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To many local people in Sichuan, there is no problem that cannot be fixed with a hotpot. I was born in and grow up in Sichuan. Hotpot is an important part of my life. We usually even _____ big events with a hotpot.
However, when I went to the UK, I _____ that it was expensive to have hotpot in town (more than 100 yuan per person, without drinks), while the locals know nothing about hotpot. They don't even know that lotus root is a _____. Maybe the only kind of hotpot they know is Swiss chocolate fondue.
So I came up with an idea. It was to invite some international friends to a hotpot _____ dinner. The dinner helped me to _____ our culture. It also gave me a(n) _____ to make friends.
I first showed my _____ for cooking for my best friend, who is a German girl. I took my rice cooker, the pot I used to make hotpot with me _____ I went to her house in Germany.
My friend_____ her gift—a couple of Chinese bowls. And she told me that this would be the first time she had used ______. She had different kinds of vinegar, but not the Chinese kind. Since we didn't have any, we ______ it with another kind. The taste was ______ better.
Her mom______ a piece of lotus root, and I could still remember her face when she put it into her mouth—she was surprised at it. But it was a(n) ______ hotpot night.
When you go to a foreign country, a good way to make more friends is to introduce your own culture through something ______， like food. This will attract more friends and you will get great pleasure from it.
素材选自：21世纪英文报
1.A.hold B.discover C.celebrate D.experience
2.A.showed B.found C.wondered D.reminded
3.A.fruit B.vegetable C.drink D.cake
4.A.with B.for C.around D.from
5.A.accept B.understand C.learn D.spread
6.A.idea B.reason C.chance D.choice
7.A.opinion B.love C.gift D.value
8.A.before B.since C.when D.until
9.A.gave out B.put out C.handed out D.took out
10.A.them B.her C.it D.him
11.A.preferred B.changed C.completed D.compared
12.A.even B.already C.still D.only
13.A.tries B.tried C.was trying D.is trying
14.A.boring B.awful C.tiring D.wonderful
15.A.strange B.creative C.special D.terrible
Experts in nutrition suggest that we should eat at least five different kinds of vegetables and fruit a day. They are very necessary for our health and help our bodies work well. They can help reduce the risk of getting ill. There are a lot of vegetables and fruit to be chosen and they taste delicious. 1.
It's easy to buy our food from the local supermarket, so why do we go to the trouble of growing our own? Here are several good reasons：
2. You can pick up and eat it at once. When you have tried it, you will agree that vegetables and fruit that are eaten straight from the garden taste better than anything you can buy in a supermarket.
You may want to cut down on your “food miles”—the distance that a product has travelled before it reaches your kitchen. Many food packages are flown halfway across the earth. 3.
Homegrown food is likely to be healthier. Food producers often use fertilizers and pesticides which can end up in your food. If you grow your own, things are different. 4. You might also choose to grow some traditional vegetables and fruit. These often have more important things that keep you healthy.
5. And you can grow your own even if you only have a small backyard. Some food can grow well in pots, including tomatoes, potatoes and carrots. You can recycle plastic bottles and cups to grow something. Just make sure there are holes for drainage and a small plate under them to catch drops of water.
Happy gardening!
Word Bank
nutrition 营养 pesticide 农药
fertilize 化肥 drainage 排水
A.Best of all, you can grow your own!
B.That's not so good for you, or for the planet.
C.Food that you grow yourself is always fresh.
D.If you have a large garden, growing your own is easy.
E.You can control what goes on and into the food you eat.
发霉的食物还能吃吗?
One day, you open the fridge and find some moldy food. But before you can throw it away, your mother stops you. She doesn't want to waste food. She cuts off the moldy part and eats the rest. Is it safe to do this?
Mold can grow on almost all kinds of food. Mold is usually green, white, black or grey. Mold makes food soft and changes its color. Moldy food tastes quite bad—and it's not safe to eat.
If you find mold in soft food, just throw it away. Soft food, such as bread, tomatoes or hot dogs, usually contains water. This allows mold to easily grow below its surface. Bacteria can also grow along with it.
