Last Friday my friend Deborah asked me if I would like to learn how to make tofu. I couldn’t think of any good reason not to be interested in, so I said, "Yes". The next day I met her and another three nice people at the Hodo Soy Beanery Oakland. I enjoyed the trip. I got a lot from the trip. The following is what I learnt.
Tofu has a history of 2,000 years. Although the word "tofu" is from Japanese, the food maybe comes from China. There are two main kinds of tofu: soft tofu (软豆腐) and firm tofu (硬豆腐). In some parts of Asia, people use tofu as a kind of meat.
Douhua is one kind of soft tofu. It is a popular breakfast food in China. Because it is very soft, people can’t eat it with chopsticks, but with a spoon (勺子). People often eat it as a snack (小吃) and often add spring onions and gravy to it. In Malaysia, people usually eat douhua with white or dark sugar water.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。When did the writer go to Hodo Soy Beanery Ockland?
| A．Last Thursday. | B．Last Friday. | C．Last Saturday. | D．Last Sunday. |
How many people went there with the writer?
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
We can learn from the passage that the food tofu may come from ______.
| A．Japan | B．China | C．Oakland | D．Malaysia |
The underlined word "chopstick" means "______"in Chinese.
| A．筷子 | B．盘子 | C．叉子 | D．杯子 |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．People began to make tofu 2,000 years ago. |
| B．Some people use tofu as a kind of meat. |
| C．Douhua is one kind of firm tofu. |
| D．Many people eat tofu as a snack. |
Having friends, and finding new friendships is an important developmental task for preteens and teens. While they have learned to play well with others during their childhood, developing independent friendships is a different thing. Preteens and teens will be allowed to use their own resources to decide whether to be someone’s friend or not, instead of being taught by their parents. Parents must give their teenagers some freedom in choosing who they want to hang out with.
You can help your teens to choose their friends, although it’s your teenagers who make the final decision. You can use teachable moments to talk about what makes a good friend. Here are some points to remember when you talk about friendships with your teenagers:
1) You are allowed to have many friends;
2) Honesty is important in a friendship;
3) Friends sometimes hurt each other, but they can say sorry and forgive(原谅);
4) Friends can influence each other, sometimes they will help you but sometimes they will hurt you, too.
5) Who you choose to be your friend is important, so choose wisely;
6) It takes many learned skills to make and keep a friendship, and it also takes many skills to end a friendship;
7) It is okay and even helpful to make friends with the opposite gender(异性);
8) It takes time to make a good friend, but it is worth the effort;
9) Spending time together will help you get to know your friends well and you will feel comfortable sharing feelings;
10) A good friendship will make you feel good about yourself.What should their parents do when teenagers make friends?
| A．Do nothing but give them all the freedom. |
| B．Talk with them and give some help. |
| C．Decide and choose friends for them. |
| D．Stop them from making friends with opposite gender. |
Which point is about how to end a friendship?
| A．Point 3. | B．Point 4. | C．Point 5. | D．Point 6. |
Which of the following is NOT needed in making friends?
| A．Honesty. | B．Effort. | C．Lies. | D．Skills. |
Who is the passage mainly written for?
| A．Teachers. | B．Parents. | C．Preteens. | D．Teens. |
Which of the following statement is true?
| A．Friends never hurt each other. |
| B．There is no need to forgive friends. |
| C．Teenagers are allowed to have many friends. |
| D．Girls should never make friends with boys. |
 English name：Turbo Director: David Soren Main actors: Ryan Reynolds, Samuel Jackson, Maya Rudolph Kind of the movie：a cartoon The show time：July 19, 2013 The running time: 96 minutes Turbo Theme Music: 1. Let the Bass Go. 2.Clean 3.Another Day At the Plant 4. It’s Tricky 5.What’s New Pussycat? Turbo review: It’s nowhere near as inventive as its off-the-wall premise might suggest, but Turbo boasts just enough colorful visual thrills and sharp voice acting to recommend as undemanding family-friendly fare. |
Who’s the director of the movie?
| A．Ryan Reynolds. | B．Maya Rudolph. | C．David Soren. | D．Samuel Jackson. |
What kind of movie is Turbo according to the passage?
| A．An action movie. | B．A cartoon. | C．A comedy. | D．A documentary. |
How long will it take us to finish watching the movie ?
| A．96 minutes. | B．106 minutes. | C．69 minutes. | D．109 minutes. |
How many pieces of theme music does the movie have?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
What kind of passage is it?
| A．A poem. | B．A movie poster. | C．A movie review. | D．An instruction. |
There is a famous saying from the French politician J.A. Brillat-Savarin that goes: “Tell me what kind of food you eat, and I will tell you what kind of man you are.” It can be easy to not really think about what you eat. For example, whenever you go into a supermarket to buy a drink, it is all too easy to pick up an ice cream or a piece of chocolate as well. You might not even really want them, but sometimes their bright, nice packaging(包装) can be too hard to refuse.
So, in our special food magazine we will show you why you should really pay more attention to what you eat! Food not only influences our health but also our beliefs, customs and personalities.
The first article will look at the way fast food is leading to obesity (肥胖). The famous cook, Jamie Oliver, has made it his purpose to introduce ideas about healthy eating. In a speech, Jamie Oliver told the world that during the 18 minutes that he gave his speech, four Americans would die because of the food that they ate! Obesity is also a growing problem in China. As China Daily reported in February, the number of obese people under the age of 18 in China has reached 120 million.
