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2014年高考英语模拟试题（一）

第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力（略）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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

My interest in Chinese food started years ago， when I was a young reporter for the Washington Post. Our office wasnt far from Chinatown， where I found some very good Chinese restaurants.

The first time I ever ate Chinese food I loved it. I noticed the fresh taste of the meat and vegetables. When I learned more about the food， I began to understand why it has this special feature.

Many years ago，China had an energy crisis because it lost much of its wood due to overpopulation and poor management of its forests. This loss was very bad for the country， of course， but it turned out to be very good for the food. Wood became very expensive and hard to get， so the Chinese had to either find a substitute for their valuable wood， or learn how to use it better. There werent any substitutes， so people found ways to economize.

In order to economize in cooking， they had to use very little wood. So they started cutting their meat and vegetables into small pieces before they put them in the hot oil. That way， the food cooked

faster and they saved their fuel. The food prepared in this way kept its fresh flavor―and its this fl avor that attracts people from other countries to the art of Chinese cooking.

21. This text is mainly about .

A. what caused Chinese food to taste fresh

B. how Chinese food is cooked in the US

C. when the author started to make Chinese food

D. why most foreigners like cooking Chinese food

22. The author mentioned the energy crisis to show .

A. it is important to protect the forests

B. it is necessary to find substitutes for wood

C. why the Chinese changed their way of cooking

D. what problems a big population caused for China

23. It can be inferred from the text that before the energy crisis Chinese food .

A. didnt taste good at all

B. didnt look so fresh as now

C. was cooked in water instead of oil

D. was cooked in rather large pieces

B

Americans use many expressions with the word “dog”. People in the US love their dogs and treat them well. They take their dogs

for walks， let them play outside and give them good food and medical care. However， dogs without owners lead a different kind of life. The expression “to lead a dogs life” describes a person who has an unhappy life. Some people say we live in a dogeatdog world. That means many people are competing for the same thing， like good jobs. They say that to be successful， they have to work like a dog. This means they have to work very hard. Such hard work can make people dogtired. And， the situation would be even worse if they became sick as a dog.

Some people say，“Every dog has its day.” This means tha t every person enjoys a successful period during his or her life. To be successful， people often have to learn new skills. Yet， some people say that you can never teach an old dog new tricks. They believe that old people dont like to learn new things and will not change the way they do things.

Some other people are compared to dogs in bad ways. People who are unkind or uncaring can be described as meaner than a junkyard dog. Junkyard dogs live in places where people throw away things they dont want. But mean dogs are often used to guard the property，for they bark at or attack people who try to enter the property. However， sometimes a person who appears to be mean and threatening is really not so bad. We say his bark is worse than his bite.