Traditional Japanese food is surely one of the healthiest and most delicious in the world, and fortunately for most of us, foods like tofu, sushi and even green tea are now familiar and can be found easily out of Japan. As a national cuisine(烹飪), thanks to many social as well as political changes, Japanese food has greatly developed over the past few centuries. In ancient times, when much of the traditional cuisine was influenced by Korean and Chinese cultures, Japanese cuisine slowly changed with the start of the medieval(中世紀的)period, which brought along with it new tastes.
With the coming of the modern age, a great many changes took place and the Japanese cuisine was influenced greatly by Western culture. However, the traditional Japanese food of today is still very like what existed toward the end of the 19th century. This would mean that a large part of the Japanese cuisine includes those foods whose cooking methods and ingredients(原料)have been introduced from other cultures, but which have since then been experimented with and developed by the Japanese themselves.
The thing about Japanese food is that you either will love it or will completely look down upon it. With traditional Japanese food, there is no such thing as an in-between. However, chances are that if you hate Japanese food, then you probably haven’t even tasted real Japanese food or you simply haven’t given yourself the chance to like it. Unlike other cuisines, Japanese food is not something that you will appreciate after having only a bite. Like wines and cigars, Japanese food needs time to be liked.
小題1: After reading the whole passage, we learn that this passage mainly         .
A．a(chǎn)dvises us to eat healthy food is so healthy
B．explains why Japanese food is so healthy
C．introduces some famous traditional Japanese food
D．tells us something about traditional Japanese food
小題2:What does the writer mean by saying “fortunately for most of us”?
A．That most people know how to prepare tofu and sushi themselves.
B．That most traditional Japanese food can be enjoyed everywhere.
C．That we can enjoy some traditional Japanese food out of Japan.
D．That Japanese food like tofu, sushi and even green tea is not strange to us.
小題3:What can we learn from the passage?
A．Japanese food changed most during the medieval period.
B．Japanese food has been greatly influenced by other cultures.
C．The traditional Japanese food of today tastes totally different from that in the past.
D．Korean food is also one of the healthiest foods in the world.
小題4:The last paragraph suggests that      .
A．healthy food usually doesn’t taste good
B．not everyone likes Japanese food
C．some people are crazy about Japanese food
D．it’s very easy to tell whether the food is real Japanese food or not
小題5: In the writer’s opinion, Japanese food        .
A．is not as good as people think
B．sometimes tastes really terrible
C．is worth tasting a second time
D．tastes as good as Chinese food

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:B
小題5:C

試題分析：本文介紹日本的傳統(tǒng)美食。
小題1:D 主旨大意。根據(jù)第一段提到Traditional Japanese food is surely one of the healthiest and most delicious in the world傳統(tǒng)的日本食物被認為是全球最健康與美味的食物之一，第二段提到the Japanese cuisine was influenced greatly by Western culture日本的食物受到西方文化的影響，可知關于日本食物的事情，故選D項。
小題2:C 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段提到foods like tofu, sushi and even green tea are now familiar and can be found easily out of Japan這些食物在日本之外都能被享受到， 故選C項。
小題3:B 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段提到With the coming of the modern age, a great many changes took place and the Japanese cuisine was influenced greatly by Western culture.日本的美食受到西方文化的影響，故B項正確。
小題4:B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段提到The thing about Japanese food is that you either will love it or will completely look down upon it.對于日本的東西，要么喜歡要么完全不喜歡，故選B項不是每個人喜歡日本的食物，因此選B項。
小題5:C 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段提到Unlike other cuisines, Japanese food is not something that you will appreciate after having only a bite. Like wines and cigars, Japanese food needs time to be liked.不象其它的美食，日本的食物會讓你回味，不是一眼就會喜歡上的那種，故選C項。
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file into          魚貫而入，排隊進去
Jakarta          雅加達
meditate          沉思，冥想，反省
Java          爪哇
Javanese          爪哇的
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boost          促進，增加，提高
devout          虔誠的，熱誠的
appeal (to)       向……呼吁，求助于，魅力
legend          傳說，神話
fasting          禁食，齋戒
hold onto          抓緊，保住
personnel management system    人事管理制度
perspective investment    遠景投資
venture          （商業(yè)）投機，風險
sharpen          使……敏銳/尖銳，磨尖
business slide       買賣/企業(yè)滑坡，下滑
turn around       （生意）好轉，轉變
subconscious       下意識的，潛意識的
cybernetics       控制論
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