1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What did Charles I do with ice cream?

A．He passed a law for it.

B．He improved the recipe.

C．He created a festival for it.

2. Who made ice cream accessible to ordinary people?

A．An English woman.

B．A New Jersey woman.

C．A Frenchwoman.

3. What does the speaker mainly talk about?

A．The varieties of ice cream.

B．The flavour of ice cream.

C．The development of ice cream.

2 . 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。

Rose Flower Cake, one of Yunnan’s classic snacks, is a delicious dessert in Yunnan. According to historical     1     (record), flower cakes were invented by a cake maker during the Qing Dynasty more than 300 years ago.     2     (traditional), flower cakes were eaten at breakfast and as snacks.

As Yunnan’s typical dessert, rose cakes     3     (make) using Rosa rugosa, a kind of rose native to eastern Asia. However, the best quality Rosa rugosa is grown in Yunnan. With     4     (it) spring like weather year round, Yunnan is     5     ideal environment for plants in general, and roses in particular.

Rose Flower Cake is only available for part of the year because it’s made using the petals (花瓣) of roses,     6     have a limited flowering period. April and May are the     7     (good) time of the year to pick roses. After they are picked, they are frozen and taken in refrigerated trucks to factories for processing.

There     8     (be) more than a dozen varieties of flower cakes being offered now. The shelf life of flower cakes is from 7 to 45 days, depending     9     the ingredients (原料). In April, people wait in line     10       (buy) fresh flower cakes.

If possible, have a taste for the very traditional local dessert.

3 . What has Peter been doing to annoy Wendy?

A．Studying late at night.

B．Using up all the milk.

C．Leaving the milk out.

4 . 下面文章中有3处需要添加小标题。请从以下选项(A、B、C和D)中选出符合各段意思的小标题。选项中有一项为多余选项。

There are not many nations that can say their national dish has become international.     1     Both are famous all over the world, and both have made the history of Italian food. People have been eating pizza, in one form or another, for centuries. They eat it everywhere — at home, in restaurants, or on street comers.

The word “pizza” came from the Latin word “pinsa” meaning flatbread. Long ago, pieces of flatbread, topped with mushrooms and herbs (香料), were a simple and tasty meal. They were mostly for those who didn’t have enough money to buy plates, or who were on the go. In the 18th century, Naples, in southern Italy, had become one of the largest cities in Europe, and it was growing fast. Lots of city people were poor and they were always rushing around to look for work.     2     Pizzas were cut to meet the customers’needs. They were inexpensive, used easy-to-find ingredients (原料), and could be made with plenty of flavor.

It was in America that pizza found its second home.     3     Soon, pizza spread across the country with the rapid development of the city. It was increasingly considered as a fast, funny food. People might like New York-style thin pizza, or Chicago deep-dish thick pizza. Some want extra cheese on their pizzas while others only like vegetables. The secret is, almost everyone likes pizzas.

For a lot of people in western countries, when they cannot decide what to eat, they order pizzas.

A. Nobody knows where pizza came from.
B. Italy has two such dishes, spaghetti and pizza.
C. They needed food that was cheap and easy to eat.
D. In 1905, the first pizzeria, Lombardi’s, was opened in New York City.

5 . Which restaurant will the speakers go to tonight ?

A．Mary’s.

B．Napa Valley.

C．The Parlor.

6 . Su Shan is a delicacy made with milk and cream that looks like shaved ice (刨冰). Poet Wang Lingran from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) described how people made and enjoyed Su Shan in his poem Ode to Su He Shan. According to the text, sugar was added to Su Shan that was shaped into many forms. Sometimes, Su Shan was decorated with flowers and leaves to make it more beautiful.

“It is neither solid (固态的), nor watery and disappears once it touches teeth,” the poet wrote. The Su Shan in his poem was thought by many experts to be an early form of ice cream. However, only the nobles (贵族) were lucky enough to have large iceboxes to create it in summer.