Jamie has worked for 10 years to try and fight this problem. Learning about food is important not just because of health problems but also because many people still don’t have enough food today. And we know as the improvement of science sometimes we have to face genetically modified (转基因) food. Don’t worry – we’ll make you know more about all these topics in our special article!
We’ll also tell you something interesting about food. For example, do you know what the largest food on the menu is all over the world? It’s the roasted camel and it has been served for several hundred years, often stuffed (填满) with chicken, lamb, egg, fish and rice!
Hopefully by the time you finish reading this edition(版本), you’ll pay more attention to the food that you eat. As Oliver says, food is something that can help us enjoy our life. It is important that we love it!Where is J.A. Brillat-Savarin from?
A. America. B. England. C. France. D. Australia. Food can influence us in many ways except our ___________.
| A．health | B．beliefs | C．customs | D．dreams |
Someone is too fat , maybe because he eats too much ______.
| A．chicken | B．lamb | C．roasted camel | D．fast food |
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
| A．Some people may buy some food just because of it’s packaging. |
| B．Four Americans died because of Jamie Oliver’s speech. |
| C．We have enough food for all the people in the world now. |
| D．Chicken is the largest food on the menu all over the world. |
We all, at one time or another , were like a rock star, singing and dancing along to our favourite song. Most of us have done this in our own room when we were kids or even when we grew up. Me? I love to do that when I drive! I turn on the radio, find a song that I can sing along, and soon my arms are in the air. I am moving along to the music. Most of the time, I do this on my way to work.
Yes, that is true. I will be in my nice work clothes in my car. Someone may look at me strangely or even laugh at me when I stopped at a traffic light. Personally I love to get lost in the music. That can lead me to share with you the importance of being silly!
The meaning of the word silly, according to the dictionary is : stupid, foolish and nonsensical. I know many people do not want to look foolish. So they are always serious in their life, but in fact that is really stupid.
No one is perfect, I repeat: no one is perfect. I don’t care how educated, how thin, how beautiful, how simple, how frugal(朴素的), how rich, and so on … No one is perfect! So why pretend(假装) to be something you are not?
Life is so short…_________, so why waste a single second on being so “perfect”?
When we were kids, we had no idea of fear and we had no care in the world so we could do things without worrying about how we appeared to others. However, as we grew up, we lost that kind of feeling.
So don’t be afraid to be silly. The next time you feel down, go and turn on your favourite song , sing and dance along just like there is no tomorrow. Or watch something that makes you laugh. Trust me, you will feel a whole lot better, and who doesn’t want to feel good.While driving to work, the writer often _______.
| A．sings and moves along to the music |
| B．laughs at others at the traffic lights |
| C．pretends to be serious |
| D．watches his favourite movies |
What does the writer want to tell us in Paragraph Two?
| A．He likes wearing his work clothes. |
| B．Being silly can make him relaxed. |
| C．He likes listening to music. |
| D．Laughing at others is impolite. |
Which of the following can be put in the blank in Paragraph Five?
| A．Students these days often have a lot of worries. |
| B．Everyone will face some difficulties in their life. |
| C．You never know when this beautiful journey will be over. |
| D．No one knows when they will die. |
Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
| A．How to be a perfect man | B．The importance of being silly |
| C．Life is so short | D．How to be a rock star |
Time flies. Your time in junior high school will come to an end in a few months. Let’s look back over the last three years. What were the highs and lows?
For Zhang Xiaomeng, a senior high school girl from Jiangsu, meeting her best friend Hua Xuan was the best part of her time at junior high school. They went to class together, had lunch together, and even went to the washroom together. Having one or two best friends is important, said Xu Zheng, a teacher from Jiangsu. “Students have secrets. They don’t want to tell their parents,”Xu added. However, being too rebellious (叛逆的) in junior high is the biggest regret for Liu Anqing, a senior high school student from Fujian. “I didn’t listen to my parents. I quarreled with my mother every week,” said Liu. “I wish I could go back to that time and get on well with them.” Time also needs to be taken care of. Zhang Zihua, 15, from Shanxi, thought he had plenty of time to prepare for the big exam at the end of Junior 3. Then one day, he was told: “The exam is in 100 days.” “We need a strong knowledge base to pass the exam. But I didn’t care about it,” said Zhang. Gu Xiaoli, a teacher from Jiangsu, said that it’s never too late to catch up. “No matter your regrets about wasted time, you can always pick things up from now,” said Gu. How many students shared their ideas in the passage?
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
The underlined word “regret” in Paragraph 2 most probably means a feeling of __________.
| A．happiness | B．surprise | C．anger | D．sadness |
Which of the following is true about Liu Anqing?
| A．She quarreled with her parents every day when she was a little girl. |
| B．Her parents didn’t like her at all. |
| C．She didn’t do well in her study at junior high school. |
| D．She didn’t get on well with her parents when she was in junior high school. |
What’s wrong with Zhang Zihua?
| A．He didn’t pass the exam. |
| B．He had no good friends. |
| C．He didn’t get ready for the exam. |
| D．He didn’t get on well with his parents and teachers. |