阅读理解 Text 3 　　My interest in Chinese food started years a90，when l was a young reporter for the Washington Post．Our office Wasn’t far from Chinatown，where Ifound some very good Chinese restaurants． 　　The first time I ever ate Chinese food I loved it．I noticed the fresh taste of the meat and vegetables．When I learned more about the food，I beganto understand why it has this special feature． 　　Many years ago，China had an energycrisis(危机)because it lost much of its wood due to over populationand poor management of its forests．This loss was verybad for the country，of course，butit turned out to be very good for the food．Wood becamevery expensive and hard to get，so the Chinese had toeither find a substitute(替代物)for their valuable wood，or learn how to use it better．There weren’tany substitutes so people found ways to—economize． 　　In order to economize in cookin9，they had touse very little wood．So they started cutting their meatand vegetables into small pieces before they put them in the hot oil．That way，the food cooked faster and theysaved their fuel。The food prepared in this way kept its fresh flavor(味道)一and it's thisflavor that attracts people from other countries to the art of Chinese cooking．
单选题 This textis mainly about__________．
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】【精析】主旨题。题干意为“这篇文章主要介绍__________。”文章第二段首先提到作者注意到了肉和蔬菜新鲜的味道。第三段讲述了中国的一次能源危机和人们想办法来节约能源。第四段讲到人们为此采用的烹饪方法。同时指出，正是这种方法使得食物保留了新鲜的味道。由此可以推断，本文主要介绍了中餐味道新鲜的原因。故A为正确答案。
单选题 According to the text，what makes Chinese food attractive to foreigners?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】【精析】细节题。题干意为“根据文章，是什么使中餐对外国人产生吸引力?”根据第四段最后一句“The food prepared in this way kept its地时间freshflavor--and it’s this flavor that attracts people from other countries to theart of Chinesecookin9”可知，通过这种方法准备的食物保留了新鲜的味道__________正是这种味道吸引了其他国家的人来了解中餐的烹饪艺术。故C为正确答案。
单选题 The author mentioned the energy crisis to show__________．
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】【精析】推理题。题干意为“作者提到能源危机来说明__________。”第二段提到当作者对中餐更加了解以后，他开始明白为什么它有这种特色。第三、四段讲述了中餐有这种特色的原因。第三段先讲了背景，第四段讲述结果。第 三段提到的能源危机只是个背景，由于能源危机的发生，使得木材变得很昂贵，也很难得到，所以人们得想办法节省木材。为此他们不得不改变做饭的方法。故C为正确答案。
单选题 It can beinferred from the text that before the energy crisis Chinese food__________．
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】【精析】推理题。题干意为“通过文章，我们可以推断出在能源危机出现之前，中餐__________。”第三段提到由于能源危机，木材短缺，人们开始想办法节省木材。根据最后一段第二句“So they started cutting their meat and vegetables into small pieces before they put them in the hot oil．”可知，他们开始把肉和蔬菜切成小块，然后再放到热油里。由此可以推测，在能源危机出现之前，由于木材充足，人们不用节省，所以会将食材切成大块来烹饪。故A为正确答案。
单选题 The underlined word“economize”in paragraph 3 means__________．
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】【精析】猜测词义题。题干意为“第三段中下划线单词‘economize’的意思是__________。”第三段第三、四句提到由于能源危机的发生，木头变得很昂贵，得到它很困难。由于当时没有其他的替代物可以代替木材，所以人们只能想办法去“节省”木材。故D为正确答案。