Question

    English teenagers will receive cooking lessons in schools. The idea is to encourage healthy eating to solve the problem that many people are overweight. Also, it worries people that basic cooking and food preparation skills are disappearing gradually because parents use too much pre­prepared fast food.

Cooking was once regarded as an important part of education in England—even if it was mainly for girls. In recent years cooking has become less important in schools. But the rising level of obesity(肥胖)has led to a rethink about the food that children are given and the skills they should be taught.

“What we want is to teach young people how to do basic, simple meals, which they can use now at home and then in their life，” said Ed Balls, an education expert.

The new lessons will start in September, but some schools without kitchens will be given a longer time to prepare. Also, there may be a shortage of teachers with the right skills, since schools have been teaching food technology rather than practical cooking. Besides, the lessons for hands­on cooking will only be one hour a week for one term. But the well­known cookery writer, Pru Leith, believes it will be worth it.

“If we'd done this thirty years ago, we might not lack of knowledge about food and the trends(趋势)of obesity could be halted. Every child should know how to cook, not just for having a healthy eating habit, but because it's a life skill which is a real pleasure.”

The renewed interest in cooking is an effort to reduce the obesity rate, which is almost the highest in Europe, and according to the government, half of all British people will be obese in 25 years if we don't take measures to prevent it.

1.What kind of benefits will cooking lessons bring to the students?

A.All of them will become good cooks.

B.Students will be healthy in eating.

C.Students can make food experiments.

D.Students can control the level of obesity.

2.Hands­on cooking lessons will only be ________ for one term.

A.one hour a week B.two hours a week

C.five hours a week D.ten hours a week

3.The underlined word “halted” in the passage probably means “________”.

A.continued B.stopped C.discussed D.kept

4.From the passage we know that ________.

A.cooking has always been very important in England

B.English teenagers won't have cooking lessons

C.the obesity rate has been growing rapidly in Britain

D.the students will pay much money for cooking lessons

5.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.The reasons of obesity.

B.The lost cooking skills.

C.The healthy eating.

D.The cooking lessons.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

【解析】

【主旨大意】本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了在英国学校里，烹饪将会是一门必修课，这有助于健康饮食，减少青少年的肥胖症。同时，该课程还可以使青少年享受人生，从而少得病。

3.词义猜测题。题干意为：画线单词“halted”在文中的意思可能是“________”。由句意可知，如果我们30年前这样做，我们或许就不会缺乏关于食物的知识，而且肥胖的趋势可以停止，故选B。

4.推理判断题。题干意为：从文章中我们可以了解到________。根据最后一段讲述了英国肥胖率日益增长的严重趋势，并结合上文提到在学校开设烹饪课的原因可知C项正确，故选C。

5.主旨大意题。题干意为：这篇文章主要谈论了什么？文章主要介绍了烹饪课将会是英国学校的一门必修课，并介绍了这样做的原因，D项概括全面，故选D。