【推荐1】If you bought some bread months ago but never ate it, how can you tell whether it is still safe to eat? The common way is to check the “use-by date”. If that date has already passed, you’re likely to throw the bread away. But is that really necessary?

According to a new report from the US Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), tons of food is wasted each year, largely because people don’t fully understand what “use-by dates” actually mean.

Food dating was introduced in the 1970s because consumers（消费者）wanted more information about the things that they were eating. When they first showed up, use-by dates were only supposed to show freshness because producers wanted their products to be tasted in their best conditions.

But the truth is that these dates aren’t related to the risk of food illness, according to Time News. However, most consumers misinterpreted use-by dates and related them to the safety of the food, and they still largely do now. Eggs, for example, can still be eaten three to five weeks after selling even though the use-by date is much earlier. When their use-by dates pass, strawberry drinks may lose their red color and biscuits may lose their crunch（松脆）, but they are not harmful.

This is why scientists are calling for a standard explanation to be printed following the use-by dates. “We want this to be clearly communicated, so consumers are not misunderstanding and causing a lot of waste,” said Dana Ganders, a staff scientist with the NRDC. But this won’t be a mistake that is easy to correct since people have believed it for so long. Another problem is that the quality（质量）levels of different foods change differently—some are still safe to eat long after their use-by dates while others are not.

As a result, food industry officials are now thinking of changing the use-by date to a date indicating（指示）when food is most likely to go bad.

1. The first use-by date was introduced to________.

A．give a warning of food illness	B．show the safety of food
C．tell the freshness of food	D．make consumers taste food

2. What does the underlined word “misinterpreted” mean in the fourth paragraph?

A．made guesses about	B．had a wrong idea about
C．made wrong use of	D．took no notice of

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Most consumers understand what use-by dates mean.

B．“Use-by dates” have existed for more than 60 years.

C．Biscuits can’t be eaten when they’re not as crunchy as they were bought.

D．Even after their use-by dates pass, some foods are still safe to eat.

【推荐3】Hello! My name is Paul. I am from England. Now I am in China with my parents. I like China. I like Chinese food, too. I have breakfast at home. I eat an egg, bread and porridge for breakfast. I do not like milk. I have no time to go home for lunch, so I have it at school. The lunch in our school is very good. I can have different foods for lunch. I eat rice, meat and vegetables. Sometimes I have noodles and dumplings. I have dinner at home with my parents. Sometimes I go out to eat with some friends. We have chicken, vegetables and fruit.

1. Paul is ________.

A．American

B．Chinese

C．English

D．Japanese

2. For breakfast Paul has ________.

A．an egg, an apple and porridge	B．an egg, bread and porridge
C．an apple, bread and milk	D．an egg, an apple and bread

3. Paul has ________ at home every day.

A．breakfast and lunch

B．dinner

C．breakfast

D．breakfast and dinner

4. Paul has ________ for lunch.

A．rice, fish and vegetables	B．meat, vegetables and rice
C．meat, vegetables and fish	D．rice, chicken and vegetables

5. Paul sometimes goes out to eat with ________.

A．his parents

B．his classmates

C．his teachers

D．his friends

【推荐1】Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday, is a special day celebrated in many countries around the world. It is celebrated in English-speaking countries like the UK, Ireland, Australia and Canada. In France, the US and other countries, it is called Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday. In countries like Spain, Italy and Brazil, Shrove Tuesday is held at the end of carnival (狂欢节).

Pancake Day is always on a Tuesday in February or March. On this day, many people eat pancakes: thin, flat cakes made in a pan. Another tradition in the UK is pancake racing. People run in a race with a pancake in a pan. As they run, they have to toss (抛扔) the pancake in the air and catch it in the pan several times. In some pancake races, people dress up in fancy clothes.

Pancakes are very easy to make. Try our recipe.

Ingredients: One cup of flour (面粉), some butter or oil, one cup of milk, lemon Juice, one large egg, some sugar and some salt.

