As a chef who has worked across Southeast Asia, Goh Wooi Cheat moved to the Chinese mainland to tap into his roots and offer local diners his own unique version of Cantonese cuisine.
Cantonese cuisine from Singapore used to be famous across Asia for its high-quality ingredients and beautiful presentation, but after working in Beijing for several years, Singaporean chef Goh Wooi Cheat firmly believes that “the future of Cantonese cuisine lies in China”.
“All the finest ingredients from around the world can be now found in China and the chefs’ presentation skills are improving fast,” the 56-year-old chef says.
Goh’s ancestors moved to Malaysia from Guangdong Province, so he has been familiar with Cantonese cuisine since childhood. Growing up in Penang, Goh remembers always hearing about cuisines, portions, ingredients and seasoning at home, because his family ran a catering business. He moved to Singapore and became an apprentice Cantonese chef in 1983, becoming an executive chef 10 years later. He also worked in five-star hotels in Indonesia for a couple of years, where Cantonese wedding banquets were an important element.
In 2011, Goh received a job offer from Beijing, which he promptly accepted. “I felt proud of returning to China, the land where my ancestors come from — especially since I believe that real Chinese cuisine should be served to Chinese people,” Goh says.
But Goh also thinks that some classic Cantonese dishes are outdated, prompting him to create new dishes that still manage to honor tradition while appealing to contemporary diners. To add one new dish to the menu, Gob would refine it over time repeatedly, gathering feedback from his customers to continue enhancing the dish to reach a level of perfection both in terms of taste and presentation.
“A dish can be described as delicious only if it’s accepted and enjoyed by every guest — and not just by food experts,” he says. Goh also believes that chefs must develop their own cooking style, especially in Cantonese cuisine; otherwise the chefs who always follow tradition may find themselves left behind.
1. What can we learn about Goh from the passage?| A．His ancestors were native Malaysians. |
| B．His family once ran a restaurant business. |
| C．He became an executive chef in Singapore ten years ago. |
| D．To create new dishes, he gave up some classic Cantonese dishes. |
| A．shift | B．improve | C．prove | D．refresh |
| A．Narrow-minded. | B．Conservative. | C．Humorous. | D．Creative. |
| A．set himself apart with a distinctive cooking style | B．focus on improving his presentation skills |
| C．stay up to date and shake off tradition | D．be able to identify the finest cooking ingredients |
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【推荐1】Growing up in England with a British father and a Chinese mother, I’ve enjoyed food from both countries ever since I was able to hold a knife and fork and chopsticks! Mum has sweet memories of the food from her home town in Sichuan, and often cooks spicy dishes. Thanks to this, Dad has come to love hot pot! But there are still some dishes that Dad dare not try even after many years of marriage to my mother. Even today he still does not take to eating things like chicken feet. But I enjoy that sort of food myself. Last week, I went to the butcher’s and asked, “Do you have pigs’ ears?” “No,” the butcher said, pulling at his own ears, “just these ordinary ones.” He must have thought I was joking. Dad can cook a super “full English breakfast” of bacon, eggs, beans, sausages and toast with butter. Mum and I just have to find a way to get him into the kitchen! He also does a typical Sunday roast. We all love roast beef and vegetables. I’ll never forget my first visit to China. Mum encouraged me to try different kinds of food. But just when I thought I could deal with all Chinese food, I came across stinky tofu, a horrible grey thing that looked and smelt like a burnt sports shoe. I gathered all my courage to take a bite and was amazed to find it wasn’t so bad. It reminded me of blue cheese, a similarly strong smelling type of food you either love or hate. Maybe I’ll fall in love with stinky tofu, someday. People say that one man’s meat is another man’s poison, but I feel at home with food from both my cultures.
