1 . How to yum cha in Hong Kong

For Hong Kongers, a quality restaurant could become a family haunt that’s visited for generations to come. Here are some of the best places for chowing down on these steam-basket goodies.

Forum

Founded by a legendary abalone (鲍鱼) master, this three Michelin-star restaurant serves classic Cantonese dim sum with an attention to detail that can only be described as impeccable (无瑕疵的). If you want to know what perfect dim sum tastes like, head to Forum.

Sun Hing

As the chefs begin kneading (捏) dough and wrapping buns in the middle of the night, neighbors slowly fill the seats and wait for its freshly made dumplings and stir-fried milk puffs. There is no menu or ordering sheet here. Diners choose their dim sum from the display towers located at the counter.

Golden Valley

Golden Valley offers two styles of Chinese cuisine — Cantonese and Sichuanese — on one dim sum menu. Golden Valley’s dumplings are a refreshing and sumptuous (豪华的) pocket of shrimp, mushrooms, pork and water chestnuts, while its Sichuanese dan dan noodles are flavorfully spicy.

Veggie Kingdom

Veggie Kingdom boasts a pretty impressive meatless dim sum experience that even non-vegetarians wouldn’t feel lacking. Helmed by a veteran dim sum chef, Veggie Kingdom makes fresh vegan dishes using traditional cooking techniques. Specially-treated vegetable oil is used to replace lard (猪油) and butter. Mushrooms are added to replace the usual pork fillings.

1. What is Sun Hing’s feature?

A．It was founded by a famed master.	B．It offers special kinds of noodles.
C．It offers dim sum to night owls.	D．It offers menus to order food.

2. Which restaurant best suits visitors who dislike meat?

A．Golden Valley.	B．Veggie Kingdom.
C．Forum.	D．Sun Hing.

3. In which section of a magazine can the text be found?

A．Business.

B．Travel.

C．Entertainment.

D．Health.

2 . Chinese food in Britain has over 100 years of history. Since then, they’ve been springing up around the country. Today, Chinese food is one of the top choices for hungry Englishmen.

But since coming to China, I’ve found some differences. Much of the Chinese food in Britain is influenced by western tastes. For example, dishes are not hot and had fewer kinds. It’s difficult to find the hot food of Yunnan food in Britain. The most popular Chinese dishes in Britain are chou mein, egg-fried rice and spring rolls. Also, meat dishes are always sweet and sour.

The Chinese food in Britain not only gives a different taste. In most Chinese restaurants, food is served as a buffet (自助的). And once you sit down in a Chinese restaurant, don’t hope to rotate (旋转) the dishes around a big round table to share. This kind of table in English is called a Lazy Susan because it’s convenient to move dishes around. But in Britain they are very uncommon.

At the end of the meal, don’t forget your lucky cookie! In most Chinese restaurants, you’ll be given a cake that you break a half. Inside is a small piece of paper with your lucky words written on it. Although you can hardly find lucky cakes in China, no Chinese meal in Britain is complete without reading these letters of good luck.

1. What does the underlined phrase “springing up” in paragraph 1 mean?

A．Change.

B．Keep.

C．Appear.

D．Disappear.

2. According to the writer, Chinese dishes in Britain ______.

A．are not hot

B．have more kinds

C．are similar to Western dishes

D．are not influenced by western tastes

3. From the last two paragraphs, we can learn that ______.

A．lucky cakes are popular in Britain

B．it is common to see a Lazy Susan in Britain

C．lucky cakes are served at the beginning of a meal

D．the waiters are often called Susan in Chinese restaurants

4. What’s the best title of this passage?

A．A Lazy Susan	B．Chinese Lucky Cakes
C．English Food in China	D．Chinese Food in Britain

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

As families prepare for the Spring Festival, no Chinese New Year celebration is complete without mandarin oranges.

The     1    (popular) of the fruits during the festive season has a long history. During the Qing Dynasty, Chinese parents would place fruits like oranges, lychees beside the pillows (枕头) of their children, as well     2     red envelopes containing money under the pillows,     3    (keep) away mythical monsters (神话中的怪物). The children would then eat the fruits on     4    (wake) up the next morning.

There are     5    (variety) explanations for why oranges have come to be considered     6     lucky symbol — a major part of which comes from the pronunciation. Some say the Mandarin pronunciation of the fruit (ju)     7    (sound) like the word for “good luck”(ji).

