Ⅲ. 完形填空(共10分，每小题1分)

先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

Keeping traditions alive (继续存在) is never an easy thing. Chen Zunkai is the founder (创办者) of Baoyuan Dumpling House. She has spent over 17 years   26   one of the most traditional Chinese foods: dumplings.

Her dumplings are not the white ones simply filled with meat,   27   colourful ones using more than 150 kinds of fillings.

“What I try to do is to make dumplings have a taste of  28  ,” says Chen. “I hope every customer —  northerners or southerners, vegetarians (素食者) or non-vegetarians, Chinese people or foreigners — can    29    something familiar (熟悉的).”

Chinese dumplings are believed to be more than 2,000 years old.   30  , people in North China make and eat dumplings at some   31   such as the Spring Festival.

For Chen, her idea came after she found that there were not many   32   for those who prefer lighter fillings. Most vegetarian dumplings have a filling of only two kinds of ingredients (原料), and not one restaurant in Beijing has more than 10 kinds of vegetarian fillings.

“I thought   33   could do better,” says Chen.

Baoyuan Dumpling House has   34   done it. Customers can find basic meat dumplings at this restaurant, and it also   35   quite a lot of other choices with different colours and exciting taste.

(  )26. A. shopping           B. improving      C. collecting           D. comparing

(  )27. A. because         B. but              C. so               D. if

(  )28. A. home                 B. knowledge     C. success           D. health

(  )29. A. smell                B. hear              C. touch             D. taste

(  )30. A. Immediately    B. Luckily        C. Traditionally     D. Finally

(  )31. A. parties          B. meetings        C. activities          D. festivals

(  )32. A. choices          B. symbols        C. sizes            D. chances

(  )33. A. I                 B. he              C. she              D. they

(  )34. A. again            B. also            C. hardly            D. certainly

(  )35. A. returns          B. offers           C. teaches           D. explains