1 . Whenever I’ve had a few stressful weeks, I typically schedule a “cooking day”. Working on recipes that I already know builds my confidence; trying out some new ones adds an element of surprise. In the end, I feel satisfied by the products of my work.     1     You can find your own relief in preparing food.

    2     This multisensory aspect of cooking is like a coping tool for stressful situation, the 5-4-3-2-1 technique. It allows you to quickly connect with the present moment by encouraging you to notice five things you can see, four things you can feel, three things you can hear, two you can smell, and one you can taste.     3     You might feel a bit calmer at the end.

Another key feature of cooking is that it’s connected to and shaped by the past. What you choose to cook, and the way you prepare it, might issue in part from the preferences and techniques of your parents, grandparents, friends or partners.     4     This link is part of cooking’s psychological richness and its potential to restore.

Trying new recipes and new ingredients can help you with the creation of new memories.     5     And, if you are wise in your choice of healthy ingredients, the food itself could have subsequent benefits for your psychological wellbeing.

The next time you step into the kitchen and try your hand at a new dish, try to consciously take notice of what’s going on in your mind and in your body, of what sorts of feelings cooking brings out in you.

A．Cooking engages all five senses.

B．For me, cooking is a stress-relieving way.

C．Through cooking, I can get back control of my life.

D．You are cooking, in this sense, for your future self.

E．Each smell and taste has the power to revive certain memories.

F．It helps focus on a task, offering you a sense of power and control.

G．Giving it a try can demonstrate the benefits of sensory experience.

2 . Gong Bao Chicken was originally a family dish of Ding Baozhen, an official of the Qing Dynasty. Over the years, it has become one of the most popular dishes in Chinese restaurants all over the world.

It’s hard for people to refuse the delicious dish. What’s more, it is easy to make. So, why not pick up some chicken and try this recipe out?

RECIPE

Ingredients

chicken breast.................................................300g

roasted peanuts.................................................50g

small pieces of dried tofu.................................50g

cooking oil...............................................2 spoons

dried chillies..................................................5 or 6

spring onions...........................................a handful

soy sauce...............................................1 teaspoon

vinegar...................................................1 teaspoon

sugar......................................................2 teaspoon

salt.........................................................1 teaspoon

Instructions

1. Heat the oil over a high heat.

2. When the oil is hot, add the chillies and stir them for about 30 seconds.

3. Add the spring onions and stir them for about 30 seconds.

4. Add the chicken and cook it through.

5. Add the soy sauce, vinegar and sugar.

6. Add the peanuts and dried tofu and cook for another 1 to 2 minutes.

7. Add some salt and serve.

1. According to the recipe, if you want to cook 600g of chicken, you need ________ of sugar.

A．1 teaspoon

B．2 teaspoons

C．4 teaspoons

D．6 teaspoons

2. From the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Heat the oil over a low heat.	B．Add the chillies before the oil is hot.
C．Cook the dish for about 1 to 2 minutes.	D．Add some salt after cooking the dried tofu.

3. You may read this passage in a ________.

A．novel

B．report

C．magazine

D．guidebook

4. What is the origin of Gong Bao Chicken?

A．Gong Bao Chicken was originally a family dish of Wan Baolu, an official of the Qing Dynasty.

B．It has become one of the most popular dishes in Chinese restaurants all over the world.

C．Gong Bao Chicken was originally a family dish of Ding Baozhen, an official of the Qing Dynasty.

D．It’s hard for people to refuse the delicious dish.

5. What are the two main parts of a recipe?

A．Ingredients and instructions.	B．Chicken breast and roasted peanuts.
C．Cooking oil and dried chillies.	D．Some salt and serve.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Who is Danny?

A．A clerk.

B．A waiter.

C．A chef.

2. Where is Danny working now?

A．In a restaurant.

B．In a hotel.

C．In a cafe.

3. What is Danny going to do next?

A．Make a cake.

B．Give a short speech.

C．Talk to his customers.

4 . Could you cook Christmas dinner in an AIR FRYER?

Graphic shows they deliver juicy results on a roast chicken... and they are up to three times cheaper than an oven to run.

WHICH APPLIANCE IS BEST FOR COOKING CHICKEN?
Appliance	Electric oven	Pressure cooker	Air fryer	Slow cooker	Halogen oven
Cooking time	76mins	32mins	53mins	180mins	54mins
Energy used to cook	1.157 kWh	0.336 kWh	0.54 kWh	0.9 kWh	1.166 kWh
Cost to cook	39p	11p	18p	31p	40p
Quality	Meat was a little dry but the skin was crispy and browned	Cooked rather than roasted, skin not crispy	Juicy, flavorsome meat with a crispy brown skin	Well cooked but skin only slightly crispy	Full of flavor with a crispy skin

The Which? testers initially cooked a three-pound (1.4 kg) chicken in all these appliances, including both a halogen and conventional oven.

