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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.

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 about of the coming week. When will 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 a loaf of bread ? __3._______ It takes about 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. 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 new 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.

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— I’m still working on my project.

— Oh, you’ll miss the deadline. Time is ______.

A. running out B. going out

C. giving out D. losing out

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I’m the kind of girl who always has questions. I’m always wondering everything about the world. I love journalism, 1. is all about investigating, reporting, and publishing information for other people to read.

My writing career 2. (start) when I was really little. I made 3. stories about small horses and princesses. I still loved creative writing. But these days, I’m mostly into 4. (gather) information and reporting on 5. I’ve found out. I’ve learned a lot about the world.

My dad is in the entertainment business. Once I was talking with one of his friends, 6. famous singer, and she said I asked a lot of good questions. She also said I should keep it up, so that’s what I did. Now I love interviewing 7. (act) and famous musicians and getting all the facts. Sometimes I’m nervous before an interview, 8. that pushes me to work harder. Later, when I’m organizing and paragraphs, it’s 9. (real) fun. I have a blog 10. I post videos of my interviews and write about the interviews. I hope to interview celebrities（名人）on the red carpet someday.

“Who does the cooking in your home?” I’m often asked by my colleagues. “My wife and I share it 50/50,” I usually say without hesitation.

It’s a lie, of course. We’re pretty much even（相等的）when it comes to the children and the elderly. But the paying of bills isn’t 50/50-my wife pays all sorts of household expenses, so I never even have to set eyes on them. And the cooking isn’t 50/50, either.

The truth is that I am the cook. On my recent 40th birthday, I received the following gifts from my children: a new pot, two mini bottles of truffle oil, a decorative salad-dressing pourer, and a juice-making machine. For a moment I longed for something more manly, a cricket bat, perhaps, and then had to admit that all these things would be useful for me.

It’s not that my wife can’t or doesn’t like to cook (she makes delicious Welsh cakes). Nor has it always been this way. In the early years of our marriage I’d be relaxing with a glass of wine while my wife prepared for dinner after work.

But at some point that changed and I became the cook. Ten years with my wife gave me the rewards-I can throw together a roast, and I can make much foreign food. But I have truly become a monster（怪物）in the kitchen, unable to keep myself away from cooking. “You have to add Dijon to the sauce; it brings out the taste of the cheese,” I volunteer, as my wife is cooking. “Quick, stir in the butter so the dish becomes delicious.”

Is it any wonder that my wife has given up coming into the kitchen while I find the whole process of chopping, mixing, and adding things deeply satisfying?

1.What do the writer and his wife probably share evenly at home?

a．Cooking in the kitchen.

b．Taking care of the children.

c．Paying household expenses.

d．Taking care of the elderly at home.

A．ab B．bd C．bc D．ac

2.The gifts that the writer received on his 40th birthday show that .

A．he is in charge of the cooking at home

B．his children don’t know him at all

C．he doesn’t get along well with his children

D．his children have made wrong choices

3.What do we know about the writer’s wife?

A．She can’t cook.

B．She doesn’t like cooking.

C．She only knows how to make Welsh cakes

D．She used to cook for the family.

4.From Paragraph 5 we learn that the writer .

A．likes sticking his nose into other people’s business

B．doesn’t think his wife is good at cooking

C．studies very hard in order to cook well

D．enjoys cooking in the kitchen

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Mr. and Mrs. Jackson worked in the same company. The man was skillful and earned twice as much, if not more than, 1. his wife. But he had to give all his money to his wife, 2. bought the food, clothes and drinks for him. He was angry with her 3. couldn’t say anything. All the men in the workplace were afraid of their wives and they felt sorry for each other.

It was March 8th and all the women had a day off. The men were free to say whatever they wanted. They had endless 4. (complain) about their wives. And they thought 5. unfair that women had their own festival but they didn’t. The more they said, the 6. (angry) they became. They decided to write a letter to the UN and advised them 7. (cancel) “Women’s Day”. They asked Mr. Jackson to do it, too. The man agreed and began to write it.

When Mr. Jackson finished it, his wife came in. Her key 8. (leave) in the workplace and she came for it. She made him hand the letter to her. 9. (read) it, the woman said with a smile, “How can you post it to the UN 10. I don’t supply you with the money for buying a stamp?”

