5.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,(36)BMoney 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?(37)GMake 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?(38)CIt takes around the same amount of time to make more of something.So save yourself the effort for a future meal.
(39)AThis 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.(40)Fand 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.
4.For nine days in October,the New Mexico skies are painted as hundreds of balloons lift off from Albuquerque's Balloon Fiesta (or festival) Park.For ballooning fans worldwide,the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is a pilgrimage(朝圣).There's something for everyone to enjoy-special shapes filled with equal parts of hot air and wonder,and Balloon Glows that create a magical night landscape for spectators(or audience)to wander.
    The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is a world-famous attraction and destination for kids of all ages.For more than 30 years,the first week in October brings the smell of roasting chilies(辣椒) and the beautiful,magical moving picture show of hot air balloons sailing silently through the crisp fall air.
    Guests from all over the world come to Albuquerque to celebrate ballooning.Literally hundreds of balloons will be taking flight from the Balloon Fiesta Park this year.
    From its beginnings in 1972 with 13 balloons launching from a shopping mall parking lot,the Balloon Fiesta has grown to various events launching year-round at the custom-designed,365-acre Balloon Fiesta Park.Our signature event remains Balloon Fiesta,which,with 700 balloons,is the largest ballooning event on earth,the most photographed event on earth,and the largest yearly international event held in the United States.
    Imagine 54 football fields,all put together.That's the size of Balloon Fiesta Park's 78-acre launch field!And at this Park's"playing field",there are no losing teams and no viewing stands.Guests walk the field and are part of the action…
    Balloon Fiesta Park is located north of Alameda Boulevard,one mile west of Interstate-25.
32.This text is mainly aboutA
A.the fantastic scene of a balloon festival
B.the history of a balloon festival
C.where to enjoy the biggest balloon festival
D.what is a balloon festival
33.Which of the following is True according to the text?D
A.Balloon Fiesta has a history of 30 years.
B.Balloon Fiesta is only held in the daytime.
C.During Balloon Fiesta moving show or cartoons will be played.
D.The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is held at the beginning of October.
34.The unfinished part in Paragraph 5 will probably be aboutC.
A.how the festival begins
B.how the Balloon Fiesta Park is built
C.the description of the busy festival scene
D.why so many visitors are present at the festival
35.This text comes most probably fromB.
A.a news report
B.an advertisement
C.a tourist's diary
D.a guide's explanation.
3.Metro Pocket Guide
Metrorail(地铁)
Each passenger needs a farecard to enter and go out.Up to two children under age five may travel free with a paying customer.
Farecard machine are in every station.Bring small bills because there are no change machines in the station and farecard machines only provide up to 5inchange.
Get one of unlimited  Metrorail  rides  with a One Day Pass.Buy it from a fare cardmachine in Metrostations.Use it after 9:30a.m.until closing on weekdays,and all day on weekends and holidays.
Hours of Service
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Close:midnightSun.-Thurs.3a.m.Fri.-Sat.nights
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Metrobus
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Faresforthe Senior/disabled customers
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29.Whatshouldyouknowaboutfarecardmachine?D
A.Theystartsellingticketsat9:30a.m.
B.Theyareconnectedtochangemachines.
C.Theyofferspecialservicetotheelderly.
D.Theymakechangefornotmorethan5.
30.At what time does Metrorail stop service on Saturday?B
A.at midnight  
B.at 3 a.m.
C.at 5 am  
D.at 7 p.m.
31.What is good about a SmarTrip? card?B
A.It is convenient for old people  
B.It saves money for its users
C.It can be bought at any time     
D.it is sold on the Internet.
2.Micro-blog is no longer simply a platform for self-expression and networking,as it is becoming a battlefield for businesses wanting to promote their products and services.
Over the last year,micro-blogging has become wildly popular in China,with some 65 million China based micro-blog accounts registered by the end of 2010 and the number is growing by more than 10 million each month,according to Data Center of the China Internet (DCCI).
At present,China's largest web portal Sina claims (宣称) to have 5,000 company micro-blog users,including Starbucks,Channel,and IKEA.On the micro-blog pages of the companies,visitors can not only view advertisements,but also see customers'feedback (反馈).
