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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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

阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出适合填入对应空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

One day I was riding on a crowded bus downtown to go to work when it rained suddenly. The windows of the bus were soon _________ and we couldn’t see the outside. Everyone was in low spirits. I was sitting next to a man in a business suit an d I paid little attention _________ we both got off at the same stop and walked to the same news-stand(报刊亭) to get a morning _________ .

The man _________ the stand was obviously having a bad day. He was _________ and unsmil-ing as we bought our papers, which only _________ more gloom (郁闷) to my day. The business-man _________ my eyes and smiled brightly, _________ the news-stand owner for the paper and for being open on such a morning to _________ we were able to get our papers.

As we went away, I asked this man why he was so _________ to the newsman when he didn’t respond to his _________ of thanks and friendliness. The businessman smiled at me and said, “Why would I let someone else _________ what I say and what I feel?”

We then _________ to go to our own work places. To this day, I still don’t know who that businessman was, or where he worked. _________ , I know nothing about him. He appeared briefly in my life and disappeared just as _________ . But I’ve never forgotten the words he said and his _________ which seemed like a ray of light on a gloomy day.

That was a good 25 years _________ , but the effect this had on my life has lasted. I have learnt that we cannot control people and _________ we are in, but we can always control our _________ to them. That is, it is within our control and our _________ to make such positive decisions and thus to make a positive difference.

1.A. closedB. cleanedC. brokenD. covered

2.A. afterB. untilC. sinceD. unless

3.A. coffeeB. suitC. callD. pa per

4.A. runningB. watchingC. holdingD. closing

5.A. nervousB. happyC. rudeD. excited

6.A. providedB. returnedC. addedD. experienced

7.A. caughtB. sensedC. noticedD. understood

8.A. askingB. praisingC. remindingD. thanking

9.A. make clearB. make sureC. make outD. make up

10.A. helpfulB. seriousC. pleasantD. rude

11.A. conversationB. expressionC. explanationD. impression

12.A. controlB. understandC. explainD. correct

13.A. attemptedB. decidedC. guidedD. separated

14.A. ThankfullyB. ActuallyC. LuckilyD. Usually

15.A. gently B. regularlyC. quicklyD. quietly

16.A. humorB. smileC. businessD. help

17.A. agoB. beforeC. laterD. after

18.A. solutionsB. locationsC. situationsD. possibilities

19.A. reactionB. temperC. wordsD.weakness

20.A. energyB. secretC. hobbyD. power

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