Although there were no fridges in ancient times, iceboxes to store ice cubes in summer had become very common in rich families by the Tang Dynasty. At that time, people either had ice water or small pieces of shaved ice.

People could easily buy iced drinks on the street during the Song Dynasty (960-1279).As a community service, some rich people even provided free ice water and medicine on the street for free. Ice water sold during the Song Dynasty was often added to mung beans (绿豆) to help prevent heat stroke (中暑).

1. What do the underlined words “a delicacy” in paragraph 1 refer to?

A．A kind of black sugar.	B．A kind of sweet food.
C．A kind of ice water.	D．A kind of cold drink.

2. Why were flowers and leaves put on Su Shan?

A．To make it a little fresher.	B．To make it more delicious.
C．To make it in various forms.	D．To make it more beautiful.

3. We can learn from the text that Su Shan________.

A．first appeared in the Song Dynasty	B．was decorated with beans and leaves
C．became popular in the Song Dynasty	D．was easily bought in the Tang Dynasty

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Su Shan: an Early Form of Chinese Ice Cream	B．Su Shan: an Interesting Topic in Song Poems
C．Su Shan: a Common Food for the Poor	D．Su Shan: a Good Way to Cure Fever

7 . The paiche, a huge, air-breathing fish, is one of the largest freshwater fish in the word. which has fed Amazonian people for thousands of years. Fully grown, it can reach seven feet long or more and it can reach anywhere from 200 to 400 pounds.

The paiche isn’t only famous for its size. Known as Amazonian people’s favorite food, this fish has been around for a long time. so it’s considered a living fossil, whose oldest fossil dates back to 23 million years ago.

This old fish stands out in many other ways, including the need to surface (浮出水面) for the air. The ability to breathe air is helpful in waters of the Amazon with little oxygen, but makes it easy for the paiche to get caught. When the fish surfaces, it often takes in air with a loud noise that local fishermen can recognize at a distance. Amazonian fishermen have enjoyed its tasty meat for a long time, but catching it in such large number has been in doubt.

Thankfully, protection efforts, combined with a large increase in farmed paiche, have made sure that this ancient fish will not disappear any time soon. And that’s a great thing for Amazonian cuisine (烹饪),as the paiche is a surprisingly tasty fish, whose meat stays tasty in most preparations, whether roasted or steamed (蒸).

The paiche near the source will be the best. You can find it in markets like Mercado de Belen in Peru, and the Mercado Municipal in Brazil. If you can’t make it to South America, you can also find paiche meat in stores like Whole Foods.

1. What’s the main idea of paragraph 2?

A．The long history of the paiche.	B．The paiche’s ability to breathe.
C．The oldest fossil of the paiche.	D．The paiche’s unique features.

2. What makes it easy for fishermen to catch the paiche?

A．The paiche’s slow physical movement.	B．The paiche’s huge body size.
C．The paiche’s loud sound of breathing.	D．The paiche’s eye-catching skin.

3. Why doesn’t the paiche disappear?

A．Because Amazonians dislike its meat.	B．Because it can produce very quickly.
C．Because it has few natural enemies.	D．Because it’s well protected and raised.

4. In which part of a newspaper can you find the text?

A．Adventure stories.	B．Interesting travels.
C．Wonderful food.	D．Scientific inventions.

8 . Super Space Seeds

How to grow food in space if humans will one day live there. A recent experiment at the Tiangong space station makes a big step forward.

Chinese astronauts have successfully grown rice seedlings (幼苗) during the Shenzhou XIV mission. Since the rice experiment began on July 29, the seedlings of the tall shoot rice variety (高秆水稻品种) have reached a height of 30 centimeters. The seedlings of the dwarf rice variety (矮秆水稻品种) have grown to 5 centimeters, China Daily reported on Aug. 30.

