黑龙江哈尔滨市第三十二中学2016届高三上学期期中考试 英语试题
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Today vegetables, fish, fruit, meat and beer are canned in enormous quantities. Within three generations the 1 habits of millions have been revolutionized. Foods that were previously 2 may now be eaten at any time, and strange foods are 3 far from the countries where they are 4 . The crops many farmers now produce often depend on the nearness of a canning factory.
The first stage in the canning 5 is the preparation of the raw food. Diseased and waste portions are thrown 6 ; meat and fish are cleaned and trimmed; fruit and vegetables washed and graded for 7 . The jobs are principally 8 by machine.
The next stage, for vegetables only, is soak in very 9 or boiling water for a short time to remove air and 10 the vegetable. This makes 11 easier to pack into cans for sterilization (free from living germs).Some packing machines fill 12 to 400 cans a minute. Fruit, fish and meat are packed raw and cold into cans, and then all the air is removed. 13 the cans are sealed, the pressure inside each can is only about half the pressure of the outside air.
The sterilization process which follows the cans are subjected 14steam or boiling water, with the temperature and time 15 according to the type of food. Cans of fruit, for example, 16 only 5-10 minutes in boiling water, 17 meat and fish are cooked at higher temperatures for 18 period. After sterilization, the cans are cooled quickly to 32 degree to prevent the contents 19 becoming too soft.
The final stage before sending off to the grocer is labeling, and packing the tins into boxes. Nowadays, however, labeling is often printed on in 20 by the can-maker and no paper labels are then required.
1.A) eat B) eatable C) eaten D) eating
2A) monthly B) year-round C) seasonal D) quarterly
3A) accessible B) obtained C) available D) usable
4A) planting B) grown C) growing D) producing
5A) process B) reaction C) procession D) program
6A) about B) away C) down D) up
7A) size B) length C) height D) breadth
8A) had B) fulfilled C) pocked D) done
9A) chilly B) cold C) hot D) freezing
