《2025年5年中考3年模拟英语广东专版》

Passage 2(2021深圳,B)
When I was a girl growing up, I cannot once ever remember either my mum or my grandma wasting food.
Anything we didn’t eat at one meal was leftovers(剩菜). I can remember my grandma making a huge pot of potatoes. We would all eat until we were full enough, but there were always about half of the potatoes left over. A few days later, Grandma would take those potatoes out of the fridge, boil some noodles, add some vegetables and mix them all together. And I also remember when I watched my mum fry bacon(煎培根) for us in the mornings, she would always take the oil carefully and pour it into a bottle. Then she would use it later to add flavor to so many other dishes. I was an adult before I realized that potatoes didn’t actually taste like bacon!
I learned their lessons well, and after I grew up, I tried to never waste food myself. I always planned the week’s meals ahead of time and only bought what was on my shopping list so that nothing went to waste. Every meal went into our stomachs and any leftovers were later eaten by either myself, my boys, my husband or my dogs. To me, throwing food into the bin was just wrong.
However, when it comes to living, there are no leftovers. Life is just like a feast. Each moment that you don’t live is lost forever. Life cannot be saved or stored. Each day is a fresh beginning. Live each moment of your life to the fullest, then.
1. The writer’s grandma used the leftover potatoes to ______.
A. mix with noodles
B. boil some vegetables
C. fry bacon
D. throw away
2. Why did the potatoes cooked by the writer’s mum taste like bacon?
A. Because she mixed the bacon with potatoes.
B. Because she put potatoes into the containers.
C. Because she was good at cooking.
D. Because she poured the bacon oil into the potatoes.
3. According to the passage, how did the writer save food in her way?
A. By shopping ahead of time.
B. By throwing it into the litter bin.
C. By following her mother’s shopping list.
D. By planning the next week’s food.
4. What does the underlined word “feast” in the last paragraph probably mean?
A. Sweet dream.
B. Large meal.
C. Happy story.
D. Beautiful picture.
5. What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?
A. It is never too old to learn.
B. Eat to live, but not live to eat.
C. Neither food nor life should be wasted.
D. There is no such thing as a free lunch.

答案： 语篇解读　本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者从小受妈妈和外婆的影响，养成了节约食物的好习惯，以此来告诉我们人生就像一场盛宴，不可节约，不可储藏，要活好每一刻。
1.A　细节理解题。根据第二段第四句“A few days later, Grandma would take those potatoes out of the fridge, boil some noodles, add some vegetables and mix them all together.”可知，作者的奶奶用剩下的土豆和面条混在一起，故选A。
2.D　推理判断题。根据第二段第五、六句可知，妈妈会把煎培根的油保存起来，再加入其他菜中，所以妈妈做的土豆尝起来像培根，故选D。
3.D　细节理解题。根据第三段第二句“I always planned the week's meals ahead of time...”可知，作者总是提前计划好下一周的饭菜，故选D。
4.B　词义猜测题。根据上下文可知，作者把人生比作一场盛宴，真实的宴席会有剩菜剩饭，可以保存下来，但人生不一样，一旦失去，就永远没有了。由此可知，这里的feast应该是“盛宴”的意思，故选B。
5.C　主旨大意题。文章前面提到作者受妈妈和外婆的影响，养成了节约食物的好习惯，最后又联系我们的生活，说明无论是食物还是人生，我们都不应该浪费，故选C。