2010年中考英语阅读题

ManyyearsbeforetheUnitedStateswasfounded(建立),Americanshadalreadyinventedbarbecues.Butthefirstbarbecues,infact,weretheinventionoftheTainoIndiansofHaiti,whodriedtheirmeatonraisedframes(架子)ofsticksoverfires.SpanishexplorersspelledtheTainowordasbarbacoa,andastimepassed,EnglishsettlersalongtheAtlanticcoathadtheirownbarbecues.

Onesummerdayin1773,BenjaminLynde,acitizenofMassachusetts,wroteinhisdiary,“Fairandhot;Browne;hackoverset.”Thatis,onabrightandhotdayhewenttotheBrownestoattednabarbecue,andhiscarriage(马车)fellover.Itshowsthatthebarbecuehaditssocialoccasionbythattime.Largeanimalswouldberoastedwholeonframesoverhotfires,andneighbourswouldbeinvitedtodinner.

Inlatercenturies,assettlersmovedtothewest,thebarbecuewentalongwithit,reachinganespeciallylargesizeinTexas,whereapit(坑)forfuels(燃料)suchastreebranchesmightbeovertenfeetdeep.Today,thebarbecuegrills(烧烤架)whicharefueledbycharcoal(木炭)orelectricityarelikelytobesmallandeasytomove,andcancookonlypartsofananimalatatime,butpeoplestillhavebarbecuesoutofdoorsandalwaysinvitetheirneighboursorfriendsover.

34.Whoinventedthebarbecuesfirstinhistory?

A.Americanpeople.B.TainoIndians.C.Spanishexplorers.D.Englishsettlers.

35.Thesecondparagraphmainlytellsusthatthebarbecue_______________.

A.isonlyheldonahotsunnydayB.welcomespeoplewhokeepdiaries

C.isheldbothindoorsandoutdoorsD.hasitssocialoccasionforover200years

36.Theunderlinedexpression“socialoccasion”canbebesttranslatedinto______________.

A.社交功能B.社会福利C.社会地位D.社会背景

37.ThefollowingareallthebarbecuewaysEXCEPT__________________.

A.dryingmeatonraisedframesofsticksoverfires

B.roastingawholeanimaloverapitfullofburningtreebranches

C.cookingpartsofanimalsoverfiresongrillsfueledbycharcoal

D.heatingmeatinthebrightandhotdaylight