【推荐1】三、阅读理解

A Instructions Take a small cup of soybeans and wash them clean. Dip the soybeans into water for 4 -6 hours Put the dipped soybeans into the blender Pour water into the blender until the water level is near the water line Turn on the blender (About 20 minutes later) The blender beeps (发出哗哗声) to tell soybean milk is ready Turn off the blender. 8．Pour out soybean milk from the blender.

1. After reading the passage， you can make

A．a milk shake

B．milk tea

C．soybean milk

D．orange juice

2. What do you need for soybean milk?

A．Soybeans.	B．Water
C．A blender.	D．All of the above

3. How long do you have to dip soybeans into water?

A．Less than four hours.	B．More than six hours，
C．Around five hours.	D．All day

4. How much water do you need for soybean milk once?

A．A cup of water.	B．Some water
C．Not much， not little.	D．Water level is near the water line

5. How long does the blender work to make soybean milk?

A．Ten minutes.	B．Around twenty minutes
C．About thirty minutes.	D．Half an hour.

【推荐2】Garden Tour & Cooking Class
909 North Cunbre Road, Santa Barara, CA
9:30 a.m-1:00 p.mSaturday, October 22, 2022
Cook with Suzane

Traditionally, the dishes of the American Indians were made with corn, beans, potatoes and pumpkins. Take a tour around Trinity Garden, pick some of these foods and return to the kitchen. There you can watch Suzane prepare delicious dished with them.

This is sure to be a new experience for those who wish to attend! Suzane will introduce four traditional dishes and tell you what they meant to the American Indians hundreds of years ago. At the same time, you will also learn how to cook with these seasonal vegetables.

The menu includes the following:

*Hot Potato Pie with Cornbread Topping

*Thanksgiving Soup

*Fresh Vegetable Salad

*Trinity Fruit Ice-cream

★$35 per person, including printed recipes(菜谱) , the four dishes mentioned above and a book by Suzane. Children under the age of eight can come for free.

★Book by email before Oct.10:Suzanelandry@alt.net

About Suzane Landry:She is the writer ofHealthy EatingandFresh Food Matters. To look for new ideas to add to her cooking, she has traveled extensively and has worked in kitchens all over the world. Her experiences introduced her to the idea of “fresh food cooking”. Then she set up the website below. She shares her excitement and knowledge about cooking with the world through her cooking classes, cookbooks and DVDs. Her teaching is popular with people from different countries.

Learn more:

Visitwww.freshfoodcooking.com

Follow Suzane on FACEBOOK and TWITTER.

1. The cooking class in the advertisement uses ________ vegetables.

A．spring

B．summer

C．autumn

D．winter

2. In this class, you can watch Suzane cook dishes with vegetables that have been ________.

A．brought from her home	B．picked at Trinity Garden
C．bought from the market	D．bought from the internet

3. The menu offered by the cooking class includes all of the following except ________.

A．cake

B．soup

C．salad

D．ice-cream

4. If Mr Green goes to the class together with his parents and his six-year-old son, he should pay ________ in total.

A．$35

B．$70

C．$105

D．$140

5. We can learn from this advertisement that ________.

A．we can call Suzane to book the cooking class	B．only American Indians enjoy Suzane’s teaching
C．Suzane got her cooking ideas from different DVDs	D．Suzane has written two books about eating and food

【推荐3】Potato chips were really invented by accident. The popular food was invented in 1853 by George Crum, who was a cook at Moon Lake Restaurant in Saratoga Springs，New York. A guest complained that the fried potatoes that Crum had cooked were too thick. Crum thought the guest was making trouble. In return，he cut potatoes paper thin and fried them. The guest loved what soon became known as “Saratoga Chips”， and the new dish became the most popular in the restaurant. Other restaurants in the eastern United States borrowed the idea，but potato chips were not produced for home use until William Tappenden of Cleveland，Ohio started the first potato chip factory in Cleveland，which made lots of money for him.
Potatoes are made up of about 25% solids (固体)，mostly starches (淀粉) and sugar，and 75% water. Marsha McNcil Sherman，Director of Fast Food Association in Los Angeles，explains，“Frying is a way to dry the potato. More of the water can be found in the middle of the potato .So，the edges (边) of potatoes are fried faster than the middle.”
1. What's the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “complain”？

A．表扬

B．鼓励

C．自责

D．抱怨

2. What do you think of William Tappenden?

A．Outgoing.

