1 . Porridge doesn't have a very tasty name, does it?    1    I'm here to try and convince you that porridge can be a delicious, convenient and very healthy way to start the day.

Porridge is a type of food served for breakfast, usually a type of grain with either milk or water. It is thicker than liquid, but not solid.    2    , so it's a very good option for people who are ill, and it provides long-lasting energy for the day.

Porridge preparation, such as the amount of materials and cooking time depends on what you choose to use as your porridge base.    3    , I put a very big handful of oats (麦片) in a pot, add a little bit of water and about 200ml of milk, and let the mixture boil. It takes about five minutes to cook.

Once it's cooked, the fun part is adding the flavors (味道). Porridge alone doesn't have a very strong flavour.     4    , I think this is what makes porridge exciting! It is like a blank piece of paper-you can add almost anything you want to the porridge base. Seeds, nuts and dried fruits are very healthy options to add and can give you energy for the day. But if you don't like these, or you're allergic, then sugar and chocolate are also very tasty options.

    5    . Either oats or corn or both are "staple foods" for most people on the earth. You can usually buy big bags of either, then add local materials to make your porridge interesting-whatever is cheap and convenient to find, wherever you are.

Hopefully porridge sounds a lot tastier now!

A．If you've never eaten it

B．If I'm cooking for myself

C．The porridge base is very easy to digest

D．It doesn't have a very tasty reputation, either

E．It is often heated up but lacks all kinds of nutrition

F．You can make porridge almost anywhere in the world

G．Although some people think this makes porridge boring

2 . The staff of the Kennedy School Newsletter has been working hard on another survey. This time we asked students what kinds of toppings they liked on their pizza. We did our survey during lunchtime, so students wouldn’t get too hungry answering our question. And this time we were able to ask more than 450 students to take our survey. That’s almost all the students at our school!

For our survey, we let students pick their three favorite toppings. Some students only choose one or two toppings. That was OK, too.

Here's what we discovered from our survey. The two most popular things to put on pizza are pepperoni(意大利辣肠) and extra cheese. That isn't so surprising. When we order pizza here in the Newsletter office, those are the kinds of pizza we always get!

An unexpected result of this survey is that lots of people like fruit on their pizza. 288 students said they liked to put pineapple on their pizza. If you haven't tried pineapple on your pizza, you should. Lots of people think it's delicious!

We hope you enjoyed taking this survey. We enjoyed your answers. And next time you invite your friends over for pizza, be sure to order an extra large pizza with pepperoni and extra cheese.

That’s the one people like the most.

Pepperoni 306	Sausage 166
Extra cheese 306	Mushrooms 90
Pineapple 288	Bacon 82
Olives 177	Onions 57
Green peppers 138	Others 86
Extra sauce 130

1. Who made this survey?

A．The staff of a city’s newspaper.

B．The staff of a meat company.

C．The staff of a pizza restaurant.

D．The staff of a school newsletter.

2. Which question did they ask in the survey?

A．How often do you eat pizza?

B．How many pieces of pizza can you eat?

C．What do you like on your pizza?

D．Which restaurant makes the best pizza?

3. Which is true about the people who made the survey?

A．All of them like pepperoni very much.	B．They did a different survey before.
C．Only two people worked on the survey.	D．This was the first survey they made.

4. What does “unexpected” in the fourth paragraph mean?

A．Surprising.

B．Sad.

C．Funny.

D．Terrible.