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 during a year abroad beforo college, learning from a cook in Italy and study local specialties in Gerrnany, Spain and France. At Yale,he was known for throwing dinner parties, single-handedly frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens offriends. 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 classmate 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 finally 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 T-V isn’t about
food anymore." says Flay, " It’s about your personality 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 was looking for someone to come up with a tasteful,
inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flight. Lieberman got the job. We can learn from the text that Lieberman’s family______.
A.have relatives in Europe | B.love cooking at home |
C.often hold parties | D.own a restaurant |
The Food Network got to know Lieberman________.
A.at one of his parties | B.from his teacher |
C.through his taped show | D.on a television program |
What does the word"charisma" underline 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 |
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. |
What can we learn about Lieberman from the text?
A.He is clever but lonely. | B.He is friendly and active. |
C.He enioys traveling around. | D.He often changes his menus. |
If you want to be a success, study at the University of Waikato is right for you. The university is internationally recognized for its excellence and achievements. It will help you develop advanced research skills. As a university student you can get first-class research facilities (设施) with trained teachers to help, support and advise you in your study. We pride ourselves on our high standards, our research success and our international recognition. For further information: inf@waikato.ac.nz.
Degree
We offer a wide choice of bachelor’s degrees (学位) for international students, which includes: Arts, Communication Studies, Social Sciences, etc. Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Education are only for New Zealand citizens, for further information: deg@waikato.ac.nz.
Tuition Fees(学费)
Tuition fees are different from department to department, generally from $5,000 to $6,000 a year. For further information: tui@waikato.ac.nz.
Accommodation(住宿)
You can have a room in a 4-bedroom flat, which will cost about $100 a month with other regular living costs of about $150 a month for one person. For further information: acc@waikato. ac.nz
Health
The Student Health Service provides excellent medical services for students. The Medical Centre is open five days a week, including student holidays with four doctors and nurses to meet your medical needs. For further information: heal@waikato.ac.nz.
Sports
The Centre is a great place to have sports activities. Trained exercise teachers can help you work out a training plan and keep you active. The sports hall has volleyball, basketball and indoor football courts and a swimming pool as well. There are also a large number of sports clubs at Waikato. For further information: sport@ waikato.ac.nzIf you want to get more information about arts, you can write to ______.
A.sport@waikato.ac.nz | B.heal@waikato.ac.nz |
C.deg@waikato.ac.nz | D.inf@waikato.ac.nz |
Which of the following statement is true?
A.You don’t have to pay more than $5000 a year. |
B.Everyone can’t choose the Bachelor of Music. |
C.If you want to know more about Health, you can visit acc@waikato. ac.nz. |
D.You can live in a flat with two bedrooms. |
According to the text, what will you do if you are ill during Christmas holidays?
A.Go to a hospital nearby. |
B.Buy some medicine in a drug store. |
C.See a doctor at the school medical centre. |
D.Try to get help from your classmates. |
Ben and his wife Susan were on their way to have dinner with their friends. It was a dark,windy night, and they did not know the way very well. They drove through a town until they found what they thought was the road to Dorling,where their friends lived. But it soon became clear that they were not on the road to Dorling at all. The road that they were on was getting narrower,and there were no other cars on it. The wind was blowing harder with every minute that passed.
They came to a small village .They drove past a church and then two houses without lights on. There was nobody about to tell them where they were,or where the road went. Just then,Ben saw a telephone box,twenty meters or so further on. While he walked back along the road to see if there was a name outside the church,Susan telephoned their friends and told them that they were still on their way.
Their friends were just saying that the dinner was already getting rather cold,when Ben came back to the telephone box,his head down against the wind. He said that there was a tree lying across the road,and that the telephone lines were down. Susan heard nothing more from their friends about the dinner.Some time later Ben and Susan found they took a wrong road because ________.
A.their friends lived nearer than they drove |
B.the road was getting narrower and their car alone was on it |
C.the hard wind made them get lost |
D.the road was not the same as before |
Ben went to the church to see if there was a name outside because ________.
A.he was sure to find some people who knew Dorling |
B.he hoped to get help from there |
C.he wanted to telephone his friends where they were |
D.he wanted to stay there for the night |
Susan could hear nothing more from their friends because ________.
A.the telephone lines were broken by a tree |
B.the strong wind made too much noise |
C.they got angry |
D.they had all left |
From the passage we know ________.
A.Ben and his wife often went out for dinners |
B.Ben and his wife lived in the country |
C.both Ben and his wife were shortsighted(近视的) |
D.Ben and his wife seldom(很少) went to Dorling |
A recent study, published in last week’s Journal of the American Medical Association, offers a picture of how risky(冒险的) it is to get a lift from a teenage driver. Indeed, a 16-year-old driver with three or more passengers is three times as likely to have a deadly accident as a teenager driving alone, while the risk of death for drivers between 30 and 59 decreases with each additional passenger.
