Question

 

A 14-year-old British student is packing for the next day of school: textbooks, notebooks, pens, 250 grams of flour, an egg and some cooking oil. Wait, what? It’s not a joke.

    From September, cookery will be a compulsory (必修的) course for kids aged 7-14 in the UK. Primary school students will learn how to put things together and make simple, healthy food. At high school, students will then master a number of different meals. They will also learn some cooking skills including baking.

    Britain is sometimes known as a country with bad food and unhealthy eating habits. These new courses are part of the country’s effort to bring healthy food back onto the table.

    “One in four British families no longer has a table that everyone can eat around.  One out of every two meals we eat is eaten alone. Only four out of ten of us enjoy eating meals with our children,” British writer Joanna Blythman wrote in her book Bad Food Britain: How A Nation Ruined Its Appetite in 2006. Instead, ready meals have become the first choice for many British kids, because their parents are often too busy to cook a proper meal.

    “It’s important that children can develop an interest and understanding of good food,” said a spokesman of the Department for Education. “We want to encourage them to develop a love of food and cooking that will stay with them as they grow up.

1.What are high school students in UK supposed to learn about cookery?

2.Is UK famous for its delicious food?

3.How many British people of all enjoy eating meals with their children according to Joanna Blythman?

4.Why have ready meals become very popular with many British kids?

5.What’s aim of the cookery course in UK?

 

Answer 1

1.They should / are supposed to master a number of different meals and learn some cooking skills including baking

2.No, it isn’t.

3.Four out of ten. / 40%.

4.Because their parents are often too busy to cook a proper meal.

5.To develop a love of food and cooking that will stay with them as they grow up.

【解析】

试题分析：一个14岁的英国学生为明天的课程做准备，物品包括：课本、笔记本、笔、250克面粉、鸡蛋和一些食用油。烹饪课程是英国7 - 14岁的孩子必修课。教育界的一位官员说：我们想鼓励他们提高对食物和烹饪的爱好，让这些伴着他们成长。

1.在英国的高中生应该学会关于烹饪什么？联系原文：At high school, students will then master a number of different meals. They will also learn some cooking skills including baking.句意：在高中，学生将掌握许多不同的食物。他们还将学习一些烹饪技巧包括烘烤。明确提出英国高中生的烹饪技术要学会什么。故填：They should / are supposed to master a number of different meals and learn some cooking skills including baking

2.英国是以它的美味食物而著名吗？联系原文：Britain is sometimes known as a country with bad food and unhealthy eating habits.句意：英国是有时被称为有糟糕的国家食品和不健康的饮食习惯的国家。因此对于本句的问题应该做否定回答。故填：No, it isn’t.

3.根据英国作家乔安娜莱斯曼的介绍，有多少英国人喜欢与他们的孩子们共进晚餐？联系原文，这位作家所列的数据：Only four out of ten of us enjoy eating meals with our children.句意：仅有百分之四十的人喜欢与孩子们一起共进晚餐。明确数字为40%。故填：Four out of ten. / 40%.

4.为什么快餐对于许多英国的孩子非常受欢迎? 原文中明确答案：because their parents are often too busy to cook a proper meal.句意：因为他们的父母太忙了，而不能做一次像样的饭。故填：Because their parents are often too busy to cook a proper meal.

5.在英国开设烹饪课程的目的是什么?分析原文：We want to encourage them to develop a love of food and cooking that will stay with them as they grow up.句意：我们想鼓励他们提高对食物和烹饪的爱好，让这些伴着他们成长。故填：To develop a love of food and cooking that will stay with them as they grow up.

考点：社会现象类短文阅读。