E-commerce (电子商务) expert Lu Bowang says micro-blogging has opened a whole new world of marketing.Through micro-blogs,companies can quickly catch the attention of future customers and interact with them on a regular basis so to develop a friendly relationship with customers,Lu said.
An Internet surfer named Xiaoben posted on his micro-blog page that he enjoyed drinking Puer tea,and within 10 minutes,a micro-blogger who owned an online shop selling Puer tea recommended (推荐) his shop to Xiaoben."It is a little bit like magic.I just make a wish,and then I get a micro-blog response."
However,with more and more people micro-blogging to make money,experts warn that marketing via micro-blog could be a double-edged sword.
Huang Heshui,professor from Xiamen University says micro-blogging is highly personal and private,and that too many advertisements can anger micro-blog users leading them to dislike certain brands.
Further,a brand can be as easily damaged as established through micro-blogging,as customers'negative feedback about a certain product or company can be very quickly spread in the micro-blog community,Huang added.
The micro-blog managers should set up some rules and regulation to control micro-blog marketing,and at the same time,business organizations need to strengthen self-discipline and try to build up an honesty-based business culture,e-commerce expert Lu Bowang suggested.
25.By the end of August,2011,the number of registered accounts based in China had probably increased toD.
A.65,000,000    
B.165,000,000  
C.155,000,000   
D.145,000,000
26.What is the purpose of telling Xiaoben's experience?C
A.To show how fast he got the idea.
B.To promote micro-blog based marketing.
C.To show the win-win situation in micro-blog marketing.
D.To persuade people to make a wish through micro-blog.
27.From what Professor Huang says,we can learn thatC.
A.Advertising information will lead to micro-bloggers'great anger
B.A brand can be easily damaged because it's founded through micro-blogging
C.Costomers'reaction is important to company's survival in the micro-blog community
D.an honesty-based business culture should be built up in the micro-blog community
28.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?D
A.Micro-Blog:A Double-Edged Sword   
B.Business Online
C.An Awful Battlefield     
D.Micro-Blog Makes its Way to Business.
1.One day a mime(哑剧演员)is visiting the zoo and attempts to earn some money as a street performer.As soon as he starts to draw a crowd,a zookeeper drags him into his office.The zookeeper explains that the zoo's most popular attraction,a gorilla(大猩猩),has died suddenly and the keeper fears that attendance at the zoo will fall off.He offers the mime a job to dress up as the gorilla.The mime accepts.
The next morning the mime puts on the gorilla suit and enters the cage before the crowd comes.He soon discovers he can sleep all he wants,play and make fun of people and he draws bigger crowds than he ever did as a mime-the job he likes but loses.
However,with days going by,he begins to notice that the people are paying more attention to the lion in the cage next to his.Not wanting to lose the attention of his audience,he climbs to the top of his cage,crawls across a partition(隔墙),and dangles(悬挂)from the top to the lion's cage.The lion gets angry at this.The scene is a fuel to the crowd.
At the end of the day he is given a raise for being such a good attraction-Well,this continues for some time.The crowds grow larger,and the mime's pay keeps going up.
Then one day when he is dangling over the lion he slips and falls.The mime is terrified.He starts screaming,"Help me!",but the lion is quick.The mime soon finds himself flat on his back looking up at the angry lion and the lion says,"Shut up you fool!Do you want to get us both fired?"
21.The mime accepts the zookeeper's offer becauseA.
A.he has been out of work
B.he doesn't like being a mime
C.he likes performing at the zoo
D.he is offered a higher pay there
22.How does the mime find the job dressing up as the gorilla?C
A.Hard and tiring.
B.Dangerous but exciting.
C.Easy and funny.
D.Boring but well-paid.
23.The mime's first contact with the lion is toD.
A.find pleasure for himself    
B.get the lion's attention
C.get his pay raised             
D.win back his audience
24.The underlined words"a fuel"in Paragraph 3 can be replaced byC.
A.frightening     
B disappointing    
C.exciting       
D.familiar.
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