2016届高考英语一轮复习Modules1_3DeepSouthTheRenaissanceForeignFood考点规范练39(含解析)外研版选修8

【志鸿优化设计】2016届高考英语一轮复习 Modules1-3 Deep South The Renaissance Foreign Food考点规范练39（含解析）外研版选修8 Ⅰ.阅读理解In 1975,George Carlin appeared on a popular TV show,Saturday Night Live,with his famous words about blue food.“Why is there no blue food?I can’t find blue foo d—I can’t find the flavor of blue! I mean yellow is lemon;orange is orange and red is cherry.Where is the blue food?”Well,Carlin pretty much has it right—there’s not no blue food,but there’s certainly not a lot of it.Fresh-picked blueberries are blue,though they become purple when they are turned into jam.The blue in blueberries—like the purple in grapes and the red in tomatoes—is found in nature.But it isn’t a hot color for food.People don’t seem to prefer blue food.Some diet programs even suggest that those determined to lose weight should make their food blue.Eating,in part,begins with our eyes.Charles Spence—an experimental psychologist from Oxford University—points out that color can change our tastemonly,we consider red-colored foods up to 20% sweeter than theyactually are,and green foods as being more sour.Spence suggests: human expectations may be influenced by our long history of watching—green fruits can become sweet as they grow up and turn red.But what about blue?Except blueberries,much of the blue food we see these days is dyed blue artificially.Food producers argue that artificial color doesn’t do much harm to health.A lot of studies show that some physical problems of kids are related to food dyes—while other studies show no effects at all.Blue birthday cake or even blue-dyed chicken can be served on the dinner table.So what?1.George Carlin’s words are placed at the beginning of the passage to .A.show the author’s opinionB.introduce a TV showC.tell a famous personD.lead in the topic2.Which of the following statements of blue is true?A.Blueberries are always blue,whether fresh or not.B.The blue in blueberries is found unnatural.C.Blue is not a very popular color for foods.D.People often feel cold when they eat blueberries.3.Eating sometimes begins with our eyes because .A.our taste experience can be influenced by colorB.red-colored food are 20% sweeter than green foodC.people prefer red-colored food to green foodD.before eating,people watch food for a long time4.The underlined part in Para.4 is closest in meaning to “”.A.is eaten upB.has grown upC.is changed in colorD.is harmful toⅡ.完形填空In America,people will buy a case or two of bottled water when buying the week’s groceries.When they are going to a soccer game or activity,it’s 1 for them to grab a bottle of cold water out of the fridge with them.In fact,Americans buy more bottled water 2 any other nation in the world,about 29 billion bottles a year.But all these plastic bottles use a lot of fossil fuels and 3 the environment.In order to 4 all the 29 billion bottles,producers use 17 million barrels of crude oil,which is enough to 5 a million cars going for 12 months.So why don’t people drink water straight from the 6 ?Some people have a strong 7 that bottled water is better than the water out of the tap,8 that’s not necessarily true.In the US,the local governments 9 the water from the tap is safe.There is also growing 10 that chemicals in the bottles themselves may go into the water.People love the 11 of bottled water.But maybe if they realized the problemsit causes,they would try drinking from a glass at home or carrying water in a reusable steel container instead of 12 .Some 13 that plastic bottle recycling can help.Recycled bottles can be turned into items like carpeting or clothing.14 ,only one in six bottles is recycled.The rest 15 it to landfills or end as trash in other places.Plastic bottles 16 hundreds of years to break into pieces.Water is important for you,so you need to keep 17 it.But think about 18you use water bottles,and see if you can make a 19 .And yes,you can make a difference.Remember this:Recycling one plastic bottle can save enough energy to 20 a 60-watt light bulb for six hours.mon B.necessaryC.strangeD.unusual2.A.over B.byC.thanD.to3.A.improves B.protectC.changeD.pollutee B.makeC.recycleD.transport5.A.keep B.stopC.preventD.lead6.A.bowel B.potC.tapD.glass7.A.idea B.factC.evidenceD.belief8.A.and B.butC.soD.since9.A.ensure B.believeC.expectD.wonder10.A.promise B.ruleC.concernD.preference11.A.taste B.convenienceC.smellD.quality12.A.rubber B.woodC.paperD.plastic13.A.object B.disagreeC.argueD.quarrel14.A.Unfortunately B.LuckilyC.StrangelyD.Clearly15.A.get B.makeC.putD.throw16.A.spend B.payC.takeD.cover17.A.wasting B.protectingC.recyclingD.drinking18.A.how often B.how longC.how soonD.how many19.A.study B.changeC.lifeD.plan20.A.buy B.lightC.operateD.powerⅢ.语法填空Tony and I are good friends.We tried to walk across the United States of America.We’re not 1.(exact) sure why we were doing it.Part of it was to test ourselves;to see if we could face the challenges.When I was 2. teenager I often daydreamed that I was going to walk across the United States 3.I graduated from high school.However,I didn’t do that.Before I knew it I was in mythirties,married,4.(have) a job,yet still had this idea in my mind with each 5. (pass) year.I figured I was too old and my opportunity had passed.Then,a few years ago,I met Tony,6.was in his thirties and quit his job as a civil engineer in New York City to walk across the United States.He wasn’t doin g it for a cause 7.as part of an organization.He was doing it simply because he loved to walk and discover.The idea was back and I no longer had an excuse.We planned on averaging 20 miles a day and 8.(take) some days off to rest,so we expected the walk to take about 6 months,9.(realize) it could take longer.We were in no hurry: The total 10.(distant)would have been about 3,100 miles.Ⅳ.短文改错Skiing is my favorite sport,even though I had only skied for four days in my whole life!Last year my father promised that because my brother Victor did well inhis exams,he would bring us for a special holiday.When Victor got straight A’s,Dad said,“I promised a special holiday.I think I should keep my words.”Victor’s dream was to see really snow.So we flew to Seoul at Christmas vacation,and then took a bus to Muju Resort.As we climb up the mountain,we saw some snow on the trees.We began to play snow!No one in my family had ever touched snow before.We were all like thelittle children.We picked it up,made snowballs,and threw it at each other.##Ⅰ. 【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文,通过对科学实验结果和人们饮食习惯的分析,介绍了日常饮食中蓝色食物很少见的原因。