1. What can we learn from this passage?| A．I have enjoyed the food from two cultures since a little child. |
| B．Because of my Mum, Dad loves all kinds of Chinese food. |
| C．We all like roast beef and vegetables except Mum. |
| D．I have fallen in love the stinky tofu now. |
| A．Generous. | B．Mean. | C．Humorous. | D．Serious. |
| A．Refuse. | B．Like. | C．Allow. | D．Mind. |
| A．It means what one person likes may not be liked by someone else. |
| B．It means that one person likes it very much. |
| C．It means that one person cannot get satisfaction from it. |
| D．It means that one person’s food causes another man’s death. |
| A．To introduce two different cultures. |
| B．To advise the readers to try some different food. |
| C．To show the different eating habits between China and Britain. |
| D．To tell a story about a child of his eating experience. |
【推荐2】I told my husband the topic of this essay and asked him, “As a British person, why do the British like tea?”His answer was, “Tea fixes everything."
For the British, tea is a substitute for emotions. The money that an American would dedicate to counseling or therapy to deal with childhood trauma (创伤），the British instead spend on tea bags, tea pots, tea cups and tea towels.
Tea is the only outlet that the British have for strong emotion, outside of football teams and alcohol. If your co-workers annoy you, you can't very well get drunk to cope with it, so tea is the substitute. The ceremony of boiling water and adding sugar and milk in a specific order based on religiously-held personal preferences is calming and allows the type of repetitive action that comforts the British mind and helps them to suppress their feelings. Calmly sipping a cup of hot tea is a proper therapeutic and British way of dealing with emotion. If someone starts to get angry at you or if they express sadness or another emotion that is uncomfortable to deal with, rather than talking about it, a British person will put the kettle on. It is a convenient way of changing the subject to one that all British people can agree on: tea.
I am married to a British man, and we have never had an argument that didn't end in him offering to make a cup of tea. I've never entered a British house without receiving an offer of tea. Tea is social bonding. If you reject tea, you are rejecting Britain. For the British, the idea of not wanting tea is nearly incomprehensible. For the British, if you don't want tea, you don't want life. They really believe that tea fixes everything.
1. What will he do if a British man gets angry?| A．He will drown his anger in tea. |
| B．He will keep his anger in mind. |
| C．He will go to the pub for a drink. |
| D．He will express his anger directly. |
| A．They like the taste of it. |
| B．It's a way of killing time. |
| C．It helps them to calm down. |
| D．The tea boiling ceremony is a pleasure. |
| A．Tea helps the British to socialize. |
| B．Tea costs the British too much time. |
| C．You can reject the offered tea in Britain. |
| D．The author never argued with her husband. |
| A．Her family life in Britain. |
| B．Why the British like tea. |
| C．How the British drink tea. |
| D．Her husband's love for tea. |
【推荐3】One of the most popular street food found in China is no doubt the barbecue. A new programme, called the Story of Chuaner, tells the story of this popular food cooked over hot coals on just about every street corner in cities and towns across the country. Barbecued meat is an important part of people’s nightlife.
Shown on June 20, the programme has had more than 25 million clicks on the video site bilibili.com. To find the most popular barbecue stalls(摊位), the production team travelled to more than 500 locations in 30 cities across the country. Some viewers compare the Story of Chuaner to Midnight Diner, a Japanese TV programme telling stories from late-night informal Japanese bars.
“I’m happy to hear this comparison because Midnight Diner is a good programme and we share the same topic—night food,” the Story of Chuaner’s director Chen Yingjie said. “However, they are quite different.” He said that Midnight Diner focused more on food itself, though there was some conversation while people were eating. However, the night food scene of Chinese people means joy and a more lively atmosphere. People eating these barbecue snacks develop a feeling of connection, which can be a cure for loneliness.
The barbecue, regarded as the most ordinary and common night street snack, is different from home-made food by mothers as that is a symbol of family and kinship. The barbecue is where you go to become connected to people in society. And unlike official business lunches, during which people are rather polite, the barbecue lets people relax with old friends and new friends, leaving a lasting impression of friendship.