B．Clever.

C．Brave.

D．Hardworking.

3. What are potatoes mainly made up of?

A．Water.

B．Starches.

C．Sugar.

D．Oil.

4. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．Why potato chips are so popular.

B．How to make potato chips.

C．How potato chips were invented and what potatoes are made up of.

D．The edges of potatoes are fried faster than the middle.

【推荐1】阅读短文，从所给的A－F六个选项中，选出正确的选项填空，使短文通顺、内容完整。

What can we do to keep healthy ? Here are some tips.（小建议）

    1     If you want to be healthy, you should(应该) eat more healthy food, such as vegetables and fruit. You also drink 500ml milk every day.

    2     Doing exercise is another way to keep you healthy. So you should do some sports after class. Doing sports can make you strong. You’ll have a good figure（身材）if you do enough exercise.

    3     Smile(微笑) is the best way to make you healthy. Try to find the things that make you laugh and you’ll be happy every day. You should be optimistic(乐观）about life.     4     Don’t stay up! Students should go to bed before 10 o’clock. If you want to have a good grade(成绩), you must have a good rest. There’s a famous saying , “ Early to bed and early to rise makes a person healthy.” It tells us enough time of rest is important.

A．Enough smiles.

B．Enough exercise

C．Enough healthy food.

D．Enough time of rest(休息).

E．Remember smile is the best medicine to cure(治疗）your illness.

F．Eating chocolate is healthy.

【推荐3】Michelle, a famous lady, has found that more than 25% students are too fat in her country. It is a very serious problem. So she starts a health program to deal with it. The health program is to reduce (减少) the amount (数量) of fat students today and in the future.

The program will get families, schools, newspapers, magazines and TVs to join together and deal with the students’ obesity so that students will be at a healthier weight. The program includes: Food stores should sell healthier foods. Schools should serve healthier meals with less fat and should also offer gym classes.

The lady is trying to fight the students’ obesity all over the country because it can cause illnesses and higher health cost. She wants the students to eat right, exercise more and control (控制) their weight. She also wants the students to understand it is important to have less sweet food, and drink water, milk and fresh juice, but not to choose cokes. At the same time she has also set a good example by planting a vegetable garden. She hopes that the garden will encourage more people to plant one too.

The health program is really helpful to the students today and in the future. As she says, we cannot always build the future for youth, but we can build our youth for the future.

1. In Michelle’s country over ________ of the students are too fat.

A．75%

B．a quarter

C．a half

D．15%

2. The word “obesity” in the second paragraph means ________ in Chinese.

A．厌食症

B．抑郁症

C．肥胖症

D．强迫症

3. What does the lady want the shops to do?

A．To offer gym classes.	B．To plant a vegetable garden.
C．To serve meals with less fat.	D．To sell healthier foods.

4. What can we learn from the underlined (下划线的) sentence in the last paragraph?

A．Students’ future is not important.	B．Students will control their weight in the future.
C．All the students will have a better future.	D．Students should have healthier meals for the future.

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．The lady introduces healthy drinks.	B．The lady cares about food cost.
C．The lady fights obesity in students.	D．The lady sets a good example by planting a garden.

【推荐2】Do you have a headache? Take an aspirin or eat bird brains．Do you want beautiful skin? Use skin cream or eat pearls．Is your hair turning gray? Color your hair or eat black rice．
“Eat bird brains, pearls, and black rice?” some people ask．“How strange!” But for many Chinese people, bird brains, pearls, and black rice are not strange things to eat．Instead, they are good medicines．
Food that people use for medicines is called medical（药用的） food．The Chinese have eaten medicinal food and spices（香辛料） for centuries．Ginger, for example, is a common spice in Chinese cooking．Ginger gives food a nice flavor．The Chinese began to use ginger many years ago．They used ginger not because it tasted good．They used ginger because it was medicinal．Ginger, they thought, was good for the digestion．It also helped people who had colds．Pepper and garlic, too, were probably medicines a long time ago．
Some people don’t believe that food and spices are good medicines．They want to buy their medicine in drugstores, not in supermarkets．Other people want to try medicinal food．They say, “Maybe medicinal food can’t help me．But it can’t hurt me, either．”
People can try medicinal food at a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco, California．The restaurant serves medicinal food．The menus at the restaurant have a list of dinners．Next to each dinner there is information about the food．The information helps people order “Queen’s Secret,” for example, is one dinner at the restaurant．This dinner has meat from chickens with black feathers．It is for women who want to look young．
1. All of the followings are common spices in Chinese cook in EXCEPT ．

