Question

III.根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Tips for Cooking on a Tight Schedule From my experience,there are three main reasons why people don't cook more often: ability,money and time. 1 Money is a topic I'll save for another day. So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of the time you spend in the kitchen. Here are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule：

1. Think ahead. The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when I'm already hungry and there's nothing ready to eat. So think ahead of the coming week. When will you have time to cook? Do you have the right materials already? 2

2. Make your time worth it. When you do find time to cook a meal,make the most of it and save yourself time later on. Are you making one loaf of bread? 3 It takes around the same amount of time to make more of something. So save yourself the effort for a future meal.

3. 4 This may surprise you,but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimentation. It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite and schedule. The more you learn and the more you try,the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.

Hopefully that gives you a good start. 5 And don't let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!

   A. Try new things.

   B. Ability is easily improved.

   C. Make three or four instead.

   D. Understand your food better.

   E. Cooking is a burden for many people.

   F. Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden.

   G. A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on.

Answer 1

III. 1. B解析:根据第一空前的ability,money and time可知人们不经常做饭有三个原 因。空后面 Money is a topic I'll save for another day.和…about how to make the most of the time... ” 谈到 money 和 time。 说明本句谈的是ability的话题。故B项 符合上下文语境。

2. G解析：本段标题是Think ahead.也 就是说要提前思考，做好准备。本段第 三句 So think ahead of the coming week.也说明“我们”要提前做好计划， 准备好材料，这样可以节省很多时间和 精力。故G项符合上下文语境。

3. C解析:本段的标题是Make your time worth it.(要让你的时间有价值。) 根据 空后的 It takes around the same amount of time to make more of something.可 知一次多做一点儿不会花太多的时间。 再根据本段最后一句So save yourself the effort for a future meal.可知一次多 做一点儿，还可以为未来节省精力。故 作者是在建议“我们”一次不要只做一两 片，而是要多做一些，以使“我们”的时间 价值更高。故C项正确。

4. A 解析：根据本段It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appe-tite and schedule.可知作者在本段里建 议“我们”要尝试新鲜事物。故A项 正确。

5. F解析:作者在前面建议“我们”在忙 碌的生活里找到做饭的时间，因为做饭 可以给“我们”带来很多的快乐。空后的 And don't let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great chan-ges in the way you eat and live!可知本 句是指要让做饭成为生活中快乐的事情 而不是负担。故F项符合上下文。