Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven. His food-loving family had two kitchens, and he quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakes. Lieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during a year abroad before college, learning from a cook in Italy and studying local specialties(特色菜) in Germany, Spain and France. At Yale, he was known for throwing dinner parties, single-handedly frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens of friends. Just for fun, he and some friends decided to tape a show named Campus Cuisine about his cooking. Lieberman was a real college student showing his classmates how to do things like making drinks out of dining-hall fruit. That helped the show become very popular among the students. They would stop Lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cooking. Tapes of the show were passed around, with which his name went beyond the school and finally to the Food Network.
Food Network producer Flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the network television. He says Lieberman’s charisma is key. “Food TV isn’t about food any more,” says Flay. “It’s about your personality and finding a way to keep people’s eyeballs on your show.”
But Lieberman isn’t putting all his eggs in one basket. After taping the first season of the new show, Lieberman was back in his own small kitchen preparing sandwiches. An airline company was looking for someone to come up with a tasteful, inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flights, and Lieberman got the job.
【小题1】We can learn from the text that Lieberman’s family ____.

Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven. His food-loving family had two kitchens, and he quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakes. Lieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during a year abroad before college, learning from a cook in Italy and studying local specialties（地方特色菜）in Germany, Spain and France. At Yale, he was known for throwing dinner parties, single-handedly frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens of friends. Just for fun, he and some friends decided to tape a show named Campus Cuisine about his cooking. Lieberman was a real college student showing his classmates how to do things like make drinks out of dining-hall fruit. That helped the show become very popular among the students. They would stop Lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cooking. Tapes of the show were passed around, with which his name went beyond the school and finally to the Food Network.

Food Network producer Flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the network television. He says Lieberman’s charisma is key. “Food TV  isn’t about food anymore,” says Flay. “It’s about your personality（个性）and finding a way to keep people’s eyeballs on your show.”

But Lieberman isn’t putting all his eggs in one basket. After taping the first season of the new how, Lieberman was back in his won small kitchen preparing sandwiches. An airline company was looking for some one to come up with a tasteful, inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flights, Lieberman got the job.

We can learn from the text that Lieberman’s family ___________.

A.  have relatives in Europe     B. love cooking at home

C.  often hold parties             D. own  a  restaurant

The Food Network got to know Lieberman______________.

A. at one of this parties           B.  from his teachers

C. through his taped show      D. on a television program

What does the word “charisma” underlined in the text refer to ?

A. A natural ability to attract others.

B. A way to show one’s achievement.

C. Lieberman’s after-class interest.

D. Lieberman’s fine cooking skill.

Why did the airline company give Lieberman the job?

A. He could prepare meals in a small kitchen.

B. He was famous for his shows on Food TV.

C. He was good at using eggs to make sandwiches.

D. He could cook cheap ,delicious and simple meals.

What can we learn about Lieberman from the text?

A. He is clever but lonely.

B. He is friendly and active.

C. He enjoys traveling around.

D. He often changes his meals.

短文填词（共10小题； 每小题1分， 满分10分）

阅读下面短文， 根据一下提示：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示， 在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

This afternoon a man dressed in rags came into the shop.

We all stared at him doubtfully when he said he wanted a n   coat. 1. ________

I took him downstairs and showed him a cheap coat which would

____ him only a small amount of money. I thought he might be        2. __________

a bit upset about the price, but    the contrary, he did not seem       3. __________

to    (在乎) about it at all. I didn’t mean to be rude but I have no       4. __________

p      with customers who can’t decide. So I persuaded him         5. __________

to buy it. Then the most unbelievable thing happened to    ----         6. __________

he handed me a million pound bank note. I did not know w            7. __________

it was genuine or not, so I    (寻找) out my boss to ask his advice.   8. __________

He told me that I had    (确实) made a serious mistake by judging  9. __________

This man by his    (衣着). My boss looked very angry and told me  10. __________

to find the best coat for the man immediately.

When I was a little girl, my father loved to play the game of “catch the ball” with me. I wasn’t good at it 21  he didn’t mind at all. He was always telling me to 22  my eyes on the ball; otherwise I would not be able to 23  it when he threw it to me.
As I got older, we didn’t play the game as 24  as before. If I had a   25  , I would go to my father and   26   his advice. He would try to make a joke and say, “Keep your eyes on the ball.” We would both laugh   27   that advice was not usually able to   28   the problem, but he would just try to make me   29  .
My father became   30   in 1995 when I was 23. There were not any more conversations, as he was   31   from a terrible disease. He couldn’t   32  ; he could only move his   33   without making a sound, which was sometimes   34   to understand. I seemed to be   35   good at reading his lips after a while, even better than the nurses that were   36   him.
During one of our last   37   I was telling him about a difficulty I was   38  . Once again, I could read his lips. “Keep your eyes on the ball,” he said. We both smiled. That was the last time I saw my father   39   he passed away.
Sometimes now, all those years later when I get into a   40   situation, I just tell myself, “Keep your eyes on the ball.”

（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

       Is there anything more important than health? I don’t think so. “Health is the greatest wealth,” wise people say.   

       If you have a headache, toothache, backache, or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you go to the doctor.

The doctor will examine your throat, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed. ___    The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice.

       An old gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease. He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest.       In other words, the doctor advised him to follow the rule: “Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is.” The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldn’t smoke more than one cigarette a day.

       A month later the gentleman came into the doctor’s office.___ He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man.

“But you know, doctor,” he said, “it’s not easy to begin smoking at my age.”

       A. He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and                 ake long walks.

       B. You can’t be good at your studies or work well when you are ill.

       C. After that he will advise some treatment or some medicine.

       D. All these will cost a lot of money.

       E. He looked cheerful and happy.

       F. He was more worried about his illness.

       G. Speaking about doctor’s advice, I can’t help telling you a funny story.