A．ginger

B．pepper

C．garlic

D．pearls

2. What do you know about medicinal food?

A．The Chinese have eaten medicinal food for a long time．

B．Many Chinese believe medicinal food tastes good．

C．Medicinal food may be bad for your health．

D．Medicinal food is served all over the world．

3. Why did the Chinese begin to use ginger many years ago?

A．Because it gave food different flavors．

B．Because it made food more delicious．

C．Because it was good for people’s health．

D．Because it made people feel cold．

4. Which answer to the following questions can be found out from the passage?

A．When did the Chinese start to eat bird brains?

B．Why do women like “Queen’s Secret”?

C．What is the advantage of using pepper?

D．How do Chinese people stop a toothache?

5. What can we infer （推测） according to the passage?

A．More foreigners will learn more about medicinal food．

B．All the Chinese will believe black rice stops hair turning gray．

C．Ginger will be more and more popular in China．

D．Medicinal food will be sold in drugstores and supermarkets．

【推荐3】How nice are you? Do you give money to homeless people? Do you offer your seat to someone in need on a bus?

Many people believe that confident people think more highly of themselves, while those who have low self-esteem（自尊）think less of their qualities. However, a new study says it might not be true, the Guardian reported.

The study was done by Jonathan Freeman, a psychologist professor from the University of London, UK. He found that 98 percent of British people consider themselves to be among the nicest 50 percent of the population.

In the study, Freeman first asked some people to rate（估价）their own niceness. Then he got people to answer questions like “Do you give directions to strangers?” and “Have you donated blood?” The results showed that people are not as nice as they think they are. Two thirds of them seldom helped others carry shopping bags, and only a quarter of them donated blood.

In another study by psychologists from universities from Chicago and Virginia, the US, some people were shown pictures of themselves. Some pictures had been slightly（轻微地） changed to make them appear more attractive. When asked to pick the unchanged pictures people usually chose the more attractive ones.

So why do we think we are nicer than we actually are? There are many theories（理论）. A popular one says we unconsciously deceive（无意识地欺骗）ourselves, so that we can get confidence without knowingly lying to ourselves or each other.

How can we solve it? Other studies show that there is a simple way: feedback（反馈）. Compare others’ opinion toward you with your own and you will see a clearer picture.

1. What did the new study find?

A．Confident people have more good qualities.

B．People with low self-esteem are mostly not nice.

C．People are not as nice as they think they are.

D．Confident people don’t like those with low self-esteem.

2. According to the theory, people chose the more attractive picture of themselves because ________.

A．they were not happy with their looks

B．it was hard to tell differences

C．they lied to themselves without knowing it

D．they wanted themselves to look good

3. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．How to be a nice person.	B．Others’ opinion toward you.
C．How to know ourselves well	D．People’s opinion of their own niceness.

【推荐1】What will the world of the future be like? There are plenty of people who are happy to give their opinion of what we will be doing in 2050.Here are two predictions about the world of tomorrow.

When we dream about the future, many like to think of owning a personal flying car.The advantages are obvious.This technology would allow total freedom of movement.We could fly at 480km per hour, avoiding traffic lights and busy roads.However, some people believe there will be problems with traffic control.If the cars become popular, there is likely to be an air traffic jam.Another big problem is mechanical failure(   机械故障   ).What will happen if the cars stop working? These are problems we must expect if flying cars become a reality.

Three-dimensional(3D) printing is another new technology with exciting possibilities.3D printers are used to build an object with liquid plastic.They build the object layer by layer until it is complete.Car companies already use 3D printers to make life-size models of car parts, and medical companies use the technology to make man-made body parts.As we move into the future, 3D printing will revolutionize(   彻底改变   ) the way we shop, the way we manufacture products and the way we treat sick people.The disadvantage is that such equipment will be extremely expensive.

So, in the future, we might be able to fly to work or print out new shoes.Although there are some problems to solve before this will be possible, we can certainly dream of a world where technology makes life easier and safer for millions of people.

