is not just one solution. To deal with obesity, a mixture of approaches-including reformulation, taxation and adjusting portion sizes-will be needed. There is no silver bullet.

1According to Adam Smith, sugar, alcohol and tobacco were .

A. profitable to manufacture

B. in ever-increasing demand

C. no longer considered necessities of life

D. subjects of taxation almost everywhere

2What do we learn about Danish taxation on fat-rich foods?

A. It brought a lot of problems on the border.

B. It did not work out as well as it was expected.

C. It could not succeed without German cooperation.

D. It met with firm opposition from the food industry.

3What does the underlined part “silver bullet” in the last paragraph mean?

A. A successful but complex solution.

B. An effective and hopeful solution.

C. A single easy quick way.

D. A long way.

4What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Efforts to make sugar healthy and tasty.

B. Approaches to adapting to consumers’ needs.

C. Different ways to cope with health problems.

D. Government taxation on sugar, alcohol and tobacco.

【题目】Being a sports reporter for more than a decade, I see “O1ympic” as a ____ word to me. I found the word is also a(an) ___ for everyone to shine. This feeling ___ me when I was holding the Olympic torch for the ____ time on Monday in Seoul, the capital city of South Korea.

I felt such a great ____ to be invited by the International Olympic Committee to be a torchbearer for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games ____ Chinese sports reporters. Ten years ago, I was invited by IOC to be a ____ for the 2008 Beijing Summer Games. I have now carried the torch in two different countries. I have ____ how the Olympic flame ____ everybody around it.

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1A. strange B. magic C. odd D. lovely

2A. opponent B. photo C. opportunity D. mercy

3A. struck B. happened C. occurred D. affected

4A. first B. second C. third D. fourth

5A. excuse B. mistake C. service D. honor

6A. in order to B. so that C. on behalf of D. in regard to

7A. player B. athlete C. audience D. torchbearer

8A. witnessed B. influenced C. proved D. urged

9A. bans B. allows C. inspires D. respects

10A. offering B. protecting C. leaving D. gathering

11A. restart B. relay C. regain D. refresh

12A. passion B. consideration C. edition D. creation

13A. refused B. cried C. cancelled D. applauded

14A. absorbed B. abused C. awaited D. accommodated

15A. looked through B. passed through C. pulled through D. broke through

16A. loaded B. collected C. transformed D. selected

17A. reflects B. fosters C. confesses D. allows

18A. compensating B. challenging C. competing D. participating

19A. proverb B. motto C. saying D. idiom

20A. involve B. engage C. pursue D. permit

【题目】根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。
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AIDA communicates with the driver through an expressive robot screen and will even appear sympathetic if you're having a bad day. Cynthia Breazeal, director of MIT's Personal Robots Group, said: “We are developing AIDA to read the driver's mood from facial expression and other cues and respond in a proper way.”
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A.A personal driver.
B.A traffic controller.
C.A traffic indicator.
D.A smart car robot.
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B.It can replace the driver to drive the car.
C.It can interact with the driver.
D.It can help the driver find the way.
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【题目】There are so many things we do in our daily lives that have become a "habit".1How you answer the phone is a habit. The way you sit in the car when you drive is a habit. Have you ever tried to change the way you do something, after you ve done it in a certain way for so long? It's not very easy to do. The minute your mind drifts to something else, you go right back to the old way of doing things.2it's a way of doing things that has become routine or commonplace. To change an existing habit or form a new one can be a boring task.

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Imprint it in your mind. Write several notes to yourself and put them in places where you will see them. By the alarm clock, on the bathroom mirror, on the refrigerator door, in your briefcase, and under your car keys are good places to start.

After the newness wears off, then you will have to remind yourself, "Hey, I forgot to..." Keep using the notes if you have to.4Some people say it will take over a month to solidify it and make it something you will do without having to think about it. I tend to agree with the last statement. Two to three weeks will help you to remember, but thirty days or more will make it a part of your everyday routine.5

A. What is a "habit" anyway?

B. Forming a bad habit is easy.

C. Brushing your teeth is a habit.

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F. It takes 16 to 21 times of repeating a task to make it a habit.

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B. Beyond the sign is the Atlantic Ocean.

C. Some are fishing boats you can use for the day.

D. After that, we travel a little way to Green Street.

E. Many of the buildings are more than 100 years old.

F. It is made of modern material, i.e. steel and concrete.

G. This house belonged to the famous American writer Ernest Hemingway.

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