English teenagers are to receive compulsory(必修的)cooking lessons in schools．The idea is to encourage healthy eating to fight the country's increasing obesity rate．It's feared that basic cooking and food preparation skills are being lost as parents turn to pre-prepared convenience foods．
Cooking was once regarded as an important part of education in England-even if it was mainly aimed at girls．In recent decades cooking has progressively become a minor activity in schools．In many cases the schools, themselves have given up cooking meals in kitchens in the schools．But the rising level of obesity has led to a rethink about the food that children are given and the skills they should be taught．
"What I want is to teach young people how to do basic, simple recipes like a tomato sauce, a bolognaise, a simple curry, a stir-fry．Which they can use now at home and then in their later life," said Ed Balls, the minister responsible for schools．
The new lessons are due to start in September, but some schools without kitchens will be given longer to adapt．There is also likely to be a shortage of teachers with the right skills, since the trend has been to teach food technology rather than practical cooking．Also the compulsory lesspns for hands on cooking will only be one hour a week for one term．But the well-known cookery writer, Pru Leith, believes it will be worth it．
"If we'd done this thirty years ago we might not have the crisis we've got now about obesity and lack of knowledge about food and so on．Every child should know how to cook, not just so that they'll be healthy, but because it's a life skill which is a real pleasure．"
The renewed interest in cooking is primarily a response to the level of obesity in Britain which is among the highest in Europe, and according to government figures half of all Britons will be obese in 25 years if current trends are not halted．
(1)
Which of the following is NOT the purpose for English teenagers to receive cooking lessons?
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A．
To encourage teenagers to eat healthy food．
B．
To reduce the country's increasing obesity rate．
C．
To prevent basic cooking and food preparation skills from being lost．
D．
To stop parents from turning to pre-prepared convenience foods．
(2)
In what way will cooking lessons benefit the students?
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A．
They will be able to do some basic, simple recipes like a tomato sauce．
B．
They will be healthy and enjoy the pleasure of such a life skill as well：
C．
They will be able to make food experiments with the knowledge and skills．
D．
They will be able to control the level of obesity in the whole country．
(3)
The underlined word in the last paragraph probably means ________．
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A．
continued
B．
stopped
C．
spread
D．
kept
(4)
It can be inferred from the passage that ________．
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A．
cooking has always been an important part of school education in England
B．
English teenagers will have their cooking lessons twice a week for one year
C．
the obesity rate in Britain has been rapidly growing in recent decades
D．
the students will pay a lot of money to the school for their cooking lessons
A year ago, I paid no attention to English idioms, though my teacher emphasized(强调) the importance again and again．But soon, the importance of English idioms was shown in an amusing experience．
One day, I happened to meet an Englishman on the road, and soon we began to talk．As I was talking about how I was studying English, the foreigner seemed to be surprised．Gently shaking his head, shrugging his shoulders, he said, “You don't say!” “You don't say!” I was puzzled．I thought, perhaps this is not a proper topic．“Well, I'd better change the topic．” So I said to him, “Well, shall we talk about the Great Wall? By the way, have you ever been there?” “Certainly, everyone backhome will laugh at me if I leave China without seeing it．It was wonderful．” He was deep in thought when I began to talk like a tourist guide．“The Great Wall is one of the wonders in the world．We are very proud of it．” Soon I was stopped again by his words：“You don't say!” I couldn't help asking, “Why do you ask me not to talk about it?” “Well, I didn't ask you to do so,” he answered, greatly surrised．I said, “Didn't you say 'You don't say'?” Hearing this, the Englishman laughed to tears．He began to explain,“‘You don't say’actually means 'really'! It is an expression of surprise．Perhaps you don't pay attention to Eng lish idioms．” Only then did I know how foolish I had been．Since then I have been more careful with idiomatic expressions．
(1)
A year ago, ________．
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A．
both the author and his/her teacher didn't think English idioms were important
B．
the author was not careful with English idioms
C．
the author's teacher didn't emphasize the importance of them
D．
the author was interested in English idioms
(2)
At first, on hearing “You don't say”, the author thought the foreigner meant ________．
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A．
he was not interested in the topic
B．
he was only interested in the Great Wall
C．
the author had talked too much
D．
the author had to stop talking
(3)
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
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A．
This Englishman had no time to visit the Great Wall．
B．
This Englishman wanted to see the Great Wall after the author talked about it．
C．
This Englishman wanted the author to act as his guide．
D．
This Englishman visited the Great Wall and thought it worth visiting．
(4)
After the Englishman explained the idiom “You don't say”, ________．
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A．