1. The underlined word “predictions” means         in Chinese.

A．计划

B．条件

C．预言

D．发展

2. A personal flying car in the future may have          problems.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

3.       build the object layer by layer until it is complete.

A．Car companies

B．Flying cars

C．Body parts

D．3D printers

4. From the passage we can infer that the writer         . about the future life with technology.

A．doesn’t care

B．feels hopeful

C．feels disappointed

D．really worries

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Environmental protection.	B．The world of tomorrow.
C．Advantages of tomorrow.	D．Future plans.

【推荐2】

① It is easy to believe that the daily life of a plant is simple and boring. They seem to just stand there and sunbathe. In fact, plants are always busy doing many things. Measuring (估量) light is one of them. This activity helps plants to plan better for the future.

② To start with, we should know how plants feel the light. In fact, there are some special proteins (蛋白质) in their cells (细胞). Once receiving light, they will call on other cells to produce, resulting in the growth towards the light.

③ Then what can plants get from measuring the changes in the amount of daylight? This helps them to tell what time of the year it is. If a plant is beginning to get more daylight, it knows it’s spring. Because of this, it may then start producing flowers.

④ If the amount of daylight starts to get low, the plant knows that autumn is coming. It may start to store “food” for its growth. For example, the potato plant will make tubers(块茎)—the potatoes that we eat.

⑤ Plants record not only the amount of daylight they receive, but also the quality of light. Some forms of light can help plants grow better. Direct sunlight, for example, works better than light that is being separated through the leaves of other plants. A plant can’t get the right form of light when it is prevented from getting light by other plants. It may then begin to grow taller or produce larger leaves in order to get more sunlight.

1. What is one of a plant’s daily activities according to Paragraph 1?

A．Producing flowers.	B．Taking in CO2.
C．Sleeping in the sun.	D．Measuring light.

2. What is the theme (主题) of the passage?

A．Nature.

B．Culture.

C．Education.

D．Technology.

3. What is the best title for the text?

A．Plants Tell Seasons	B．Plants “See” Light
C．Plants Need “Food”	D．Plants Sunbathe Daily

4. Which of the following shows the structure of the text?

A．

B．

C．

D．

【推荐3】

The “big four” fashion weeks—London, Milan, Paris and New York Fashion Week—are witnessing (见证) many Chinese designers to show their fashion brands (品牌). “Made in China” is more and more popular now—and it’s a fashinable one.

The story of Chinese fashion began in 2011 when Feiyue and Huili, Chinese sports shoes brands, made the world look. Chinese sports brand Li Ning also had a new design at New York Fashion Week in February 2019—it is the second time the brand shows its design at the NYFW. Chen Lijie, the brand’s designer, says his design comes from old Chinese truth (真理) that man is part of nature.

“Chinese brands don’t use ‘cheap’ as a selling point any more. They are impressive and can go head to head with foreign brands (外国品牌).” says Shaun Rein, director of China Market Research Group. Rome is not built in a day. Chinese designers spend much time trying to design the best and most fashionable clothes.

These Chinese brands become so popular perhaps because of the easy online shopping and the fact that China is growing stronger than before. Also, more and more people begin to like Chinese culture.

“We want to replace (代替) the words ‘made in China’ with ‘designed in China’, but there is a long way to go.” said Chinese designer Aric Chen. We’re happy to show Chinese fashion ideas to the whole world.

1. Which fashion week did Li Ning show its design at?

A．Milan Fashion Week.	B．Paris Fashion Week.
C．New York Fashion Week.	D．London Fashion Week.

2. What does the underlined word “impressive” in the third paragraph mean?

A．Making people worried.	B．Making people surprised.
C．Making people nervous.	D．Making people dangerous.

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．People around the world all like Chinese design very much.

B．Li Ning is the first Chinese brand to show its design to the world.

C．It is easy for Chinese designers to design the most fashionable clothes.

D．There’s a long way to replace “made in China” with “designed in China”.

4. Why do Chinese brands become so popular now?

A．People can spend less money on Chinese brands.

B．More people show an interest in Chinese culture.

C．China becomes the strongest country in the world.

D．Chinese brands make online shopping become easy.

5. What is the best title for this article?

A．Li Ning’s fashion show in New York.

B．Chinese design heading to the world.

C．Chinese designers’ wonderful fashion ideas.

D．“Designed in China” replaces “made in China”.