英语中考英语二轮复习 专项训练 英语语法填空汇编及解析

1、（英语）中考英语二轮复习 专项训练 英语语法填空汇编及解析 一、英语语法填空汇编 1阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形 式。 Ernest Hemingway, the son of a doctor and a music teacher, was born in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. Hemingways father_（teach） him early on how to hunt and fish, two activities Hemingway loved throughout his life. Inste

2、ad of _（go） to college, Hemingway became a reporter for the Kansas City Star. Later, in Europe, he worked as a driver _ the Italian army until he was wounded and shipped home, where he again wrote for newspapers. Two years _, he moved to Paris, where he hoped to improve his writing. There he became

3、friends with other _ writers, includingAmerica）（ Gertrude Stein and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Hemingway developed _ style of writing that was simple and direct. He chose words sparingly（俭省地）, avoided using adjectives, and trusted the reader to understand _（mean） of his writing. As he put it, I always try

4、 _（write） on the principle（原则） of the iceberg（冰山）. There is seven eighths of it under water for every part that shows. This style continues to influence Writers today. In his career（生涯）, which lasted some 40 years, Hemingway earned the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize. He was one of the finest wri

5、ters of century.）（twentythe_ For a while Emest Hemingway lived in Key West, Florida, where he had nearly 50 cats. One of them was a cat with six toes（脚趾）, which a ships captain had given him. Today his Key West home is a museum, and many cats still live there. Some of them are _（child） of Hemingways

6、 six-toed cat. Hemingway was married four times and had three sons. He died in 1961. children ；to write；twentiethAmerican；a；meaning；【答案】 taught；going；for；later 【分析】本文介绍了海明威及其写作风格。【解析】 （1）句意： 海明威的父亲很早就教他如何打猎和钓鱼。描述过去用一般过去时，teach的 。 taughttaught，故填过去式是 （2）句意： 海明威没有去上大学，而是成了堪萨斯城明星报的记者。of是介词其后 。是动名词，故填go

7、ing （3）句意： 后来，在欧洲，他在意大利军队当司机，直到他受伤并被运回家，在那里他 。for，固定搭配，为工作，故填再次为报纸写作。work for （4）句意： 四年后，他搬到巴黎，希望在那里提高写作水平。时间段+later，之后， 。故填later （5）句意：在那里，他和其他美国作家成了朋友。writers是名词其前是形容词做定语， 。 AmericanAmerican是形容词，故填America是名词， （6）句意： 海明威形成了一种简单直接的写作风格。style是名词单数，以辅音音素开 。a表示泛指，故填a头，故用不定冠词 （7）句意：他谨慎地选择词语，避免使用形容词，并相信读

8、者能理解他作品的意思。 。后是动名词做宾语，故填 meaningunderstand （8）句意：我总是试图用冰山的原理写作。try to do，固定搭配，尝试做某事，故填 to 。write （9）句意： 他是20世纪最优秀的作家之一。根据定冠词the可知，此处是序数词， 。twentieth 故填 twenty是基数词，twentieth是序数词 ， （10）句意： 其中一些是海明威六趾猫的孩子。 根据are，可知表语是名词复数，child的 。children故填 ，复数是children 【点评】考查语法填空，注意谓语的时态，非谓语动词，词性，介词搭配等多种用法。 2阅读下面材料，在空

9、白处按要求填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。（每空1个 单词） A group of boys gathered around a tree. What a tall tree! they said to each other. It would 敢攠捸瑩湩?潴挠楬扭琠?桴?潴 The group of boys then decided to play a game to see who could _（climb） to the top of the tree first. Their _（mother） were sitting not far away, looking on at

10、 them as they played. One of the climbers was_（冠词）8-year-old boy named David. He was the_ child in the group. Nobody thought he would win the competition.short）（ Then the game started. All of the boys tried _（ they 1 best to climb as high as they could. _（连词）they all made it halfway up the tree befo

11、re David did, he reached the top of the tree first in the end. His mother was proud to see this. She asked him, David, how did you manage to reach the top 尿quick）of the tree so _（ It was easy, David said. The other children _（ keep） looking down as they climbed. When they realized how high they were

