Rice, chicken, tomatoes … These foods are so common in our lives today.
Meat made in lab
Making meat in lab will reduce greenhouse gases.
Insects become tasty
Insects have as much protein (蛋白质) as fish and meat.
Scientists are thinking to add natural “seasonings” (调料品) in vegetables. The “seasonings” come from some animals.
| A．Smart way to eat vegetables. |
| B．Also, people can make it healthier by cutting out fat. |
| C．They make the vegetables taste better. |
| D．What about food in the future? |
| E．But raising insects is much easier. |
| F．What kind of food would you like to eat? |
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【推荐1】Many countries are dealing with food waste. What are they doing to stop it?
China has been promoting（推广）a nationwide activity called “Clear Your Plate” sine 2013. In 2020, some restaurants are encouraging people to order food using “N-1”. “N” stands for the number of people who have dinner at a table. If there are 6 people at your table, you only order 5 dishes.
In 2016, France passed a law that asks many stores not to throw away unsold food. It’s still safe to eat, the food must be given away to the poor; if not, it goes to farmers for use as animal feed.
In 2019, the US said it encourages food companies to use the words “bet if used by” for date labeling（标注）. This helps shoppers better understand one thing. They don’t need to throw food out after the printed date passes if the food is stored correctly.
In Japan, here are many food banks. People and stores can give unnecessary food to them and they will provide the food for those in need.
1. How many dishes should you order if there are eight people at the table in China?| A．6. | B．7. | C．8. | D．9. |
| A．Restaurants. | B．Companies. | C．Food banks. | D．Stores. |
| A．Keeping food correctly. | B．Dealing with the food waste. |
| C．Paying attention to food waste. | D．Providing food for people in need. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
【推荐2】Chinese New Year is a time when families and friends get together. Food plays a very important part in the celebrations.
At the New Year’s Eve dinner, families often have eight or nine different dishes. This is because eight and nine are lucky numbers. The Chinese word “eight” rhymes with the word for good fortune. The word “nine” means long-lasting.
Many foods at the feast have a special reason for being included: dumplings, because they look like golden nuggets; a whole fish or chicken to represent togetherness and good fortune; long noodles, to bring long life; oranges, because they are perfectly round and are symbols of good luck. Also, the Chinese word for orange sounds a lot like the word for success. It is a New Year’s tradition to take oranges when visiting people’s homes.
Sticky rice cakes and sweets are also served. There is a legend about a Kitchen God who reports to the Jade Emperor in heaven on whether families have been good or bad during the year. According to the legend, when families serve the Kitchen God foods that are sticky and sweet, his mouth gets stuck together and he can’t report any bad things about the family to the Jade Emperor.
1. Why are there often 8 or 9 dishes at the New Year’s dinner?| A．Because 8 or 9 different dishes are enough. |
| B．Because 8 and 9 mean good fortune. |
| C．Because 8 and 9 are numbers that bring luck. |
| D．Because tables are only big enough for 9 dishes. |
| A．a whole chicken | B．a whole fish | C．oranges | D．both A and B |
| A．They bring good fortune. | B．They represent togetherness. |
| C．They scare the Kitchen God. | D．They make lives long. |
| A．so he is unable to talk | B．so he can’t eat too much |
| C．so he will say good things | D．so he will like them |
| A．Celebrations of the Chinese New Year |
| B．How to Serve Chinese Food |
| C．Traditional Food to Celebrate the Chinese New Year |
| D．The Legend of the Kitchen God |
【推荐3】
While using traditional cooking methods and authentic flavors, Chinese pastry chefs（糕点师）of all ages are becoming creative in developing new connections of traditional Chinese culture and the modern world to attract young people.
Zang Chaiyuan, 26, pastry chef started to create different rabbit-shaped huabobo, a flowerlike steamed bun, with a history dating back more than 300 years.
“Rabbits are cute, and I can create many products inspired by rabbits,” she says, “People like this skill that combines（兼具）traditional Chinese culture. Since December, the number of online orders has doubled, and some want to learn to make them for their loved ones. So I host online and on-site pastry courses to show how to make them.”
Wu Yang, 35, a pastry chef, is popular because of his creativity in making the 3D lion-head puff pastry.
