UNIT8 GREENLIVING组合练(一)Ⅰ.阅读理解I will never forget the first dessert class at a cooking school in France,where a group of anyself included) were tasked with preparing an apple pie.It looked simple enough,but I soon realized that it was as far from simple as it could be.However,my knife and I mastered this French classic,as well as dozens of others.After graduating,I found a job at a modern American restaurant in Florida.Despite the re staurant’s tiny kitchen,I was excited to work under Sylvia,the executive chef (主厨).The first job she gave me was to make apple pies.I couldn’t have been more excited—until I realized these pies were actually in the form of a dumpling.But my education had made me stick to French tradition.It took me a minute to get comfortable with this way of cooking again.Slowly,I was forgetting my French tradition,and beginning to go with the flow more.The response from diners was good.Our desserts were sold out on most days.Then one day,chef Sylvia gave me the chance to make a new dessert and planned to add it to the menu for a week.Surprised and touched by the chance,I decided to go all out.I created a seasonal citrus mousse (柑橘慕斯) made with Florida oranges and pistachio croquant (a crisp,delicate cookie).But after a week,the apple pie dumplings continued to far outsell my special dessert.A sense of frustration went inside of me.It finally made me aware that there isn’t one “right” way to understand a cuisine,or set of ingredients (配料).Where one chef can look at apples,butter,and flour and see a French applepie,another might see baked apple dumplings.Even though each person’s translation may be different,I think they all deserve a spot on the table.And that was the most important lesson I discovered,through something as seemingly simple as fruit and dough (生面团).1.What makes the author feel surprised according to paragraph 2?A.The tiny kitchen.B.The shape of apple pies.C.The restaurant’s tradition.D.The French way of cooking.2.How was the author’s new dessert?A.It wasn’t popular as expected.B.It was thought highly of by Sylvia.C.It was removed from the menu.D.It built up the author’s confidence.3.What did the author finally realize?A.Foods stand for cultures.B.Ingredients matter to cooking.C.There is no fixed way for cooking.D.Understanding a cuisine is necessary.4.What is the text mainly about?A.A job affecting one’s life.B.A new dessert on the menu.C.A special class at a cooking school.D.A lesson taken as a dessert chef. Ⅱ.七选五(河南开封三模)Bread making is a survival skill.With very few simple things—such as flour,salt and yeast—you can bake a fresh loaf of bread for your family,neighbors or coworkers.Baking is not just a useful survival skill. 1 In fact,baking and cooking have been used to treat people with mental health issues.Julie Ohana,a social worker,offers what she calls culinary therapy to her patients in New York City to help them overcome many kinds of issues. 2Bakingrequiresmindfulness.When you’re in the kitchen,it really requires a certain level of mindfulness,of being present in the moment.And baking really requires step-by-step,following a recipe,being moreprecise.Kneading the dough (揉面团) or rolling something out,you really get the full benefit of being present in the moment and being able to relax and put aside all the other thoughts and just focus on the here-and-now.Bakingisalaboroflove.Baking is a process filled with love. 3 When you bake,you go through this whole process and it really is a labor of love and you end up with this finished product that—not only is it tangible—but it’s edible and it’s delicious.4Often our food eily memories and stories.We remember meals our grandmothers made.We teach our children important recipes for family favorites.Bakingisawin-win.Giving delicious,baked goods makes the giver feel as good as the receiver.To pass the baked goods on to someone else certainly can make the day for the person receiving it. 5A.Baking is rewarding.B.Baking is emotional.C.It not only makes you feel good,it produces something you can touch and eat!D.But it’s also just as powerful for the person who’s giving them.E.It can make you feel better at stressful times.F.She explains that culinary therapy works on many levels.G.And the receiver can benefit a lot from baking.Ⅲ.语法填空With five thousand years of creative efforts,the Chinese cuisine has become increasingly popular.Modern China enjoys a worldwide reputation as the “kingdom of cuisine.”The variety of natural materials 1. methods of preparation employed in Chinese cuisine stand out unequaled in the world,which may account for the 2. (universe) popularity of Chinese restaurants and cooking overseas.The three key elements,by3. Chinese cooking is judged,are known as “color”,“aroma” and “taste.” They are achieved by combining a series of delicate 4. (activity).Visitors to China are often surprised when a typical dinner for a table of eight people 5. (consist) of cold and hot dishes,with soup and steamed rice.Often beer and wine 6. (serve) as well.When toasting each other,people usually dry up their glasses 7.(convey) the message that they aresincere and joyful.8. ,it is quite acceptable for a foreign guest to take a little instead of emptying the glass.While the custom strikes a foreign visitor as 9. (particular) strange,it shows one key aspect that fine food and good drink,10. (take) in the company of good friends,make up one of our supreme pleasures in life.Ⅳ.读后续写阅读下面材料,根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
