《2026年江苏13大市中考名卷优选38套英语》

第二节:阅读下面短文,从短文后所给的选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项是多余选项。
Cooking, the art and science of preparing food, is far more than daily housework. It's like a fun classroom where you can learn different subjects all at once! 41
Science is everywhere in cooking. When you make bread, the yeast(酵母) eats sugar and makes bubbles of gas. 42 When you cook meat and it turns brown and smells good, that's cool chemistry. Also, think about heating water, which shows how heat moves. It is all about physics.
43 You need to follow the instructions when you mix materials, like "adding 1/4 spoon of salt". Sometimes you have to make some changes to feed more or fewer people. That means doing maths. Even buying the required materials with low cost teaches you maths.
Food has a lot of history. Pasta didn't start in Italy—it came from Asia long ago! Spices(香料) were once traded like gold, and this changed how countries talked to each other. 44 In hot places, people grow more different foods than in cold places. Learning about these things helps you understand how the world works.
Cooking is like a secret key that opens the door to learning many subjects. It's not just about making yummy food. 45 Schools should teach cooking because it helps students see how everything in learning is connected!


41. G
42. B
43. C
44. A
45. E

答案： 41.G 根据上文“It’s like a fun classroom where you can learn different subjects all at once!”以及下文内容可知，本文主要介绍了为什么学校应将烹饪纳入教学，空处应引出下文，G项符合语境。
42.B 根据上文“When you make bread，the yeast eats sugar and makes bubbles of gas.”和常识可知，酵母的例子是生物学的实际应用，且下文分别又举了化学和物理的例子，这里应提及一门学科，B项符合语境。
43.C 根据下文“You need to follow the instructions when you mix materials ... buying the required materials with low cost teaches you maths.”可知，本段讲的是数学在烹饪中的应用，C项可做本段中心句。
44.A 根据下文“In hot places，people grow more different foods than in cold places. Learning about these things helps you understand how the world works.”可知，地理对烹饪也很重要，A项符合语境。
45.E 根据上文“It’s not just about making yummy food.”可知，烹饪不仅仅是为了做出美味的食物，E项“它也是关于在很多方面变得更聪明”承接上文，符合语境。also about与上文not just about相呼应。

四、词汇运用(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
根据短文意思和首字母提示,写出一个完整正确的单词。
When people do not get enough food, they cannot grow strong or healthy. We should include plenty of 46. vvegetables and other plant - based foods in our diets. They provide necessary nutrients (营养) for our 47. hhealth.
Scientists are working hard to make sure that everyone can have 48. eenough food to eat. They are thinking of all kinds of new ways to 49. ggrow plants. For example, they create plants that can survive in difficult conditions, and use technology to grow fresh food in 50. pplaces like deserts(沙漠).
It's quite challenging for plants to live in deserts because they are very hot, have very 51. llittle water, and have poor - quality soil. Sometimes there is even salt in the soil, which makes it 52. hhard/harder for most plants to survive.
However, over time, plants have 53. wworked out clever ways to deal with the challenges of living in the desert. Desert plants have small, narrow leaves or wax layers(蜡层) on their leaves to 54. pprotect themselves from the sun. They also have deep roots(根) that go far into the ground for 55. wwater.

答案： 46.vegetables 句意：我们应该在饮食中包含大量的蔬菜和其他植物性食物。
47.health 句意：它们(蔬菜)可以为我们的健康提供营养。provide sth for sth意为“为某物提供某物”，用名词health。
48.enough 句意：科学家们正在努力确保每个人都能有“足够”的食物吃。
49.grow 句意：他们在想各种新办法种植植物。动词不定式符号to后加动词原形。
50.places 根据like deserts可知，是在像沙漠这样的“地方”；空前无修饰词，且place为可数名词，应用其复数形式。
51.little 沙漠里“几乎没有”水，little修饰不可数名词，表示“极少，几乎没有”。
52.hard/harder 句意：有时土壤中甚至有盐，这使得大多数植物很/更难生存。此处可用形容词原级，也可用比较级。
53.worked work out意为“解决，想出”，此处用过去分词形式和have构成现在完成时。
54.protect protect ... from ... 意为“保护……免受……”，动词不定式符号to后加动词原形。
55.water 句意：它们还有深入地下寻找水源的深根。