I have never taken cooking classes．I learned cooking from my mother because she was rally interested in teaching me how to cook．The main reason for this was because when my mother got married, she didn’t know how to cook anything, not even an egg．My grandmother never allowed her to stay in the kitchen when she was cooking．

     My mother did not start to cook until she was 25 years old．In the beginning, it was very hard for her．Therefore, she had to take cooking classes to prepare our meals．After having that experience, she decided to teach me how to cook because she didn’t want me to have the same experience．

     I remember when I was seven years old, and my mother was cooking, I was with her in the kitchen enjoying cooking．I always helped her．Sometimes we prepared meals that my mother already knew how to make, and sometimes we prepared them from recipes．Nowadays, I am really thankful for that experience because I don’t need help to cook a meal．I can cook for me alone or for a group of people; it doesn’t matter．

     I will do the same with my children because I don’t want them to have the same experience as my mother．If one day I am not with them, I want to be sure that they can carry on their lives without me．

1．The writer’s mother learned cooking          ．

A．from the writer’s grandmother

        B．all by herself

        C．by taking cooking class

      D．from cooking books

2． The writer’s mother taught the writer how to cook because          ．

         A．she wanted the writer to be more independent(独立)

         B．the writer was interested in cooking

         C．she thought it a must for a woman to learn

         D．she needed more help when she was cooking

3．The underlined word “recipes” in this passage most probably means          ．

A．instructions on how to prepare food

B．experiences of cooking food

C．some well-known cooks

D．tools for cooking and heating food

4．We can learn from the passage that the writer’s children will          ．

A．hate cooking                                B．learn cooking

C．teach cooking                              D．forget cooking

5．The writer must think cooking is          to learn in life．

A．interesting                                         B．Difficult

C．enjoyable                                               D．important

I’m glad it’s Sunday again. I can stay in bed   36 I like, drinking tea and   37   those thick newspapers that are brought  38  the newsboy through the letterbox at 8:30. In this way, I can catch up with all the   39  I haven’t got time to read during my work time.

When I   40  the papers, I then prepare my bath. The Sunday morning bath is   41  of the week. There’s no need to hurry because there’s no bus to   42  and my friends are told not to call me up before noon on Sundays, so there is no danger of   43    by the telephone.

  44 spend the afternoon after lunch is always a bit of problem. In summer I can go to the park and sit in a chair   45  boys playing football, while in winter I sit in front of the fire and   46   when reading a book, sometimes I turn on the television and sleep through an old film.  

Then there’s the   47 ahead of me. Perhaps I’ll call on some friends or go to the cinema   48   a new film I want to see or to town for a concert. Oh, there are   49   pleasant ways of passing Sunday evenings. The only sad thing is that Monday morning is getting    50 .

 Have you got _____books? --- Sorry, I haven’t got _________.

 A. some, any          B. any, any         C. some, some   D. any, some

Electronic books have changed the way many people read for   15 . Now online textbooks are changing the way some students learn and some teachers teach.
More than   16  students go to the public schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, outside Washington. Last year, the school system used digital books in fifteen schools. This school year, middle schools and high schools changed   17  printed to electronic textbooks in their social studies classes.
“I mean, it’s just   18  a regular textbook, except it’s got it all online.” says Luke Rosa, a history teacher at Falls Church High School.
Peter Noonan, an assistant superintendent(主管) of schools says, “The world’s changing   19 . And the online textbooks can change right along with the events that   20 .”
“Digital books also cost   21  than printed textbooks,” he says, “Usually it’s between fifty and seventy dollars   22  a textbook for each student, which adds up to about eight million dollars for all of our students in Fairfax County. In fact, we have bought all of the online textbooks for our students for just under six million dollars.”
Social studies teacher Michael Bambara says the e-book he uses in his government class is better than a(an)   23  textbook. It has materials for students   24  different levels of reading skills…

Electronic books have changed the way many people read for   15 . Now online textbooks are changing the way some students learn and some teachers teach.

More than   16  students go to the public schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, outside Washington. Last year, the school system used digital books in fifteen schools. This school year, middle schools and high schools changed   17  printed to electronic textbooks in their social studies classes.

“I mean, it’s just   18  a regular textbook, except it’s got it all online.” says Luke Rosa, a history teacher at Falls Church High School.

Peter Noonan, an assistant superintendent(主管) of schools says, “The world’s changing   19 . And the online textbooks can change right along with the events that   20 .”

“Digital books also cost   21  than printed textbooks,” he says, “Usually it’s between fifty and seventy dollars   22  a textbook for each student, which adds up to about eight million dollars for all of our students in Fairfax County. In fact, we have bought all of the online textbooks for our students for just under six million dollars.”

Social studies teacher Michael Bambara says the e-book he uses in his government class is better than a(an)   23  textbook. It has materials for students   24  different levels of reading skills…