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People are so busy these days that many people have no time to cook. This becomes a problem, because most families love home cooking! The food tastes good and warm, and a family meal brings everyone together. In some families, meals are often the only times everyone sees one another at the same time.
Another reason people enjoy home cooking is that it is often a way of showing love. A parent who makes some cookies is not just satisfying a child’s sweet teeth. She or he is sending a message. The message says, “I care about you enough to spend an hour making cookies that you will eat up in 15 minutes if I let you. ”
There is also something about the smell of home cooking. The smell of home cooking pleases people of all ages. It makes most of us feel good and loved, even if we are the ones doing the cooking! Next time you smell a cake making, stop for a moment and pay attention to your mood(心情).
【语篇概述】本文讲述了人们很喜欢家常饭菜的原因。因为家里做的饭菜代表着美味、温暖、爱心, 同时给家人带来愉悦的心情。
1. The writer thinks the smell of home cooking .
A. makes us happy
B. makes us be interested in cooking
C. makes us pay attention to our mood
D. makes us love others
【解析】选A。细节理解题。家常饭菜让人闻了会怎样? 文章第三段第二句告诉我们: 家常饭菜的香味能够让不同年龄的人高兴。由此可知选A。
2. What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. Family meals are important.
B. How to make cookies.
C. People are too busy to cook.
D. Homemade cookies taste better.
【解析】选A。主旨大意题。文章通过写人们对家常菜的喜爱及家常菜给人们带来的快乐说明在家做饭是很重要的。
3. What does the underlined word“satisfying”in the second paragraph mean?
A. 令人生气 B. 使人满意
C. 填满 D. 修补
【解析】选B。词义猜测题。根据上下文句意: 父母给孩子做曲奇饼并不仅仅
孩子喜欢甜食, 这还给孩子传递一个信息……, 答案选B。
