中考英语真题阅读Topic6Shopping.doc

新世纪教育网 精品资料 版权所有 @新世纪教育网 Topic Six Shopping，Food and Health购物、饮食与健康 话说中考 目前随着人们生活水平的不断提高，业余生活也越来越丰富，购物成为人们生活中最为 重要的活动之一，这就需要我们不断地参与社会实践， 多了解有关购物的知识；饮食与健康 也成为人们较为关注的话题，较高的生活水平和良好的饮食条件，给我们的健康带来丰富的 营养的同时，也给我们带来了烦恼? ? ，所以，这自然就成为我们中考的热点。 解题思路：通读全文，了解大意。抓住文章的关键信息，进行整合归纳。 走进中考 (苏州· 2010) Why do you think people who live in some hot countries eat very spicy( 辛辣的 ) food? Is it because the spices make the food taste better? Is it just because their parents and grandparents and great-grandparents liked hot food ，or is there some connection between spices and healthy food? Researchers from Cornell University think that it is because spice plants have some important chemicals(化学物质)．These chemicals can kill bacteria(细菌 ) which spoil food ．Most common spices can kill 75 to 100 percent of the bacteria in food ， explains one of the scientists ．The bacteria grow more easily and spoil food more quickly at higher temperatures ．For this reason，it is more difficult to keep food from spoiling in hot climates ． Do you like your food spicy? Your answer probably tells something about the country you come from．If you like spicy food ，it is possible that hundreds of years ago， when there were no fridges，people in your country started using spices to keep the food from spoiling ．The traditional spicy dishes helped those people to live longer ，healthier lives．Today，in a time of fridges ，the spices just make the food taste good． 阅读短文，根据短文内容选择最佳答案。 ( ) 1． The chemicals in spices keep food from spoiling by ________ ． A．making food taste better B．making food hotter C．killing bacteria in food D．preventing bacteria getting into food ( ) 2． Food goes bad more quickly in hot climates because ________ ． A．high temperature makes more bacteria B．high temperature helps bacteria grow faster C．bacteria get used to hot food D．bacteria spoil food only at high temperature ( ) 3．According to the passage，spices are useful in all the following things except _______． A．replacing fridges B．helping you to live longer