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There is more of a connection between food and culture than you may think.On an individual level, we grow up eating the food of our culture.It becomes a part of who we are.Many associate food from our childhood with warm feelings and good memories and it ties us to our families, holding a special and personal value for us.Food from our family often becomes the comfort food we seek as adults in times of frustration and stress.
On a large scale, traditional food is an important part of culture.It also operates as an expression of culture identity.Immigrants bring it wherever they go, and it is a symbol of pride for their culture and means of coping with homesickness.
Many immigrants open their own restaurants and serve traditional dishes.However, the food does not remain exactly the same.Some materials needed to make traditional dishes may not be readily available, so the taste and flavor can be different from what they would prepare in their home countries.Additionally, immigrants do not only sell dishes to people from the same countries as them, but to people from different countries.Therefore, they have to make small changes about the original dishes to cater to a wider range of customers.Those changes can create new flavors that still keep the cultural significance of the dishes.
We should embrace our heritage (传统) through our culture's food but also become more informed about other cultures by trying their food.It is important to remember that each dish has a special place in the culture to which it belongs, and is special to those who prepare it.Food is a window into culture, and it should be treated as such.
语篇解读：食物与文化有着密切的联系，传统食物是文化的重要组成部分。
1．What's the function of food mentioned in the article?
A．To help motivate homesickness.
B．To show national identity.
C．To reflect a country's history.
D．To show a community's superiority.
解析：选B 细节理解题。根据第二段中的“On a large scale, traditional food is an important part of culture.It also operates as an expression of culture identity.”可知，文章中的食物的功能是展现民族特征。故选B。
2．What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A．The specific traditional food.
B．The national culture.
C．A traditional expression of food.
D．The old-fashioned taste.
解析：选A 代词指代题。根据第二段中的“On a large scale, traditional food is an important part of culture.”可知，这里的it指代的是“特有的传统食物”。故选A。
3．Why do some immigrants have to change the original dishes in their restaurants?
A．To attach cultural importance to their dishes.
B．To announce the beginning of their life on foreign soil.
C．To make the dishes popular among customers.
D．To present their own food culture in a new way.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Therefore，they have to make small changes about the original dishes to cater to a wider range of customers.”可知，一些移民会对原来的菜肴做一些小的改动，以迎合更多顾客的口味。故选C。
4．What's the author's attitude towards different food cultures?
A．Negative. B．Balanced.
C．Unfair. D．Unchangeable.
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“We should embrace our heritage (传统) through our culture's food but also become more informed about other cultures by trying their food.”可知，作者对不同的饮食文化一视同仁。故选B。
