Question

【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Tips for cooking on a Tight Schedule

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:

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 about of the coming week. When will you have time to cook? Do you have the right materials ready?_____ 【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.

___【4】____ This may surprise you, but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimentation. It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite 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. Try new things.

B. Ability is easily improved.

C. Make three or four instead.

D. Understand your food better.

E. Cooking is a burden for many people.

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

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

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】G

【3】C

【4】A

【5】F

【解析】

试题分析:在紧张的生活节奏下，如何体验下厨的快乐？本文给出了三个建议:提前考虑，让时间有所值以及尝试创新。

【1】B 考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。空格前提到三点ability, money and time，空格后句子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说money的话题下次说，本文主要说时间。说明空格之处一笔带过ability，与B项内容Ability is easily improved相对应，故选B

【2】G 考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据此段开头的关键词ahead，可以判断出此段与ahead有关，与G项内容A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on.相对应，故选G。

【3】C 考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据Are you making one loaf of bread?这句话，可以判断出要make one loaf of bread,那就是与数量有关，还有后面的句子中的amount（量）的提示。与C项内容Make three or four instead.相对应，故选C。

【4】A 考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据此段的具体内容，特别是It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite 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.这两句，提到了new ideas和try, 可以判断出与new有关，与A项内容Try new things. 相对应，故选A。

【5】F 考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。根据最后一句And don’t let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!可以判断出此项与live有关。与F项Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden.相对应，故选F。