12、, they got scared and were afraid of _（fall） down. I, however, looked only up. When I saw how close I was, I just went higher and 楨桧牥甠瑮汩?爠慥档摥琠敨氠灯尮 It is true in life that if we just keep going forward_（介词）looking back, we are more likely to reach our goals and achieve success.【答案】 climb；mothers；an；s

13、hortest；their；Although/ Though；quickly；kept；falling； without 【解析】【分析】（1）句意：这群男孩于是决定玩一个游戏，看谁能先爬到树顶。climb 。 climb 是情态动词其后是动词原形 ，故填是动词，爬，could （2）句意：他们的母亲坐在不远处，看着他们玩耍。mother是名词，妈妈，此处泛指故 。用复数，故填 mothers （3）句意：其中一个登山者是一个名叫大卫的8岁男孩。boy是名词单数，8以元音音素 。表示泛指，故填anan开头，故用不定冠词 （4）句意：他是小组里个子最矮的孩子。没有人想到他会赢得这场比赛。 sho

14、rt是形容 。 shortest可知是形容词最高级，故填the词，矮的，根据定冠词 （5）句意：然后比赛开始了。所有的男孩都尽力爬到尽可能高的地方。try ones best to do，固定搭配，尽某人最大努力做某事，they的形容词性物主代词是their，他们的，故填 。their （6）句意：虽然他们都比大卫先爬到了树的一半，但最后他还是第一个到达了树顶。根据they all made it halfway up the tree 和 he reached the top of the tree first in the end ，可知 。 Although/ Though此处是让步状语

15、从句的语气，although/ though，尽管，故填 （7）句意：大卫，你是怎么这么快就爬到树顶的？副词修饰reach，quick的副词是 。 quicklyquickly，迅速地，故填 （8）句意：其他孩子在爬山时不断向下看。根据 as they climbed 可知时态是一般过去时， 。 kept的是动词，其过去式是kept，保持，故填keep （9）句意：当他们意识到自己有多高时，就会感到害怕，害怕摔倒。fall是动词，落下， 。 fallingfalling，故填of是介词，其后是动名词 （10）句意：这是真实的生活，如果我们继续向前，而不回头看，我们更有可能达到我们的目标和取得成

16、功。根据 keep going forward 可知是不要回头，without是介词，没有，故 。 without填 【点评】考查语言综合运用能力，注意谓语的时态，词性，连词搭配等多种用法。 阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。3 A wealthy old man lived alone in a big house. He was growing _ （weak） day by day. Since he was unable to look after _ （him）, he decided to hire （雇佣） a nurse to take

17、care _ him. One day, the old man interviewed two _ （nurse）Anthony and Peter. Anthony was a handsome young man while Peter looked quite ordinary. The old man asked Anthony to make tea for him. After Anthony left, the old man turned to Peter and said, Anthony has _ （give） me a very bad account of you.

18、 He said you are rude and untrustworthy. Is this 潣牲捥? Peter thought for a minute and said, _ Anthony has a bad opinion of me, there must 敢猠浯瑥楨杮眠潲杮眠瑩?敭?桳畯摬琠歡?潳敭琠浩?潴挠慨杮?桴獥?桴湩獧尮 The old man was very impressed by Peters words. At the same time, Anthony came back with _ cup of tea for the old man. The ol

19、d man sent Peter to make breakfast for him. He then returned to Anthony and told him. Peter spoke very poorly of you while you were gone. _ do you think about this? After .angry）hearing this, Anthony shouted _ （ In the end, Peter _ （choose）. Peter looked quite common, but he had impressive inner bea

20、uty. was chosen angrily；a；What；Ifnurseshimself【答案】 weaker；of；given；【解析】【分析】本文介绍了一个老人在录用护士时，故意挑起对方的矛盾，通过两人截 然不同的反应，从而判断谁适合。 （1）句意： 他一天比一天虚弱。weak是形容词，形容词修饰系动词grow，根据day by 。 weaker，故填weaker可知是比较级day （2）句意： 因为他不能照顾自己 ，他决定雇一个护士来照顾他。look after oneself，照顾 。 himselfhimself，故填自己，主语是he，故反身代词是 （3）句意：因为他不能照顾自己

