Come for Dinner by Leslie Revsin

Make every meal a feast and every moment with loved ones an occasion with Come for Dinner.

Revsin, the former owner and chef of Manhattan’s Restaurant Leslie, offers a collection of over 150 recipes designed for small get-togethers of friends and family. There are various ethnic dishes that draw from Asia, the Mediterranean, Latin cultures and more. Revsin believes cooking at home provides the opportunity to connect with friends and family on a good level.

Retro Beach Bash by Linda Everett

Grab your beach blanket and your surfboard — it’s time for a beach party! With more than 100 recipes for beach picnics and barbecues, Retro Beach Bash is the beach lover’s companion for fun in the sun.

Half information and half cookbook, you can browse the pages that are filled with beach fun tips and advice. The second half of this book is a cookbook, which can help you make foods to satisfy every taste on the beach.

Entertaining Edibles by Sidney Escowitz

You’ve seen them decorating plates at restaurants, admired them at weddings, and expressed great surprise at the chefs who designed them — and now you can produce them at home.

Sidney shares lots of practical tips that will give your finished food sculptures a professional look and send you on your way towards creating your own original works of food art.

Recipes from a Tapas Bar by Olivier Said

If you’re a fan of Spanish Tapas bars, this book is a must-have for your library. Even if you don’t cook, you’ll still want this book if you’re a fan of Tapas bars, only for the lively discussions of the cheeses of Spain along with other Spanish wines and spirits.

1. If you want to prepare a delicious dish for your family at home, you’d better choose ________.

A. Retro Beach Bash B. Come for Dinner

C. Recipes from a Tapas Bar D. Entertaining Edibles

2.The underlined word “ browse” in the text means ________.

A. design B. read C. change D. write

3.Who can tell you how to make the works of food art?

A. Sidney Escowitz B. Linda Everett

C. Leslie Revsin D. Olivier Said

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There was a woman in Detroit, who has two sons. She was worried ________them, especially the younger one, Ben, ________ he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class ________ fun of him because he seemed so________.

The mother ________ that she would, herself, have to get her sons to do better in school. She ________ them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a ________ a week and do a report about it for her.

One day,in Ben’s ________ the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben ________up his hand and the teacher let him________. “Why did Ben raise his hand?” They wondered. He ________ said anything; what could he possibly want to say?

Well, Ben not only ________ the rock; he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew ________ the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were________. Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book________.

Ben later went on to the________ of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University ________ at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.

After Ben had grown up, he ________ something about his mother that he did not know as a ________ .

She, herself, had never learned how to ________ .

1.A. about B. on C. with D. over

2.A. because B. so C. but D. though

3.A. played B. got C. took D. made

4.A. clever B. hard C. slow D. quick

5.A. asked B. decided C. forgot D. heard

6.A. made B. let C. told D. considered

7.A. notice B. message C. book D. question

8.A. class B. room C. office D. lab

9.A. looked B. gave C. took D. put

10.A. think B. leave C. stand D. speak

11.A. always B. even C. quickly D. never

12.A. found B. played C. knew D. threw

13.A. whether B. when C. where D. why

14.A. afraid B. surprised C. worried D. unhappy

15.A. pictures B. exercises C. shops D. reports

16.A. top B. end C. back D. side

17.A. so B. and C. or D. however

18.A. learnt B. remembered C. understood D. guessed

19.A. doctor B. child C. student D. teacher

20.A. read B. work C. teach D. show

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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1-20各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

As the oldest and my mom’s “grown up” girl, I was not supposed to be so excited when Christmas came. But when I was alone, I liked to ________ each present under the tree. I ________ every tag(标签) and felt every package so that I could even ________ which present went to which person.

It had been a tough year for my family. When Mom was ________ the gifts, she sighed and warned us, “There won’t be much for Christmas this year. Try not to be ________.” In the past, the presents would pile up and ________ cover the living room floor.

On Christmas morning, we eagerly waited until Dad told us everything was __________ . We rushed into the living room and made the wrapping paper ________.

“Here’s another one for you,” said Mom as she ________ me a package. I looked at it, confused. Having ________ so much time examining the present before Christmas, I ________ this one. But it should have been Mom’s. A new ________ had been put on it, ________ my name written in my mother’s handwriting.

“Mom, I can’t…”

I was ________ by my mother’s joyful look- a look I could not really understand. “Let’s see ________ it is , honey. Hurry and open it. ”

It was a hair dryer. ________ this may be a simple gift for other people, to me it was so much more. Being an eleven-year-old girl, I was ________ . In my world, where ________ outweighed(比…..重要) giving, my mother’s act was hard for me to understand. Tears ________ my eyes. How much my mother must love me to _________ her Christmas so that I could have a few more presents! I still remember that Christmas and I’m sure I will never forget it.

1.A. keep B. check C. remove D. carry

2.A. read B. added C. copied D. destroyed

3.A. see B. notice C. tell D. smell

4.A. choosing B. sending C. finding D. preparing

5.A. satisfied B. disappointed C. worried D. excited

6.A. nearly B. hardly C. seriously D. slightly

7.A. correct B. ready C. returned D. changed

8.A. fly B. flow C. move D. race

9.A. threw B. dropped C. made D. handed

10.A. spent B. taken C. cost D. paid

11.A. realized B. recognized C. researched D. recovered

12.A. present B. sign C. tag D. page

13.A. of B. with C. by D. above

14.A. stopped B. lost C. decided D. reached

15.A. which B. where C. what D. why

16.A. Since B. Though C. Because D. Unless

17.A. interested B. annoyed C. shocked D. frightened

18.A. refusing B. offering C. borrowing D. receiving

19.A. attended B. filled C. decorated D. collected

20.A. put up B. take up C. give up D. pick up

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