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ㅤWhat comes into your mind when you think of British food？Probably fish and chips，or a Sunday dinner of meat and two vegetables.But is British food really so uninteresting？Even though Britain has a reputation for less﹣than﹣impressive cuisine，it is producing more top class chefs who appear frequently on our television screens and whose recipe books frequently top the best seller lists.

ㅤIt's thanks to these TV chefs rather than any advertising campaign that Britons are turning away from meat﹣and﹣two﹣veg and ready﹣made meats and becoming more adventurous in their cooking habits.It is recently reported that the number of those sticking to a traditional diet is slowly declining and around half of Britain's consumers would like to change or improve their cooking in some way.There has been a rise in the number of students applying for food courses at UK universities and colleges.It seems that TV programmes have helped change what people think about cooking.

ㅤAccording to a new study from market analysis，1 in 5 Britons say that watching cookery programmes on TV has encouraged them to try different food.Almost one third say they now use a wider variety of ingredients（配料）than they used to，and just under 1 in 4 say they now buy better quality ingredients than before.One in four adults say that TV chefs have made them much more confident about expanding their cookery knowledge and skills，and young people are also getting more interested in cooking.The UK's obsession（痴迷）with food is reflected through television scheduling.Cookery shows and documentaries about food are broadcast more often than before.With an increasing number of male chefs on TV，it's no longer "uncool"for boys to like cooking.

（1）What do people usually think of British food？＿＿＿＿＿

A．	It is simple and plain.
B．	It is rich in nutrition.
C．	It lacks authentic tastes.
D．	It deserves a high reputation.

（2）Which best describes cookery programmes on British TV？＿＿＿＿＿

A．	Authoritative.
B．	Creative.
C．	Profitable.
D．	Influential.

（3）Which is the percentage of the people using more diverse ingredients now？＿＿＿＿＿

A．	$20 %$ .
B．	$24 %$ .
C．	$25 %$ .
D．	$33 %$ .

（4）What might the author continue talking about？＿＿＿＿＿

A．	The art of cooking in other countries.
B．	Male chefs on TV programmes.
C．	Table manners in the $U K$ .
D．	Studies of big eaters.

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It seems that bloggers can be divided into three types: IT(信息技术) bloggers, bloggers who record their ordinary feelings and media（媒体） bloggers.
When blogging first started, the IT people had the technological advantage and they took the chance to put their thoughts on the web. Some of these IT people now have had over a million people read their blogs.
The next wave of bloggers did not have any training as writers or in IT and wrote about normal daily life. Media bloggers, however, are trained writers, such as journalists and editors. When the many media bloggers showed up, the everyday bloggers lost most of their readers. Media bloggers have the advantage of knowing how to communicate well through the written words.
However, the normal bloggers are still out there and increasing in number. It seems that blogging is the new way to express your feelings. People feel like the world is listening to, or rather reading, their problems, even if they are not.
1. From the passage we know that________.
A.56% of the Chinese write blogs
B. people in US like to read blogs for news
C. the Chinese share feelings with each other mainly through blogs
D. the way that Chinese use blogs is not different from the West
2. ________wrote more blogs at the very beginning and now have more readers than others.
A.IT bloggers B. Media bloggers C. Normal bloggers D. US bloggers
3. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. There will be more and more normal bloggers.
B. Only bloggers express their feelings through the Internet.
C. All people in the world are listening to the bloggers’ voice.
D. Media bloggers have more readers because of their popularity.
4.The underlined expression in the passage can be best replaced by “________”.
A. increased. B. appeared . C. arrived. D. grew.

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阅读下列短文，从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.
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The next morning, however, the clerk said he knew nothing about my money. I didn’t have any proof that I had given the man the money. There was nothing I could do but go to the nearest lawyer.
The lawyer advised me to return to the hotel with him and give another hundred-dollar bill to the clerk. This I did. An hour later, I went back to the desk and asked for my money. Since I had the lawyer as an eyewitness（证人） to the second hundred-dollar bill, the clerk could not say he knew nothing about it.
Another hour later, I put the second part of the lawyer’s plan into action. This time both the lawyer and I went to the hotel. I asked for the hundred-dollar bill once again, and when the clerk insisted he had already given it to me, I didn’t admit it. The lawyer said to him, “I saw this gentleman give you a hundred dollars. If you don’t hand it over immediately, I’ll be forced to call the police.”
The clerk realized he had been tricked, so he gave me back the first hundred-dollar bill.
“I don’t know how to thank you enough for getting my money back,” I said to the lawyer. And what do you suppose he answered?
He said, “Oh, don’t thank me. That will be a hundred dollars, please.”
1. The writer went to a Detroit hotel one day in order to_______.
A. get his money back                        B. stay for the night
C. ask the lawyer for help                          D. put a hundred-dollar bill in the safe
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A. he was afraid of the writer very much
B. he found the lawyer tricking him
C. he didn’t want to get into trouble with the police
D. he wanted to give the writer a surprise
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A. dishonest                                         B. helpful
C. careless                                     D. foolish
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A. The writer didn’t get his 200 dollars back..
B. The lawyer asked for 100 dollars as his pay.
C. The writer was so grateful as to offer the lawyer some money.
D. The lawyer was disappointed that the writer got both his bills back.

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A. Schools for bright children would lose their reputation.
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