This bird would be big enough to feed four people, with enough meat left for some Boxing Day sandwiches. They found the pressure cooker was both the cheapest and quickest way of roasting it, taking 32 minutes and costing a tiny 11p – 28p cheaper than the electric oven. But unlike the oven, it fell short on getting achieving one of the highlights of the Christmas roast – the brown, crispy skin.

The air fryer also cooked the chicken’s skin nicely but gave perfect, tender meat, all for just 18p and in under an hour. Additionally, if you ditched the oven and used an air fryer for every Sunday roast for the rest of the year, using the gadget would equate to an annual saving of £11.

The testers did note that the chicken cooked in the electric oven was also a little dry, meaning the air fryer came out on top over all other appliances.

The cost savings will soon be lost if you have to cook more than one batch though, so it’s still better to use your oven if you’re cooking large quantities.

However, the slow cooker received a bonus point for requiring less hands-on attention, and was therefore the most convenient.

1. Which appliance best suits environmentally-aware people enjoying a crispy chicken?

A．Pressure cooker.	B．Electric oven.
C．Halogen oven.	D．Air fryer.

2. What is probably the major reason for people to use pressure cooker?

A．Size.	B．Appearance.
C．Cost.	D．Safety.

3. What is the advantage of using the slow cooker?

A．It costs least money.	B．It needs less attention.
C．It’s most energy efficient.	D．Its appearance is fashionable.

5 . Would you like to put an end to slapdash (仓促的), last-minute meals? Downloading a few meal planning apps may give you more time outside the kitchen.

Many meal prep apps focus on calorie-counting and weight loss, but sometimes meal planning comes down to simply getting a delicious, satisfying meal on the table. Finding an app that will do that is key. Take a look at these top meal planning apps and decide which might work for you.

Mealime Meal Plans & Recipes

This app offers healthy recipes, grocery lists, and more. It prioritizes meals that cook in 30 minutes or so. The grocery lists are even made as good as possible to reduce the amount of time you spend at the supermarket, so the whole process, from planning to shopping to cooking, takes up less of your time.

Cozi

This app allows you to move recipe ingredients (原料) to your in-app grocery list. The list is accessible to every member of the family, meaning anyone can swing by the store to shop. Once you start dinner prep, turn on Cozi’s Cooking Mode, which keeps your screen lit so you don’t have to touch it with dirty fingers. Genius!

LaLa Lunchbox

This adorable app takes the stress out of packing lunches by getting kids involved in choosing their meals. New dietary-specific bundles ensure that every kid can use LaLa Lunchbox.

BigOven Recipes & Meal Planner

With a database of more than 350,000 recipes, this app has seasonal collections featured on its home screen to ensure you’re using the freshest in-season ingredients. Our favorite feature of BigOven? The Use Up Leftovers tool, which suggests a recipe you can make with the three ingredients you enter.

1. Which app best suits people who pack lunches for kids?

A．Mealime Meal Plans & Recipes.	B．Cozi.
C．LaLa Lunchbox.	D．BigOven Recipes & Meal Planner.

2. What is special about BigOven Recipes & Meal Planner?

A．Recommending various ways to lose weight.

B．Suggesting time needed for shopping.

C．Planning meals together with family members.

D．Offering a recipe with given ingredients.

3. What do the four apps have in common?

A．They can count calories.	B．They can give suggestions for lunch.
C．They can offer grocery lists.	D．They can simplify cooking.

6 . 假设你是李华，为了提高学生的生活技能，你们班上周组织了一次“厨艺秀”。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，写一篇英文周记，记录整个过程。
注意：1、词数不少于100；2、开头部分已写好，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：
“厨艺秀”a “cooking show” activity; 家常小炒 simple stir-fries; 班会课 the class meeting

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7 . Tomorrow’s menus could feature items prepared with complex cooking techniques and presentation — all at the push of a button. Columbia University mechanical engineers have designed a 3 - D printer that can produce and cook dishes at the same time with details at the millimeter scale.

The design combines a multiwavelength laser (激光) cooker, roughly the size of five smart phones piled together, with a microwave - oven - sized food printer. The system uses various light wavelengths to cook in different ways: a short - waved blue laser goes deep inside meat, for example, while infrared beams (红外线光束) brown the surface. As the device’s robotic arm places fine layers of chicken puree (酱, 糊), a high - powered beam moves over them and cooks the meat — with literally laser - focused precision. Thus, users can achieve perfect results — say, a machine - made burger that varies between rare and well done in a checkerboard pattern.

“It gives you a lot more control and customization,” says Jonathan Blutinger, lead author of the paper and a digital - cooking researcher at Columbia. The researchers tested only chicken for this study, but the system can work with other foods as well.

Beyond applying diverse materials and presentation patterns, this type of software - controlled setup could someday scan a QR code to automatically prepare dishes tailored to individual eating habits and dietary restrictions, Blutinger says.

