In countries around the world, food has been used to celebrate at our holidays, our rituals and our family gatherings. The food eaten at holiday time has made the deepest impact on our culture and memories. Different holidays bring different types of food. Much of the food we eat during the holidays comes from old traditions handed down for hundreds of years.

New Year's Eve always brings parties and get-togethers, but where you live in the world may determine what food graces your table. In the southern US, partiers eat black eyed peas, which are thought to bring good luck and prosperity(繁榮). The Japanese also eat food for good luck on New Year's, but their choice is red snapper, the color red being considered good luck in Japan. The Jewish celebrate New Year by eating apples dipped in honey and in Madrid, Spain the last minutes of the New Year are counted down with the popping of grapes into the mouth. A pet is a cake prepared by the Greek with a coin baked into it. The person who gets the slice of cake with the coin in it should have good luck in the upcoming year.  

In the United States, a typical Christmas feast can contain a variety of foods ranging from turkey to chicken, from ham to goose, but other countries celebrate this holiday differently. Perhaps these choices have been taken from the traditions of our heritage(遺產(chǎn)). In Denmark, a traditional Christmas meal is roast goose, Greece, leg of lamb. Traditionally, Italians keep their Christmas Eve meal meatless. The traditional Christmas dinner in New Zealand is a picnic eaten on the beach.  

Though holidays around the world are celebrated in different ways, it is food, feast and family that bring us together.

1.According to the passage, in different holidays people usually ______.

A. have different kinds of food to eat

B. recall the interesting life when they were young

C. have a wide variety of parties.

D. get together to play games.

2.All the following can bring people good luck except_____.

A. a cake with a coin

B. red snapper

C. black eyed peas

D. apples dipped in honey.

3.We can know from the third paragraph that ______.

A. roast goose is American’s favorite food during Christmas

B. people in Denmark and Greece share the same food during Christmas

C. Italians don’t have meat during Christmas

D. people in New Zealand like playing games on the beach 

4.Which of the following can be the main idea of the passage?

A. Holiday foods vary from culture to culture.

B. Different countries have different cultures.

C. People have a good appetite during holiday.

D. Different foods are served during Christmas.

 

【答案】

 

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：在本文中作者介紹了世界各地不同的節(jié)日飲食習(xí)俗，列舉了一些國(guó)家在不同節(jié)日所吃的食物。比如在新年團(tuán)聚的時(shí)候，美國(guó)南部聚會(huì)的人們吃的是一種黑眼豆，以象征著來(lái)年的好運(yùn)和繁榮，而日本人則選擇吃紅鯛魚(yú)來(lái)代表好運(yùn)。

1.A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第一段Different holidays bring different types of food.可知在不同的節(jié)日人們吃不同的食物，A選項(xiàng)正確。

2.D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章第二段The Jewish celebrate New Year by eating apples dipped in honey and in Madrid可知蘸蜂蜜的蘋(píng)果是用來(lái)慶祝新年的，而不是標(biāo)志著好運(yùn)的食物，故答案選D。

3.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)本段中Traditionally, Italians keep their Christmas Eve meal meatless可以判斷C選項(xiàng)正確。

4.A主旨大意題。文章首段提到在不同的節(jié)日各地的人們都會(huì)用不同的食物來(lái)慶祝，然后在下文列舉了不同國(guó)家的節(jié)日飲食風(fēng)俗，所以文章的中心是不同國(guó)家不同的節(jié)日飲食習(xí)俗，答案選A。

考點(diǎn)：考查社會(huì)風(fēng)俗類(lèi)短文閱讀。

 

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