Xiao long bao(soup dumplings), those amazing constructions of delicate dumpling wrappers, encasing hot, 56_______(taste) soup and sweet, fresh meat, are far and away my favorite Chinese street food. The dumplings arrive steaming and dangerously hot. To eat one, you have to decide whether 57 ______(bite) a small hole in it first, releasing the stream and risking a spill (溢出), 58_____to put the whole dumpling in your mouth, letting the hot soup explode on your tongue.
Shanghai may be the 59______(recognize)home of the soup dumplings but food historians will actually point you to the neighboring canal town of Nanxiang as Xiao long bao's birthplace. There you will find them prepared differently-more dumpling and less soup, and the wrappers are pressed 60______ hand rather than rolled.
Nanxiang aside, the best Xiao long bao have a fine skin, allowing them 61_______ (lift) out of the steamer basket without allowing them tearing or spilling any of 62______(they) contents. The meat should be fresh with 63______ touch of sweetness and the soup hot, clear and delicious.
No matter where I buy them, one steamer is 64_______(rare) enough, yet two seems greedy, so I am always left 65 _____(want) more next time.
参考答案：
56.tasty; 57.to bite; 58.or; 59.recognized; 60. by; 61. to be lifted; 62. their; 63. a; 64. rarely; 65. wanting
文章主旨：介绍中国传统美食小笼包的美味，特点以及如何制作。
考点分析：
非谓语动词：4个（57，59，61，65），词性转换2个（56，64）关联词1个（58），介词1个（60） 代词1个（62），冠词1个（63）
答案详解：
56. tasty。考查词性转换。本句主要结构为Xiao long bao(soup dumplings)are my favorite Chinese street food.中间those amazing constructions of delicate dumpling wrappers, encasing hot, 56_______(taste) soup and sweet, fresh meat，为主语Xiao long bao(soup dumplings)的同位语，其主要结构为constructions of wrappers, soup and meat。soup n汤，需要形容词作定语，因此应填tasty。
57. to bite。考查非谓语动词。本句主要结构为you have to decide （whether 不定式）作宾语，______(bite) a small hole in it first与下文to put the whole dumpling in your mouth为并列关系，因此应填to bite。
58. or。考查关联词。根据句意可知：要吃包子，你必须决定是...还是...，结合上文whether to bite a small hole in it first，是先咬一个小洞，此处应为 or to put the whole dumpling in your mouth还是把整个包子放进嘴里，因此应填or。
59. recognized。考查非谓语动词。名词home前需要定语，提示词recognize为动词，公认，认可，此处the ______(recognize)home of the soup dumplings表达的应为公认的汤包之乡，recognize与home之间为被动关系，所以应用过去分词作定语修饰home，因此应填recognized。
60. by。考查介词。此句the wrappers are pressed 60______ hand rather than rolled.表达的是 包子皮是用手压的，而不是擀出来的。by hand用手，因此应填by。
61. to be lifted。考查非谓语动词。本句主要结构为the best Xiao long bao have a fine skin。后面allowing them _______ (lift) out of the steamer basket...，为非限制性定语修饰skin。空格处为allow的宾语补足语，lift与宾语them之间为被动关系，allow sth. to be done使...被做，因此应填to be lifted。
62. their。考查代词。本句中contents（内容物，此处应指包子馅）为名词，需要形容词性的物主代词修饰，因此应填their。
63. a。考查冠词。a touch of 一点点，淡淡的，稍许，本句The meat should be fresh with a touch of sweetness 句意为：肉应该是新鲜的，带点甜味。
64. rarely。考查词性转换。本句为系表结构，表语enough为形容词，副词修饰形容词，因此应填rarely。
65. wanting。考查非谓语动词。本句 so I am always left 65 _____(want) more next time.所以我总是想下次多吃一些。leave sb doing sth让某人做某事，侧重于指使某人保持做某事的状态，本句中使用的是本结构的被动语态，sb be left doing sth，因此应填wanting。
参考译文：
小笼包(汤包)，那些精致的包子皮，包裹着热腾腾的美味汤汁和甜甜的鲜肉，是我最喜欢的中国街头小吃。送来的包子冒着热气，热得要命。要吃包子，你必须决定是先咬一个小洞，冒着流出汁水的风险，还是把整个包子放进嘴里，让热汤烫伤你的舌头。
上海可能是公认的汤包之乡，但饮食历史学家会告诉你，邻近的运河小镇南翔才是小笼包的发源地。在那里，你会发现它们的制作方式不同——包子更多，汤更少，包子皮是用手压的，而不是擀出来的。
除了南翔，最好的小笼包包子皮非常劲道，使得包子从蒸笼中拿出来而不会撕裂或洒出任何包子馅。肉是新鲜的，有一点甜味，汤是热的，清澈的，美味的。
无论我在哪里买汤包，一笼屉是不够的，然而两笼屉似乎有点贪婪，所以我总是想下次多吃一些。
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