1. What are the speakers doing?
A.Washing dishes. | B.Cooking. | C.Enjoying food. |
A.In Eva’s flat. | B.In the man’s restaurant. | C.In the woman’s house. |
2 . When I was young, I dreamed of becoming a chef. My dad often fought with my mom over the food when he disliked the taste of my mom’s cooking.
When I was 18, my dad finally allowed me to start cooking. Many people started with a simple fried egg or other fried food.
I never needed to use recipe books. I had learned by careful observation for many years, so it was easy to even make my own unique dishes.
A.My first dish was more advanced. |
B.Those were the kitchen moments I remembered the most. |
C.For many years, he only allowed me to observe him cook. |
D.I wish that the whole world could be just like the kitchen to me. |
E.I decided to learn to cook well to avoid argument with my future partner. |
F.It was in the kitchen that I developed my cooking skills as well as the career. |
G.That is what I love about cooking — making it like an art to express my creativity. |
3 . By now, most people know they should be eating more vegetables. But are there ways to get more from the vegetables you already eat? A research shows that when it comes to vegetables, it’s not only how much we eat, but also how we prepare them, that decides the vitamins and other nutrients that enter our body.
Many studies show that people who eat lots of vegetables have less heart disease, and eye problems and even cancer. But raw vegetables are not always best. The researchers found that 198 Germans who eat raw food were short of lycopene, the matter found in tomatoes and other red vegetables. “There is an idea that raw foods are always going to be better,” says Steven K. Clinton, a professor at Ohi o State University. “For fruits and vegetables, sometimes a little bit of cooking can be helpful.”
A number of factors decide how the vegetables do good to people’s health before they reach the table, including where and how they were grown and stored before being bought. No single cooking way is best. Some nutrients are easily lost in cooking if they are cooked in different ways.
Vitamins C and B are often lost. In January, another report said that boiling was better for carrots than frying or serving them raw. Frying was the worst way to cook.
What cooked with the vegetables can also be important? When the vegetables were cooked with fat, the diners can get more nutrients. Fat can also make the taste of vegetables better, meaning that people will eat more of them. Putting on some other things that make it taste better—a little salt—can make the food taste better.
1. The writer mainly wants to tell us that ________.A.people should eat more vegetables |
B.the way people eat vegetables is important |
C.eating vegetables is good for us |
D.how much vegetables one should eat |
A.have the eyes problems | B.have heart disease |
C.be in need of lycopene | D.hate eating tomatoes |
A.the place where the vegetables are grown |
B.the way how the vegetables are stored |
C.the way how the vegetables are prepared |
D.the price at which the vegetable are sold |
A.It’s better to cook vegetables with fat |
B.the more fat in the cooking, the fewer vegetables people will eat |
C.It’s better to cook the vegetables without salt |
D.the fat will increase the nutrition of the vegetables |
How to Cook Beijing Roast Duck
Over a long period of development, Peking Duck recipe has been
First, a suitable White Beijing Duck is chosen. After the bird has been plucked (去毛), air is pumped between its skin and flesh. Second, once the bird has been cleaned,
Then the delicious dish is ready! It will be a shining in color and unique in flavor. Besides the
There are also some points to
5 . Grieve Her Mum Through Cooking
Grief and mourning can be expressed in many ways.
Along with the love of food and family, her mother, and her grandmother before her, had passed down a carved wooden spoon. It was given from one to the next.
After her mother’s death, Debbie also found the planner containing these detailed dinner party plans and recipes. Her mother was not gone.
Everything Debbie is cooking is inherited, as is the joy and sense of achievement she feels. When she began cooking with her mother as a kid, she was in charge of turning the toast, to stop it catching. Now she is holding the spoon, adding the spices and still looking up from the stove to her mum.