21、 ，他决定雇一个护士来照顾他。take care of，固定搭 。配，照顾，故填of （4）句意：一天，老人面试两个护士 Anthony and Peter 。two后是可数名词复习， 。，是可数名词，故填nursesnurse （5）句意： 安东尼对你的评价很差。根据助动词has可知此处是现在完成时，故填过去 。，故填given give的过去分词是given分词， （6）句意：如果安东尼对我有看法，我一定有什么问题。此处是条件状语从句，故是引 。，如果，故填If导词if （7）句意：同时，安东尼给老人端了杯茶回来。cup是名词单数，以辅音音素开头，故用 。a，固定搭配，一杯，故填不定冠词a

22、表示泛指，a cup of （8）句意：你对此怎么想？此处是特殊疑问句，think后缺少宾语，故用what提问，故 。What填 （9）句意：听到这，安东尼生气地大喊。副词修饰动词shouted，angrily，是副词，生气 。angrily地，故填 （10）句意：最后，Peter被录用。根据 Peter looked quite common ， 可知时态是一般过去时，choose与主语Peter是被动关系，故用一般过去时的被动语态，主语是第三人称 。 was chosenchoose的过去分词是chosen，故填单数，故助动词是was， 【点评】考查语法填空，注意调整词性，时态，主谓一致和

23、名词的数等。 4阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号内所给单词的正确形式（每空 3个单词）。最多不超过 Thomas Edison was a great American _ （invent）.When he was_child, he was always asking questions and trying out new ideas. No matter_ hard it was, he never gave up. Young Tom was in school for only three _ （month）. His teacher didnt understan

24、d why he had so many strange questions. Most of _（they） were not about his lessons. The teacher didnt want to teach Tom any more. He asked Toms mother to take the boy home. Toms mother taught him _ （read） and write, and she found him a very good student. in science.）（interestHe learnt very fast and

25、became very _ One day, he saw a little boy _（play） on the railway tracks （铁轨） at a station. A train was coming near quickly, and the boy was too frightened （恐惧） to move. Edison rushed out and took him away _ （safe）. The boys father was so thankful that he taught .（电报）Edison to send messages _telegra

26、ph by safely；interestedthem；to read；playingmonthshowa inventor【答案】；【解析】【分析】这篇短文简要介绍了著名发明家爱迪生的生平，他因为发明了电灯，从 而改变了人们的生活。并且短文详细描述了爱迪生的人格特点。是形容词，故 a great American爱迪生是一位伟大的美国发明家。根据）句意：托马斯1（ 。inventor是动词，名词是inventor。故填前后是名词单数，invent （2）句意：当他还是个孩子的时候，他总是问问题。child是以辅音音素开头的单数名 。a词，故用不定冠词a表示泛指。故填 （3）句意：无论多么困难

27、，他都不会放弃。hard是副词，根据语序it was可知，no 。how的意思，引导让步状语从句。故填matter how表示无论如何 （4）句意：小汤姆只上了三个月的学。基数词three后用复试形式months。故填 。months （5）句意：他问的问题大部分都与他的功课无关。of是介词，其后应该要用宾格形式， 。故填themthey的宾格是them （6）句意：汤姆的母亲教他读写。taught是teach的过去式，教某人做某事teach sb. to 。，故填to readdo sth. （7）句意：她妈妈发现他是个很好的学生。他学得很快，对科学很感兴趣。对什么感兴 。是个固定短语搭配。

28、故填interested趣be interested in sth. （8）句意：一天，他看到一个小男孩在火车站的铁轨上玩耍。saw是see的过去式，看到 。playing某人在做某事应为see sb. doing sth.，故填 （9）句意：一列火车很快就要开过来了，男孩吓得不敢动。爱迪生冲过去把他带到了安全的地方。took是take的过去式，take是动词应该用副词来修饰，safe是形容词，副词是 。safelysafety。故填 （10）句意：这个男孩的父亲非常感激爱迪生，教他用电报发送消息。by通过某种方法、 。手段。表示传达、传递的方式或媒介。故填by 【点评】考查语言综合运用能力，