The world, as a whole, holds deep-rooted good feelings towards the barbecue, either for the taste or the warmth produced by fire. “What we should do is to present the Chinese barbecue just the way it is. Because with its special ingredients(食材), ways of cooking and more importantly, the special environment and people, the world will recognize it and might fall in love with it just as we do,” said Chen.
1. What do we know about the Story of Chuaner?| A．It has become very popular on the Internet. |
| B．It mainly talks about the most famous Chinese food. |
| C．It is thought highly of by most of the foreign tourists. |
| D．It shows the colourful nightlife in large cities of China. |
| A．It showed the eating habits. | B．It showed more kinds of food. |
| C．It focused more on people. | D．It was less popular than Midnight Diner. |
| A．The importance of the barbecue to family. |
| B．The role of the barbecue in people’s relationship. |
| C．The influence of the barbecue on people’s lifestyle. |
| D．The influence of the barbecue on people’s manners. |
| A．To show the feature of Chinese food. | B．To research a special way of cooking. |
| C．To introduce the history of the barbecue. | D．To help the world understand China. |
【推荐1】Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven. His food-loving family had two kitchens, and he quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakes. Lieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during a year abroad before college, learning from a cook in Italy and studying local specialties (地方特色菜) in Germany, Spain and France. At Yale, he was known for throwing dinner parties, single-handedly frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens of friends. Just for fun, he and some friends decided to tape a show named Campus Cuisine about his cooking. Lieberman was a real college student showing his classmates how to do things like making drinks out of dining-hall fruit. That helped the show become very popular among the students. They would stop Lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cooking. Tapes of the show were passed around, with which his name went beyond the school and finally to the Food Network.
Food Network producer Flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the network television. He says Lieberman’s charisma is key. “Food TV isn’t about food anymore,” says Flay. “It’s about your personality and finding a way to keep people’s eyeballs on your show.”
But Lieberman isn’t putting all his eggs in one basket. After taping the first season of the new show, Lieberman was back in his own small kitchen preparing sandwiches. An airline company was looking for someone to come up with a tasteful, inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flights; Lieberman got the job.
1. What does the word “charisma” underlined in the text refer to?| A．A natural ability to attract others. | B．A way to show one’s achievement. |
| C．Lieberman’s after-class interest. | D．Lieberman’s fine cooking skill. |
| A．He could prepare meals in a small kitchen. | B．He was famous for his show on Food TV. |
| C．He was good at using eggs to make sandwiches. | D．He could cook cheap, delicious and simple meals. |
| A．He is clever but lonely. | B．He is friendly and active. |
| C．He enjoys traveling around. | D．He often changes his menus. |
【推荐2】How To Make Tasty Yam Pottage（山药汤）？
Below are the methods and ingredients to be used for yam pottage.
·Ingredient
1 medium-size Yam
1 ½ spoon, palm oil
2 ½ cups, water
1 bulb, Onion
Blended mix of scotch bonnet pepper, tomatoes, ¼ onion
Groundfish
Smoked mackerel
Seasoning and salt to taste
Vegetable (Ugwu or scent leaf) (Optional)
·Method
1.Peel and cut the Yam into chunks size and rinse. Set aside.
2.In a heated pot, add your palm oil, heat for 1minute then add your chopped onions. Fry until slightly brown.
3.Add your blended mixture of scotch bonnet pepper, tomatoes, and onions.
4.While cooking, add your seasoning cube, crayfish, and salt. Stir together. Allow to cook for 10 to 15 minutes.
5.Add water.
6.Pour in the chunks yams, add your smoked mackerel and stir together. Cover to cook still the
7.yam is soft to your satisfaction.
8.Lastly, add your vegetable. Allow to simmer for 5 minutes
Your meal is ready!
·How To Make Sumptuous Lemon Yoghurt Cake
This recipe is so yummy and easy to make, you can’t go wrong with this recipe. I mean, even if you add too much sugar to the mixture, the lemon will douse it. It is also a very forgiving recipe because no matter how you measure your ingredients, it will always come out just right. It’s the perfect Christmas dessert recipe. This recipe makes two lemon yoghurt cakes.
