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我不知道其他的书是如何统计的，我也不评判其他书的统计是否准确。我只对我们的《高考英语备考1号·速效编》统计的近10年（2013-2022）chopstick 出现 17 次的情况作个说明。虽然我可以简单地告诉您，我们的统计是有依据的，是准确的，是有大数据作支撑的，但我估计您不会相信，认为我是忽悠您的。所以，我还是把这17 条“原始素材”列出来给您看，我想这应该是最有说服力的（同时您也可以逐条进行核对）。

▲数据一：

首先我要说的是，仅 2016 年全国卷 3 的“语法填空”这篇短文，chopstick 就出现了 8 次，引用如下：

2016 年全国卷 3 语法填空题

In much of Asia, especially the so-called “rice bowl” cultures of China, Japan, Korea, ___61___ Vietnam, food is usually eaten with chopsticks.

Chopsticks are usually two long, thin pieces of wood or bamboo. They can also be made of plastic, animal bone or metal. Sometimes chopsticks are quite artistic. Truly elegant chopsticks might ___62___ (make) of gold and silver with Chinese characters. Skilled workers also combine various hardwoods and metal ___63___ (create) special designs.

The Chinese have used chopsticks for five thousand years. People probably cooked their food in large pots, ___64___ (use) twigs (树枝) to remove it. Over time, ___65___ the population grew, people began cutting food into small pieces so it would cook more quickly. Food in small pieces could be eaten easily with twigs which ___66___ (gradual) turned into chopsticks.

Some people think that the great Chinese scholar Confucius, ___67___lived from roughly 551 to 479 B.C., influenced the ___68___ (develop) of chopsticks. Confucius believed knives would remind people of killings and ___69___ (be) too violent for use at the table.

Chopsticks are not used everywhere in Asia. In India, for example, most people traditionally eat ___70___ their hands.

▲数据二：

除上面短文中出现的8次外，还有以下9次（其中 2015 安徽卷阅读理解B 就出现了 5 次）：

Chopstick Rules (2022老全国卷2七选五)

The way you handle chopsticks is important to avoid annoying your companions. (2022老全国卷2七选五)

Next I broke the eggs into a bowl and beat them quickly with chopstick. (2020老全国卷1短文改错)

To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing one person. (2015安徽卷阅读理解B)

Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. (2015安徽卷阅读理解B)

She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. (2015安徽卷阅读理解B)

Helene tied several chopsticks together to show ______.(2015安徽卷阅读理解B)

C. the advantage of chopsticks (2015安徽卷阅读理解B)

In some countries, people eat with chopsticks, while in ________, knives and forks. (2014福建卷单项填空)

▲结论与说明：

上面的8次+9次=17次，所以《高考英语备考1号·速效编》说的 chopstick 在近10年的高考题中出现了17是有依据的，也是有“真题大数据”作支撑的。顺便说一句，chopstick 属于典型的“中国特色”词汇，它在英美人写的一般性文章中可能比较少见，但在介绍中国文化(尤其是中国的饮食文化)的文章中则非常有可能出现。其实除了阅读材料外，在高考英语的写作题中有时也可能用到它（比如写作的内容涉及“中国文化”尤其是“中国的饮食文化”时）。