29、注意名词复数，词性，介词，和see sb. doing sth的固定 搭配等多种用法。 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。5 Nowadays, with the development of Internet technology, two-dimensional code （二维码） is very popular among us. Its also _ （call） quick response code （QR code）. Its a group of black square dots on a white background. This

30、special code was invented _ a used all over the world. ）wide（Japanese company in 1994. Its _ QR code is used _ （store） information. It can also store pictures. It is easy to use a QR code. If you want to get the information, just take out your cellphone and scan （扫描） the code by a special app, and t

31、hen you can get _ easily. Today, QR codcs are popular in China. There are QR codes on televisions and the Internet. The codes have been used and printed on Chinese train tickets _ 2010. When a machine scans the code on the ticket, information of the ticket owner and the train _ （appear） on the scree

32、n in a few seconds. QR codes have many special uses. For example, in 2008, _ Japanese company planned to put QR codes on gravestones （墓碑）. By scanning the code, visitors could get information about the departed （去世的） person. Recently, special cards _ QR codes were introduced to old people in some ci

33、ties in China. If they get _ （lose）, people can know about their names, addresses and telephone numbers of their family members by scanning the codes. lost with；a；it；since；will appearwidely【答案】 called；by；to store 【分析】本文讲述了二维码的应用。【解析】 （1）句意： 它也叫做快速响应码。根据call与主语是被动关系，已有助动词is，故此处 。called是过去分词，故填 （2）句意：

34、 这种特殊代码是1994年一家日本公司发明的。根据 was invented是被动语 。byby，被，故填可知用介词态 （3）句意： 全世界都广泛地使用它。副词修饰动词used，widely是副词 ， 故填 。widely （4）句意： 二维码码用于储存信息。 be used to do，被用来做某事，故此处是不定式， 。 to store故填 （5）句意： 那么你可以很容易地得到信息 。information是不可数名词，故此处用it指 。代，做宾语，故填it （6）句意： 自从2010年以来，这些代码已经被使用并印在中国火车票上。根据 The codes have been used 可知

35、时态是现在完成时，since+时间点2010，是现在完成时的标 。since志，故填 （7）句意： 当机器扫描火车票上的代码时，几秒钟后火车票所有者和火车的信息就会出现在屏幕上。when引导的时间状语从句，时态是主将从现，故此处的主句是将来时will+ 。 will appear 动词原形 ，故填 （8）句意： 例如，2008年，一家日本公司计划在墓碑上贴二维码。Japanese是名词单 。a， 故填数，用辅音音素开头，故用不定冠词a，表示泛指 （9）句意：近年来，我国部分城市向老年人推出了二维码专用卡。此处缺少介词，做后 。，故填with可知是一种携带关系，with，有和置定语，根据 spe

36、cial cards QR codes （10）句意：如果他们迷路了，人们可以通过扫描密码知道他们的家庭成员的姓名、地址 。，迷路，固定搭配，故填get lostlost和电话号码。 【点评】考查语法填空，注意适当调整词性，时态和介词等用法。 或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。,在空白处填入一个适当的词,阅读下面短文6 At about thirteen years old, I felt very lonely. I didnt like my classmates, my parents or anyone else. My classmates didnt want to talk _ m

37、e and my parents were always saying that other kids were _（good） than me. I thought I was the _（luck） person in the world. One day I had a big fight with one of my classmates. I was so angry _ I hit him in the face. Just at that moment, a boy stood up and _（stop） the fight. He was the monitor of our

38、 class. After that, he often helped me and we became good _（friend）. Whenever I got angry or sad, he would help _（I） to cool down. My life began to change because of the boy, my best friend. We spent a lot of interesting days together. _ time goes by, I have become happier with people and things. An

39、d people around me have _ （change）, too. My parents dont shout at me _ more and my classmates become friendly to me. But now we go to different cities to study. How I miss the days when we were together! any changed；As；that；stopped；friends；me【答案】 with；better；unluckiest；【解析】【分析】 本文讲述了作者大约十三岁时，感到非常孤独不

