1. Why does the woman like cooking?
A.She loves eating food made by herself. |
B.She likes buying various cooking materials. |
C.Watching others enjoying her food is satisfying. |
A.Lay the table. | B.Wash the dishes. | C.Buy the materials. |
A.Indian food. | B.Italian food. | C.Chinese food. |
A.Cooking methods. | B.Material collection. | C.Repeated practice. |
2 . Rice is eaten all over the world in all different ways. No matter if your rice is white or brown, it has one thing in common, and that’s arsenic(砷). Now, researchers from the University of Sheffield say a new and simple way of cooking rice can remove this cancer-causing material while keeping the nutrients which make this food so good.
A team from the school’s Institute for Sustainable Food discovered the “parboiling with absorption method” (PBA) can cut down over half the naturally occurring arsenic in brown rice and 74 percent in white rice. More importantly, this homefriendly kitchen method saves the nutrients rice contains.
The PBA method first parboils(将煮到半熟) rice in pre-boiled-water for five minutes. The water is then emptied and fresh water is poured into the pot. From there, the rice is cooked normally at lower heat until the water is all taken in.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer has classed arsenic as a Group carcinogen, the material that can cause cancer. Unfortunately, rice has this water-soluble poison because it grows in flooded fields unlike many other grains(谷物).
Researchers say arsenic can affect every organ in the human body. It can also result in skin lesions, cancer, diabetes, and lung diseases. Rice tends to hold around 10 times more arsenic than other grains. It usually sits in the outer covering of the grain, which makes it more of problem in brown rice. White rice, which is milled(研磨), contains less arsenic but also has fewer nutrients due to the milling process.
“For people who eat rice, this is excellent news. There are concerns amongst the population about eating rice due to arsenic. Previous studies have shown that cooking rice in a lot of water could remove arsenic but the problem is it also removes nutrients,” says lead author Dr. Manoj Menon in a university release. “Our aim was to improve the method to remove arsenic while keeping maximum nutrients in the cooked rice. Our newly developed method, PBA, is easy and homefriendly so that everyone can use it. We don’t know the amount of arsenic in each packet of rice we buy; even though brown rice is nutritionally better than white rice as our data shows, it contains more arsenic than white rice. With our new method we are able to significantly reduce the arsenic while reducing the loss of key nutrients.”
1. What did the researchers try to do with rice?A.To add more nutrients to it. | B.To make it healthy and nutritious. |
C.To use it as a cure for cancer. | D.To recommend it as a popular food. |
A.It requires water to be changed during cooking. |
B.It can remove arsenic completely from rice. |
C.It can change the form of arsenic in rice. |
D.It will be more effective under a high temperature. |
A.Its milling process. | B.Its high water content. |
C.Its special structure. | D.Its growing condition. |
A.Rice should be cooked with a small amount of water. |
B.The PBA method can kill two birds with one stone. |
C.The PBA method needs to be tested further in daily life. |
D.People liking rice should choose brown rice over white rice. |
3 . 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. |