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1、1吉林北宁市吉林北宁市 20172017 高考英语一轮阅读理解选编（二）高考英语一轮阅读理解选编（二）阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C 和 D) 中, 选出最佳选项。 体裁：议论文 话题：历史故事 时间：6 6 分钟The movies just wouldnt be the same without the warm buttery taste of popcorn.Amazingly，this delicious treat started its life as a corn kernel(玉米粒)and not from just any corn.Popcorn is a
2、 type of sweet corn that was originally grown in Mexico and spread to China，India and elsewhere.It is the only kind of corn that will pop.Today，most of the worlds popcorn is grown in the United States.Every popcorn kernel contains a tiny drop of water，surrounded by soft starch(淀粉)When the popcorn is
3、 heated，the water turns into steam.This puts pressure on the surrounding hard kernel，forcing it to explode.The soft starch increases about 40 times in size as the corn kernel turns itself inside out.In the 1500s popcorn was an important food source for the Aztec Indians of central and southern Mexic
4、o.But it wasnt only food.It was also used in ceremonies or in headdresses and necklaces.By the time the Europeans arrived in America，popcorn had spread through most of the American Indians.Some early American settlers ate popcorn with cream and sugar for breakfast.But it wasnt until the late 1800s t
5、hat popcorn became popular.The demand for popcorn increased and farmers began farming popcorn.The first mobile popping machine was invented in 1885，and popcorn was sold by street sellers much like hot dogs are sold today.During the Great Depression of the 1930s，the popcorn business still thrived as
6、people could still afford it.Then in the 1950s television arrived and popcorn consumption decreased.People stayed home and stopped going to the theatre.But the link between movies and popcorn had already existed.Soon people began making popcorn at home on the stove.Later，microwave popcorn was introd
7、uced.Today the movies have regained popularity and popcorn has once again become the favorite.【语篇导读】 没有温热香甜的爆米花，电影似乎也会失去味道吧。那么，关于爆米花你又了解多少呢？1Popcorn was first planted in _.AChina BAmericaCIndia DMexico解析 细节理解题。根据第一段第三句可知答案。答案 D2Why does the corn kernel pop when heated?ABecause it is covered with sof
8、t starch.BBecause the pressure inside is too big.2CBecause the starch becomes bigger in size.DBecause there is water inside the kernel.解析 细节理解题。根据第二段第二、三两句可知，玉米粒内的水并不能直接导致它炸开，而是水蒸气产生的压力作用于四周坚硬的内核上，造成它爆炸。故答案选 B。答案 B3We can know from the passage that _.Apopcorn began to be farmed in the late 1800sBpop
9、corn was only a kind of food in the 1500s Chot dogs used to be sold by street sellersDpeople stopped going to the movies without popcorn解析 细节理解题。根据第四段第二、三两句可知，是在 19 世纪末期，随着人们对爆米花需求的增长，农民们才开始种植这种玉米。答案 A4The underlined word“thrived” in the fifth paragraph probably means “_ ” Astarted to be popularBwas
10、 seriously affectedCsuffered a lot Ddeveloped very well解析 词义猜测题。根据上文的 still 以及下文的 as people could still afford it 可推断出，这里指即使是在经济大萧条时期，因为爆米花仍然是人们买得起的食品，所以爆米花产业仍然发展得很好。答案 D【2014 高考英语模拟适应卷】阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中, 选出最佳选项。 Do you ever wonder why the English have one word for some animals and a diff
11、erent one for their meat? Why do they use pig and pork, cow and beef, and sheep and mutton. To find out, we have to go back to 1066. In that year, the Norman French invaded England and put a French king on the English throne. The French not only changed the government but they also changed the langu
12、age. French became the language（王位） of the upper classes of society. And it remained that way for 300 years. Only these high society people could afford to eat meat. As a result, French words like porc (pork) and beouf (beef) came into the English language. However, poor English farmers raised the a
13、nimals. So, the English language retained the words pig and cow from the native Anglo-Saxon.3The Norman French added about 10,000 French words to the English language. Seventy-five percent of them are still in use today.Language experts estimate that English speakers who have never studied French al
14、ready know 15,000 French words! Between one-third and two-thirds of all English words have French origin. Some words such as possible and avenue are the same in French and English; only the pronunciation changes. Other words such as ballet or a la carte retain their French pronunciation in both lang
15、uages.In French grammar, nouns have either a male or female gender, so adjectives（形容词） take different forms for each. English has only one adjective that does this, and it came from French. The world bl ond describes someone with light-colored hair. Blond is used for men, and blonde describes women.
16、 And they are also nouns.Some French words that entered the English language have taken on completely different meanings. The French phrase a la mode means “in style.” In English, the phrase means “with ice c ream.” Someone must have decided something eaten with ice cream was in style!Now, as you learn English, youre on your way to learning French!64French was once popular among the upper classes of the UK because _ .Atoo many Frenchmen
