Unit 23单元测试题.doc

Unit 23 Lessons 1 2 第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 A ★★☆☆☆ ?????? For many Koreans, kimchi is a food that they cannot live without! Kimchi is not just tasty food. It’s also a part of Korean history. Experts believe that people began making kimchi around the seventh century. The farming communities created kimchi to provide vegetables all year round. At that time, however, kimchi was just a salted vegetable. It was not until five centuries later that people started adding tasty seeds and other plants. And it was not until the eighteenth century that people began adding the hot red pepper (辣椒). This gave kimchi the red colour that it often has today. The nineteenth century saw the introduction of the Chinese cabbage to Korea. Koreans then started to use this vegetable to make kimchi. And they developed the kimchi that people know and love today. ?????? Kimchi is such an important part of Korean culture that there is a yearly kimchi event. It happens every year in October and lasts for several days. People travel from all over South Korea to the event — in the city of Gwangju. At the event, different types of kimchi are made to see which one tastes best, and many food products are on show. Besides, there is beautiful traditional music. ?????? If you want to learn more about kimchi’s culture and history, come to visit the Kimchi Field Museum in Seoul. It was started by a large food company in 1986. In the museum, historians have documented almost 200 different kinds of kimchi. ?????? In April, 2008, Yi So-Yeon became South Korea’s first person to go into space. The 29-year-old took kimchi with her and spent ten days in space. There, she performed a series of science tests. It was such an unusual trip for all Koreans! 21. In the twelfth century, kimchi _____. A. was made of the Chinese cabbage B. tasted much better than before C. was only a salted vegetable D. began to appear in Korea 22. During the kimchi ev