Apart from its lucky name, oranges are valued for their reddish-gold color and round shape,     8     are believed to bring good fortune. They’ve inspired Chinese art for     9    (century). An ancient poem called Ju Song     10    (create) by poet Qu Yuan from the Periodof Warring States, using the fruit and tree as a metaphor (比喻); a letter from Wang Xizhi, a renowned calligrapher from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, included a gift of oranges and remained famous after almost two thousand years.

5 . A new study finds sales of sugary drinks obviously fell across several US cities, after they carried out soda taxes (汽水税) aiming those drinks — and those changes continued over time. Taxes ranged from 1 to 2 cents. For a 2-liter bottle of soda, that comes out to between 67 cents to $1.30 extra in taxes.

“While prior (先前的) studies have looked at the impact of soda taxes, they usually studied one city at a time. This new study looked at the overall effect of the taxes on several cities to get an idea of what might happen if these taxes were more widespread — or enlarged to the state or national level,” says Scott Kaplan, an economics professor and the study’s lead author.

Kaplan and his co-workers found that prices for sugary drinks went up by 33.1% and purchases (购买量) went down by basically the same amount. So when people had to pay more for sugary drinks, they reduced their purchases — the effect was large and continued.

As Kaplan notes, “Sugary drinks make up a quarter of all the added sugar we see in the average adult American diet. And that’s a really big amount.” Jennifer Pomeranz, a professor at the School of Public Health, says, “Taxes that aim sugary drinks are good public health policy because these drinks have no nutritional (营养的) value, but they are linked with diet-related diseases. Too much added sugar is linked to a host of poor health outcomes, including overweight and heart disease.” Last month, WHO called on countries to increase taxes on sugary drinks as a way to promote healthier diets.

Today, the sugary drink industry’s strategy of offering consumers more choices with less sugar is working, and nearly 60% of drinks sold have zero sugar. The calories that people get from drinks have decreased to the lowest level in decades.

1. What’s the difference between the new study and the prior ones?

A．The range.

B．The challenge.

C．The expense.

D．The benefit.

2. How did the people respond to the rising prices of sugary drinks?

A．They bought them in overseas markets.

B．They turned to the government for help.

C．They cut down the drinks’ consumption.

D．They added sugar to drinks by themselves.

3. Why were soda taxes introduced according to Jennifer Pomeranz?

A．To better protect people’s health.

B．To encourage research into drinks.

C．To improve the nutrition of drinks.

D．To make more money for the government.

4. What can be inferred about the continuation of the soda tax policy?

A．It is a short-sighted decision.

B．It is a success story.

C．It benefits sugary drinks industry.

D．It upsets customers.

6 . 阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Fish and chips, or rather, “fish'n'chips” is an important experience for the visitors. Britain is    1    island and eating fish     2     (remind) us of our practical and spiritual dependence on the sea. The chips symbolize our people: no two chips are the same, but we are united because we are all cut from the same bag of     3    (potato), all deep-fried in the same oil.

A fish and chip supper is the     4    (old)fast food in Britain, perhaps in the world. The visitors should ask for cod or haddock, the fish of choice for any true Brit. The fish comes dipped(蘸)in batter, a mixture     5     flour, eggs and milk. When it is dropped into the hot oil, the batter acts as a sponge(海绵)absorbing the maximum amount of oil,     6       makes it nice and juicy. A     7     (tradition) fish fryer will wrap your order in yesterday's newspaper. Before     8     (wrap)it he will ask, “Salt and vinegar?”, to which you should reply “Yes, please!”

This supper should     9     (eat)almost at once, with the fingers, walking along the street, preferably in the dark, and with a taunt rain falling. Do NOT take the fish'n'chips home because it is known that this is not the British way. Just empty     10     (they)onto a plate and eat them with knives and forks.

7 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Gumbo

The dictionary definition of gumbo does not make gumbo sound as delicious as it really is. The dictionary     1     (define) gumbo as a “thick soup made in south Louisiana”. However, anyone     2     has tasted this delicious dish knows that this definition is too plain     3     (describe) gumbo. It is true that gumbo is a thick soup, but it is much more than that.

