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(2024 - 2025·阜阳市重点中学月考) Do you know what dish is the most popular in the cold winter in China? Hot pot is many Chinese people's favourite food.
No matter in the north or in the south, people all like hot pot very much and every place has its local specials. For example, people in Sichuan like hot dishes in it. However, Guangdong hot pot is famous for its freshness. Usually, there is a metal hot pot in the middle of table. When the soup in the pot is kept simmering (慢煮), dishes are put into the pot. Beef, mutton, fish and vegetables are the main dishes. It is very popular in winter because it can keep the dishes warm all the time. During the Spring Festival, friends and family members have a special meal - hot pot. Also, they chat happily. It is a good way to relax.
There is also hotpot in England. But it is different from Chinese hot pot. Hotpot is NOT hot pot. China has hot pot in two words but English hotpot is written in one word. The main dishes of English hotpot are simple. They are meat, potatoes and onions. People put it in the oven all day in a heavy pot on a low heat. It is easy to cook.
Chinese hot pot tastes delicious, and English hotpot tastes fine. Which do you like, hot pot or hotpot?
15. What do people in Sichuan like? （不超过 5 个词）Hot dishes in hot pot.
16. Why is hot pot popular in winter? （不超过 10 个词）Because it can keep the dishes warm all the time.
17. What would the writer say in the blank in Paragraph 3? （不超过 10 个词）But it is different from Chinese hot pot.

答案： 15. Hot dishes in hot pot. 16. Because it can keep the dishes warm all the time. 17. But it is different from Chinese hot pot. / ...