Most of the time, fishermen catch more fish than they need for their immediate use. The extra fish can be dried or smoked for a later meal. First, however, the fish must be cleaned and salted.
Put the cleaned fish in a mixture of 300g of salt and one liter of water to remove all of the blood from the fish meat. Keep them there for about 30 minutes. Then remove all the fish and wash them in clean water. Now, put them in a mixture which should be strong enough so that the fish float to the top. Cover the container with a clean piece of wood. Hold the wood down with a heavy stone. Leave the fish there for about 6 hours. Then, remove them from the salt water and lay them on a clean place. Cover them with a clean piece of white cloth. Let them dry.
Another method of salting fish is called dry salting. After cleaning the fish, put a few of them on the bottom of a wooden box or basket. Cover them with salt. Continue putting fish and salt in the container until it is full. (Do not use too much salt when using the dry salt method. You should use 1 part salt to 3 parts fish.) Remove the fish after a week or 10 days. Wash them in a mixture of water and a small amount of salt. Let them dry.
A. With all this talk about salt, remember that doctors advise people to limit the sodium(钠) in their diet. It can raise blood pressure, and some people have a greater reaction than others.
1.Which of the following serves as the best title of this passage?
A. How to clean fish
B. How to salt fish
C. How to dry fish
D. How to smoke fish
2.Which is the correct order of salting fish according to the passage?
① Remove all the fish and wash them in clean water.
② Put the cleaned fish in a mixture of salt and water to remove all of the blood.
③ Leave the fish in a strong mixture of salt and water for about 6 hours.
④ Remove them from the salt water and lay them on a clean place.
⑤ Keep the fish in the mixture with a piece of clean wood and a heavy stone.
⑥ Cover them with a clean piece of white cloth and let them dry.
A. ②①⑤③④⑥ B. ②①⑥③⑤④ C. ①②⑥⑤③④ D. ①②③⑤④⑥
3.If you have 3kg of fish, how much salt should you use while dry salting them?
A. About 300g. B. About 30g. About 3kg. D. About 1kg.
4.Which of the following statement is true according to the passage?
A. We need 2 differently strong mixtures of salt and water to salt fish.
B. Dry salting method takes longer time.
C. No matter which method we use, a wooden box is needed to salt fish.
D. Sodium in our diet can cause problems to everybody’s blood pressure.
5.This passage is an excerpt from a radio program “Do It Yourself”,
what do you think the next topic of the program will be?
A. The different customs of eating the salted fish. B.The detailed method of cleaning the fish.
C. The methods of drying and smoking fish. D.The doctor’s research about salt and blood pressure.
Many players like video games based on sports. The Madden series, for example, is very popular. These are named for TV football commentator John Madden, a former coach.
And players have been known to spend hours playing games developed from spy films like the James Bond movies. People who like frightening movies may also like a game series called "Resident Evil." It became popular with a storyline about a company that makes a virus. Victims infected with the virus turn into the undead and eat other people. Players say the games make them feel like they are living inside their own horror film.
Some games developed from traditional board games like backgammon or chess. Others grew from word games or from card games like solitaire and bridge. In 1889, a playing-card company opened in Japan. The company led to Nintendo.
In 1958, a scientist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York State developed a game he called "Tennis for Two." William Higinbotham played it on a scientific device called an oscilloscope. The scientist did not see that such a game could become widely popular. But others did.
By the early 1970s, people were playing a video game called "Pong." Two people would sit at a game machine and control a paddle to hit an electronic ball back and forth. Soon millions of people were playing "Pong." Many other games followed.
Today, as computers keep improving, people keep designing new games. And the public keeps buying them. As games become more and more realistic, we can only imagine what the future will look like in this electronic world.
1.According to the passage, how many ways do electronic games usually develop from or base on?
A. 6. B.5. C. 4. D. 3.
2.__________ is based on frightening movies.
A. The Madden series. B. Solitaire. C. Resident Evil. D. Tennis for Two.
3.To play the video game “Pong”, you need _________ .
A. A game machine, a paddle and a partner.
B. A game machine, a paddle and an electronic ball.
C. A computer, an oscilloscope and a mouse.
D. A computer, a mouse and an electronic ball.
4.From the passage, we can infer that ________________.
