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【题目】 A. appealing B. please C. embarrassed D. presentation E. reputation F. tracked G. encouraging H. preference I. willing J. compete K. trend

British cuisine(烹饪) has come of age in recent years as chefs combine the best of old and new. Why does British food have a(n) 【1】 for being so bad? Because it is bad! Those are not the most 【2】 words to hear just before eating lunch at one of the smartest British restaurants, but head chef Neil Tomes has more to say.

“The past 15 years or so have been a noticeable period of improvement for food in England,” the English chef says, citing the 【3】 in British cuisine towards better ingredients, preparation and cooking methods, and more 【4】 presentation. Chefs such as Delia Smith, Nigel Slater, Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay made the public realize that cooking and eating didn’t have to be a boring thing. “It’s no longer the case that the common man in England is 【5】 to show he knows about food,” Tomes says.

There was plenty of room for improvement. The problems with the nation’s cuisine can be 【6】 back to the Second World War. Before the War, much of Britain’s food was imported and when German U-boats began attacking ships bringing food to the country, Britain went on rations (配给). “As rationing came to an end in the 1950s, technology picked up and was used to mass-produce food,” Tomes says. “And by then people were just happy to have a decent quantity of food in their kitchens.”

They weren’t looking for cured meats, organic produce or beautiful 【7】; they were looking for whatever they could get their hands on, and this 【8】 for quantity over quality prevailed for decades, meaning a generation was brought up with food that couldn’t 【9】 with neighboring France, Italy, Belgium or Spain.

Before star chefs such as Oliver began making cooking fashionable, it was hard to find a restaurant in London that was open after 9 p.m. But in recent years the capital’s culinary (烹饪的) scene has developed to the point that it is now confident of its ability to 【10】 the tastes of any international visitor.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】G

【3】K

【4】A

【5】C

【6】F

【7】D

【8】H

【9】J

【10】B

【解析】

本文是说明文。文章介绍了英国烹饪技术——近几年来，由于厨师们结合了老式和新式做法的精华，英国烹饪已经日趋成熟。

【1】考查名词。句意：为什么英国食物有这么坏的名声？根据句意可知，可推出是名词reputation“声誉，名声”，由空前a(n)可知，此处使用名词单数。故选E。

【2】考查形容词。句意：在英国最时尚的餐馆之一吃午饭前听到这些话并不是最鼓舞人心的，但主厨尼尔·托马斯还有更多要说的。根据句意可知，可推出是形容词encouraging“鼓舞人心的”，修饰words。故选G。

【3】考查名词。句意：“过去15年左右是英国食品质量显著提高的时期。”这位英国厨师说，他提到了英国烹饪的一个趋势，那就是配料、准备和烹饪方法越来越好，外观也越来越吸引人。根据句意可知，可推出是名词trend“趋势”。故选K。

【4】考查形容词。句意：“过去15年左右是英国食品质量显著提高的时期。”这位英国厨师说，他提到了英国烹饪的一个趋势，那就是配料、准备和烹饪方法越来越好，外观也越来越吸引人。根据句意可知，可推出是形容词appealing“吸引人的”，修饰presentation。故选A。

【5】考查形容词。句意：托姆斯说：“英国的普通人不再羞于表明自己对食物的了解。”根据句意可知，可推出是形容词embarrassed“尴尬的，害羞的”，修饰人的感情。故选C。

【6】考查动词。句意：这个国家的烹饪问题可以追溯到第二次世界大战。根据句意可知，可推出是动词track“追踪，追溯”，be tracked back to“被追溯到”。故选F。

【7】考查名词。句意：他们不是在寻找腌肉、有机食品或漂亮外观的食物，而是在寻找他们能得到的一切。根据句意可知，可推出是名词presentation“外观，外貌”，其后省略了food。故选D。

【8】考查名词。句意：几十年来，人们对数量的偏爱胜过对质量的偏爱，这意味着一代人的食物无法与邻国法国、意大利、比利时或西班牙竞争。根据句意可知，可推出是名词preference“偏爱”，由空前this可知，此处使用名词单数。故选H。

【9】考查动词。句意：几十年来，人们对数量的偏爱胜过对质量的偏爱，这意味着一代人的食物无法与邻国法国、意大利、比利时或西班牙竞争。根据句意可知，可推出是动词compete“竞争”，由空前couldn’t可知，此处使用动词原形。故选J。

【10】考查动词。句意：但近年来，首都的烹饪业已经发展到现在有信心满足任何国际游客的口味。根据句意可知，可推出是动词please“使满意”。故选B。