| A．Mary’s. | B．Napa Valley. | C．The Parlor. |
2 . 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
3 . 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| A．Adventure stories. | B．Interesting travels. |
| C．Wonderful food. | D．Scientific inventions. |
4 . Chocolate is a kind of food. But do you know it came as a drink at first? It was made from the seeds of cacao trees. The seeds were first found to be useful about 2,000 years ago. Early Central Americans and Mexicans used the seeds of cacao trees to make a drink that tasted bitter, not sweet. Later on, this drink was made into a sweet drink, known as hot chocolate today.
Why does chocolate taste sweet? That’s because a lot of sugar is added. This means that chocolate can be bad for your teeth and health. But it’s proved that chocolate is safe to eat unless you have too much of it.
There are mainly three types of chocolate: white chocolate, milk chocolate and dark chocolate. Among the three, white chocolate tastes the sweetest. Milk chocolate is sweet, but not as sweet as white chocolate. Dark chocolate is the least sweet and has the strongest chocolate flavor.
Today chocolate is often used in cakes, ice creams, puddings, candies and so on. It is popular with people, especially the young. However, according to a report, chocolate could not be seen any more in the year of 2050. It may disappear because of higher temperatures and drier weather conditions. Some scientists have begun to work hard to save the cacao trees.
1. Chocolate is ________.| A．a kind of sport | B．a kind of animal | C．a kind of music | D．a kind of food |
| A．About 1,500 years ago. | B．About 2,000 years ago. |
| C．About 2,500 years ago. | D．About 3,000 years ago. |
| A．Because a lot of sugar is added. | B．Because a lot of tea is added. |
| C．Because a lot of oil is added. | D．Because a lot of salt is added. |
| A．Types of chocolate. | B．Prices of chocolate. |
| C．Sizes of chocolate. | D．Shapes of chocolate. |
| A．Meat. | B．Bread. | C．Chocolate. | D．Water. |
