Tips for Cooking on a Tight Schedule
From my experience, there are three main reasons why people don’t cook more often ability, money, and time.________Money is a topic I’ll save for another day. So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen. Here are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule
1. Think ahead. The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when I’m already hungry and there’s nothing ready to eat. So think ahead of the coming week. When will you have time to cook? Do you have the right materials already? __________
2. Make your time worth it. When you do find time to cook a meal, make the most of it and save yourself time later on. Are you making one loaf of bread? _________ It takes around the same amount of time to make more of something. So save yourself the effort for a future meal.
3. ________This may surprise you, but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimentation(实验). It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite（食欲）and schedule. The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.
Hopefully that gives you a good start. _________ And don’t let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!
| A．Try new things. |
| B．Ability is easily improved. |
| C．Making three or four instead. |
| D．Understand your food better. |
E. Cooking is a burden (负担) for many people.
F. Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden.
G. A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on.
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Does this situation seem familiar to you? Your English is progressing well, the grammar is now familiar, the reading comprehension is no problem, and you are speaking quite fluently. __1__.
First of all, remember that you are not alone. Listening is probably the most difficult job for almost all learners of English as a foreign language. __2__What you need to do is to find listening resources. The Internet is really a useful tool for English students. You can download RealPlayer from RealMedia. Com. RealPlayer allows you to use the Internet like a radio station.
Once you have begun to listen on a regular basis, you might still be frustrated(挫败)by limited understanding. __3__
Here is some of the advice I give my students:
·Accept the fact that you are not going to understand everything.
·Stay relaxed when you do not understand, and try listening to the material for more times.
·Do not translate everything into your native language.
·__4__Don’t concentrate on details until you have understood the main idea.
·Listen to something you enjoy.
I remember the problems I had in understanding spoken German when I first went to Germany. In the beginning, when I didn’t understand a word, I insisted on translating it in my mind. __5__Then, after the first six months, I discovered two extremely important facts. Firstly, translating creates a barrier(障碍) between the listener and the speaker. Secondly, most people repeat themselves constantly. By remaining calm, I noticed that even if I didn’t pay much attention I could usually understand what the speaker had said.
| A．This method usually resulted in confusion(困惑). |
| B．But you can’t follow a native English speaker at all! |
| C．What should you do? |
| D．But listening is a problem for most of the beginners! |
E.The most important thing is to listen as often as possible.
F.However, after several weeks, I got used to the grammar rules.
G. Listen for the general idea of the conversation.
请阅读下列的相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。
以下是6条有关颜色偏好和性格关系的描述。
A
| GOLD |
| People who choose GOLD as their primary color like to fit in or belong. They tend to be reliable people who enjoy serving others. Things like tradition and home are very important to them. They need order and structure. They don’t like waste or change. |
B
| ORANGE |
| People who choose ORANGE as their primary color need variety and freedom. They take pride in being highly skilled. They enjoy “hands-on” work and often are good in a crisis. They are risk-takers and challenge-seekers. |
C
| YELLOW |
| People who choose YELLOW as their primary color are curious about everything. They are confident and knowledgeable. They love sports very much and they work highly efficiently. |
D
| GREEN |
| People who choose GREEN as their primary color are competent and want to control the realities of life. They are analytical and enjoy solving problems and developing systems. They love intelligence and logic. They are often critical of themselves and others. |
E
| BLUE |
| People who choose BLUE as their primary color enjoy close relationships, harmony and integrity(正直). They are often very creative and they also enjoy the creative work of others. |
F
| RED |
| People who choose RED as their primary color are always full of vigor and tend to be confident. It seems that they are ready to do anything and will be successful. They also have a strong desire for power. |
现在阅读以下根据员工性格提出的促进工作效率的方法，然后从以上A, B, C, D, E和F中找出与它们适合的群体。Create a warm and personal working atmosphere; establish a peaceful working environment and try to avoid conflict(冲突); allow them freedom to express their feelings; Praise them for their creativity.
Assign them work needing detailed planning; define the tasks in clear terms; provide a stable work environment and avoid sudden change; issue rules and regulations; provide good examples.
Assign them work which needs analytical thinking and problem-solving skills; encourage them to think independently and take their ideas to the next step.
Assign them work which is action-packed; provide opportunities which need skills and challenges; do not let them do the same job for a long time.
Assign them work which needs full energy; provide competitive opportunities; let them know that they will be promoted if they do brilliantly.
