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【题目】From my experience, there are three main reasons why people don’t cook more often: ability, money and time, _【1】Money is a topic I’ll save for another day. So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen. Here are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule:

1. Think ahead. The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when I’m already hungry and there is nothing ready to eat. So think ahead of the coming week. When will you have time to cook? Do you have the right materials ready?_【2】

2. Make your time worth it. When you do find time to cook a meal, make the most of it and save yourself time later on. Are you making one loaf of bread? 【3】It takes around the same amount of time to make more of something. So save yourself the effort for a future meal.

3. 【4】This may surprise you, but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimentation（实验）. It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes (食谱) that can work well with your appetite (食欲) and schedule. The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.

Hopefully that gives you a good start. 【5】And don’t let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!

A. Understand your food better.

B. Make three or four instead.

C. Cooking is a burden for many people.

D. A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on.

E. Ability is easily improved.

F. Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden (负担).

G. Try new things.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】D

【3】B

【4】G

【5】F

【解析】

试题解析：随着生活节奏的加快，人们尤其是年轻人花在厨房的时间越来越少了，作者总结了三点要素：能力、金钱和时间。本文作者就时间这一点给出了几点建议：1、提前想好吃什么；2、让时间有所值；3、尝试新鲜事物。做到了这些才能让下厨变成一件享受的事，给饮食生活带来更好的改变。

【1】E. 考查推理判断题。根据前文“there are three main reasons why people don’t cook more often: ability, money and time”这里有三个主要因素来阐述人们为什么不经常做饭，以及后文“Money is a topic I’ll save for another day. So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen. ”对于金钱这个主题下次再议，所以今天我想给你们一些建议，关于如何最大利用你花在厨房的时间。可以推测，对于开篇提到的三大要素，作者想要讨论的是时间，所以首先排除能力和金钱，故选E。

【2】D. 考查主旨大意题。根据这一小段的主题“Think ahead.”可知，作者给出的第一点建议是提前想好，选项中只有D选项：提前花时间做一点计划能够节省之后的很多工作时间，符合此意，故选D。

【3】B. 考查细节理解题。根据前文“Are you making one loaf of bread?”你只做一片面包吗？以及后文“It takes around the same amount of time to make more of something.”做更多数量的东西往往花费的时间和做一个同样多。故B选项符合题意：取而代之，做三个或四个吧。故选B。

【4】G. 考查主旨大意题。此空要填写适当的小标题，根据本段落的意思，作者希望下厨者能够更多地进行实践，最后一句“The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.”你学的越多，尝试的越多，你就能拥有更多掌控你食物和食谱的能力。所以G选项符合题意：尝试新鲜事物。故选G。

【5】F. 考查细节理解题。根据后文“And don’t let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!”不要让忙碌的计划使你泄气，阻碍你在饮食生活上做出更好的改变。可以推测，前文让我们享受烹饪，故F选项符合题意：让下厨和生活成为一种简单的享受而不是负担。故选F。