·Ingredients
2 cups of all-purpose flour
1 tbsp of Vanilla extract
1/2 Cup of Sugar
1 cup of Cooking Oil the Zest of 1 medium to large-sized Lemon
3 to 4 Eggs
A Pinch of Salt
A cup of unsweetened yoghurt
1 tbsp of baking powder
·Method
1.Spray your baking pans (I’m using two pans, size: 9 by 5’s) and set aside
2.In a large bowl, scrape the lemon zest from the lemon and add the sugar. Then gently use your fingers to massage the zest with the Sugar.
3.Add the Oil, yoghurt Egg, and Vanilla to the Sugar and Zest then mix till all ingredients are well combined.
4.In a separate smaller bowl combine flour, baking powder, and a pinch of salt.
5.Mix the dry ingredients with the wet ingredients and pour the mixture into the prepared pans.
6.Bake at 350F（华氏350度）in the oven for about an hour
7.After an hour, stick a skewer into the cake to make sure it is ready, then bring it out of the oven and let it sit on a rack to cool down for about 15 minutes.
8.Slice and eat with either ice cream or alone if you like.
It’s a perfect dessert for the holiday. Enjoy!
1. Which of the following options is not needed for making Yam Pottage?| A．Salt | B．Bulbs |
| C．Tomatoes | D．Groundfish |
| A．Moderate sweet and sour | B．Lemon sour |
| C．Sour and sweet taste of yogurt | D．Everyone must like |
| A．Three quarters of an hour | B．80 minutes |
| C．Enjoy now | D．15 minutes |
【推荐3】Many people prefer eating out instead of cooking at home. A change appears to be taking place, though, and millennials (千禧一代) are leading the way. According to one survey, more young people are starting to cook at home for three basic reasons: They can save money, eat healthily and waste less food.
Popular TV chefs are also getting millennials excited about learning some basic cooking skills. Many millennials view cooking as a form of entertainment and self-expression. They proudly post pictures of their culinary (烹饪的) creations on Facebook or Instagram, and invite friends over to share the cooking experience.
Many millennials have also found ways to avoid wasting food. After roasting a chicken, they put the leftover bones in their freezer instead of the garbage can. Later, they use the bones to make chicken stock (鸡汤), which is an important ingredient in many dishes.
They also hate throwing out fruit that’s too old. To avoid that situation, they bake ripe fruit like berries and bananas for 15 minutes at 175 degrees C. Then they freeze it overnight. After that, they place the fruit in plastic bags and store it in their freezer for later use.
Many millennials only eat at restaurants that have excellent food-waste policies. These restaurants use every part of the vegetables they buy, including their stems and roots, in dishes. They also use beef, chicken and pork bones to make their own stock.
Millennials also reduce food waste by only buying what they require. Before going to a supermarket, they write down what they need and don’t buy anything else. That way they won’t purchase more food than they can consume.
1. What is this passage mainly concerned with?| A．A cooking trend that has attracted millennials. |
| B．A plan that TV chefs have for donating food. |
| C．A novel cooking technique that millennials like. |
| D．A food production system that is favored by millennials. |
| A．They give the bones to other people who need them. |
| B．They bake the bones for 15 minutes at 175 degrees |
| C．They freeze the bones for cooking chicken stock later. |
| D．They store the bones in the freezer and throw them away. |
| A．Money. | B．Soup. | C．Milk. | D．Noodle. |
| A．Life style. | B．Traveling tips. |
| C．Fashion shows. | D．Advanced technology. |
【推荐1】A Businessman ordered ten goldsmiths to make ten coins each. Each coin was to weigh exactly ten gram of pure gold.
One of the goldsmiths was a bad man. He decided to cheat. He made all his coins one gram short. Now the businessman heard that one of them had cheated. He also heard that this man had made each of his coins one gram short.