the author thought the Englishman had made him a fool
B．
the Englishman became a real fool
C．
the author felt very foolish
D．
the author became more careful in everything
阅读理解
If you ask people to name the one person who had the greatest effect on the English language, you will get answers like “Shakespeare,” “Samuel Johnson,” and “Webster,” but none of these men had any effect at all compared to a man who didn’t even speak English-William the Conqueror．
Before 1066, in the land we now call Great Britain lived peoples belonging to two major language groups．In the west central region lived the Welsh, who spoke a Celtic language, and in the north lived the Scots, whose language, though not the same as Welsh, was also Celtic．In the rest of the country lived the Saxons, actually a mixture of Anglos, Saxons, and other Germanic and Nordic peoples, who spoke what we now call Anglo-Saxon(or Old English), a Germanic language．If this state of affairs had lasted, English today would be close to German．
But this state of affairs did not last．In l066 the Normans led by William defeated the Saxons and began their rule over England．For about a century, French became the official language of Eng-land while Old English became the language of peasants．As a result, English words of Politics and the law come from French rather than German．In some cases, modern English even shows a distinction(区别)between upper-class French and lower-class Anglo-Saxon in its words．We even have different words for some foods, meat in particular, depending on whether it is still out in the fields or at home ready to be cooked, which shows the fact that the Saxon peasants were doing the farming, while the upper-class Normans were doing most of the eating．
When Americans visit Europe for the first time, they usually find Germany more "foreign" than France because the German they see on signs and advertisements seems much more different from English than French does．Few realize that the English language is actually Germanic in its beginning and that the French influences are all the result of one man's ambition．
(1)
The two major languages spoken in what is now called Great Britain before l066 were ________
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A．
Welsh and Scottish
B．
Nordic and Germanic
C．
Celtic and Old English．
D．
Anglo-Saxon and Germanic
(2)
Which of the following groups of words are, by inference, rooted in French?
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A．
president, Lawyer, beef
B．
president, bread, water
C．
bread, field, sheep
D．
folk, field, cow
(3)
Why does France appear less foreign than Germany to Americans on their first visit to Europe?
[ ]
A．
Most advertisements in France appear in English．
B．
They know little of the history of the English language．
C．
Many French words are similar to English ones．
D．
They know French better than German．
(4)
What is the subject discussed in the text?
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A．
The history of Great Britain．
B．
The similarity between English and French．
C．
The rule of England by William the Conqueror．
D．
The French influences on the English language．
阅读理解
As China's middle class grows, the demand for entertainment(娱乐)is being met with a rise in cinema construction．300 million people are said to be able to afford movie tickets in China．
There has been a sharp rise in movie production in recent years in China．And the Chinese are becoming enthusiastic movie goers．
Recently, director(导演)Dayyan Eng brought Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey to China to shoot a comedy．Eng says the multi-million dollar investment(投资)in the film shows that the number of Chinese into movies is on the rise．“More people in the big cities are watching movies,” Eng said．“My feeling is, you know, more and more of the people there get a taste of other types of movies out there．”
China's economy has been developing at a fast speed．More income means a greater demand for entertainment．In 2009, box office income grew by 43 percent to ＄1 billion．And that makes movie theaters－in shopping malls－an attractive investment．
Shopping centers are huge in China．Fifty-thousand square meters is considered a tiny shopping center, which anywhere else in the world is considered a pretty big center．So, a shopping center covering 100,000 square meters has a large number of shoppers every day, of whom many are probably movie fans．
Today, China has only 4,000 cinemas．That's one for every 75,000 moviegoers, just one-tenth the number of cinemas in the United States．So there's a demand for cinemas in China．The government expects there to be a 61％ jump in ticket sales in 2011．
(1)
In recent years, Chinese movie makers ________．
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A．
have won less and less movie goers
B．
have attracted the world's attention
C．
have built more movie theaters
D．
have produced more films
(2)
The underlined word “shoot” in Paragraph 3 means ________．
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A．
write a comedy
B．
make a film
C．
choose an actor
D．
direct a film
(3)
What makes movie theatres an attractive investment in China?
[ ]
A．
The greater demand for entertainment．
B．
The government support．
C．
The popularity of large shopping centers．
D．
Increasing movie production．
(4)
How many cinemas does the US have according to the passage?
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A．
4000．
B．
100,000
C．
75,000
D．
40,000．
(5)
It can be expected that 2011 will see ________．
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A．
a huge growth in box office income in China．
B．
a 61％ rise in the number of cinemas in China．
C．
ticket sales of nearly ＄1 billion in China．
D．
the construction of 4,000 new movie theaters in China．
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