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 (不确定的)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(健壮的) 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

【答案与解析】

1. D 考查名词。由后一句my parents switched over to speaking English可以推知是有关语言，故答案D正确。

2. A 考查动词。leave意为“使处于某种状态”，意指“使我至今带有方言口音”。

3. B  考查短语动词。keep up with意为“保持”， 意指初始语言不算重要，为后面表述食物重要铺垫。

4. A 考查动词及文意理解。结合第一句及后文avoiding jiaozi for yuntun and steak for steamed fish可推知答案D正确。

5. C 考查动词。affect意为“影响”，意思是“饮食影响身体，也影响文化”。

6. D 考查文意理解。由下文谈及一位小女孩更关注自己的午餐可推知答案D符合文意。

7.A考查副词。only to find表示“意外发现”，最能表达出惊讶之状。

8. B考查短语动词。stand out意为“突出”，意指小孩子们更关注食物，符合上文文意。

9. C考查动词。speak用于“说（某种语言）”，the mother tongue母语。

10. D考查动词。identify with意为“与……认同”，意指继承祖先的传统。

11. A 考查动词。celebrate American Thanksgiving庆祝美国感恩节。

12. B考查名词搭配。as custom意为“依照习俗”，符合句意。

13. C 考查词语搭配。Change A with B意为“将A换成B”，指我们改变了美国过感恩节的传统饮食。

14. B 考查动词。risk doing意为“冒风险……”，用以表达饮食文化的顽固。

15. D 考查连词及文意理解。…why we couldn't have pizza for dinner意为“我们为什么不吃比萨饼”。