1、xx-2019学年高一英语下学期第一次阶段测试试题第一部分 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。Asian food is the fastest growing food in the United States.Between xxand xx,sales of Asianfast food rose by 135 percent,beating Latin and Middle Eastern food.Several things are pushing this growth.
2、 APew Research Center report says there were20 millionAsian-Americansince xx.Thatwasan increaseof 72 percentsincexx,makingtheAsian population thefastestgrowinggroupinThecountry.SosalesofAsianfoodhaverisenmorerapidlythanbefore.There are other less important reasons for Asian food's bigrise in popul
3、arity."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 new foods.About90percentofAsianrestaurantsare
4、smallandindependentacrosstheworld.ButintheUnitedsalesofAsianfood.Panda Expressis one example.It had $2 billioninsales in xx.Peoplenowwant to eat more healthily.Many kindsof Asian foodarethoughtto be healthy because of the large quantity offreshvegetables.But traditional American food has veryLarge
5、servingsand 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 isnotanAsian market nearby,manyingredientscan be found online.Asian i
6、nfluences are affecting non-Asian food.More and more people e 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 the United States?A.The delicious taste of Asian food,B.The kinds of food Americans ne
7、ed.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 paratively huge.B.They are small and independent.C.Th
