Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven. His food-loving family had two kitchens, and he quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakes. Lieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during a year abroad before college, learning from a cook in Italy and studying local specialties(地方特色菜)in Germany, Span and France. At Yale, he was known for throwing dinner parties, single-handedly frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens of friends. Just for fun, he and some friends decided to tape a show named Campus Cuisine about his cooking. Lieberman was a real college student showing his classmates how to do things like making drinks out of dining-hall fruit. That helped the show become very popular among the students. They would stop Lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cooking. Tapes of the show were passed around, with which his name went beyond the school and family to the Food Network.
Food Network producer Flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the network television. He says Lieberman’s charisma is key . “Food TV isn’t about food anymore,” says Flay. “It’s about your personality(个性) and finding a way to keep people’s eyeballs on your show.’’
But Lieberman isn’t putting all his eggs in one basket. After taping the first season of the new show, Lieberman was back in his own small kitchen preparing sandwiches. An airline company(航空公司) was looking for someone to come up with a tasteful, inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flights. Lieberman got the job.
1.The Food Network got to know Lieberman___________________.
A. at one of this parties B. from his teachers
C. through his taped show D. on a television program.
2.What does the word “charisma” underlined in the text refer to?
A. A natural ability to attract others
B. A way to show one’s achievement.
C. Lieberman’s after-class interest.
D. Lieberman’s fine cooking skill.
3.Why did the airline company give Lieberman the job?
A. He could prepare meals in a small kitchen.
B. He was famous for his shows on Food TV.
C. He was good at using eggs to make sandwiches.
D. He could cook cheap, delicious and simple meals.
4.What can we learn about Lieberman from the text?
A. He is clever but lonely.
B. He is friendly and active
C. He enjoys traveling around.
D. He often changes his menus.
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Learning to Accept
I learned how to accept life as it is from my father. 1, he did not teach me acceptance when he was strong and healthy, but rather when he was 2and ill.
My father was 3a strong man who loved being active, but a terrible illness 4all that away. Now he can no longer walk, and he must sit quietly in a chair all day. Even talking is5. One night, I went to visit him with my sister, we started 6about life, and I told them about one of my 7. I said that we must always give things up 8we grow—our youth, our beauty, our friends ----but it always 9that after we give something up , we gain something new in its place. Then suddenly my father 10up. He said, “But, Peter. I gave up 11! What did I gain?” I thought and thought, but I could not think of anything to say. 12, he answered his own question : “I 13the love of my family.” I looked at my sisters, and saw tears in their eyes, along with hope and thankfulness.
I was also 14by his words. After that ,when I began to feel irritated(愤怒的) at someone, I 15remember his words and become 16. If he could replaced his great pain with a feeling of love for others, then I should be 17to give up my small irritations. In this 18, I learned the power of acceptance from my father.
Sometimes I 19what other things I could learn from him if I listened more carefully when I was a boy. For now, though, I am grateful for this one 20.
1.A.Afterwards B. Therefore C .However D. Meanwhile
2.A.tired B. weak C. poor D. slow
3.A.already B. still C. only D. once
4.A.took B. threw C. sent D. put
5.A.impossoble B. difficult C .stressful D. hopeless
6.A.worrying B. caring C .talking D. asking
7.A.decisions B. experience C. ambitions D. beliefs
8.A.as B. since C. before D. till
9.A.suggests B. promises C. seems D. requires
10.A.spoke B. turned C. summed D. opened
11.A.something B .anything C. nothing D. everything
12.A.Surprisingly B. Immediately C. Naturally D. Certainly
13.A.had B. accepted C. gained D. enjoyed
14.A.touched B. astonished C. attracted D. warned
15.A.should B. could C. would D. might`
16.A.quiet B. calm C. relaxed D. happy
17.A.ready B. likely C. free D. able
18.A.case B. form C. method D. way
19.A.doubt B. wonder C. know D. guess
20.A.award B. gift C. lesson D. word
-----Did Tom_____ you to go there?（原创）
------ Yes, but he didn’t go .
A. promise B. advise C. agree D. suggest
Among all the DVDs ______ the Sound of Music, _____ you are looking forward to.
A. is included, the one B. are included, that C. includes, the one D. is included, that
---- Are you ____ me of lying to my parents?
---- I’m sure you did.
A. accusing B. scolding C. reminding D. telling
Even if you are an experienced teacher , you sometimes _____ make some mistakes.
A. can B. must C. should D. will