While there have been other rice experiments in space, this one is the first of its kind to produce the complete life cycle of a plant — it begins with a seed and ends with a mature plant producing new seeds.

Such food-growing experiments are not just for astronauts. They can also solve food problems on Earth. By sending seeds to space, we can create mutated (突变的) seeds, thanks to micro-gravity, lack of air and cosmic rays (宇宙射线). The seeds can then produce higher yields (产量) on Earth.

For more than 30 years, China has developed over 260 new types of seeds in space. They are planted every year in fields that cover tens of millions of hectares.

According to an engineer from Hainan Aerospace (航天) Engineering Breeding Research Center, 30 percent of strawberries sold in Beijing are “space strawberries”, which are as big as eggs. The center has also produced “space tomatoes” with yields increased by 30 percent, and “space bananas” with a growth cycle shortened from 13 months to 9 months.

1. How high did the tall shoot rice variety grow for the first month?

A．5 cm.

B．25 cm.

C．30 cm.

D．35 cm.

2. What does the underlined part “this one” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．The dwarf rice variety.	B．The tall shoot rice variety.
C．The last rice experiment in space.	D．The rice experiment on Shenzhou XIV.

3. How does the current rice experiment differ from other experiments?

A．Its seedlings have successfully come up.

B．It goes through a complete life cycle.

C．Its seedlings are growing very well.

D．It uses completely new rice varieties.

4. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Space planting is benefiting us.

B．Space planting has disadvantages.

C．People will never run out of food.

D．People are afraid of food bred in space.

9 . Have you ever been to Thailand? When you travel in Thailand, you shouldn’t________the Bangkok Walking Food Tour. It usually takes three hours to________the whole tour. During the 3-hour tour, you can eat your fill (开怀大吃)in________excellent little restaurants and have great fun at the cultural attractions.

Here you can find lots of eateries(饮食店) that have been open for many years. Enjoy________when you have so many kinds of Thai dishes. As you know, they are all________deeply by Thai history and culture. The food is cleverly designed into small portion(一份) sizes, ________ you can try more dishes without feeling too full. The tour starts at 10 a. m. and________at around 1 p. m. If you are________ enough, you shouldn’t eat breakfast.

This tour is one of visitors’________activities in Thailand and really gives you a chance to get ________to the delicious food of the amazing country. You will also be able to find more wonderful food in the rest of Thailand with the help of this experience.

1.

A．miss

B．try

C．hire

D．join

2.

A．begin

B．think

C．plan

D．finish

3.

A．a great deal

B．a number of

C．a little

D．the number of

4.

A．you

B．your

C．yours

D．yourself

5.

A．influenced

B．expressed

C．celebrated

D．imagined

6.

A．such as

B．because of

C．so that

D．according to

7.

A．lasts

B．ends

C．rises

D．changes

8.

A．silly

B．fun

C．strange

D．wise

9.

A．peaceful

B．useful

C．favorite

D．easy

10.

A．smaller

B．closer

C．wider

D．bigger

10 . 阅读下面的材料，在空白处填人适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

American summers are filled with outdoor picnics, baseball games and swimming pools. Summer in America is a time     1    (enjoy) the outdoors, no matter how hot it might be. Let’s take     2     look at some of the popular drinks.

Lemonade is the     3    (common) of all American summer drinks. It is made by mixing lemon juice, water and sugar. It     4    (serve) very cold with ice. Another popular summer drink in America is ice tea，    5     is usually served in a tall glass of ice. Many     6     (American) choose to add sugar to sweeten the drink. They drink     7     in the afternoon while     8     (relax) in the shade. Ice tea is now also sold by the bottle, at almost any store in America.

The Slurpee, a famous American drink in recent years, is a great way to cool off in the summer heat. It is a mix of ice, sugar and fruit juice. They can be bought at most small     9     (convenience) stores. Slurpees are popular     10     young Americans. Milkshakes have a long history in America. It is made of a mix of ice cream, milk and flavoring.