English teenagers are to receive compulsory (必修的) cooking lessons in schools. The idea is to encourage healthy eating to fight the country’s increasing obesity (肥胖 )rate. It’s feared that basic cooking and food preparation skills are being lost as parents turn to pre-prepared convenience foods.
Cooking was once regarded as an important part of education in England---even if it was mainly aimed at girls. In recent decades cooking has progressively become a minor activity in schools. In many cases the schools themselves have given up cooking meals in kitchens in the schools. But the rising level of obesity has led to a rethink about the food that children are given and the skills they should be taught.
“What I want is to teach young people how to do basic, simple recipes like a tomato sauce, a bolognaise, a simple curry, a stir-fry---which they can use now at home and then in their later life”, said Ed Balls, the minister responsible for schools.
The new lessons are due to start in September, but some schools without kitchens will be given longer to adapt. There is also likely to be a shortage of teachers with the right skills, since the trend has been to teach food technology rather than practical cooking. Also the compulsory lessons for hands on cooking will only be one hour a week for one term. But the well-known cookery writer, Pru Leith, believes it will be worth it.
“If we’d done this thirty years ago we might not have the crisis we’ve got now about obesity and lack of knowledge about food and so on. Every child should know how to cook, not just so that they’ll be healthy, but because it’s a life skill which is a real pleasure”.
The renewed interest in cooking is primarily a response to the level of obesity in Britain which is among the highest in Europe, and according to government figures half of all Britons will be obese in 25 years if current trends are not stopped.
小題1:The passage mainly talks about        .
A.the reason for obesityB.the lost cooking skills
C.the healthy eatingD.the compulsory cooking classes
小題2:Which of the following is NOT the purpose for English teenagers to receive cooking lessons?
A.To encourage teenagers to eat healthy food.
B.To reduce the country’s increasing obesity rate.
C.To stop parents from turning to pre-prepared convenience foods.
D.To prevent basic cooking and food preparation skills from being lost.
小題3:In what way will cooking lessons benefit the students?
A.They will be healthy and enjoy the pleasure of such a life skill as well.
B.They will be able to do some basic, simple recipes like a tomato sauce.
C.They will be able to make food experiments with the knowledge and skills.
D.They will be able to control the level of obesity in the whole country.
小題4:The well-known cookery writer, Pru Leith, thinks it        to offer compulsory cooking lessons in schools.
A.difficultB.necessaryC.funnyD.timely
小題5:It can be inferred from the passage that       .
A.cooking has always been an important part of school education in England
B.the obesity rate in Britain has been rapidly growing in recent decades
C.English teenagers will have their cooking lessons twice a week for one year
D.the students will pay a lot of money to the school for the

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B
小題5:B

試題分析:本文是一篇說明文,說明了在英國學(xué)校里,烹飪是一門必修課,這有助于健康飲食,有這樣的手藝可以享受人生,從而很少得病
小題1:推理題,由第一段第一句是本文的主旨English teenagers are to receive compulsory (必修的) cooking lessons in schools.可以推出答案,故選D。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。由第一段最后一句It’s feared that basic cooking and food preparation skills are being lost as parents turn to pre-prepared convenience foods可以知道答案,所以選C。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題,由倒數(shù)第二段最后一句so that they’ll be healthy, but because it’s a life skill which is a real pleasure可以知道答案,所以選A
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題,由倒數(shù)第三段最后一句believes it will be worth it可以知道答案,所以選B
小題5:推理題,由本文的主要意思“在英國學(xué)校里接受必修烹飪課”, 可以推出答案,所以選B
點(diǎn)評:本文說明了在英國學(xué)校里接受必修烹飪課。本文主要考查細(xì)節(jié)題,做細(xì)節(jié)題的關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù),認(rèn)真核查題支和原文的異同,常犯錯(cuò)誤有:絕對化語言,范圍擴(kuò)大或縮小,以偏概全,張冠李戴等?忌紫纫屑(xì)閱讀短文,完整了解信息,準(zhǔn)確把握作者觀點(diǎn)。
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小題9:
A.restaurantB.workC.houseD.money
小題10:
A.a(chǎn)headB.thatC.thereD.up
小題11:
A.exchangedB.discussedC.sharedD.explained
小題12:
A.shouldB.wouldC.mightD.must
小題13:
A.totaling B.countingC.a(chǎn)ddingD.valuing
小題14:
A.a(chǎn)bilityB.honestyC.responsibilityD.identity
小題15:
A.patienceB.confidenceC.choiceD.chance
小題16:
A.lovedB.practicedC.continuedD.enjoyed
小題17:
A.tablesB.plansC.decisionsD.suggestions
小題18:
A.faithB.honestyC.moneyD.friend
小題19:
A.hiredB.rejectedC.encouragedD.determined
小題20:
A.FortunatelyB.ExcitedlyC.PersonallyD.Eventually

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