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赤峰二中2020级高三上学期第二次月考
英语试题
第二部分阅读理解(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。
A
Haveyoueverbeenreallyhungry,buttherewasn’tmuchtoeatinyourkitchen?Didyouthrowtogetherabunchofstuffyouhadonhandandwerepleasantlysurprisedwhenittastedgood?Youaren’talone.Someofourfavoritefoodswerecreatedbyaccident.Here’sasample
menuofsomefamiliarfoodsthatneverwouldhavehappenedifsomeonehadn’tcreatedthem
bymistake.
POTATOCHIPS
Oneoftheworld’sfavoritesnacksistheresultofacomplaint.In1853,amanwaseatingdinneratMoon’sLakeHouseinSaratogaSprings,NewYork.Heorderedfriedpotatoes,apopularsidedish.Butwhentheycameoutofthekitchen,hedidn’tthinktheywerecrispyenough.Hesentthembacktothekitchen,whereChefGeorgeCrumwassoangryathavinghiscookingcriticizedthatheslicedthepotatoesreallythin,putlotsofsaltonthem,andfriedthem.Notonlydidthedinerlovethem,buteveryoneelsedid,too.Theysoonbecameaspecialtyoftherestaurant.
TOFU
Tofu,orbeancurd,ismadebycurdling(使凝结)freshsoyamilk,pressingitintoasolidblock,andthencoolingit.TofuwasaccidentallyinventedinChina2,000yearsago,whenacookaddedseaweedtosoyamilk,whichmadeitcurdle.Thisisthesameprocessthatisusedformakingcheese.Likecheese,tofuisagreatexampleofhowreallymessinguparecipecancreatesomethingunexpectedlygood.
CHEESEPUFFS
Didyoueverwonderwhothoughtupcheesepuffs?Thecompanythatinventedthemwasn’teventryingtomakefoodforpeople.Itwastryingtomakeanimalfeed.Inthe1930s,theFlakallCompanyofWisconsinmadeanimalfoodfromsmall,flakedpiecesofgrain.One
day,anemployee,EdwardWilson,watchedworkerspouringcornmeal(谷粉)intotheflaking
machine,wettingittokeepitfromclogging(堵塞).Becausethemachinewasveryhot,thewet
cornmealcameoutofitinpuffyribbonsthathardenedwhentheyhittheair.Wilsontooksomeoftheribbonshome,addedoilandflavoringtothem,andvoila!Cheesepuffs!
WhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUEaccordingtothepassage?
Seaweedisalsousedformakingcheese.
ChefGeorgeCrumdidn’tliketocriticizeothers’cooking.
Hotwetcornmealhardenedwhentheyhittheair.
Cheesedatesback2000yearsinChina.
Whatdothethreefoodshave