A.It was never easy to lose someone we love |
B.She was guiding her through a lifetime of food |
C.When it reached Debbie, it was worn and perfect |
D.She felt a sense of achievement in cooking her food |
E.She is always going to be her mother’s kitchen follower |
F.Debbie found a new and unique way to mourn her mum |
G.However, she was left with some confusion at some recipes |
6 . Both of my parents worked fulltime when I was a little girl,so my grandmother would stay at our house during the day. We would watch game shows in the living room. Our favorite was The Price Is Right. We would call out our answers along with the contestants.
When I got older and started going to school,we couldn’t watch our game shows regularly. That was okay with me,though,because the one thing I liked better than watching game shows with my grandmother was helping her bake cakes. Watching her in the kitchen was amazing:she never seemed to need the recipes(食谱)but everything she made tasted delicious.
At first I would just sit in the kitchen and watch,even though I didn’t understand what she was doing. As I got older,she let me help with the easy parts,such as measuring the sugar. The day she let me separate the eggs,I felt like I had found complete pleasure.
At last,my parents decided that I could take care of myself,and my grandmother stopped coming over every day. The love of baking,however,stayed with me. I started baking by myself,and even if the cookies ended up burnt sometimes,more often they turned out pretty well. I tried out new recipes,and whenever I got to a thorny part,I would call my grandmother for advice. Sometimes I would call her just to talk too. I felt like I could talk to her about anything.
My grandmother passed away ten years ago,but I still think of her every day. Last week,I found a recipe book she made for me. It included her recipes for brownies,cookies,and my favorite,lemon pie. As I looked through the pages,I thought I could hear her voice. She was the one who taught me not just about baking,but about life.
1. The passage is mainly developed by .A.analyzing causes | B.making comparisons |
C.following the time order | D.examining differences |
A.found it interesting | B.turned out to be a troublemaker |
C.hoped to make a living by baking | D.regretted missing the game shows |
A.Basic. | B.Common. |
C.Special. | D.Difficult. |
A.To describe her childhood memories. | B.To show her good baking skills. |
C.To remember her grandmother. | D.To talk about her happy family life. |
7 . Craziest Food Festivals sounds like a joke topic, but once you start looking into it, you’ll realize they’re everywhere — the crazier, the better.
1. Bibimbap Festival
In the South Korean town of Jeonjuloves, their “mixed rice” dish is a hearty serve of rice topped with raw beef, a rainbow of vegetables, a raw egg and gochujang sauce so much. They take four days out of October to celebrate it.
Like any festival there’s music, entertainment and magic, but making it that little bit different is the bibimbap that’s whipped (搅拌) up in a big bowl by dozens of chefs and served to over 400 people.
2. Waikiki Spam Jam
Who knew this canned meat had so much love? Well, it turns out that a can of Spam is the go-to item in Hawaii, along with a grass skirt and garland (花环). The people of Hawaii love Spam so much that they even spend a day in May giving out the best Spam, a type of cheap canned meat made mainly from pork.
3. Bessieres Easter Egg Festival
At Easter time, for those in the French town of Bessieres it’s all about an egg far less sweet.
Here they celebrate the holiday by getting dozens of chefs to make one large omelette (煎蛋卷) — 15,000 eggs strong — for the townsfolk (市民).
4. Potato Days Festival
This festival actually takes place in Barnesville, Minnesota, the US. Over the last Friday and Saturday in August the town celebrates its potato-growing skills by hosting potato picking and peeling contests, as well as a Miss Tater Tot pageant (盛典) for five- and six-year-old girls.
1. What makes Bibimbap festival special?A.They take four days to celebrate it. |
B.The mixed rice is rich in many vegetables. |
C.There’s music, entertainment and magic during the festival. |
D.The rice dish needs to be mixed in one big bowl by dozens of chefs together. |
A.The spam is the most favorite for Hawii people. |
B.People spend one day to prepare the Jam. |
C.The Jam isn’t affordable for the plain townsfolk. |
D.The Jam is mainly made from raw beef. |
A.Bibimbap Festival | B.Waikiki Spam Jam |
C.Bessieres Easter Egg Festival | D.Potato Days Festival |