English teenagers are to receive compulsory (必修的) cooking lessons in schools. Th

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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 cas the schools themlves 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 bolognai, a simple curry, a stir-fry---which they can u 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 becau it’s a life skill which is a real pleasure”.The renewed interest in cooking is primarily a respon 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 obe in 25 years if current trends are not stopped.小题1:The passage mainly talks about.A．the reason for obesityB．the lost cooking skillsC．the healthy eatingD．the compulsory cooking class小题2:Which of the following is NOT the purpo 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.小题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.小题4:The well-known cookery writer, Pru Leith, thinks it    to offer compulsory cooking lessons in schools.A．difficultB．necessaryC．funnyD．timely小题5:It can be inferred from the passage that   .A．cooking has always been an important part of school education in EnglandB．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 yearD．the students will pay a lot of money to the school for the 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:D小题2:C小题3:A小题4:B小题5:B

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试题分析:本文是一篇说明文，说明了在英国学校里，烹饪是一门必修课，这有助于健康饮食，有这样的手艺可以享受人生，从而很少得病小题1:推理题，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，故选D。小题2:细节题。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，所以选C。小题3:细节题，由倒数第二段最后一句so that they’ll be healthy, but becau it’s a life skill which is a real pleasure可以知道答案，所以选A小题4:细节题，由倒数第三段最后一句believes it will be worth it可以知道答案，所以选B小题5:推理题，由本文的主要意思“在英国学校里接受必修烹饪课”， 可以推出答案，所以选B点评：本文说明了在英国学校里接受必修烹饪课。本文主要考查细节题，做细节题的关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查题支和原文的异同，常犯错误有：绝对化语言，范围扩大或缩小，以偏概全，张冠李戴等。考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。

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【题型说明】该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。 【备考提醒】为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点： 1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。 2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。 3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。 4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。