But it's easy to remove mold from hard food. The mold can't grow very deeply inside this kind of food. According to the BBC, you should cut about 2.5 cm around and below the mold to remove it. It's OK to cut the moldy parts out of hard food and eat the rest. But if the food is completely covered with mold, you should still throw it away.
Most kinds of mold are bad for us. But some kinds of mold can be used to make food. For example, penicillium can be used to make many types of cheeses, such as blue cheese. These cheeses are safe to eat—and they're quite delicious as well.
素材选自：21世纪英文报
Word Bank
moldy 发霉的 bacteria 细菌 penicillium 青霉菌
1.What's the best way to do with a moldy tomato?
A.To eat it.
B.To throw it away.
C.To cut off the moldy part.
D.To boil it in hot water.
2.Which of the following is TRUE about mold?
A.We can't see it.
B.It grows faster when it is cold.
C.It makes the food taste bad.
D.It is more likely to grow on hard food.
3.What does the underlined word “contains” mean in Chinese?
A.包围 B.含有 C.流出 D.缺少
4.You need to cut ________ to remove mold on hard food.
A.half of the food
B.about 1.5 cm around and below the mold
C.the surface of the food
D.about 2.5 cm around and below the mold
5.What do we know about penicillium according to the text?
A.It tastes quite delicious.
B.It can be used to make food.
C.It is bad for our health.
D.It is more likely to grow on cheeses.
文化意识——中国传统文化
Cinyee Chiu, an artist from Taiwan, is always happy to try something new. Her amazing works won lots of prizes. Among them, “24 Solar Terms” is the most popular.
Ancient Chinese divided a year into 24 parts according to the changes of the weather. It's the 24 solar terms. But not everyone knows them well. Cinyee Chiu put the 24 solar terms in pictures to help people understand them better.
Cinyee turned each solar term into an animal. But these animals are not just animals. You can also find seasonal fruit, vegetables or beautiful flowers on them.
When spring comes, water gets warm and fish start to swim around. So Cinyee chose fish as a symbol of Start of Spring. Also, she drew spring vegetables, Chinese chives on the back of the fish.
White Dew falls on about Sept. 8. It shows the beginning of the cool autumn. There are colorful leaves and cooler nights at this time of year. As the temperature falls, white dew is often seen on the grass and trees at night. For White Dew, Cinyee chose a raccoon—a small animal with thick hair. She drew white spots on the raccoon to show dew. And she used the dragon fruit to show the rich colors in autumn.
The young artist really gave the ancient Chinese culture a new look.
Word Bank
Solar Terms 节气dew露珠 spot小圆点
1.A year is divided into 24 parts based on________.
A.the changes of the weather
B.seasonal fruits and vegetables
C.colourful leaves
D.different kinds of animals
2.How many examples are given to show Cinyee's “24 Solar Terms” in the text?
A.Two. B.Three. C.Four. D.Five.
3.From Paragraph 5, we know that ________.
A.a raccoon likes fish
B.Start of Spring falls on about Dec.8
C.White Dew shows the end of the autumn
D.Cinyee used white spots to show dew
4.According to the text, Picture ________ can't be from Cinyee's “24 Solar Terms”.
A.
B.
C.
D.
5.What does the text mainly tell us?
A.Why Cinyee made herself known.
B.Who divided a year into 24 parts.
C.How Cinyee showed the 24 solar terms.
D.What Start of Spring and White Dew mean.
生活中有很多令人难以忘记的人或事。你有什么难忘的人或事呢？请以“My unforgettable ________”为题，写一篇英语短文，叙述你难忘的事。
要求：1. 请补充标题，如travel, festival或experience等；
2. 文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称；
3. 词数100左右。
My unforgettable________
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Last winter holiday, I visited a village with only 11 houses. Although the village 1. very small, I spent a whole day in it.
The village became popular because of Grandpa Huang's hard work. He bought a house there over 30 years ago, but in 2010 the village was to be pulled down. In order2. save the old village, Grandpa Huang painted on the walls of his own house and other houses. He painted things that he liked.3. most popular paintings for visitors were of famous people. One of them was a picture of Andy. I liked him so much that I asked a visitor to take a photo of that painting and me. On the ground of the village, Grandpa Huang 4. painted a lot of wellknown Chinese sayings.
I really had 5. good time in the village and wished to visit it again.
