Liam works in Sydney. Last week he had   41  holiday, but he didn’t know   42  to go. He said to his friend Robert, “I   43    the hot weather here, but I can’t find a cool place in Australia. How will I spend my holiday?”
“That. ’s   44   ,” said Robert. “You’d better go to Moscow. It’s   45   there because it is covered with snow and ice now.”
Liam    46  with his friend. He bought an air ticket and soon   47  Moscow. He made a   48  journey there. But one day he got into trouble. After lunch he went outside the city. He saw a dog   49 him while he  50  by a house. It was   51   and wanted to get some food to eat. Bad luck! He had no pieces of bread or cake with him. He tried to send it away. But it began to shout at him. He wanted to 52   something to make the dog go away, but he couldn’t find anything  53   snow and ice. Suddenly he saw a stone(石头) on the ground. He tried to   54  but he failed.
“ How strange the Russians are!” Liam said to himself. “They do not tie(拴)their dogs, but firmly(紧紧地)tie the   55    ”.

【小题1】
A.two-weekB.two weeksC.two weeks’D.a two-week
【小题2】
A.howB.whatC.whereD.if
【小题3】
A.likeB.unlikeC.hateD.not like
【小题4】
A.rightB.easyC.excitingD.interesting
【小题5】
A.hotB.coldC.warmD.humid
【小题6】
A.agreedB.disagreedC.likedD.hated
【小题7】
A.arrived inB.gotC.leftD.returned
【小题8】
A.sadB.happyC.tiredD.boring
【小题9】
A.to followB.is followingC.followingD.followed
【小题10】
A.was walkingB.walkedC.was crossingD.crossed
【小题11】
A.fullB.thirstyC.happyD.hungry
【小题12】
A.haveB.discoverC.look forD.look out
【小题13】
A.besidesB.exceptC.besideD.without
【小题14】
A.look for itB.put it upC.throw it awayD.pick it up
【小题15】
A.dogsB.stonesC.foodD.sticks

Feeding a crowd of hundreds doesn’t make Kenny Seals-Nutt nervous.

In fact, he thrives in the kitchen. He’s in his perfect place when dicing tomatoes, making salads and baking cakes.

By the time Kenny, 16, reached his third year of high school at Hickory Grove, North Carolina, US, he had become vice president of his school’s cooking club. He also opened his own food company, called Modern Fusion.

Kenny said he developed his love of cooking by watching his mother, and his grandmother, who owned a catering (饮食业) business herself. Kenny helped them both in order to remember their tips: how long to cook chicken so it stays wet, and the right amount of tomatoes to add to a spaghetti dish.

At the age of 5, he cooked his first dish of shrimp and broccoli. Taking it for his school lunch, he warmed it up in the school’s microwave, while the other kids ate their sandwiches.

“I love to eat, and it started to become more fun to cook than to use a microwave,” he said.

Cooking came easy to Kenny, and he enjoyed adding new ingredients into common dishes. “It started with a passion (热情) and I wanted to know more,” he said. He began to watch the Food Network and read chef blogs.

Last summer, Kenny put his skills to the test by working with his grandmother to cater his uncle’s wedding. While she cooked traditional dishes, Kenny wanted to add new to the expected flavors (风味).

Now Kenny spends his weekends catering his own events: weddings, birthday parties, baby showers. Kenny’s dishes are always a hit.

Chef Frederick Mookie Hicks, owner of a catering business, said Kenny’s success comes from his ability to multitask in the kitchen. Hicks said he has asked Kenny to cook with him on jobs three times now, and he presents Kenny as a positive example of a passionate chef to the students in his cooking classes.

“He’s so vigorous (精神饱满的) about cooking that he doesn’t let anything stop him,” Hicks said. “I knew in the first five minutes of working with the kid that he is something special.”

1.How is Kenny different from other students?

A.He opened a cooking club in his high school.

B.He is famous on the Food Network.

C.He owned a food company at 16.

D.He loves to multi-task.

2.What does the underlined word “thrives” probably mean?

A.works energetic                        B.grows fast

C.learns quickly                          D.makes progress

3.Which of the following best describes Kenny’s cooking?

A.Traditional.                            B.Creative.

C.Simple.                               D.Strange.

4.We can conclude from the article that ______.

A.Kenny proved himself by catering his uncle’s wedding alone

B.Kenny likes to follow his mother’s recipe when cooking

C.Kenny was able to cook his first dish in primary school

D.Kenny’s success in cooking has a lot to do with his family

 

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