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【題目】 Growing up in an Italian-American household was, for me, pretty special. My mother, Gina, an immigrant from Italy, held on to so many of her family's traditions that at times, regardless of the fact that I was living in American, our home felt like in Italy.

To this day, my mother only speaks to me in Italian. She may speak in some English terms and expressions from time to time, but our conversations are, for the most part, in her mother tongue. And most of those conversations are about food. For us, food —Italian food is an important part of our lives. The food my mother prepared for me and my sister as children is the same food my grandmother created in her small farm kitchen high up in the mountains.

One of my family's dishes of heritage I made sure to learn and perfect is my mother's arancini di riso (Italian rice balls). Arancini, in Italian, means little oranges. After you roll some leftover rice into a small ball, place a piece of mozzarella (馬蘇里拉奶酪 ) in the center, then bread that and fry it, the golden outside resembles one of our favorite fruits. For my family, it also showcased my mother' s ability to always find a delicious way to never let anything go to waste: Last night's good rice was repurposed into this perfect mid-day snack or dinner appetizer.

So, when I take a perfect little arancini out of the hot oil and crack it open, I am immediately transported back to my childhood: I am a little girl getting off the bus and running through the back door to the smell of last night's rice transformed into sticky, delicate goodness. This small snack symbolizes so many important elements in my life: my mother' s waste-not philosophy, her ability to take a few simple ingredients and transform them, and finally, the way she carried her mother' s recipes to the U. S. in her mind and heart so she could, years later, teach me about my heritage through food.

Eating arancini, and all the other recipes my mother continued to make here in the U. S. after leaving Italy, allowed her to teach me who I am, where I come from, and why I should be proud of it all.

【1】What makes the author's home feel like in Italy?

A.Fruit and snacks.

B.Neighbors and friends.

C.Names and holidays.

D.Food and language.

【2】Why does the author make sure to learn and perfect arancini di riso?

A.It saves valuable food from going to waste.

B.It reminds the author of her days at school.

C.It plays a major role in continuing family tradition.

D.It showcases the cooking skills of the author's mother.

【3】What does the underlined word "goodness" in paragraph 4 refer to?

A.Arancini di riso.

B.Mother' s kindness.

C.The Italian language.

D.Amazing cooking skills.

【4】What is the text mainly about?

A.Why learning to cook is important for a mother.

B.How the family heritage is taught through food.

C.How childhood experiences change one's life.

D.Why mothers are important in children's education.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，講述了生活在意大利裔美國家庭的作者通過學習和完善媽媽做的意大利飯團阿蘭西尼迪里索來學習意大利人的家庭傳統(tǒng)。

【1】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段 “To this day, my mother only speaks to me in Italian. She may speak in some English terms and expressions from time to time, but our conversations are, for the most part, in her mother tongue. And most of those conversations are about food. For us, food —Italian food is an important part of our lives. The food my mother prepared for me and my sister as children is the same food my grandmother created in her small farm kitchen high up in the mountains.”可知，直到今天，我媽媽只跟我說意大利語，雖然有時她會用一些英語詞匯和表達，但我們的談話大多是用她的母語，這些談話大多是關于食物的，對我們來說，意大利菜是我們生活中重要的一部分，小時候媽媽為我和妹妹準備的食物和外婆在高山上的小農(nóng)場廚房里做的一樣，由此可知，語言和食物使作者在美國的家里感覺像在意大利一樣，故D項正確。

【2】

細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的“One of my family's dishes of heritage I made sure to learn and perfect is my mother's arancini di riso (Italian rice balls).”可知，我一定要學習和完善我媽媽做的意大利飯團阿蘭西尼迪里索，因為它是我們家的傳統(tǒng)美食之一，由此可知，作者一定要學習和完善阿蘭西尼迪里索是因為這道家庭美食在延續(xù)家庭傳統(tǒng)中扮演著重要的角色，故C項正確。

【3】

詞義猜測題。根據(jù)畫線詞前的“So, when I take a perfect little arancini out of the hot oil and crack it open, I am immediately transported back to my childhood: I am a little girl getting off the bus and running through the back door to the smell of last night's rice transformed into sticky, delicate”可知，當我從熱油里撈出一個無比美味的小飯團阿蘭西尼，剝開吃的時候，那種美妙的味道立刻把我?guī)Щ亓送�年時代：一個小女孩下車后穿過后門，撲鼻而來的是用前一晚的米飯做成的粘乎乎的、口感細膩的小飯團的香味，由此可知畫線詞指的就是前面提到的“小飯團阿蘭西尼”，故A項正確。

【4】

主旨大意題。通讀全文，特別是根據(jù)第一段中的“Growing up in an Italian-American household was, for me, pretty special. My mother, Gina, an immigrant from Italy, held on to so many of her family's traditions that at times, regardless of the fact that I was living in American, our home felt like in Italy.”在意大利裔美國人家庭長大，對我來說很特別。我的母親吉娜(Gina)是來自意大利的移民，她一直保留著她家的許多傳統(tǒng)，以至于有時候，不管我住在美國，我們的家感覺就像在意大利一樣。及最后一段“Eating arancini, and all the other recipes my mother continued to make here in the U. S. after leaving Italy, allowed her to teach me who I am, where I come from, and why I should be proud of it all.”吃了阿蘭西尼，還有我母親離開意大利后在美國繼續(xù)做的所有其他食譜，讓她教會了我，我是誰，我從哪里來，以及為什么我應該為此感到自豪�？芍�，本文主要講述的是生活在意大利裔美國家庭的作者通過學習和完善媽媽做的意大利飯團阿蘭西尼迪里索來學習意大利人的家庭傳統(tǒng)，故B項正確。