40、喜欢我的同学父母或其 因为一个男孩，生活开始改变。 他任何人，后来 （1）句意： 我的同学不想和我说话，我父母总是说其他孩子比我好。talk with，固定搭 。with 故填 配，和某人聊天 ， （2）句意：我的同学不想和我说话，我父母总是说其他孩子比我好。than是比较级的标 。better故填 的比较级是goodbetter ， 志， （3）句意： 我以为我是世界上最不幸的人。was是系动词其后是形容词luck是名词， 。unluckiest定冠词可知是最高级，故填 lucky是形容词，根据the （4）句意： 我非常生气，打了他的脸。so .that，如此以至于，固定搭配 ， 故填 。

41、that （5）句意： 就在这时，一个男孩站了起来，停止了打斗。描述过去用一般过去时，stop 。 stopped是动词，故填 （6）句意： 从那以后，他经常帮助我，我们成了好朋友。主语是we故此处名词是复 。friends数，故填 （7）句意： 每当我生气或难过时，他会帮助我冷静下来。help动词后是宾格做宾语，I的 。me故填 宾格是me ， （8）句意： 随着时间的推移，我对人和事越来越开心。此处缺少时间状语从句的连词表 。 As， 故填as示伴随用 （9）句意： 我周围的人也改变了。描述过去用一般过去时，change是动词 ， 故填 。changed （10）句意： 我的父母不再对我大

42、喊大叫，我的同学对我变得友好了。not any，固定搭 。 故填any 配，不再， 【点评】考查语法填空，注意谓语的时态，词性，连词搭配等多种用法。 语法填空7 world will be waiting for ）west（ Tonight is the night when children in much of the _a fat man _ red and white to pass by on his sleigh and climb down the chimney to deliver the Christmas _ （present）. And as we all know,

43、 Santa Claus, or Father Christmas lives from Finland.actual）at the North Pole, you might not realize hes_ （ Everyone dreams of the coming of Santa Claus _ （bring） him something. Stories _ him spread throughout the centuries including one in which he helped a poor man who couldnt afford money for his

44、 married daughters. In the dead of night, Nicolas came to throw gold into his house. But the windows were too narrow so he had to climb down the chimney, yes, up to dry.）you guessed it, threw gold in the girls stocking _ （hang I guessed, I thought, Santa Claus was just a commercial business. _ I lea

45、rned here today that he was a real man that did great things. _ he is a legend continued. Im proud because he was a saint. He helped all the people. He helped _（we）. And now he helps me every day. Very few people know this fact. us And；hung；But；in；presents；actually；to bring；about【答案】 western；【解析】【分析

46、】文章大意：我们都知道，圣诞老人或圣诞老人住在北极，你可能不会意识到他来自芬兰。每个人都梦想着圣诞老人的到来（给他带些东西）。关于圣诞老人故事他流传了整个世纪，我想，我猜圣诞老人只是一种商业活动。我今天在这里学到他是一个真正的做了大事的人。他是个传奇人物。我很骄傲，因为他是个圣人。他帮助了所有的 人。现在他每天都在帮助我。 （1）句意：今晚是西方世界大部分地区的孩子们将等待一个红白相间的胖子驾着雪橇从烟囱上爬下来送圣诞礼物的夜晚。west作定语修饰world，应使用western，故答案是 。western （2）句意：今晚是西方世界大部分地区的孩子们将等待一个红白相间的胖子驾着雪橇从烟囱上爬

47、下来送圣诞礼物的夜晚。red and white是圣诞老人穿的衣服，穿某种颜色的衣 。in服，使用介词in，故答案是 （3）句意：今晚是西方世界大部分地区的孩子们将等待一个红白相间的胖子驾着雪橇从烟囱上爬下来送圣诞礼物的夜晚。present可数名词，前面没有冠词出现，因此使用复数形 。presents式，故答案是 （4）句意：我们都知道圣诞老人来自北极，实际上他来自芬兰。actual修饰动词is，因此 。，故答案是actually使用副词形式actually （5）句意：每一个人梦想着圣诞老人的到来，给他带来礼物。带来礼物是他们梦想圣诞 。老人到来的目的，因此使用动词不定式做目的状语，故答案是