Instructions: Fill one cup with flour and put into a bowl. Fill another cup with milk and pour into the bowl. Crack (打碎) the egg into the bowl and mix the flour, milk and egg until the mixture is smooth. Put a very small amount of butter or oil in a pan, and when it is hot, put some mixture in the pan and move the pan to make a thin pancake. After one minute, hold the pan carefully and throw or toss the pancake in the air to turn it over. Now cook the pancake on the other side.

When the pancake is ready, squeeze (挤) some lemon juice and put some sugar on it and eat it immediately. Mmm, delicious.

1. What is Pancake Day called in France?

A．Shrove Tuesday.

B．Mardi Gras.

C．Big Carnival.

D．Fat Wednesday.

2. What does the underlined word "it" refer to in paragraph 2?

A．The mixture.

B．The butter.

C．The pancake.

D．The pan.

3. What is the correct order of making a pancake?
a. Put a little butter or oil in a pan.
b. Pour some mixture in the pan and make a thin pancake.
c. Mix the flour, milk and egg.
d. Cook the pancake for one minute and then turn it over.
e. Put one cup of flour, one cup of milk and an egg into the bowl.

A．e-c-a-b-d

B．a-e-c-b-d

C．a-e-b-c-d

D．e-c-d-a-b

【推荐2】At the beginning of human history, people could only eat food they found. But then people learned to find more ways to get food. About 10, 000 years ago, people started to farm the land. After that, people developed farming skills.

People eat different food in different areas. In China, rice is the main food for people in the south while the people in the north eat noodles. People who live in European countries near the sea eat lots of fish. But in Central Europe, people are away from the sea. So they don’t eat so much fish. They eat more meat instead.

People eat food with different tools in different areas. In China, people always like using chopsticks while in North America, Australia and Europe, people always like using knives and forks. To our surprise, in India and the Middle East, people always pick up food with their own fingers.

Now people can eat different food from different areas. As we can see, it is possible to convey food easily from one part of the world to another. We can almost eat whatever we like at any place of the world. For example, people in Britain can eat bananas from Africa and rice from India. Food is becoming a very big business now.

1. People ________at the beginning of human history.

A．could only eat food they found	B．started to farm the land
C．developed farming skills	D．could eat food from other countries

2. People living in Central Europe don’t eat so much fish because ________.

A．they are near the sea	B．they like eating noodles
C．they are away from the sea	D．they don’t like eating fish

3. The underlined word“convey”in Paragraph 4 means“________”in Chinese.

A．捐赠

B．传导

C．维修

D．运输

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．People in the south of China eat bananas as their main food.

B．People in India and the Middle East always pick up food with their own fingers.

C．People in Britain can only eat rice from Africa.

D．People in the world get used to picking up food with knives and forks.

5. According to the passage, we can infer(推断) that ________.

A．People don’t like the food from the different places.

B．People’s eating habits are the same.

C．People can buy different kinds of food more easily than before.

D．People could only eat food they find now.

【推荐3】根据短文内容，从下面6个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成短文。请将正确答案序号按要求涂在答题卡指定位置上。

Guangxi is known for many things, such as its green hills, beautiful rivers and clean air. But when you think of Guangxi food, what comes to your mind first?     1     Luosifen is a traditional dish in Liuzhou.     2     There you can get some knowledge of the history and the production（产品）of luosifen, and even try making it by hand. “You’ll fall in love with luosifen just after eating three bowls,” the director of the museum says proudly.

In the past,     3     It got a lot of attention because of a famous food documentary series, A Bite of China. In China, there are thousands of restaurants selling this dish.

For those who grew up in Liuzhou,     4     “I would go out on cool summer nights in search of luosifen restaurants. Though the core recipe（配方）never changes, every place makes it differently,” one of my friends Lin Hu, a Liuzhou girl, says. “    5    ”

A．It is the most comfortable food after a long day.

B．luosifen was served as a cheap street snack in small shops in Liuzhou.

C．luosifen is not only a dish but the symbol of their hometown.

D．It’s so popular there that it even has its own museum.

E．For me it is luosifen or Liuzhou river snail（蜗牛）rice noodles in English.

F．Luosifen is so popular that foreigners like it so much.