YOUR mom might cook a bowl of noodles for you on your birthday. But in the US, a mom makes a cupcake for her children on their birthday.

Cupcakes are small, round cakes topped with frosting (糖霜). It has been an American tradition that moms bring cupcakes to the classroom to celebrate their child’s birthday. But recently some doctors have called for this to be banned. They believe cupcakes contribute to child obesity. Despite their good intentions, however, some people believe that experts are interfering (妨礙) with American culture. The cupcake is seen as American as apple pie — only prettier.

According to Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition at New York University, the cupcake is the most democratic (民主的) of desserts. As they are small enough for one person, you don’t have to share your cupcake with anyone — it’s all yours. They are also all of the same size, so there can’t be any cries of “she got the bigger piece!”

Each bite can taste different depending on how much icing you have. It is a lesson in self-determination. Some people eat only a little of the frosting every time, others have it all in just one bite.

In recent years, eating a cupcake has become as trendy as having a cup of Starbucks coffee.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton jokingly promised on a talk show that if she was elected president, she would give everyone a cupcake on her birthday. Ruth Reichl, editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine, explains that the rise of the cupcake is very much about going back to American national identity in food, which is all about comfort. “People want to think about when they and their country were innocent,” she said.

1.According to the passage, it has been an American tradition that ___________.

A. a party is held for children on their birthday

B. A mom cooks a bowl of noodles for her children on their birthday

C. A mom makes a cupcake for her children on their birthday and brings it to the classroom

D. parents go travelling with their children on their birthday

2.Which of the following is Not true according to Marion Nestle?

A. The cupcake is more democratic than any other deserts in the US.

B. The cupcake is too small to share with others.

C. The sizes of cupcakes are the same so it’s equal to everyone.

D. Cupcakes will lead to child obesity so they should be banned.

3.Why did the writer mention Hillary Clinton and Ruth Reichl?

A. To arouse the readers’ attention.

B. To show that cupcakes are becoming a popular to show kindness and comfort.

C. To make a comparison between them.

D. To give readers a general idea of cupcakes.

練習冊系列答案
相關習題

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學年寧夏育才中學孔德校區(qū)高一下6月考英語卷（解析版） 題型：書面表達

書面表達

目前，學校存在少數(shù)學生考試作弊現(xiàn)象。某英文雜志社擬就此現(xiàn)象向中學生征文。標題是“My Opinion in Cheating in Examination”。請根據(jù)下列提示用英語寫一篇征文稿。內容要點如下：

主要原因考試偏多，偏難

不用功，懶惰

取悅父母、老師

個人看法作弊不對，違反校規(guī)

要誠實，努力學習

……（其他看法）

注意： 1.短文必須包括所有內容要求，可適當發(fā)揮。

2. 短文標題與開頭已為你寫好，不計入總詞數(shù)

3.字數(shù)不少于100字

4. 參考詞匯 ：作弊 cheat （v）勤奮diligent違反校規(guī) goes against the school rules 禁止forbid(forbidden過去分詞) 懲罰punish

My Opinion on Cheating in Examination

At present, some students have picked up a bad habit--- cheating in examination.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學年江蘇鹽城中學高一下期中考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單項填空

_______ the best in a recent science competition, the three students were awarded scholarships ________21,000 dollars.

A. Judging; would total B. To be judged; totaled

C. Having judged; to total D. Judged; totaling

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學年江蘇鹽城中學高一下期中考試英語試卷（解析版） 題型：單項填空

It was with his iron-fist approach to fighting crimes in the southern state _______the 70-year-old man built a political name.

A. to fighting, where B. of fighting, that

C. of fighting, where D. to fighting, that

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學年廣東深圳高級中學高二下期中考試英語卷（解析版） 題型：完形填空

完形填空

閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。

If you ever have a chance to go to Finland, you’ll probably be surprised to find how “foolish” the Finnish people are.

Take the taxi drivers for example．You can go _________ on a journey, tell the driver to _________ you at any place, say that you have some business to _________ , and that you will pay the taxi driver later. He will agree without any _________ but just accept your words in good _________ .

The dining rooms in all big hotels not only serve their _________ , but also provide food for outside _________ ．Hotel guests have their meals free, so they _________ go to the free dining rooms to have their meals, and the _________ they would do to show their good faith is to wave their registration card to the waiter．With such _________ check, you can easily use any old registration card to take a couple of friends to wine and dine free of _________ .

Finnish workers are paid by the hour．If you work in Finland and have _________ the boss on the hourly rate, then you just say how many hours you have worked and you’ll be paid_________ .

