Fish and apple soup? Yes, and you won't believe how delicious it is. This first came out of a restaurant in Singapore, but it is now very popular as the du jour soup in Chinese restaurants. Ingredients (serves 4):
1 whole fish. 2 apples, quartered. 4-6 ginger slices (姜片). 1 bunch of spring onions, cut into pierces. 1 red tomato, cut into 8 pierces. Oil, salt and pepper.
Methods:
l. Remove the bones from the fish.
2 Pour oil into a pan. Fry the ginger slices, and the spring onions. Add the fish hones and oil.
3. Add enough water and boil it for about 15 to 20 minutes,
4. Add the apples, the fish and the tomato. When the apples go soft, add salt and pepper,This passage is probably_________.
| A．a poem | B．a piece of news |
| C．a story | D．a recipe |
The name of the soup in Chinese restaurants is_________.
| A．du jour soup | B．tomato soup |
| C．union soup | D．ginger soup |
The underlined word "quartered" means_________.
| A．榨汁 | B．切成四份 | C．洗净 | D．炸碎 |
If you want to cook the soup for 8 people, you will need _____ red tomatoes.
| A．1 | B．2 | C．3 | D．4 |
In what order should you add the ingredients while cooking the soup?
| A．apples, fish and tomato—ginger slices and spring onions—oil—fish bones |
| B．oil—fish bones—ginger slices and spring onions—apples, fish and tomato |
| C．oil—ginger slices and spring onions—fish bones—apples, fish and tomato |
| D．ginger slices and spring onions—fish bones-apples, fish and tomato—oil |
信息归纳，请阅读下面这篇短文，根据所提供的信息，完成信息卡。
My name is Li Qiang. My home is eleven kilometers away from school. From Monday to Friday, I get up at 6 and have a quick breakfast. Then I leave home for school at half past six. I walk for five minutes to the bus stop. And the early bus takes me to school. The bus ride usually takes thirty minutes. At school I learn Chinese, English, math and some other subjects. All my teachers work very hard and teach us very well. I have five lessons in the morning, from 7:50 to 12:00. I have lunch in the school dining hall. After lunch I have a rest. There are two classes in the afternoon, from 2:30 to 4:00. Then I play sports for forty minutes. I like sports very much. I usually play basketball with my classmates. We always have a great time.
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配对阅读。下面是五个人在节日期间的活动和七个节日习俗简介，请按他们的节日活动匹配他们所过的节日。
| A. the Mid-Autumn Festival It is a time for family members to get together. And it is also a time to enjoy the beauty of the full moon. B. Dragon Boat Festival It is one of the most important traditional festivals in China. Eating zongzi and having dragon boat races are very important customs of this festival. C. The Spring Festival It starts on the first day of the first lunar month. On the Spring Festival morning, people usually visit relatives. Older people give lucky money to children. D. Thanksgiving Day It is a time to give thanks for food in the autumn. Turkey is always the most important food in this festival. E. Mother’s Day Mother’s Day in the United States is on the second Sunday of May. It is a time to show mothers our love. F. April Fool’s Day April 1st is not a national holiday, but it is celebrated in many countries. On this day, practical jokes are played on friends and family. G. Christmas Day At Christmas, family members get together to eat Christmas dinner. Parents always give children gifts. The Christmas tree is a symbol of Christmas Day. |
Why is 2004 a special year? Because it is a Leap Year (闰年).
What’s so special about that? Well, we have a Leap Year every four years. And it has 366 days, not the usual (通常的) 365. In a Leap Year, we have 29 days in February, while in a usual year we have only 28 days.
Why do we have a Leap Year? We have a Leap Year so we can keep the calendar (日历) in step with the seasons. The calendar is a kind of clock for the year. But how long is a year? A calendar year is 365 days. But a true year is 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds long. That’s the time it takes the earth to go around the sun. So every four years we have one more day, and we put it at the end of February, the shortest month of a year. Then we have a Leap Year.How often can we have a Leap Year?
A. Every year
B. Every February
C. Every four yearsWhat is a calendar? It’s a kind of clock _______.
A. for the year
B. for Leap Year
C. for the usual yearIt takes the earth ________ to go around the sun.
| A．a day |
| B．a year |
| C．a little longer |
| D．than 365 days |
Which is the shortest month of the year?
| A．February | B．March |
| C．May | D．June |
Mary was born on February 29,1972. Now she is 32. How many birthdays has she had?
| A．32 | B．16 | C．8 | D．4 |
Love, sometimes we can’t see it!
This is an old story. One day, a man was not happy when his 7-year-old daughter made a box with some paper. The family didn’t have much money. So the father thought his daughter wasted(浪费)the paper. The next day, the little girl gave the box to her father and said,“Dad, today is your birthday. This box is for you.”
The man was happy. But he was not happy again when he found there was nothing in the box. “Why didn’t you put anything for me in the box?” He asked his daughter. The little girl looked at him and cried, “Dad, I put my love in the box. It’s all for you!”
The man felt sad and said sorry to his daughter. Sometimes, we can’t see love with our eyes.How old was the daughter?
A. Six years old.
B. Seven years old.
C. Eight years old. What did the daughter do the next day?
A. She gave the box to her father.
B. She put some money in the box.
C. She gave some paper to her father.Why was the father was not happy again when he opened the box?
A. Because he didn’t like the box.
B. Because there was nothing in the box.
C. Because he thought his daughter wasted paper.How did the father feel at last?
A. Happy. B. Sorry. C. Bored.Which of the following is true?
A. The family had lots of money.
B. The daughter loved her father.
C. The father didn’t like his daughter.
David will study in Chicago for a year. He’s reading a travel book about the weather.
| Weather in Chicago |
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| Spring |
It’s usually cool. Sometimes it rains. |
| Summer |
It’s usually hot and sunny. The temperature is sometimes not very high. |
| Fall |
It’s normally cool and windy. The temperature is pleasant. |
| Winter |
It gets very cold. It often snows. |
He’s asking, “What will I probably do there during that time?”
I’ll have a lot of free time in summer. Maybe I’ll go sailing on Lake Michigan. In fall, I won’t have a lot of free time because I’ll be in school. I’ll probably play football. Maybe I’ll be on the school team. I won’t go ice-skating, because I don’t know how to skate. I won’t go skiing, because I can’t ski. Here’s an idea. I’ll probably visit my family in Florida at Christmas and New Year and get some sunshine.