Question

Start the day in the English way

What do you like to have when you wake up?

Do you like to have a①         / J"au3 / ，a cup of

tea or a piece of fruit?

How about eggs，pork，sausages，beans in tomato sauce,bread and mushrooms, all cooked in an oily frying pan?

This is，according to tales，the traditional British breakfast,otherwise(否则)  known as the "Full English" or "Fry Up". It's meaty,fatty,salty and unhealthy,and it's served all day,every day.

We British proudly tell the story of how,when most people worked as farmers, they needed a "real" breakfast―a "British breakfast" to get them started for a long day's work.

Nowadays, we often continue,②the" Full English" is eaten daily by truck drivers and builders,who also work long hours and don't have regular meals.

But does every British person really chew(咀嚼) through this daily mountain?

A recent survey of those builders I mentioned before—showed that less than 1 percent had a regular "Fry Up" and most actually preferred salad or sushi.③In fact, studies show that about two-thirds of British people don't eat breakfast at all.

But then,how often do you eat Beijing Roast Duck,go to Chinese opera or do a Sichuanese mask-changing dance?

We love to talk about how much we love our

traditions―even if we only actually④       

/'kaen/ them out when guests are around. In fact,many British people don't actually know how to make a British breakfast—which is why cafes are so good at serving them to tourists.

I did know one person who ate a British breakfast every morning,though—my grandfather.

⑤他不是英国人。He was from the Netherlands.

Maybe he wanted to surprise the crowd with his own strange tradition―being the only person eating a British breakfast,and the only non-British person in the room.

1.将文中③处的画线句子翻译成中文。

2.将文中5处的画线句子翻译成英语。

3.根据音标提示，在文中①、4空格处分别填入一个适当的单词，使句意完整，上下文通顺。

①        4       

4.将文中②处的画线句子进行句型转换，一空一词。 Truck drivers and builders the "Full English" .

(   ) 5. What is the article mainly about?

   A.Changes in UK people's breakfast habits.

   B.The revival(复兴) of the traditional British breakfast.

   C.Why people have stopped having the traditional British breakfast.

   D.How young people today treat the traditional British breakfast.

Answer 1

1.事实上研究表明，大约三分之二的英国人根本不吃早餐。

2. He wasn't British. /He wasn't from England/theUK. I He didn't come fromEngland/theUK.

3,shower;carry4. eat;daily5. A