Question

    吃火锅交朋友

To many local people in Sichuan, there is no problem that cannot be fixed with a hotpot. I was born in and grow up in Sichuan. Hotpot is an important part of my life. We usually even _____ big events with a hotpot.

However, when I went to the UK, I _____ that it was expensive to have hotpot in town (more than 100 yuan per person, without drinks), while the locals know nothing about hotpot. They don't even know that lotus root is a _____. Maybe the only kind of hotpot they know is Swiss chocolate fondue.

So I came up with an idea. It was to invite some international friends to a hotpot _____ dinner. The dinner helped me to _____ our culture. It also gave me a(n) _____ to make friends.

I first showed my _____ for cooking for my best friend, who is a German girl. I took my rice cooker, the pot I used to make hotpot with me _____ I went to her house in Germany.

My friend_____ her gift—a couple of Chinese bowls. And she told me that this would be the first time she had used ______. She had different kinds of vinegar, but not the Chinese kind. Since we didn't have any, we ______ it with another kind. The taste was ______ better.

Her mom______ a piece of lotus root, and I could still remember her face when she put it into her mouth—she was surprised at it. But it was a(n) ______ hotpot night.

When you go to a foreign country, a good way to make more friends is to introduce your own culture through something ______， like food. This will attract more friends and you will get great pleasure from it.

素材选自：21世纪英文报

1.A.hold B.discover C.celebrate D.experience

2.A.showed B.found C.wondered D.reminded

3.A.fruit B.vegetable C.drink D.cake

4.A.with B.for C.around D.from

5.A.accept B.understand C.learn D.spread

6.A.idea B.reason C.chance D.choice

7.A.opinion B.love C.gift D.value

8.A.before B.since C.when D.until

9.A.gave out B.put out C.handed out D.took out

10.A.them B.her C.it D.him

11.A.preferred B.changed C.completed D.compared

12.A.even B.already C.still D.only

13.A.tries B.tried C.was trying D.is trying

14.A.boring B.awful C.tiring D.wonderful

15.A.strange B.creative C.special D.terrible

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.B

5.D

6.C

7.C

8.C

9.D

10.A

11.B

12.A

13.B

14.D

15.C

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者作为一名四川人喜欢吃火锅，而且作者在国外时还邀请自己的好友一起吃火锅。她认为这是与外国人交朋友并传播我们中国文化的好机会。
1.考查动词词义辨析。hold抓住；discover发现；celebrate庆祝；experience体验。根据上文“Hotpot is an important part of my life.”可以推断是在重大活动的时候用来庆祝，故选C。
2.考查动词词义辨析。showed展示；found发现；wondered想知道；reminded提醒。分析语境可知，当我来了英国，我发现在镇子上吃火锅很贵，found发现，符合语境，故选B。
3.考查名词词义辨析。fruit水果；vegetable蔬菜；drink饮料；cake蛋糕。根据常识可知：莲藕是一种水生蔬菜，故选B。
4.考查介词词义辨析。with用，具有；和……在一起；for为了；around在……周围；from来自，根据句意可知选B。
5.考查动词词义辨析。accept接受；understand了解；learn学会；spread传播。根据句意可知外国人通过吃火锅了解了中国的文化，所以这顿饭帮助作者传播了中国文化，故选D。
6.考查名词词义辨析。idea想法，主意；reason原因；chance机会；choice选择。根据句意可知通过吃饭有了交友的机会，故选C。
7.考查名词词义辨析。opinion意见； love爱；gift天赋； value价值。根据句意可知是展示作者的烹饪天赋，故选C。
8.考查连词词义辨析。before在……以前； since自从；when当……时候；until直到……为止。根据句意可知是当去她的德国的家时，带着……，故选C。
9.考查动词短语辨析。gave out分发；put out扑灭；handed out交出；took out取出。根据句意可知是作者的朋友取出了礼物，故选D。
10.考查代词词义辨析。them他/她/它们； her她；it它；him他，根据上文“a couple of Chinese bowls”，可知此处用them代替，故选A。
11.考查动词词义辨析。preferred更喜欢；changed变化； completed完成； compared比较。根据句意可知是换了另一种，故选B。
12.考查副词词义辨析。even更；already已经； still仍然；only仅仅。根据空白处后面的better，可知用even修饰比较级，故选A。
13.考查动词时态的用法。根据句中的“我还记得她的脸……”可知用一般过去时，故选B。
14.考查形容词词义辨析。boring无聊的；awful可怕的；tiring累人的；wonderful极好的。根据文章内容描述的是莲藕好吃，所以是一个极好的火锅之夜，故选D。
15.考查形容词词义辨析。strange奇怪的；creative有创造性的；special特别的；terrible糟糕的。根据句意可知自己的文化是与众不同的，故选C。