A. The video games are becoming more and more popular.
B. William Higinbotham is a scientist in the Nintendo company.
C. The TV football commentator John Madden has been known to spend hours playing games based on sports.
D. The video game “Pong” was first invented in the early 1970s.
What's your idea of a good time? What about dancing in a rainy field with one hundred and fifty thousand other people while a famous rock band plays on a stage so far away that the performers look like ants? It may sound strange but that is what many hundreds of thousands of young people in the UK do every summer.
Held on a farm, the Glastonbury Festival is the most well-known and popular in the UK. It began in 1970 and was attended by one thousand five hundred people each paying an admission price of £1 - the ticket included free milk from the farm. Since then the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength - in 2004 one hundred and fifty thousand fans attended, paying £112 for tickets to the 3-day event. Tickets for the event sold out within three hours. Acts included veteran superstars, such as Paul McCartney and James Brown, as well as new talent, like Franz Ferdinand and Joss Stone.
Although many summer festivals are run on a profit-making basis, Glastonbury is a charity event, donating millions of pounds to local and international charities. Glastonbury is not unique in using live music to raise money for global poverty. In July of this year, the Live 8 concerts will be held simultaneously (同时地) in London, Paris, Rome and Berlin. Superstars, such as Madonna, Sir Elton John and Stevie Wonder will perform in order to highlight international poverty and debt.
1.Which of the following statement is Not true according to the passage ?
A. The Glastonbury Festival is a popular outdoor music festival .
B. The Glastonbury Festival is run on a profit-making basis.
C. The Glastonbury Festival was first held in 1970.
D. People have to pay to attend the Glastonbury Festival.
2.What does the underlined phrase ‘from strength to strength’ in the second paragraph mean?
A. With more and more strong young fans.
B. With more famous rock bands and performers.
C. With continuing and growing success.
D. With continuing and growing admission price.
3.What do you know about the Live 8 concert from this passage?
A. It’s held simultaneously in London, Paris, Rome and Berlin every year.
B. It raises money with live music to make profit.
C. Many superstars such as Madonna and James Brown, as well as new talent, like Franz Ferdinand will attend it in July this year.
D. It is a charity event, donating millions of pounds to global poverty.
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
James sat outside the office waiting for the interview. He felt so ___1___ that he didn’t know what to do with ___2___.The person who had gone in ___3___ him had been there for nearly an hour. And she looked so confident when she went in. ___4__ James. He felt __5___ that she had already got the ___6___. The problem was that he wanted this job ___7__. It meant ___8___ to him. He had ___9___ it such a lot before the day of the interview. He had imagined himself ___10___ brilliantly at the interview and __11___ the job immediately. But now here he was feeling ___12___ .He couldn’t ___13___ all those things he had ___14___ to say. At that moment, he almost decided to get up and ___15___.But no — he had to do this. He had spent so much time considering it that he couldn’t ___16__ like that. His hands were hot and sticky and his mouth felt dry. At last the door of the office opened. The woman who had gone in an hour earlier came out looking very ___17___ with herself. She smiled sympathetically at James. At that moment James ___18___ her . The managing director then appeared at the office door. “Would you like to come in now, Mr Davis? I’m sorry to have kept you waiting.” James suddenly ___19___ that he had gone home after all. He got up, legs ___20____ and forehead sweating and wondered whether he looked as terrified as he felt.
1.A.healthy B.nervous C.careless D.confident
2.A.the managing directorB.the woman C.himself D.the situation
3.A.by B.with C.before D.after
4.A.Not like B.So did C.Do as D. Do like
5.A.doubtful B.sure C.angry D.astonishing
6.A.reward B.first C.prize D.job
7.A.hopelessly B.naturally C.easily D.so much
8.A.everything B.happiness C.difficulty D.nothing
9.A.dreamed of B.learned of C.thought about D. talked about
10.A.explaining B.performing C.answering D.performed
11.A.offered B.asked for C.being offered D. being asked for
12.A.crazy B.excited C.probable D.terrible
13.A.depend on B.afford C.believe in D. remember
14.A.kept B.been taught C.planned D. been supplied
15.A.leave B.go in C.prepare D. practise
16.A.take back B.put off C.give up D. put down
17.A.ugly B.pleased C.sad D.pretty
18.A.noticed B.loved C.missed D.hated
19.A.thought B.hoped C.wished D.regretted
20.A.shaking B.bending C.walking D.stopping
Before_____ white, the door should be cleaned thoroughly.
A. painting B. painted C. being painted D. having been painted
--- Did you seea man in black pass by just now?
--- No, sir. I ________ a newspaper.
A. read B. was reading C. would read D. am reading