The authors also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased sharply after 10 p.m., and especially after midnight. With passengers in the car, the driver was even more likely to die in a late-night accident.
Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with “really stupid behavior” than with just a lack of driving experience. “The basic issue,” he says, “is that adults who are responsible for issuing licenses fail to recognize how complex and skilled a task driving is.”
Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to mitigate (使……缓解)the problem is to have states set up so-called graduated licensing systems, in which getting a license is a multistage process. A graduated license requires that a teenager first prove himself capable of driving in the presence of an adult, followed by a period of driving with night or passenger limits, before graduating to full driving licenses.
Graduated licensing systems have reduced teenage driver crashes, according to recent studies. About half of the states now have some sort of graduated licensing system in place, but only 10 of those states have limits on passengers. California is the strictest, with a new driver under 20 forbidden to carry any passenger (without the presence of an adult over 25) for the first six months. Which of the following situations can we infer is most dangerous according to the passage?
A.A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car. |
B.Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway after 10 p.m. |
C.Adults driving with three or more teenage passengers late at night. |
D.A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight. |
According to Robert Foss, the high death rate of teenage drivers is mainly because of _______.
A.their frequent driving at night |
B.their improper ways of driving |
C.their driving with passengers |
D.their lack of driving experience |
According to Paragraph 3, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A.The licensing departments are partly responsible for teenagers' driving accidents. |
B.Driving is too complex a skill for teenagers to learn. |
C.Teenagers should be forbidden to apply to take driving lessons. |
D.Teenagers should spend more time learning to drive. |
A suggested measure to be taken to reduce teenagers' driving accidents is that_______.
A.driving in the presence of an adult should be made a rule |
B.the licensing system should be improved |
C.they should not be allowed to drive after 10 p.m. |
D.they should be forbidden to take on passengers |
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Departs:May—October 2007
Includes:
● Return flights from 6 China’s airports to Naples
● Return airport to hotel transport
● Seven nights’accommodation at the 3-star Hotel Nice
● Breakfast
● The service of guides
● Government taxes
Join us for a wonderful holiday in one of the Europe’s most wonderful-Naples in Italy if you want to have a nice time in a beautiful small quiet place.The ancient Romans called the city“happy land”with attractive coastline,colorful towns,splendid views and the warm Mediterranean Sea.Your best choice for a truly memorable holiday!
Choose between the peaceful villages of Sant’ Agata,set on a hillside six miles away from Sorrento,or the more lively and well-known international resort(名胜) town of Sorrento,with wonderful views over the Bay of Naples.
Breathtaking scenery,famous sights and European restaurants everywhere.From the mysterious Isle of Capri to the hunting ruins of Pompeii,and from the unforgettable“Amalfi Drive”to the delightful resorts of Positano,Sorrento and Ravello,the area is a feast for the eyes! Join us,and you won’t be disappointed!
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Like to know more ? Telephone Newmarket Air Holidays Ltd on:0845-226-7788(All calls charged at local rates).All the following are included in the price of ¥12,000 EXCEPT ___________
A.transport between the airport and the hotel |
B.double rooms for every two tourists |
C.the service of guides to tourists |
D.telephone calls made by tourists |
If you don’t like sharing a room with others,you have to pay __________ in all for the trip?
A.¥12,000 | B.¥10,000 | C.¥14,000 | D.¥2,000 |
In which section of a newspaper can we see the ad?
A.news | B.sports | C.life | D.book review |
A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of reading. It is unusual for what it contains: the news from local crime to international politics, from sports to business to fashion to science, and the comments and special features(特写)as well, from editorial page to feature articles, from interviews to criticism of books, art, theatre, and music. A newspaper is even more unusual for the way one reads it never completely, never straight through, but always by jumping from here to there, in and out, glancing at one piece, reading another article all the way through, reading just a few paragraphs of the next.
A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality, that is, its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But this immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it also mean that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than temporary value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together, out of the pages of that day’s paper, his own selection and order, his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness(意识) as you change and apply the techniques of reading.What does the underlined word in the second paragraph mean ?
A.wide coverage | B.speed in reporting news |
C.various style | D.popularity among readers |
According to the passage, the reason why no two people really read the same newspaper is that ___________.
A.people are interested in the same kind of news |
B.different people prefer different newspapers |
C.people scan for the news they are interested in |
D.people have different views about what a good newspaper is |
A good newspaper offers “a variety” to readers because ___________.
A.readers like to read different newspapers |
B.it has to cover things that happen in a certain locality |
C.readers are difficult to please |
D.it tries to serve different readers |
The best title for this passage would be ___________.
A.The Characteristics of a Good Newspaper |
B.The Importance of a good Newspaper |
C.Good Newspapers and Bad Newspapers |
D.Some Advice on How to Read a Newspaper |