贵州省贵阳市第一中学2016届高三第七次月考 英语试题（Word版）
第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。
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Chinese food is not a foreign concept to the United States. But in the past, certain recipes have gotten lost in translation.
The latest example is the Chinese smashed cucumber trend that has recently popped up in New York City. Many of Manhattan’s restaurants now offer smashed cucumbers dressed with sauces such as sesame oil with garlic and yogurt.
This isn’t the first time that US chefs have embraced Chinese cooking techniques. Chefs in the US lean on flavors that American taste buds are attracted to, but by evolving the taste in this way, the original Chinese recipe is sometimes ignored.
General Tso’s Chicken(左宗棠鸡), chop suey(炒杂碎) and fortune cookies are among the most popular Chinese dishes in the US. However, “Chinese people don’t crack open fortune cookies after every meal... Most Chinese people don’t even know what chop suey actually is,” Shanghai-based journalist Jamie Fullerton told Business Insider.
“In the 19th century, what we call Chinese food in the US... was a lot of seafood, shark fins, bird’s nests, and a lot of shrimp,” Yong Chen, author of Chop Suey Nation: The Story of Chinese Food in America, told Yahoo Food. “But American diners rejected that.”
Chefs specializing in Chinese cuisine want Americans to try their food. So they changed the ingredients, the cuts of meat and the presentation to suit American palates.
This is a cultural compromise to make consumers happy. At the same time, they are turning the food into something less Chinese and more American.
1. How many ingredients are there in the smashed cucumbers according to the passage?
A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five
2. Which of the following is among the most popular Chinese dishes in the US now?
A. Seafood B. Bird’s nests C. Shark fins D. Fortune cookies