The new technology is “astonishing”, says Megan Ross, a food scientist who studies 3 - D printing at Ireland’s University College Cork. Ross notes that the design is still at a beginning stage and that many technical challenges remain, such as preventing cross pollution between layers of raw and cooked meat. Still, Ross is impressed by the device’s ability to produce foods outside the field of conventional cooking. “Is this going to be sold in shops everywhere in the next few years? No,” she says. “But everyone has to start somewhere.”

1. What makes the new design different from a common cooker?

A．It works automatically.	B．It is attached to a printer.
C．It cooks the whole of food.	D．It can process various materials.

2. How does the design work?

A．By customizing the dishes.	B．By accessing 3 - D technology.
C．By turning the food upside down.	D．By using beams of diverse wavelengths.

3. What is the new advantage of the design?

A．It is more flexible to operate.	B．It can process meat.
C．It avoids cross food pollution.	D．It can be applied to QR code.

4. What can we infer about the design from Ross’ words?

A．It makes a meaningful start.	B．It will be well received soon.
C．It goes well with technology.	D．It is well thought of by the public.

8 . Bread Baking in Ancient Egypt

Did you know that bread is one of the earliest human inventions?

    1     Other ingredients(原料) and shapes can vary. Scientists have learned that humans have been eating bread in some form or another for 30,000 years.

Archaeologists (考古学家) have discovered pictures of bakeries and loaves of bread in ancient Egyptian archaeological sites.    2     Home-bakers, usually women, baked only the bread they would need for that day.

In fact, because they had no potatoes or rice, bread was the most important in the ancient Egyptian’ diet. Egyptians used a grain much similar to wheat for their bread. The grain was broken by hand into flour on stone. The flour was mixed with water and salt.     3     This Egyptian bread was a flatbread. Indian naan and Middle Eastern pita are two examples of flatbread eaten today. At the end of the ancient Egyptian period, however, around 300 BC, Egyptian bakers added to their bread an important ingredient: yeast (酵母).     4     Most breads today are made using those four basic ingredients: flour, yeast, salt, and water.

However, bread production today is more complicated. Yes, you can still bake your own bread at home with store-bought flour and yeast.     5     But the bread you see in grocery stores is made in large factories which bake many different breads.

A．It makes bread rise.

B．Not all the Ancient Egyptians ate bread.

C．Bread is a food made of flour and water.

D．It was placed in a pot and baked in a clay oven.

E．You can also buy bread made at small bakeries.

F．Bread bakeries and home-bakers used the same techniques.

G．Ancient Egyptian farmers depended much on it for their grain harvest.

9 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the woman doing?

A．Chairing a meeting.

B．Hosting a TV program.

C．Giving a lecture.

2. What is the man cooking?

A．A pie.

B．A steak.

C．Vegetable soup.

3. What’s the woman’s eating habit?

A．She eats anything.

B．She does not eat any meat.

C．She does not eat certain meats.

4. What color will the food be when ready?

A．Red.

B．Black.

C．Golden brown.

10 . If you’re feeling in the mood for grilled food but don’t have a barbecue, then deciding what product to purchase can be a bit difficult. So to help you get a better understanding of just some of the choices available, here’s our guide to buying a new BBQ.

Charcoal vs Gas

The first decision is how your BBQ is going to be powered. There are essentially two main choices: the traditional way with charcoal, or the quick and convenient way with gas. For those who get frustrated with the process of lighting coals and waiting for them to reach the desired temperature, then gas is the easy option. It’s clean and gets up to temperature in an instant. But for many, the main fun of a barbecue lies in the back-to-basics cooking that hot coal brings natural barbecue fire. You’ll also find a far greater range of charcoal barbecues.

Size

For anyone who likes to throw a garden party with a busy barbecue at the centre of the action, there are some vast grills (烤架) available. But unless you’re regularly feeding the masses, then these BBQ beasts can be impractical. Smaller meals are better suited to smaller equipment, so be realistic about the size that best suits you.

Open grill or lid

While facing the barbecue selection of your nearest retailer, you’ll notice that some of them have lids. These will usually be round and will make you pay more than the lidless options. But if you want the benefit of being able to cook larger items over a longer period of time, such as a whole chicken, then a lid will be essential.

1. Which BBQ is suitable for Jack, who likes back-to-basics cooking and often invites friends to the garden party?

A．Gas barbecue in small size.	B．Gas barbecue in big size.
C．Charcoal barbecue with big grills.	D．Charcoal barbecue with small grills.

2. What is the difference between the open grill and the one with a lid?

A．The open grill costs more.	B．The open grill looks superior.
C．The open grill is more reliable.	D．The open grill is less suitable for larger items.

3. Which column of the magazine is the passage most likely selected from?

A．Lifestyle.

B．Business.

C．Culture.

D．Sports.