Question

Keeping traditions alive is never an easy thing. Chen Zunkai, the owner of Baoyuan Dumpling House, has      the past 16 years improving one of the most traditional Chinese foods: jiaozi.

Her     are not the white crescent-shaped (月牙形状的) ones simply filled     pork or lamb, but colorful ones using more than 150 kinds of fillings.

“      I try to do is to make dumplings have a taste of home,” Chen says. “I hope every customer, Northerners or Southerners, vegetarians (素食者) or non-vegetarians, Chinese people or foreigners can     something familiar.”

Chinese dumplings are believed      more than 2,000 years old.      , they are made and eaten by people in North China at some festivals such as the winter solstice (冬至). To     the year-end cold, people usually fill dumplings with strongly flavored (有强烈味道的) meat such as pork or lamb.

For Chen, her      came after she noticed that there were not many choices for those      prefer lighter fillings. Most vegetarian dumplings have a filling of only two kinds of ingredients, and not one restaurant in Beijing has more than 10 kinds of vegetarian fillings.

“I think I can make it,” Chen says.

1.A. wasted    B. paidC. spent        D. cost

2.A. dumplingsB. noodlesC. cakes        D. cookies

3.A. by        B. from      C. of           D. with

4.A. Which    B. Where    C. What        D. When

5.A. smell    B. tasteC. feel         D. touch

6.A. to be    B. beingC. to have     D. be

7.A. SuddenlyB. LuckilyC. TraditionallyD. Finally

8.A. get        B. refuse   C. enjoy         D. fight

9.A. plan    B. ideaC. information D. advice

10.A. which    B. whom     C. who          D. /

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.C

8.D

9.B

10.C

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了宝源饺子馆饺子的制作特色。他们的饺子不单单是填满猪肉或羊肉而是使用150种馅料制作成彩色的饺子。店主对自己饺子馆的成功充满信心。

1.A. wasted浪费B. paid付款C. spent 花费 D. cost值……。陈尊凯，宝源饺子馆的店主，花费了十六年的时间发展中国最传统的食物之一，饺子。spend人作主语，宾语是时间和金钱，结构是人+spend+时间/金钱+on+名词，人+spend+时间/金钱+(in)V-ing;pay,付款人作主语，常用词组pay for；take 花费时间事物作主语，常用句式it+takes+sb+ ST+to do sth；cost,物作主语，只能花费金钱。根据句意及结构，故选C。

2.名词及语境的理解。A. dumplings饺子B. noodles面条C. cakes蛋糕D. cookies曲奇饼。他的饺子不是白色的月牙形状的。根据上文，故选A。

3.介词及语境的理解。A. by通过B. from从C. of……的D. with和……。不单单是填满猪肉或羊肉而是使用150种馅料的彩色的饺子。Filled with,过去分词短语做后置定语，故选D。

4.A. Which哪个B. Where哪里C. What 什么 D. When何时。我设法要做的事情就是使饺子有一种家的味道。What,代替要做的事情，作主语，故选C。

5.A. smell闻起来B. taste尝起来C. feel感觉D. touch触摸。我希望每个顾客，南方的，北方的，素食者或非素食者中国人或外国人能尝到熟悉的东西。根据句意，故选B。

6.动词及语境的理解。A. to be动词不定式B. being分词形式C. to have动词不定式D. be原形。中国的饺子被认为有两千多年的历史了。Be believed to do sth,根据句意及结构，故选A。

7.副词及语境的理解。A. Suddenly突然地B. Luckily幸运地C. Traditionally传统上D. Finally最后。传统上，在中国的北方人们制作并吃饺子在一些节日像冬至。根据句意，故选C。

8.动词及语境的理解。A. get获得B. refuse拒绝C. enjoy 喜欢，享受 D. fight打架。为了对抗年终的寒冷，人们经常用有强烈味道的肉像猪肉，羊肉来包饺子。根据句意，故选D。

9.名词及语境的理解。A. plan计划B. idea主意想法C. information信息D. advice建议。对于陈，她的想法来自她的观察。根据句意，故选B。

10.连接词及语境的理解。A. whichB. whom C. who D. /。她发现对于那些更喜欢清淡馅料的人来说没有许多的选择。Those指代人，连接词在定语从句中做主语，故选C。

考点：文化类短文。