II Cloze test.
What’s the food that can be found in almost every grocery store? Ramen! It seems that people _1_ enjoy this noodle dish. You might think it’s always been a famous _2_ for everyone. _3_, in reality, ramen started to become popular as simple _4_ food for working-class people.
Many people believe it was created in _5_ and taken to Japan in the late 1800s by Chinese workers. Soon Japanese began selling the chicken soup and wheat noodle combination from their carts.
In the early 1900s, ramen was made _6_ mechanical noodle-making machines, making _7_ one of the first machine-made foods. In 1958, a Japanese
inventor _8_ Chikin Ramen, the first instant noodles, to Japanese public. In later years it became a favourite _9_ college students and people in the office.
Today, there are at _10_ 30 international kinds of the noodle dishes.
() 1. A. somewhere B. anytime C. everywhere D. nobody
() 2. A. food B. drink C. fruits D. soup
() 3. A. But B. However C. Instead D. Since
() 4. A. main B. expensive C. ancient D. valuable
() 5. A. Japan B. China C. Canada D. America
() 6. A. of B. in C. by D. from
() 7. A. it B. each C. others D. that
() 8. A. gave B. presented C. sold D. introduced
() 9. A. both B. among C. towards D. besides
() 10. A. least B. most C. last D. first

CABAB CADBA

1. 根据前文“几乎每个杂货店都能找到”，可知此处指“到处的人都喜欢”，选C。
2. Ramen是面条 dish，属于食物，选A。
3. 前文“你可能认为它一直很有名”，后文“实际上最初是工人阶级的简单食物”，表转折，且有逗号隔开，用However，选B。
4. 工人阶级的食物应是“主要的”简单食物，main符合，选A。
5. 常识可知拉面起源于中国，后传入日本，选B。
6. “被机器制作”用by，选C。
7. 指代前文的ramen，用it，选A。
8. “向公众介绍首款方便面”，introduce符合，选D。
9. “在大学生和办公室人员中受欢迎”，用among，选B。
10. “至少有30种”，at least固定搭配，选A。