Nowadays people become more and more busy. They are so busy that they have no 1. to cook. This becomes 2. problem, because most families love home cooking! The food tastes good and warm, and a family meal brings everyone 3. . In some families, the meal time is often the only time everyone sees one another at the 4. time.
Another reason people 5. home cooking is that it is often a way of showing love. A parent 6. makes some cookies is not just satisfying a child’s sweet teeth. He or she is sending a message. The message says, “I care about you enough to spend an hour making cookies that you will eat up in fifteen minutes 7. I let you.”
There is also something 8. the smell of home cooking. The smell of home cooking pleases people of all ages. It makes most of us 9. good and we realize that we are loved by others, even if we are the ones doing the cooking! Next time you smell a cake making, stop for a moment and pay 10. to your mood.
1.The Browns are looking for a new house. Mr. Brown wants to live in the town centre. Mrs. Brown wants a house with four bedrooms while the kids want a garden. 2.Ann is a college student who wants a part-time job. She can only work in the evening and on weekends because she has to go to school from Monday to Friday. 3.Tom is 11 years old now. He is very interested in football team. He has classes at weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. 4.Jack wants to rent a room. It doesn’t matter how big it is or how the furniture is. He’s got to study for his exams, so the room must be quiet. 5.Tony would like to spend the coming winter holiday at the seaside. He cannot afford living in a hotel. Therefore, he wants to book a holiday flat. | A. Green Garden. Come and ride a bicycle under the sun and enjoy a country lunch with farm-fresh fruits and vegetables. Ring 3204923 B. Join Our Football Team. For boys and girls who want to play in the local football team. Aged 9 to 13. Meet in Green Park on Friday at 4 p.m. C. Assistant Wanted. For busy restaurant. Girls aged 18 to 25 preferred. Some evening and weekend work. All meals free. Ring 3320178. D. Room to Rent. Small room to rent in city centre flat above restaurant. Quiet. Newly painted with modern furniture. Near main railway station. Phone 333210. E. House for Sale. Comfortable family home in the centre of town with a large garden. Four bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom. Offers over $95,000. F. English Tutor Wanted. Primary school teachers who is easy-going with children. Time:3:00-6:00 p.m Wednesday. Call 3642096. G. Sea View Holiday Flats. Set in lovely gardens. Five minutes’ walk from the beach. Enjoy your own cooking in the kitchen. You can rent it at the price of $ 200 per week. |
Dinner customs (习惯) are different around the world. If you are a guest in Ghana( 加纳), this information will help you a lot.
In Ghana, dinner is usually from four in the afternoon to six in the evening. But there are no strict rules (规则) about time. Whenever a guest arrives, a family offers food. When you go to a home, the person who receives guests takes you to the living room first. At this time everyone welcomes you. Then you go to the dinning room. There you wash your hands in a bowl of water. All the food is on the table.
In Ghana you usually eat with your fingers. You eat from the same dish as everyone else. But you eat from one side of the dish only. It is not polite to get food from the other side of the dish. After dinner, you wash your hands again in a bowl of water.
Most meals in Ghana have a dish called fufu. People in Ghana make fufu from the powder(粉末) of some plants. Sometimes they cut the fufu with a saw(锯子) because it is very hard. You must chew(咀嚼) fufu well, or you may get sick. You eat fufu with the fingers of your right hand only.
1.From the passage we know that in Ghana ______________.
A. the rules for dinner time are not strict
B. dinner is always at six in the evening
C. a family offers food only at four in the afternoon
D. people usually invite their guests to dinner late in the evening
2.If you are a dinner guest in Ghana, the host (主人) always takes you to ________.
A. the dining room first B. the living room first
C. the kitchen first D. the garden first
3.People in Ghana usually eat ________.
A. from one side of a dish to the other
B. from the other side of the dish
C. with their fingers
D. with their spoons
4.In fact, most dishes in Ghana ________.
A. are cooked with the powder of some plants
B. have fufu in them
C. are too hard to eat
D. are not very hard
5.When you eat fufu, you’d better _________.
A. cut it with a saw B. use your right hand only
C. chew it well D. all of the above
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Come to Austria(奥地利)！ Soll is a village in the mountains in western Austria. And the Post Hotel is clean and not expensive. It is opened by a local family. From the hotel you can see the whole village, the forests and the mountains. Temperatures in summer are usually 20 to 25 in the daytime, but much cooler by evening. |
Enjoy Thailand(泰国)！ When you visit Bangkok in Thailand, don’t miss the early morning river boat trip to the Floating(漂浮) just outside the city. There you will find many kinds of fruits and vegetables. And you can pay for them when you sit in your boat. Don’t forget your hat: the sun can be strong and it may be as hot as 40 at noon. |
Visit Hawaii！ Maybe the most beautiful place in Hawaii is Kauai. You can visit its long, sandy beaches in the south and west of the island, and mountains and forests in the north, but don’t be surprised if it rains in the centre of the island. Daytime temperatures there are usually around 24 to 26 by the sea, and only a little cooler by late evening. |
1.The advertisements above are about ______.
A. shopping B. food C. travel D. hotels
2.If you go to Bangkok, you can ．
A. Climb Mountains
B. enjoy the scenery of the forests
C. live in the Post Hotel
D. buy fruits while sitting in your boat
3. _____ is one better way to prevent the strong sunshine in Bangkok
A. Going to the sandy beaches
B. wearing a hat
C. Climbing up the mountains
D. staying in the forests
4.Which place will you choose if you want to visit both mountains and beaches?
A. Soll in Austria. B. Bangkok in Thailand.
C. the Floating Market. D. Kauai in Hawaii.
5.According to(根据) the advertisements, we know that _______.
A. the hottest travel place is Soll
B. maybe it often rains in the centre of Kauai
C. the Floating Market is in the middle of Bangkok
D. the Post Hotel in Austria is clean but the price is high
Have you ever planted a few trees on Tree Planting Day? Each year, millions of people, both , plant a lot of trees. But this may not be the best way to make your home a place.
Last week we visited a park in Hebei. We were to find most of the trees had been burned. The workers told us that the trees soon after they were planted because they weren’t watered well enough. workers burned them and cleaned the place for trees to be planted this year. a card found in one of the dead trees, a student wrote,“I hope this tree will grow up with me to the backbone (栋梁) of our country.” The workers said that the survival(存活) of the trees was really more important than trees were planted.
Some people in Beijing now have a new idea that they can donate (捐赠) some money and let professional (专业人士) plant and the trees.
1.A. students and teachers B. old and young C. boys and girlsD. mother and father
2.A. smaller B. colder C. greener D. larger
3.A. pleased B. happy C. interesting D. surprised
4.A. died B. grew C. bought D. planted
【小题5 A. Though B. When C. Because D. So
5.A. few B. old C. new D. dead
6.A. Over B. From C. On D. About
7.A. need B. hold C. plant D. be
8.A. how many B. when C. how soon D. why
9.A. take out B. take down C. take up D. take care of
――Good morning! My name is Jenny. I work for a sports newspaper.
――_______. What can I do for you?
A. Is it? B. Nice to meet you
C. Oh, my God D. Sorry, I don’t know you
