There are millions of recipes(菜谱) hidden in the boxes and hearts of grandmother and parents. These family recipes are a special part of our family history. Some of them have been passed down from generation(一代人) to generation.
"I realized I couldn't go home every weekend for my mom's delicious dishes," says Shreya, who is about to enter university.Shreya has recently started following her mother around the kitchen,taking notes on how to make her "masala chai" and tasty kachoris.
"Those special tastes can immediately unlock a whole flood of emotions, memories and feelings of family, love, and comfort," says she.
She adds, "I am looking to the day when my kids will come to know of their grandmothers through the dishes they cooked."
But many of us find it difficult to keep the food connection with our busy life.Even if we have time,not many of us take the effort to collect and record the recipes from our grandmothers and parents. We often get a recipe on the phone and take it down quickly on a piece of paper.We just stick it onto the fridge for a week or two and forget about it as soon as the paper disappears from there.
Actually,there are simple ways to keep family recipes,Scrapbooks(剪贴薄)are easily found in the market. You can even add photos to record every detail of your memories about the recipe.With the help of some popular apps like Story Scans, recording family recipes has never been easier.What is needed is to scan(扫描) the recipes and record the story behind each of them. It can become the most meaningful work you have ever done with and for your family.
Keeping family recipes is saving and honoring our tradition so that future generations can continue to make family ties stronger. Every time you remember your loved ones, recreate one of the dishes from your collection and let the memories from the good old days comfort you. So why not gift your kids a family recipe book when they are starting a new life?
(1)Why does Shreya follow her mother around the kitchen?
A. To clean up the kitchen.
B. To note down recipes.
C. To prepare family dinners.
D. To talk about family rules.
(2)What can we learn from the passage?
A. Ways to record recipes can be easy.
B. Most people like writing recipe books.
C. Recipes have become popular with kids.
D. People often buy recipe books in the market.
(3)Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Family Recipes: Secrets of Cooking
B. Family Recipes Are at a Crossroads
C. Family Recipes: Connections to Interests
D. Family Recipes Are More than Just Recipes
It was a Sunday afternoon. A girl was unhappy. She complained to her father about her hard life. There were so many problems! One problem wasn't solved but(1) came. She wanted to give up.
Her father smiled and took his daughter into the(2) .He filled three(3) with water. And he put some carrots in the first one. In the second one, he put some eggs. Coffee was put in the third one. Then he boiled them. The girl watched her father. Her father just waited(4) saying a word.
The girl wondered(5) her father was doing that for. About 20 minutes later, her father (6) the carrots and put them into a bowl. The eggs were put on a plate and the coffee was poured into a cup. Turning back to his son(7) , Dad asked, "What do you see? ""Carrots, and coffee." she answered.
Her father told her to close her eyes and let her touch the carrots. She did and felt the carrots were soft. After that he asked his daughter to take the eggs and feel them. The eggs were hard. At last, her father asked her to taste the coffee. "What's the meaning, Dad?" He explained that(8) of the things had met with the same unlucky experience﹣the boiling water, but the three things had(9) results.
The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after they were put into the boiling water. The eggs became hard after being cooked. The coffee was very special and it(10) the water. "Which one will you choose to be, a carrot, an egg or coffee? That's up to you to decide. "said her father.
(1)A. the other |
B. another |
C. other |
D. others |
(2)A. kitchen |
B. dining room |
C. hotel |
D. bedroom |
(3)A. bowls |
B. plates |
C. pots |
D. cups |
(4)A. with |
B. without |
C. of |
D. for |
(5)A. what |
B. why |
C. how |
D. where |
(6)A. took place |
B. took off |
C. took after |
D. took out |
(7)A. usually |
B. exactly |
C. lately |
D. slowly |
(8)A. every |
B. neither |
C. each |
D. none |
(9)A. different |
B. difficult |
C. same |
D. similar |
(10)A. divided |
B. discovered |
C. changed |
D. invented |
Can you get free plastic bags from supermarkets now? I'm afraid you can't. Things have changed.
Free plastic bags can' t be used at shops and supermarkets in China, and people have to pay for plastic bags. Because our country tried to make litter(1) .
The Chinese once used about 3, 000, 000,000 plastic shopping bags a day. They are(2) to break, most of them can be used only once. And some people throw them away here and there, they have caused pollution for the environment. If they are burnt, they may cause bigger troubles. For example, they may cause illness for us. So the Chinese people(3) to bring their own bags for shopping. Some students come up with a good idea. They make the shopping bags by (4) . They use old clothes to make cloth bags, and send them to their parents as presents. They also ask their parents and friends to use cloth bags instead. They think it is their(5) to protect the environment.
(1)A. fewer |
B. more |
C. less |
D. better |
(2)A. hard |
B. easy |
C. difficult |
D. strong |
(3)A. are encouraged |
B. encourage |
C. are invited |
D. invite |
(4)A. them |
B. themselves |
C. him |
D. himself |
(5)A. ability |
B. change |
C. chance |
D. duty |
A husband and wife were driving down a country road on their way to visit some friends. As they came to a muddy (泥泞的) part of the road, their car(1) (break) down.
They tried to get the car out by themselves, but it didn't work. Then they saw a farmer(2) (come) down the road. He was driving some oxen (牛). He stopped when he saw the couple was in trouble. He said he would pull the car out of the mud for ¥20 (130yuan). They agreed and minutes(3) (late) the car was free.
The farmer turned to the husband and said, "You know, you're the(4) (ten) car I've helped out of the mud today."
The husband looked around at the large land and asked the farmer, "When do you have time to plow (犁) all your(5) (field) ?At night?"
"No," the farmer answered, "I put the water in the hole at night!"
Tiangong Ⅰ, China's first space lab, (come back) to the earth after finishing its job on April 2this year.
I couldn't help laughing loudly when I heard such a (humorous) story.