48、to bring （6）句意：关于他的故事传了几个世纪，就包括他帮助了一个买不起女儿的陪嫁的贫穷 。about，介词短语作后置定语修饰stories，故答案是的父亲的故事。关于，about （7）句意：但是窗户太窄，因此他不得不从烟囱爬下，朝挂着晾干的长筒袜里扔金子。hang作后置定语秀是stocking，stocking与hang是被动关系，因此使用过去分析作定语， 。hunghunghang的过去分词是，故答案是 （8）句意：但是今天我在这里知道他是一个做大事的真人。本句和前面一句的描述不一 。连接，位于句首首字母大写，故答案是But致，应使用转折连词but （9）句意：他是个传奇人物。本

49、句和前一句是顺接关系，应使用and连接，位于句首首 。And字母大写，故答案是 us。we在句中做宾语，应使用宾格us，故答案是 （10）句意：他帮助我们。【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然后细读文章，字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一 遍，检查验证。 语法填空8 Long long ago, there was a small village in the Middle East. In the village there was_old man called Sthira. He lived by himself.

50、 His only son had gone far away to study. Sthiras friends_（wonder） whether his son would return,_Sthira always said, 桗瑡癥牥栠灡数獮?慨灰湥?潦?潧摯尮 One day the old mans son returned and the villagers were very happy for Sthira. He thanked the villagers and said_（polite）,Whatever happens, happens for good. Howev

51、er, later, Sthiras son broke his_（leg）. Once again the villagers came to visit him and once again the old man thanked_（they） and said, Whatever happens, happens for good. Some of the villagers were surprised_（hear） this. Why? What was good? His sons leg got badly hurt! After a few days, the army cam

52、e to the village and forced all the young men to_the army. When they found his son had a_（break） leg, they left him behind. Once again, all the villagers came to congratulate him on his_（good） luck. Like always, the old 慭?慷?瑳汩?桴湡晫汵琠?桴浥愠摮猠楡?桗瑡癥牥栠灡数獮?慨灰湥?潦?潧摯尮 good broken；to hear；join；but；politely；leg

53、；them；【答案】 anwondered；【解析】【分析】文章大意：从前，在一个小村里，有一个泰斯拉的老人，不管发生了什 么他都认为是好事。 （1）句意：在一个村庄里有一个叫做泰斯拉的老人。man是单数，前面需要不定冠词， 。an，故答案是old是以元音音素开始的，因此使用an （2）句意：泰斯拉的朋友想知道他的朋友是否回来。根据句首的long long ago可知句子 。wondered为一般过去时，故答案是 （3）句意：但是泰斯拉总是说“不管发生了什么，都是 好事，”朋友想知道他的儿子是否 。butbut表示转折，故答案是会回来，泰斯拉却说不管发生了什么都是好事，所以使用 （4）句意：他

54、感谢了村民们，然然后礼貌地说：“不管发生了什么，发生的都是好 。，故答案是politelysaid，因此使用副词politely修饰动词事。”polite （5）句意：然而，之后，太势力的儿子摔断了腿。摔断的不可能是两条腿，应该是一条 。leg腿，因此使用单数形式，故答案是 （6）句意：村民在一次来看忘了他，他再一次感谢了他们。they做thank的宾语，应使 。用宾格人称代词，故答案是them （7）句意：一些村名听到后感到很吃惊。听到是吃惊的原因，应使用动词不定式做状 。to hear语，故答案是 （8）句意：几天之后，军队来到村里，强迫年轻人参军。根据the army可知是强迫参 。jo

55、in固定搭配，to已经给出，因此使用动词原形，故答案是force sb. to do sth.军，修饰break）句意：当他们发现他的儿子有一条断腿的时候，他们就把他留下了。9（ 。，因此使用过去分词，故答案是brokenleg （10）句意：村民再次来祝她好运。good修饰luck，没有任何比较，所以使用原级，故答 。案是good【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然后细读文章，字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一 遍，检查验证。 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所給单词的正确形式。9 Food was

56、te is a worlds problem. Every year, about 1.3 billion tons, or one-third of all the food produced is thrown away, according to a survey. _（use）just 25 percent of that wasted food could feed 870 million hungry people, which would end world hunger. The people of France wasted 234 pounds of food per person, which