阅读下列材料，从所给的六个选项（A、B、C、D、E和F）中，选出符合各小题要求的最佳选项，选项中有一项是多余选项。
注意：选E在答题卡上同时涂黑A和B，选F在答题卡上同时涂黑C和D。
首先阅读以下学校各社团的介绍。
| A. |
Photography Club --- We are looking for artistically inclined students to join our new club. We plan to meet every Tuesday and Thursday evening after school from 6 to 8 pm. Each member must have their own equipment. |
| B. |
Hiking Society --- Members meet every Saturday to discuss their hiking trips and twice a month, we arrange trips to different parts of the province for members to go on breathtaking scenic mountain walks. Get to understand our local geography, keep fit and have fun. |
| C. |
Film Club --- The club is perfect for students who love artistic movies. Every Tuesday and Friday evening we hold a seminar in which a great new movie or a classic film is discussed and reviewed. |
| D. |
Dancing Club---We are the largest club in the university with over 400 members. Members are invited to dancing practice every Monday evening from 7 pm to 10 pm and we hold dance parties with students from other universities once a month. Perfect way to keep fit and meet new friends. |
| E. |
English Society --- A new group organized by the University English Dept. gives all students on campus a chance to practice and improve their English. We plan to have regular foreign guests come to our weekly meetings every Wednesday evening at 7:30 and we show English language movies that can help you both practice your English and be entertained as well. |
| F. |
Book Club --- Members meet each week to discuss and recommend books to each other. Meetings are lunch times on Fridays. Membership is free. All members qualify for a 20% discount on all books purchased from the Xinhua Book Store. |
阅读以下学生的相关信息。匹配适合他们的社团。Cherry wants to join a club that will keep her fit and active but because she has a part-time job every workday evening she is only available to take part on the weekends.
David is a new student at the university, whose major is English literature. He is a little shy so is hoping to join a club that can help him get to know new people and build his confidence.
Bonnie is majoring in drama and wants to be a scriptwriter when she graduates. She is interested in discovering new stories that she may one day be able to turn into movies. As her home is far from the university she is only free during the day to take part.
Betty is studying film making and one day hopes to become a director. But she thinks her ability to create beautiful visual images is not strong enough so she has recently purchased a camera to help her practice.
Jack is a first year geography student who would like to learn more about the geography of the local area. He is also worried about passing the English test that all students must take at the end of their first year of study. He has to return to his home to help his parents every weekend so is only free during weekdays.
补全对话（每小题1分，满分5分）
根据对话内容，从下面方框里的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有两项多余选项。（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
Mrs Brown : What a tiring evening!
Mr Brown : Oh , it's good to sit down after all that standing.
Mrs Brown : 1
Mr Brown : I don't think I've ever felt so tired in my life. 2
Mrs Brown : And the heat .3
Mr Brown : We shouldn't have accepted the invitation in the first place.
Mrs Brown : 4 We've only been to a party.
Mr Brown : You're right . We must be getting old .
Mrs Brown : Come on . 5 We'd feel better.
七选五(每小题2分, 满分10分) 根据短文内容, 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
1When a starving man gets a meal, he begins to think about an overcoat; when an executive（业务主管）gets a new sports car, visions of country clubs dance into view. The many wants of mankind might be regarded as making up several levels.2 .The first and most basic levels of wants involve food. Once this want is satisfied, a second level of wants appears: clothing and some sort of shelter. By the end of World War II these wants were satisfied for a great majority of Americans.3It included such items as automobiles and new houses. By 1957 or 1958 this third level of wants was fairly well satisfied. Then, in the late 1950s a fourth level of wants appeared: the “life-enriching” level. While the other levels involve physical satisfaction－the feeding, comfort, safety, and transportation of the human body－this level stresses mental needs for recognition, achievement and happiness. It includes a variety of goods and services, many of which could be called “luxury”(奢侈) items. Among them are vacation trips, the best medical care, and entertainment. 4On this level, a greater percentage of consumer spending goes to services, while on the first three levels more is spent on goods. Will consumers raise their sights to a fifth level of wants as their income increases, or will they continue to demand luxuries and personal services on the fourth level? A fifth level probably would involve wants that can be achieved best by community action. Consumers may be spending more on taxes to pay for government action against disease, ignorance, crime and prejudice. 5In this way, we can enjoy more fully the good things on the first four levels.
| A．Then a third level appeared. |
| B．Human wants seem endless. |
| C．When there is money enough to satisfy one level of wants, another level appears. |
| D．There are several levels of wants in one’s life. |
E．At this stage, we now may seek to ensure the health, safety, and leisure.
F．Also included here are fancy foods and the latest styles in clothing.
G．Different people have different wants on each level.