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直击2023高考英语（乙卷） 阅读理解 话题3 饮食文化 一、2023真题 (共4题) (2023·全国乙卷) 阅读理解 What comes into your mind when you think of British food? Probably fish and chips, or a Sunday dinner of meat a nd two vegetables. But is British food really so uninteresting? Even though Britain has a reputation for less-than-impre ssive cuisine, it is producing more top class chefs who appear frequently on our television screens and whose recipe b ooks frequently top the best seller lists. Its thanks to these TV chefs rather than any advertising campaign that Britons are turning away from meat-and-t wo-veg and ready-made meals and becoming more adventurous in their cooking habits. It is recently reported that th e number of those sticking to a traditional diet is slowly declining and around half of Britains consumers would like to change or improve their cooking in some way. There has been a rise in the number of students applying for food cour ses at UK universities and colleges. It seems that TV programmes have helped change what people think about cookin g. According to a new study from market analysts, 1 in 5 Britons say that watching cookery programmes on TV has e ncouraged them to try different food. Almost one third say they now use a wider variety of ingredients (配料) than the y used to, and just under 1 in 4 say they now buy better quality ingredients than before. One in four adults say that TV chefs have made them much more confident about expanding their cookery knowledge and skills, and young people are also getting more interested in cooking. The UKs obsession (痴迷) with food is reflected through television schedul ing. Cookery shows and documentaries about food are broadcast more often than before. With an increasing number of male chefs on TV, its no longer uncool for boys to like cooking. 1. What do people usually think of British food? A . It is simple and plain. B . It is