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选择性必修第二册 Unit 3 Food and Culture
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A(★)
Franco Bergamino is like a surprise “hidden recipe” among young people in southwest
China’s Chongqing Municipality，where the 62-year-old Italian chef runs a dessert house called
Mimosa.
The dessert house serves wine jelly with green pepper cheese，jasmine mousse and peach-
Oolong cake—fusion( 融 合 ) desserts that combine Italian specialties with local Chinese
ingredients(原料)．
Bergamino used to run two dessert houses in his hometown of Turin，both having a history of
90 years.In 2016，he settled in Chongqing and set up a dessert workshop.
“I especially like Chongqing，where the food and culture are completely different from my
hometown.Life here is like ‘the other side of the coin’，” he said.
With the help of his local English-speaking friends，he overcame the language barrier and
even learned some Chongqing dialects(方言)．More importantly，he has got used to the Chinese
table culture of “sharing food together”．
Bergamino said，back in Turin，frequent customers to his shop would buy the same desserts
and they would be disappointed if they were sold out.The situation in Chongqing，however，is
very different.Customers expect different desserts each month，and they would be disappointed if
the dessert menu stayed the same，he said.
From 2016 to 2022，Bergamino felt a huge change in the taste of Chinese customers.“In the
past，Chinese guests always said that my desserts were too sweet.Now more and more people have
accepted the authentic Italian tastes.Mimosa’s consumers are mainly between 25 and 35，a group
that is more willing to try overseas tastes partly due to China’s continued opening to the outside
world，” he said.
“I hope I can live to 95 and still work，” he said，so that he can，besides bringing
authentic Italian desserts to more customers having a sweet tooth，let more people feel the fusion
of Chinese and Italian cultures in his desserts.
1．How does Bergamino like his life in Chongqing?
A．It’s aimless. B．It’s hard to adapt to.
C．It’s stressful. D．It’s completely new.
2．What do we know about Mimosa?
A．It has a secret recipe.
B．It has a history of 90 years.C．It’s more popular with young people.
D．It’s a window of western table culture.
3．Which of the following best describes Bergamino’s business?
A．Challenging but promising. B．Booming but uncreative.
C．More and more profitable. D．More and more controversial.
4．What’s Bergamino’s expectation in his future dessert career?
A．To add more Italian elements. B．To promote cultural combination.
C．To set up more dessert houses. D．To expand the age group of consumers.
B
Here’s a recipe for a good animal rescue story：Take one residential creek(小溪)，add one
lone dolphin and then bring in 28 determined biologists.Mix well and enjoy the happy ending.
A young dolphin wandered off its usual path and ended up in a creek in Clearwater ，
Florida.Biologists with Clearwater Marine Aquarium had been monitoring it since Jan.1.It appeared
reluctant to return to open waters via a small opening under a bridge.“Since monitoring began，
the dolphin had not left the creek，” the aquarium said last week.“This posed potential long-
term problems.Dolphins are naturally sociable creatures ，so if they are isolated from other
dolphins，they may turn their attention to human interaction.” This can be dangerous，both for
dolphins and humans.Humans who get too close to dolphins can find themselves with injuries such
as broken bones.
Clearwater Marine Aquarium partnered with NOAA Fisheries and the Florida Fish & Wildlife
Conservation Commission to guard the dolphin to safety.A team of 28 biologists got into the water
to form a human chain，creating a visual and sound barrier to aim the dolphin out of the
creek.It’s not easy to pull off a human chain in a creek.The biologists had to stay shoulder to
shoulder and navigate trees and docks without giving the dolphin an opportunity to slip by.The
human encouragement worked，though there was a moment of uncertainty as the team members
neared the bridge and weren’t sure if the dolphin went through.
The biologists celebrated the dolphin’s arrival on the other side.“It was very exciting after
almost 20 plus days for him to finally be out of the canal，” said senior rescue biologist Brittany
Baldrica.
The wandering dolphin stands a good chance back out in the wild.“We noted that the animal
was in good body condition with normal breathing rates and was displaying normal behavior during
observations” the aquarium said.
