Question

【題目】

Do you like eating instant noodles (方便面)? The food is easy to make and cheap to buy. People have celebrated its 60th birthday this year. It was 【1】 by a Japanese businessman Momofuku Ando in 1958.

China is the biggest【2】 for instant noodles. It can be a snack for students, a meal on a train, or just a choice for 【3】 workers. More than 46.2 billion instant noodles packets were sold on the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong in 2013, a BBC article reported. But by 2016. those 【4】 had dropped to 38.5 billion packets, according to the World Instant Noodles Association.

One of the reasons for the drop could be the rise of online food delivery services. They can bring you food wherever you are. They also 【5】 more choices and tastier food. According to a 2016 survey by China Youth Daily, about 70 percent of young people order meals online 【6】 once a week.

In order to solve this problem, instant noodles companies are trying to 【7】 their products. They are making instant noodles with less fat and salt. They are also making new products, including self-heating hotpot and instant rice. Those can meet the needs of young people. They hope that instant noodles will be 【8】 again.

Will instant noodles disappear one day? We don't know. But they have surely left a mark on dining history.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】E

【4】B

【5】D

【6】E

【7】B

【8】A

【解析】

本文主要講述了方便面的發(fā)明和發(fā)展歷程。方便面是被一個(gè)日本商人發(fā)明的，中國(guó)成為了方便面的最大市場(chǎng)，然后直到2016年，中國(guó)的銷售額降了很多，其中一個(gè)原因就是網(wǎng)上配送服務(wù)的出現(xiàn)。為了解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題，方便面公司也在想盡一切辦法，希望方便面能夠再次受歡迎。

【1】句意：它是由日本的一個(gè)叫Momofuku Ando的商人在1958年發(fā)明的。所給單詞中discover意思是發(fā)現(xiàn)，invent意思是發(fā)明。根據(jù)句意可知，這里表示“發(fā)明”，故填invented，選D。

【2】句意：中國(guó)是最大的方便面市場(chǎng)。根據(jù)后文描述More than 46.2 billion instant noodles packets were sold on the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong in 2013可知，方便面在中國(guó)的銷售量很大，即中國(guó)是很大的方便面市場(chǎng)，故填market.，選A。

【3】句意：它可以是學(xué)生的零食，可以是火車上的一頓飯，也可以是饑餓工人的選擇。根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，這里需要形容詞修飾workers, 結(jié)合選項(xiàng)故填hungry，選E。

【4】句意：根據(jù)世界方便面協(xié)會(huì)的統(tǒng)計(jì)，到2016年這個(gè)銷售數(shù)據(jù)已經(jīng)降到了3.85億包。根據(jù)句意可知，這里表示“銷售數(shù)量”，故填sales，選B。

【5】句意：他們還可以提供更多的選擇和更美味的食物。句子中的they指的是在線食物配送服務(wù)，根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知這里缺少謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)可知，這里這的是“提供”，故填offer.選D。

【6】句意：根據(jù)中國(guó)青年日?qǐng)?bào)2016年的一個(gè)調(diào)查。大約70%的年輕人幾乎每周都在網(wǎng)上訂購(gòu)一次食物。根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，這里缺少一程度副詞，結(jié)合所給單詞，故填nearly.選E。

【7】句意：為了解決這個(gè)問(wèn)題，方便面公司正努力改進(jìn)他們的產(chǎn)品。根據(jù)句意可知這里表示 “改進(jìn)，改善”，故填improve.選B .

【8】句意：他們希望方便面會(huì)再次受歡迎。根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，這里需要用形容詞作表語(yǔ)，結(jié)合句意和所給單詞，故填popular. 選A。