Question

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-pre-pared 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 Britains will be obese in 25 years if current trends are not stopped.

1.The passage mainly talks about        .

A．the compulsory cooking classes            B．the lost cooking skills

C．the healthy eating                       D．the reason for obesity

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 prevent basic cooking and food preparation skills from being lost.

D．To stop parents from turning to pre-prepared convenience foods.

3.In what way will cooking lessons benefit the students?

A．They will be able to do some basic, simple recipes like a tomato sauce.

B．They will be healthy and enjoy the pleasure of such a life skill as well.

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.

4.The well-known cookery writer, Pru Leith, thinks it        to offer compulsory cooking lessons in schools.

A．difficult           B．necessary         C．funny            D．timely

5.It can be inferred from the passage that       .

A．cooking has always been an important part of school education in England

B．English teenagers will have their cooking lessons twice a week for one year

C．the obesity rate in Britain has been rapidly growing in recent decades

D．the students will pay a lot of money to the school for their cooking lessons

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.A

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：英國青少年在學校接受義務教育（必修的）烹飪課。這個想法是鼓勵健康飲食抗擊肥胖率。

1.主旨題：A強制烹飪課B失落的烹飪技巧C .健康飲食，D肥胖的原因，從第一段可知答案是A。

2.排除題：題目問：下列哪個不是目的為英國青少年接受烹飪課？ A .鼓勵孩子吃健康食品。B .減少國家的肥胖率。C .防止基本烹飪和食物制備技能被丟失。文章都提到，沒有提到是：為了阻止父母把事先準備好的方便食品。選D

3.細節題：從倒數第二段的內容：but because it’s a life skill which is a real pleasure”.可知這是很有趣的一種生活技能。選B。

4.題目問：著名的烹飪作家，保誠利斯，認為提供強制烹飪課怎么樣？

A困難B必要C有趣的D及時，從第三段的句子：But the well-known cookery writer, Pru  Leith, believes it will be worth it .可知選B

5.推理題：從倒數第二段的內容“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.可知這幾十年英國的肥胖率上升很快。選 C

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