Happy ending achieved.
5．What attracted the biologists to monitor a young dolphin?
A．Its unusual wandering path. B．A small opening under a bridge.
C．Its interactions with human. D．A creek with potential problems.
6．Why did the biologists stay shoulder to shoulder?A．To experience dolphins’ swim in the creek.
B．To avoid heavy injuries from the sociable dolphin.
C．To create a barrier guiding the dolphin out of the creek.
D．To give encouragement to each other while working in the wild.
7．Which can best describe the author’s writing style?
A．Humorous. B．Flowery. C．Informal. D．Rough.
8．What can be a suitable title for the text?
A．A Good Way to Rescue Wild Animals
B．A Human Chain to Save a Dolphin’s Life
C．A Heart-stopping Survival Game in Florida
D．A Celebration of Biologists Studying Dolphins
Ⅱ.完形填空
Days earlier ， Sarah Bellamy had received a mysterious email saying that a wealth
management company was interested in discussing the financial crisis of Penumbra.Now，when
she was 1 to unload her groceries onto the conveyor belt(传送带)，her phone rang.“They
told me that MacKenzie Scott was 2 in investing Penumbra，” Bellamy remembers.
It was a familiar 3 for hundreds of other nonprofit leaders—all 4 the woman who
has become one of the most 5 and surprising philanthropists(慈善家) in the world.Her name
is MacKenzie Scott—the writer，first Amazon employee，and former wife of company founder
Jeff Bezos.However， 6 Scott divorced，she had 7 more than $12 billion of her fortune
to help others.As this story went to press，Scott had just 8 her latest money bomb，revealing
in late March that she’d given away $3.9 billion.
Scott’s only 9 of her recipients is that they help maintain her privacy.It’s impossible
to 10 a Scott grant(拨款)，to send her a thank-you note，or to contact her directly；she and
her closest advisers almost never 11 to requests for interviews.Even Bellamy has been 12
not to identify the person who informed them 13 her donations.
Rey Saldana，CEO of a network of nonprofits，says，“Scott is a person who 14 a
significant amount of power by the value of her wealth and understands how to actually 15
power.”
1．A.preparing B．thinking C．enjoying D．picking
2．A.absorbed B．devoted C．interested D．frustrated
3．A.doubt B．experience C．scenery D．pattern
4．A.apart from B．thanks to C．but for D．regardless of
5．A.pleased B．troubling C．happy D．generous
6．A.because B．if C．as D．although
7．A.given away B．given off C．given out D．given in8．A.agreed B．donated C．passed D．worked
9．A.demand B．click C．pressure D．application
10．A.adapt to B．apply for C．focus on D．fix on
11．A.devote B．write C．respond D．link
12．A.allowed B．permitted C．asked D．wanted
13．A.in B．on C．under D．of
14．A.holds B．comments C．judges D．identifies
15．A.preserve B．serve C．handle D．share
Ⅲ.语法填空
China added a laboratory to its permanent orbiting space station on July 25,2022 as it moved
toward completing the structure in coming 1. (month)．
The Wentian lab module was launched from the Wenchang space base on the tropical island
province of Hainan with 2. large crowd of amateur photographers and space lovers
watching.After 13 hours of flight，it 3. (successful) docked(对接) with the Tiangong
station’s main Tianhe living module at 3：13 a．m.,4. had been launched before
the Wentian lab module.
The Wentian was designed 5. science and biology experiments，and its feature
is that the 23-ton lab module was 6. (heavy) than any other single-module spacecraft
currently in space.It was followed by a second lab module，the Mengtian，sent on October
31,2022.Three astronauts 7. (be) then living in the core module(核心舱) on a six-
month mission and oversaw the Wentian’s 8. (arrive) and docking.
A Long March 5B－Y3 rocket，China’s most 9. (power)，carried the module
in the third such launch since the Chinese space station entered its construction stage.It took place
after the Tianzhou-class cargo(货物) spacecraft and the Shenzhou-14 crewed spacecraft.
China’s space program launched its first astronaut into orbit in 2003,10.
(make) it only the third country to do so on its own.