With so many loop holes in everyday life, surely Finland must be a good country to those who _________ to take “petty advantages”．But the_________ thing is, all the taxi passengers always come back to pay their _________ after they have attended to their business; not a _________ outsider has ever been found in the free hotel dining rooms; workers always give the exact hours they have _________．As the Finns always act on good faith and always have a (an) _________ of “right is right” and “wrong is wrong” in everything they do, so to live in such a society has turned everyone into a real “gentleman”.

What we regarded as “foolish” is _________ the Finnish people’s way of life．

1.A. somewhere B. anywhere C. sometime D. anytime

2.A. stop B. pass C. drop D. pick

3.A. attend to B. take care C. take up D. appeal to

4.A. guarantee B. anxiety C. passenger D. money

5.A. smile B. place C. seat D. faith

6.A. meals B. visitors C. guests D. cards

7.A. waiters B. diners C. drivers D. workers

8.A. naturally B. respectively C. secretly D. contently

9.A. best B. worst C. most D. least

10.A. strict B. complete C. troublesome D. loose

11.A. registration B. care C. charge D. noise

12.A. paid for B. debated with C. talked about D. agreed with

13.A. accordingly B. reluctantly C. separately D. automatically

14.A. hesitate B. hate C. love D. refuse

15.A. strange B. confusing C. complex D. imaginative

16.A. business B. trip C. fine D. fare

17.A. single B. faithful C. familiar D. usual

18.A. worked on B. put in C. spent on D. run out

19.A. religion B. law C. idiom D. attitude

20.A. eventually B. accidentally C. actually D. temporarily

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2015-2016學年廣東汕頭金山中學高二下期末考試英語卷（解析版） 題型：七選五

根據(jù)短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

Real-life Room Escape Games

Real-life room escape games are a type of physical adventure game in which people are locked in a room with other participants and have to use the things in the room to settle a series of puzzles, find clues, and escape the room within a set time limit.

The games are based off Escape the Room video games, such as Crimson Room and QP-Shot, created by TAKAGISM Inc. by Toshimitsu Takagi in 2005, in which the player is locked inside a room and must explore his or her surroundings in order to escape. 1. Other inspirations include adventure board games and movies. Real-life room escape games are becoming popular in the United States, Japan, and China. 2. For example, some games require you escape prison cells while others require you escape space stations.

3. Soon, they were exported to North America, Asia and Australia. Examples include the two pioneer companies Hint Hunt and Adventure Rooms.

The games were so successful that new locations began opening up across China, in cities big and small, according to Want China Times. In the southern city of Shenzhen, for example, the first escape game location opened last August. 4. “These real-life escape games can help those who stay at home on their computers and iPads all day to experience real social circles,” Tian Xiaochuan, who owns two room escape game stores in Jinan, told Want China Times.

Earlier this year, The South China Morning Post said the real-life escape games are a hit among “highly stressed students and overworked young professionals.” 5. Some players get so involved that they tear down equipment or decorations inside their “prisons”, as Zhu Yumeng, chief operating officer of Beijing room escape game store Taoquan told China Daily.

A. Each game adds local themes to settings.

B. And seven new game locations quickly followed.

C. They should also be brave enough to face their fears.

D. Sometimes the excitement becomes a bit much, though.

E. Weekend or day event escape games have been held in some stores.

F. Permanent real life escape games in a fixed location were first opened in Europe.

G. Players must be observant and use their critical thinking skills to escape the room.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2016屆高三復習跟蹤檢測英語試卷（30）（解析版） 題型：書面表達

如今，我們身邊不乏“低頭族”。他們在與朋友聚會、家人團聚或乘坐交通工具時，常常低頭忙于瀏覽手機。請簡要描述此現(xiàn)象，并發(fā)表你的看法。

注意：1.詞數(shù)100左右；

2．可適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫。

參考詞匯：低頭族phubbing

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________________

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2016屆高三復習跟蹤檢測英語試卷（25）（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

閱讀理解。

Students wishing to safeguard their careers against changes in the job market should opt for science rather than arts degrees, according to a survey of undergraduates.

Engineering and chemistry were considered to be the most “future proof”， as they are courses most likely to lead to an enduring and adaptable career.

Students polled by Pearson College were broadly optimistic that their chosen courses would prepare them for a world in which the job market could change dramatically during their working lives.

But opinion was sharply divided over which degrees were best for future?proof careers.

Eighty?two percent of respondents believed engineering would help develop future?proof skills, with 74 percent believing the same of chemistry and 73 percent of computer science.

