三、阅读理解
Like many ABCs(American-born Chinese) and young Chinese immigrants(移民), sisters Sarah and Kaitlin Leung took great interest in Chinese food after they'd grown up, but found it really hard to learn how to prepare it. There was such a "
gap", as Sarah puts it, compared(对比) with Western recipes(菜谱)presented on TVs or blogs(博客).
As it turns out, though, the Leungs have right positions to do something about this. Bill, the father, had spent years cooking beef at his family's Chinese American restaurant. Judy, the mom, was born and raised in Shanghai and had deep knowledge about traditional Shanghainese cooking. At the same time, the two sisters had grown up in the New Jersey country, eating their parents' food, but also growing in American food culture.
So, in 2013, the Leungs started a blog called "The Woks of Life". Different from other food blogs, it's intergenerational heritage(两代人之间的传承)cooking culture. The four family members took turns to post Chinese recipes, each sharing their favourites with their area of knowledge.
Kaitlin says that "The Woks of Life" follows along line of pioneers, like Joyce Chen, Martin Yan and Ming Tsai, who first started to bring Chinese home cooking into the US and got more attention. "We feel excited we've done something meaningful over these years, explaining that there is a huge need for these recipes in the US," she says. "It's about the gap, yes, but there's also a huge need. Asian Americans like to reconnect with the food of their heritage."
"Five years ago, you wouldn't have been able to find a ton of Chinese recipes in the New York Times," Kaitlin says, "but now you can find them from blogs like 'The Woks of Life'."
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B
)1.Which of the following best explains the underlined word "gap" in Paragraph 1?
gap n. /gæp/
① A break between two objects.
② A difference between two views or situations.
③ A period of time when something stops or between two events.
④ A space where something is missing.
A.① B.② C.③ D.④
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C
)2.What is the writer's purpose in writing Paragraph 2?
A.To show the Leungs' love for home cooking food.
B.To introduce the Leungs' food blog to young people.
C.To point out the Leungs' advantages(优势) to start a Chinese food blog.
D.To express the Leungs' different feelings about their hometown.
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A
)3.Which is the best title for the passage?
A."The Woks of Life". B.Western Recipes.
C.History of Home Cooking. D.Pioneers in Spreading Culture.