The businessman was a clever person. He took a certain number of coins from each of the smiths, weighed them together once only and found their weight to be 540 grams. This was enough for him to find out which one of the goldsmiths had cheated.
1. The word “goldsmith” means .| A．a person named Smith who sells articles(物品) made of gold |
| B．a thief who steal gold |
| C．a worker who makes articles of gold |
| D．a person who works for the man named Smith |
| A．looking each man in the eye |
| B．weighing one coin after another |
| C．weighing coins |
| D．asking who hadn't made coins according to his request |
| A．fifty | B．fifty-four | C．fifth-five | D．sixty |
| A．first | B．sixth | C．ninth | D．tenth |
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Actually, long-distance bicycle camping is one of the most pleasurable activities I have ever experienced. I generally sleep poorly at night, but in the woods on a tour, I sleep like a baby, falling asleep with the music of insects. In the morning, I am awakened by the cheeps of birds. I eat a snack before getting up, and then I quickly pack my sleeping bag, air mattress (垫), tent, and other things and get on with my road. I'm slower in the morning, having less speed but a greater desire to stop at pleasant spots and enjoy the beautiful scenery. Traveling by bike allows me to stop anywhere, such as grasslands, lakes, woods, and scenic spots. Near lunch, I find a small grocery and buy some bread, sandwiches and fruit. Then I will find a town park or other shady spots to wait out the high mid-day sun. In the afternoon, my speeds are higher, and I spend less time on stops. In the late afternoon, I start riding more slowly, and I start thinking about where I will stop. I finally find a place in the early evening, cook a simple meal and have a rest. As it starts to get dark, I put up my tent, crawl in and fall asleep.
There are exciting times and difficult times as well. Visiting strange or famous places and accomplishing goals are always exciting to me. I meet and talk with interesting people along the way, sometimes other traveling cyclists. Appreciating beautiful views, meeting wild animals, and traveling up and down hills also. On the other hand, I may run into a rainy or hot spell (一段时间), have to repair my bike, or just find myself in a bad mood. The problems are infrequent and are easy to deal with. The pleasures remain in my mind for years.
1. We can learn from the passage that the author can have a good sleep ______.
| A．in a hotel |
| B．at home |
| C．in the shade |
| D．in the woods |
| A．how he sleeps during his travel |
| B．the route of his bicycle travel |
| C．why he rides slowly all the time |
| D．one day’s activities of his bicycle travel |
| A．enjoys a free and pleasant journey |
| B．likes riding in the woods |
| C．rides fast in the morning |
| D．cooks a simple lunch |
| A．a beautiful view |
| B．a rainy day |
| C．a hot day |
| D．a strong wind |
【推荐3】When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings. Week by week her list grew: I was very thin, I wasn’t a good student, I talked too much, I was too proud, and so on. I tried to hear all this as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, then he asked, “Are the things she says true or not? Janet, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Well, you now have that girl’s opinion. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me. To my great surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true. Some of them I couldn’t change (like being very thin), but a good number I could—and suddenly I wanted to change. For the first time I got a fairly clear picture of myself.
I brought the list back to Daddy. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you，” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. But you have to learn to listen, not just close your ears in anger and feel hurt. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think they know your duty. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you know is the right thing to do.” Daddy’s advice has returned to me at many important moments. In my life, I’ve never had a better piece of advice.
1. What did the father do after he had heard his daughter’s complaint?| A．He agreed with her “enemy”. |
| B．He let her continue to put up with her “enemy”. |
| C．He told her to write down all her “enemy” had said about her. |
| D．He told her not to pay attention to what her “enemy” had said. |
| A．The “enemy” thought the writer was pretty. |
| B．The “enemy” thought the writer studied hard. |
| C．The writer and her “enemy” became best friends at last. |
| D．The writer is grateful to her father. |
| A．奇迹 | B．想知道 | C．对···感到惊讶 | D．能人、奇才 |
| A．Not an Enemy, but the Best Friend | B．The Best Advice I’ve Ever Had |
| C．My Father | D．My Childhood |
