1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家第八组(建议用时：20分钟).阅读理解There is more of a connection between food and culture than you may think. On an individual level, we grow up eating the food of our culture. It becomes a part of who we are. Many associate food from our childhood with warm feelings and good memories and it ties us
2、 to our families, holding a special and personal value for us. Food from our family often becomes the comfort food we seek as adults in times of frustration and stress.On a large scale, traditional food is an important part of culture. It also operates as an expression of culture identity. Immigrant
3、s bring it wherever they go, and it is a symbol of pride for their culture and means of coping with homesickness.Many immigrants open their own restaurants and serve traditional dishes. However, the food does not remain exactly the same. Some materials needed to make traditional dishes may not be re
4、adily available, so the taste and flavor can be different from what they would prepare in their home countries. Additionally, immigrants do not only sell dishes to people from the same countries as them, but to people from different countries. Therefore, they have to make small changes about the ori
5、ginal dishes to cater to a wider range of customers. Those changes can create new flavors that still keep the cultural significance of the dishes.We should embrace our heritage(传统) through our cultures food but also become more informed about other cultures by trying their food. It is important to r
6、emember that each dish has a special place in the culture to which it belongs, and is special to those who prepare it. Food is a window into culture, and it should be treated as such.1Whats the function of food mentioned in the text?ATo help motivate homesickness.BTo show national identity.CTo refle
7、ct a countrys history.DTo show a communitys superiority.2What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 2 refer to?AThe specific traditional food.BThe national culture.CA traditional expression of food.DThe oldfashioned taste.3Why do some immigrants have to change the original dishes in their resta
8、urant?ATo attach cultural importance to their dishes.BTo announce the beginning of their life on foreign soil.CTo make the dishes popular among customers.DTo present their own food culture in a new way.4Whats the authors attitude towards different food cultures?ANegative.BBalanced.CUnfair. DUnchange
9、able.任务型阅读(2019江苏百校大联考)Restaurants have been using tablets instead of classic menus for years, and some have even introduced apppowered ordering and payment options, but until not too long ago, plates seemed to be immune to this hightech trend. Theyre feeling the heat now, though, as more and more r
10、estaurants swap them for modern tabletbased dishes, in an effort to attract customers and give them an appetite for fine cuisine.Quince, a Michelinstarred restaurant in San Francisco has recently swapped oldfashioned plates for Apple iPads for a couple of its most popular dishes. They are serving a
11、dish called A Dog in Search of Gold on an Apple iPad that is playing a video of a dog hunting for truffles(块菌). If youre wondering about the connection, the dish is made up of white truffle croquettes(炸丸子). And in case youre not into truffles, Quince also serves frog legs on top of iPads playing vid
12、eos of frogs in a pond.“The idea was simply about taking the guest on a voyage to being out truffle hunting then having a moment when the truffle is dug from the ground，” said Michael Tusk. “Living in San Francisco for over twenty years I have witnessed the development of technology, and I wanted to
13、 combine dishes with technology and a little bit of education.”Local chef Richie Nakano caused quite the stir(轰动) on social media after posting a photo of A Dog in Search of Gold that a friend had ordered. Some people complained about the $220 price tag of the dish, others wondered what the point of
14、 the iPads was, but most expressed concerns about hygiene(卫生). “This is so unhealthy，” one person commented. “Do people not remember how many microbes are on touch screens？”Things got a bit out of hand over that last one, so Tusk had to clarify the situation on Facebook. “The iPad and the custom wal
15、nut box it rests in combine a little bit of technology, education and so on，” he wrote. “As to the construction and design of the box we asked local wood worker and friend Luke Bartels to create a house for the iPada simple frame with a plexiglass cover that protects the screen. The food does not di
16、rectly sit on top of the iPad. The removable plexiglass is cleared after every use in keeping with all other plate ware.”Quince is reportedly the first US. restaurant to use tablets as plates, but definitely not the first in the world. The restaurants in the UK. have been using them since two years
17、ago, and the Arzak restaurant, in San Sebastin, Spain, is famous for its unique glass plates with iPads encased in them.San Francisco Restaurant Serves Food on iPads Instead of PlatesThe influence of modern technology on restaurantsTablets are being used for customers to order dishes and 1._ for the
18、 bill.Tablets are also used as plates in some restaurants to make customers have a good 2._.One 3._：Quince, a restaurant in San FranciscoA dish called A Dog in Search of Gold*It is one of the restaurants most popular dishes and is being 4._on an Apple iPad.*The dish consists of white truffle croquet
19、tes and videos are played.*It may keep customers 5._of truffles after having such a dish.*Michael Tusk tried to make the dish with a 6._of technology and some education.Peoples comments on the dish are various：*Some made a 7._about the price. Some showed their doubt about the significance.*The major
20、ity of people are 8._about its hygiene.Tusks clarification*There is no need to worry about that for the iPad is covered by plexiglass that can be 9._and cleaned.The practice of other restaurants worldwideThe restaurants in the UK. have been adopting the way for the last two years.The Spanish Arzak r
21、estaurant gained its 10._for using iPad plates.第八组.阅读理解【解题导语】本文是一篇议论文，主要探讨了食物和文化之间的联系。1B解析：细节理解题。根据第一段的内容，尤其是第二、三句“On an individual level, we grow up eating the food of our culture. It becomes a part of who we are.”，再根据第二段的内容，尤其是第二句“It also operates as an expression of culture identity.”可知，文章中提到食物是为
22、了显示国家身份。2A解析：代词指代题。通读第二段可知，传统食物是文化的一个重要部分，它显示了文化身份，移民不管去哪儿都带着它，它象征着对自己文化的骄傲，也是处理乡愁的方法。由此可推知，it指代传统食物。3C解析：细节理解题。根据第三段的内容，尤其是第四、五句“Additionally, immigrants do not only sell dishes to people from the same countries as them, but to people from different countries. Therefore, they have to make small cha
23、nges about the original dishes to cater to a wider range of customers.”可知，移民不仅把菜肴卖给来自相同国家的人，而且卖给不同国家的人。为了使菜肴受到顾客的欢迎，一些移民不得不改变传统的菜肴。4B解析：观点态度题。根据最后一段的内容，尤其是第一句“We should embrace our heritage(传统) through our cultures food but also become more informed about other cultures by trying their food.”可知，我们应该通过我们文化的食物来接受我们的传统，但也应该通过尝试其他文化的食物来了解更多文化。由此可推知，作者对不同的食物文化持客观公正的态度。.任务型阅读1pay2.appetite3.example4.served5.informed6combinationplaint8.concerned/worried9.removed10fame- 4 - 版权所有高考资源网