It involves six steps and each step includes a very complex process. If one tiny mistake is made in any step, then the final product fails. To achieve the vivid effect of the hair on the lion head after deep-frying, Wu has to cut 160 times on the tiny dough（生面团） without cutting it through.
By combining traditional Chinese culture with his works, Wu hopes that he can attract more young people to find interest in Chinese pastry.
Wang Zhiqiang, 74, master chef known as the “king of pastry’’, is constantly creating new products.
In 1972, Wang designed a dish for a state banquet（国宴）. Over the next 10 years, he created and perfected mianguo, or flour-based fruits. When cooking mianguo, he chooses to steam, instead of deep-frying or baking, as steaming is a traditional Chinese cooking method and a healthier choice.
He is planning to make small, cute versions of traditional Beijing snacks. “I want young people to try around 20 snacks without feeling full, and also to learn about the stories behind each snack,” he said.
1. Which part of a newspaper is the passage most probably taken from?| A．Culture. | B．Health. | C．Sports. | D．Business. |
| A．how to improve the cooking skills | B．why the chefs are bridges of old and new |
| C．how to create rabbit-shaped products | D．why the 3D lion-head puff pastry is popular |
| A．Chinese pastry is usually simple and in cute shapes. |
| B．Chinese pastry involves six steps with a complex process. |
| C．Chefs can learn all the methods of making Chinese pastry from online courses. |
| D．Chefs should keep learning to make traditional Chinese pastry to attract young people. |
| A. They won’t have to work long hours, because computers and robots will help them. B. Our cities will be under the sea. C. I believe the future world will be an interesting place to live in. D. For this reason, people won’t be able to grow vegetables E. I think our life will be very different in 100 years. |
Bob: I’m going to be a cool spy (间谍) like James Bond. I know it is difficult and dangerous. I will work hard and I look forward to studying in America one day.
Mike: I’m going to be a mathematician (数学家), because maths is my favourite subject. I think it’s very interesting.
Meimei: I’m going to become a singer in the future. I love singing. I hope one day I can become famous.
Lisa: I want to be a charitarian (慈善家). I will make a lot of money and help the poor children in the future.
1. What does Miss Wang do?
| A．A teacher. | B．A doctor. | C．A student. | D．A worker. |
| A．Bob. | B．Mike. | C．Meimei. | D．Lisa. |
| A．A singer. | B．A spy. | C．A mathematician. | D．A charitarian. |
| A．English. | B．Chinese. | C．Maths. | D．Music. |
| A．Dream (梦想) jobs. | B．Dream teachers. |
| C．Dream schools. | D．Dream cars. |
【推荐3】When I was a boy, we had a tiny (微小的) television set. It only had one channel. Still, I would always be in my chair when cartoons came on.
The one I liked best was The Jetsons (《杰森一家》). It was a cartoon series that was set in a future and it was full of fantastic machines that could do anything. I always smiled when I watched it and dreamed of a day when I would have machines like this to do all my work, so I could just sit back and relax.
Now my life is full of machines like these. But if anything, I seem to have more to do than ever. Just today I had to spend most of the morning downloading (下载) a new version (版本) of my word processing program (文字处理程序) so I could write this article. When I first started out, I wrote my stories on lined notebook paper and it took half the time. Last week, I spent most of another morning trying to get my new coffee maker (咖啡机) to work right. I seem to be drowning (溺死) in a sea of new rules and problems that come with new technology.
Now don’t get me wrong. Computers and machines have done a lot to help all of us. I just want us to be able to use them without them using us. We always seem to be busy because we’re spending all of our time using these machines.
I hope that in the future, machines can be more user-friendly (方便使用的) so we don’t spend all our time on them. With machines we can live an easier life, but they can never replace time spent with family and friends.
1. Why did the writer mention his childhood cartoon?| A．To remember his happiest time. |
| B．To introduce his favourite cartoon. |
| C．To tell his dream life with machines. |
| D．To advise people to watch the cartoon. |
| A．the writer’s dream finally came true |
| B．machines are really useful in life |
| C．machines bring many problems in life |
| D．what future life will be like |
| A．Machines cost people lots of money. |
| B．Machines are helpful but take people too much time. |
| C．Machines are useless and stupid. |
| D．Machines won’t be used by people one day. |
| A．Machines should be made more user-friendly. |
| B．We should spend more time on machines. |
| C．We should live with family gather than machines. |
| D．More machines should be created for an easier life. |