But just 33 percent of undergraduates believed history would lead to a future?proof career, and 40 percent English.

However more than two thirds of students (67 percent) thought the world of work would be significantly different or completely unrecognizable in 20 years.

The findings, published today, come after Education Secretary Nicky Morgan sparked controversy with claims that teenagers should steer clear of the arts and humanities and opt for science or maths subjects if they want to access the widest range of jobs.

She said that in previous decades students would only take maths or science if they wanted to pursue a specific career such as medicine or pharmacy, but nowadays that “couldn't_be_further_from_the_truth”.

“If you wanted to do something different, or even if you didn't know what you wanted to do ... then the arts and humanities were what you chose. Because they were useful — we were told — for all kinds of jobs. Of course now we know that couldn't be further from the truth, and that the subjects that keep young people's options open and unlock doors to all sorts of careers are the STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) subjects.”

She also described maths as “the subject that employers value most” and said that pupils who study A?level maths will earn 10 percent more over their lifetime.

“These figures show us that too many young people are making choices aged 15 which will hold them back for the rest of their lives.”she said.

1.In order to guarantee your future job, which kind of courses will you choose according to the survey?

A．Engineering or English.

B．History or Maths.

C．Maths or Art.

D．Engineering or Chemistry.

2.What's the students' attitude towards their chosen courses?

A．Doubtful. B．Worried.

C．Optimistic. D．Objective.

3.How do you understand the underlined words?

A．It is far away from the truth.

B．It's to the truth.

C．It couldn't be closer to the truth.

D．It reflects the truth.

4.What did Nicky Morgan indicate in her claim?

A．If you want to do something different, the arts and humanities are what you choose now.

B．STEM subjects can make young people choose their future jobs freely.

C．At college, young people should make choices for their lives.

D．Maths and science are considered to be the subjects that employers value most.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：2016屆高三復習跟蹤檢測英語試卷（11）（解析版） 題型：閱讀理解

閱讀理解

Three?dimensional printers are fast becoming everyday devices in the United States. Three?D printers are used to make everything from automobile parts to bone replacements for human patients. American research scientists are now working on creating replacements for living tissue.

Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina have been working on creating and manufacturing living tissue since 2003. This process is called biofabrication (生物制造). It requires special printing equipment and a special kind of ink.

Traditional printers require ink to produce an image or design on a piece of paper. For their three?D printer, the South Carolina researchers prepare complex nutritious solutions they call bio?inks. Bio?inks are made of proteins and glucose (葡萄糖), which normally provides energy for most cells of the body. The researchers also add living cells taken from the animal that will receive the new, printed tissue. The bio?inks are then added to a device that researchers call the Palmetto bio?printer.

Sarah Grace Dennis is one of the researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina. She says new technology, like the Palmetto bio?printer, is a great help to the biofabrication process.

The bio?inks are placed in three dispensers (分配器), containers, inside the printer. Lasers control both the position of the printing surface and the places where the bio?ink is released.

Michael Yost is a leader of the research team. He says the printing process is fully automated — machine?operated. He says that the Palmetto bio?printer makes it possible to create complex tissue types.

The researchers say bio?printing is still experimental. But they hope in a few years they may be able to print tissue to replace damaged human organs.

But there are still some problems which need to be solved. Some scientists worry about how to get blood to the replacement tissue. The flow of blood is important to keep the printed tissue alive.

Michael Yost hopes that more people will believe in the benefits of biofabrication.

“Tissue biofabrication is a reality, and it is a reality now, and if you come here and you get to see it. You will get to see it. You can't touch it, but you will see it and think this is real. And this is really human.”

1.What can we know about the bio?inks?

A．They are the necessities of bio?printing.

B．They only contain proteins and glucose.

C．They can be placed in the traditional printers.

D．They are available in our local drugstores.

2.Which of the following is one of the concerns with biofabrication?

A．Researchers can't find enough living cells of animals to make the bio?inks.

B．The price of the bio?printer is too high and most people can't afford it.

C．Scientists have some difficulty in getting the blood to the replacement tissue.

D．People are worried about the safety of the biofabrication process.

3.According to Michael Yost, we can infer that ________.

A．the Palmetto bio?printer can work without power

B．the Palmetto bio?printer has been used to treat the patients

C．the Palmetto bio?printer can only be found in the United States

D．the Palmetto bio?printer will have a bright future in medical use

4.The passage mainly tells us about ________.

A．the three?D printer and its working principles

B．the bio?inks and their use in bio?printing

C．the spread use of the bio?printer in the USA

D．the growing demand for biofabrication

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習冊答案