【推荐1】Flowers are an important part of our natural world. Their beauty and smell can make us happy. Flowers serve as food for insects, birds, and animals. And they can also feed us!

Some flowers add color, unexpected taste, and beauty to food and drinks. And more people are adding them to their meals.

Kathy Jentz is the publisher of Washington Gardener magazine. She also gives talks to Washington, D. C. area gardeners. She tells them how to grow and use edible (可食用的) flowers.

Jentz says the way to prepare most edible flowers for your next dish or meal is to wash them lightly under water. Then remove the white parts of the flower. She also says to cut off the stamen (花蕊).

When speaking about edible flowers, Jentz often begins with three talking points:

•Know your flowers. Which ones are safe to eat?

•Know the source. Where did the flowers come from?

•Know your allergies. Which plants are you allergic to?

Know your flowers

Some flowers are poisonous and can make you sick. There are a few flowers that people think are edible, Jentz says, even though they are poisonous.

The most common are buttercup and sweet pea. She says the flower of the sweet pea should not be mixed up with the flower of the pea plant, which is a vegetable. Other poisonous flowers are azalea, wisteria, and fox glove.

Know the source of the flowers

Experts say the safest way to eat edible flowers is to grow them yourself. If you buy from a farmer’s market or a farmer, ask them directly if they used any chemicals. Be careful buying from a food or flower store. Their flowers may have been treated with dangerous chemicals.

If you go outdoors to pick edible flowers, says Kathy Jentz, do so in a safe area. Do not collect flowers from an area where dog owners walk their dogs or where chemical treatments have been used.

Know your own allergies

If you have allergies to ragweed and other types of pollen (花粉), Jentz advises to avoid any flower in the daisy family.

Also, if you suffer from allergies or have other food sensitivities, Jentz suggests trying new edible flowers one at a time. If you eat many different ones for the first time and then get sick, you will not know which one made you sick.

Jentz also gives this warning: Do not give edible flowers to any child under the age of four.

1. The passage is mainly about flowers you can ________.

A．smell

B．eat

C．drink

D．pick

2. What’s the correct order of preparing edible flowers for dish or meal?
① Remove the white parts of the flowers.
② Cut off the stamen.
③ Wash the flowers lightly under water.

A．②①③

B．③②①

C．③①②

D．①③②

3. The underlined word “allergies” means _________ in Chinese.

A．享受

B．喜爱

C．过敏

D．伤害

4. Which of the following question is NOT talking about in the passage?

A．How to grow the edible flowers?	B．Which plants are you allergic to?
C．Which ones are safe to eat?	D．Where did the flowers come from?

5. The author may agree that _________.

A．fox glove is one of the edible flowers

B．flower in the daisy family is the best choice for the allergic people

C．we can go outdoors to pick edible flowers everywhere

D．any child under the age of four shouldn’t be given edible flowers

【推荐2】Sushi（寿司） is delicious. Use fruit to make a special kind of sushi.

Ingredients：        *1/2 cup of sushi rice        *2 cups of water        *3 spoons of sugar        *1/4 teaspoon of salt        *1 cup of coconut（椰子）milk        *Fruit （Any fruit is OK, such as apples, bananas and strawberries.）

Steps：        *Put the rice into a large bowl and pour some water into it.Use your hands to wash the rice until（直到） the water becomes milky white.        *Put the rice, water, salt and sugar into a pot and cook the rice for 12—15 minutes.        *Pour some coconut milk into the pot after the rice takes the water into itself.        *Take out the rice from the pot and let it cool down.        *Cut the fruit into long pieces.        *Put the rice on plastic wrap（塑料保鲜膜）.Make it into a rectangular shape（长方形）with a spoon.        *Put the pieces of fruit on the rice.        *After you add all the fruit,roll（卷）the sushi carefully into a cylinder（圆柱体）.        *Place the sushi rolls onto a plate and let your family or friends have a try.

1. Which is NOT necessary to make fruit sushi? ________

A．Sugar.	B．A banana.
C．Salt.	D．Coconut milk.

2. Which order is RIGHT? ________
①Cut the fruit.
②Cook the rice.
③Add coconut milk.
④Let the rice cool down.
⑤Put the rice onto plastic wrap.

A．③→①→②→⑤→④

B．⑤→③→①→②→④

C．②→③→④→①→⑤

D．②→④→③→⑤→①

3. Which is TRUE according to the information? ________

A．You must cook the rice for a quarter.

B．When you wash the rice, you need a spoon.

C．You need 3 cups of water to make fruit sushi.

D．After the rice takes the water into itself, add coconut milk.

4. Where does the information most probably（最可能）come from? ________

A．A cookbook.

B．A storybook.

C．A newspaper.

D．A science magazine.

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