Gumbo, one of the most popular of allCajun    4     (dish), is typically made with different kinds of seafood or meat     5     (mix) with vegetables, such as green peppers and onions. For example, seafood gumbo     6     (actual) contains shrimp and crab. Other kinds of gumbo include chicken, sausage or turkey. It is made up of     7     wide variety of ingredients and can vary from place to place in Louisiana. The first mention of gumbo dates back     8     the beginning of the 19th century in culinary manuals published in Louisiana. However, it was not until the end of the 70s and 80s     9     it gained popularity. Regardless of the ingredients in gumbo, this     10     (region) dish is popular in the southern United States.

8 . 阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Chinese food,     1     (consider) to be one of the biggest     2     (culture) exchanges between China and other countries, is famous for its colors, flavors and the     3     ( vary) of its dishes and ingredients (原料).

The Peking Duck is one of the top popular Chinese dishes and is now regarded     4     one of China’s National Foods. Actually, the Peking Duck     5     (prize) for its good taste and impressive presentation. It is also famous for its thin, crispy skin, and its delicious meat,     6     is highly popular among all foreigners, including foreign celebrities and leaders.

This famous dish can be found at restaurants all around Beijing. First-class restaurants take this dish so     7     (serious) that some even have their own duck farms and use only a special kind of duck for    8     (they) specific Peking Duck dish. The Quanjude Restaurant, one of the largest roast duck restaurants in Beijing, if not the world,     9     (open) its door in 1979. It is popular at home and abroad.     10     (serve) as many as 5, 000 meals a day, Quanjude has become a place travellers must visit in Beijing.

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Wild mushrooms have become a new favorite in Chinese cuisine. As     1     matter of fact, the rising interest is helping the business develop fast in China’s southwestern Yunnan Province,     2     (know) as the “kingdom of wild fungi (菌类) ”.

A key recipe for this dish is soup. The ingredients include    3     (variety) of wild mushrooms, chicken, and mineral water,    4    are cooked together for four hours. Just like chefs, the diners also need    5     (patient). The mushrooms have to be cooked for around 20 minutes before they can    6     (consume) , because some of them might be poisonous if not fully cooked.

So far, people’s ideas towards the natural cuisine    7     (change) greatly, according to Wang Wenzhong, the founder of Juncai Wild Mushroom Hot Pot Chain. At first, many were     8     (familiar) , and now they’ve developed a real taste.

Juncai,     9     a rapidly growing brand (品牌), plans to develop business beyond Yunnan. “    10     (original) , my purpose in opening the business was to carry forward our food culture, and it’s also the mission of my company.”

10 . In several nations, including India, Pakistan, Vietnam and Cambodia, milk tea is a common drink.     1    . However, the addition quickly became a habit, and for the majority of people, it became an addiction. But do you know that this type of tea can be extremely bad for you if over-consumed? Here are some of its side effects.

Milk tea can cause insomnia (失眠)

Like coffee, tea, specifically black tea, which is what is used to brew milk tea is rich in caffeine. When your body is overloaded with caffeine, it can cause sleep disorders like insomnia. While small quantities will not do this, drinking an excess of more than two cups a day can cause major sleep issues. Drinking milk tea can also cause other health problems.     2    

Excessive (过多的) milk tea consumption causes anxiety

    3    . However, the side effects of drinking too much milk tea sometimes can also be anxiety. This is because tea can activate the brain cells to calm you down but when you push it and drink too much, it can create an imbalance in brain chemicals which leads to anxiety.

    4    

When taken in small dosages (剂量), milk tea can help strengthen your immune system, brain and nerve functions, circulation and heart health. However, if you consume too much of the drink, it either causes high blood pressure or too low blood pressure. This could be harmful to your health.

Milk tea can make you addicted

The side effect of milk tea is that it can cause addiction. The substance caffeine is thought to be addictive. In other words, if you often drink it, you would feel uneasy without a cup.     5    . This is exactly the addiction.

A．As a result, you drink milk tea more frequently

B．Milk tea may lead to blood pressure imbalance

C．Therefore, increase the number of cups you drink each day

D．Some teas are really known for their relaxing characteristic

E．However, insomnia is one of the most common side effects of milk tea

F．They think consuming tea can help them avoid a number of heart diseases

G．People in these countries first started adding milk to tea to reduce its bitterness