题型:阅读选择 题类:常考题 难易度:普通
2016届浙江衢州市菁才中学九年级上学期期末考试英语试卷
It takes a lot of skills and hard work to set a world record in pumpkin-carving(雕刻南瓜). Steve Clarke, a sixth-grade teacher from Pennsylvania, is a famous carver(雕刻师). Clarke has set many world records for carving pumpkins quickly. When he competes, he must cut our two eyes, two eyebrows, a nose, a mouth, and two ears as fast as possible. But Clarke knows something else about pumpkin-carving. It's easier to get a record than to keep it.
He took the title in 2000 when he carved a pumpkin face in 74.8 seconds. That time was 19 seconds faster than what Jerry had set. From then on, Clarke broke his own records five times. In 2006, he set his best time in Florida. His winning time was 24.03 seconds!
The only problem is that someone finally beat that mark. On October 7, 2010, David set the new record with 20.1 seconds. Clarke was not able to break that record this year, but he has planned to break the record. After Halloween, he will go to local pumpkin farms to practise designs and new skills.
Clarke is popular because of his super pumpkin-carving skills. In 1999, he carved more than 30 pumpkins at the Halloween party for then vice-president Al Gore.
Nowadays,as there are more choices for students,some students can't stand food in the school dining hall and they call the takeout(卖) food. Many students like ordering food instead of eating at the school dining hall. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} The students can't choose what they want to eat. They can only eat the food provided by the dining hall.
{#blank#}2{#/blank#} The answer is no. Most students can't make money,but ordering food is a little expensive. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Students only need to pay 10 yuan for one meal and there are always different dishes and one kind of soup. When ordering food,I have never found a dish which is less than 10 yuan,and the most important is that the food we order may be not clean.
As ordering takeout is getting more and more popular,many people may think it's a new thing in China. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} According to history books,Emperor Xiaozong liked to order takeout late at night. His servants then went around the city to pick up the dishes and bring them back to the palace.
Common people also ordered takeout. Restaurant waiters would go out into the streets and shout out which dishes could be ordered that day. People could then place an order. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
In the famous Song Dynasty painting Along the River During the Qingming Festival,a takeout worker can be seen with food in hand.
A. Compared with food in the restaurants,food in the school dining hall is much cheaper. B. The reason is that some schools' dining halls only have one menu for each meal. C. Later,takeout workers would bring food to their homes. D. But in fact,there was takeout as far back as the Song Dynasty. E. Is it wise to order food instead of eating at the dining hall? |
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