1、武威一中2019春季学期第一次月考高一英语试卷第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AAsian food is the fastest growing food in the United States.Between 1999and 2015,sales of Asianfast food rose by 135 percent,beating Latin and Middle Eastern food.Several things are pushi
2、ng this growth. APew Research Center report says there were20 millionAsian-Americansince 2017.Thatwasan increaseof 72 percentsince2000,makingtheAsian population thefastestgrowinggroupinThecountry.SosalesofAsianfoodhaverisenmorerapidlythanbefore.There are other less important reasons fo
3、r Asian food's bigrise in popularity."We Americans dobusiness withvery country intheworld,andwehavepaidgreatattentiontoothercountriesandcultures,”hesaid.“We'reinterestedinthethings they eat —a lot more interested than we usedto be."He noted thatyounger people are more willing to try ne
4、w foods.About90percentofAsianrestaurantsaresmallandindependentacrosstheworld.ButintheUnitedsalesofAsianfood.Panda Expressis one example.It had $2 billioninsales in 2014.Peoplenowwant to eat more healthily.Many kindsof Asian foodarethoughtto be healthy because of the large quantity offr
5、eshvegetables.But traditional American food has veryLargeservingsand is high in fat.Thanks to the Internet,it is more convenientto learn tomakeAsian food.And as the Asianpopulation in America grows,more andmorestores are selling key Asian ingredientsthat used tobehardtofind.Andifthere
6、isnotanAsian market nearby,manyingredientscan be found online.Asian influences are affecting non-Asian food.More and more people come from a mix of cultures,so mixing food is normal.Korean tacos,a popular dish,are just one example。1.What is the main cause of Asian food's big rise in th
7、e United States?A.The delicious taste of Asian food,B.The kinds of food Americans need.C.The harm of traditional American food.D.The fast growth of the Asian population.2.What is special about Asian restaurants in the United States?A.They are comparatively huge.B.They are small and i