Do you love hamburgers? Do you how they were created?

The first hamburgers in U.S. history were served in New Haven, Connecticut, at Louis’ Lunch sandwich shop in 1895. Louis Lassen, founder of Louis’ Lunch, ran a small lunch wagon selling steak sandwiches to local factory workers. Because he didn’t like to waste the excess beef from his daily lunch rush, he ground it up, grilled it, and served it between two slice of bread—and thus America’s first hamburger was created.

The small Crown Street restaurant is still owned and operated by the third and fourth generations of the Lassen family. Hamburgers are still the specialty of the house, where steak is ground fresh each day and hand molded, slow cooked, broiled vertically, and served between two slices of toast with your choice of only three “acceptable” garnishes: cheese, tomato, and onion.

Want ketchup or mustard? Forget it. You will be told “no” in no uncertain terms. This is the home of the greatest hamburger in the world, claim the owners, who are perhaps best known for allowing their customers to have a burger the Lassen way or not at all.

1.Why did Louis Lassen start making hamburgers?

A. Because he didn’t want to waste excess beef.

B. Because he wanted to earn more money.

C. Because he would like to make something special.

D. Because he was the founder of Louis’ Lunch.

2.Which of the following is not available for customers to choose from at Louis Lunch?

A. Cheese. B. Tomato.

C. Mustard. D. Onion.

3.What does the underlined words “Crown Street restaurant” in the third paragraph refer to?

A. A restaurant on the Crown Street.

B. A restaurant called Crown Street.

C. Louis’ Lunch sandwich shop.

D. A new chain shop of Louis’ Lunch on Crown Street.

4. The best title of this article is________.

A. The Creation of hamburgers

B. Louis’ Lunch

C. A king of fast-food----Hamburgers

D. Why People Love Hamburgers

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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

My grandfather and I enjoy fishing. One Sunday morning we go fishing at a lake. We took ours fishing poles and headed for the lake. As soon as we arrived, so we dropped the lines into the water. Before waiting for about half an hour, I was beginning to get impatiently. I wanted to give up, and my grandfather told me to wait a little longer. Finally, there were a sudden pull at the pole and fish was caught . Within the next few minute, my grandfather also caught a fish. Felt hungry, we built a fire by the lake and barbecued the fish. It was delicious.

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随着年龄的增长，我们总想挣脱父母的怀抱，渐渐和父母产生分歧。假设你是李华，某中学英语杂志社正在开展题为“How to get along well with your parents”的征文活动。请你根据以下要点写一篇征文稿。

1．事前要跟父母沟通，征求他们的建议；

2．跟父母意见不一致时要保持冷静；

3．多花时间跟父母在一起，跟他们一块郊游等。

根据短文内容，选出最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

American black bears appear in a variety of colors despite their name. In the eastern part of their range, most of these bears have shiny black fur, but in the west they grow brown, red, or even yellow coats. 1. Even in the same litter (一窝幼崽）, both brown and black furred bears may be born.

Black bears are the smallest of all American bears, ranging in length from five to six feet, weighing from three hundred to five hundred pounds. 2.

3. However, if attacked, most can climb trees and cover ground at great speeds. When angry or frightened, they are formidable(可怕的) enemies.

Black bears feed on leaves, herbs, fruit, berries, insects, fish, and even larger animals. 4.Unlike squirrels, woodchucks, and many other woodland animals, bears do not actually hibernate(冬眠). Although the bear does not eat during the winter months, sustaining itself from body fat, its temperature remains almost normal, and it breathes regularly four or five times per minute.

5. They prefer to live in caves. Baby black bears are born in January or February after a gestation(怀孕) period of six to nine months, and they stay with their mother until they are fully grown or about one and a half years old. Black bears can live as long as thirty years in the wild, and even longer in some nature reserves.

A. To the north, the black bear is actually gray or white in color.

B. Black bears mate(交配) all year round.

C. One of the most interesting characteristics of bears, including the black bear, is their winter sleep.

D. Like all bears, the black bear is timid, clumsy, and rarely dangerous.

E. Bears often eat a lot of food before they hibernate in their caves.

F. Most black bears live alone, except during mating season.

G. Their eyes and ears are small and their eyesight and hearing are not as good as their sense of smell.

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