Men are spending more and more time in the kitchen encouraged by celebrity (名人) chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver，according to a report from Oxford University.
The effect of the celebrity role models，who have given cooking a more manly picture，has combined with a more general drive towards sexual equality and men now spend more than twice the amount of time preparing meals than they did in 1961.
According to the research by Prof.Jonatahn Gershuny，who runs the Centre for Time Research at Oxford，men now spend more than half an hour a day cooking，up from just 12 minutes a day in 1961.
Prof.Gershuny said，“The man in the kitchen is part of a much wider social trend.There has been 40 years of sexual equality，but there is another 40 years probably to come.”
Women，who a generation ago spent nearly two hours a day cooking，now spend just one hour and seven minutes—a great fall，but they still spend far more time in the kitchen than men.
Some experts have named these men in aprons as “Gastrosexuals (men using cooking skills to impress friends)”，who have been inspired to pick up a kitchen knife by the success of Ramsay，Oliver as well as other male celebrity chefs such as Hugh Fearnley－Whittingstall，Marco Pierre White and Keith Floyd.
“I was married in 1974.When my father came to visit me a few weeks later，I was wearing an apron when I opened the door.He laughed，” said Prof.Gershuny.“That would never happen now.”
Two－thirds of adults say that they come together to share at least three times a week，even if it is not necessarily around a kitchen or dining room table.Prof.Gershuny pointed out that the family meal was now rarely eaten by all of its members around a table—with many “family meals” in fact taken on the sofa in the sitting room，and shared by family members.“The family meal has changed a lot，and few of us eat—as I did when I was a child—at least two meals a day together as a family.But it has survived in a different format.”
1.What is one reason behind the trend that men spend more time cooking than before?
A.The improvement of cooks'status.
B.The influence of popular female chefs.
C.The change of female's view on cooking.
D.The development of sexual equality campaign.
2.What does the author think about the time men and women spend on cooking?
A.Men spend more time cooking than women nowadays.
B.Women spend much less time on cooking than before.
C.It will take 40 years before men spend more time at the stove than women.
D.There is a sharp decline in the time men spend on cooking compared with 1961.
3.How did Prof.Gershuny see the family meal according to the passage?
A.It has become a thing of the past.
B.It is very different from what it used to be.
C.It shouldn't be advocated in modern times.
D.It is beneficial to the stability of the family.
4.Which is the best title for the passage?
A.The Changes of Family Meals
B.Equality between Men and Women
C.Cooking into a New Trend for Men
D.Cooking—a Thing of the Past for Women
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书面表达
假如你是李华，最近你所居住的城市（北京）的雾霾严重影响了人们的生活。请根据写作要点给报社写一篇稿件反映这一问题。
写作要点：1. 雾霾带来的危害。
2. 你的建议。
注意：词数100左右。 参考词汇:雾霾 smog
短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
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Frank joined the army after middle school. He did quite well in everything besides shooting. One day, the new soldiers were practiced shooting. Frank performed poorly while the rest was doing quite well. After he had shot at the target nine times but had not hit once, the officer shouted, “I had never seen such a fool! Don’t waste away your last bullet! Go behind that wall and shoot yourself with it!” Frank went behind a wall, and a few seconds late the sound of a shot was heard by the officer and the other soldier. “Heavens!” the officer said. “ Has that silly man real done so?” He ran behind the wall anxiously, only find Frank standing there straight, saying, “ I’m sorry, but I missed again.”
语法填空
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词），并将答案填写在答题卷标号为1--10的相应位置上。
Do you shop online with websites 1. Taobao? When you make 2. order on Taobao, the money you pay doesn’t go directly to the sellers. Instead, it goes through Alipay, 3. keeps your money for a while. After you receive your goods and click the “ confirm receipt(确认收货)”button, Alipay then gives the money to the sellers. This process 4. (call) “ third party online payment”. There is a transfer station(中转站)，or a third account , between sellers and buyers 5. (make) online shopping safe. Buyers don’t need to worry about paying for goods and then 6. (receive) nothing. Sellers also get rid of the risk of receiving no money after sending out goods.
These transfer stations are 7. (usual) set up by payment service companies such as Alipay, Tenpay and Yeepay. Among them, Alipay is the biggest in China. It has more than 270 million active users, according to Xinhua. While most online sellers and shoppers like the third party online payment system, banks are not very 8. (satisfy) with it. That is 9. companies like Alipay are fighting over money with the banks. Users can invest in financial products through Alipay and make money. Thus lots of people 10. (choice) to put money in Alipay rather than in banks.
完形填空
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Whenever my child caused me to change my schedule, I thought to myself, “We don’t have time for this.” ________ , the two words I most commonly spoke to my child were: “Hurry up” But my promise to ________was made almost three years ago, and I began my journey to grasp what ________in life. My younger daughter is my living ________ of why I must keep trying. In fact, the other day, she reminded me once again.
The two of us had taken a bike ride to the ________ . After buying a cool treat for my daughter, she sat down at a table in ________ admiring the ice cream she held in her hand. Suddenly a look of worry ________ on her face. “Do I have to rush, Mama?”
I could have ________.Perhaps the pains of a ________ life don’t ever completely disappear, I thought sadly. As my child looked up at me waiting to know________ she could take her time, I knew I had a(n) ________ . I could sit there________ about the number of times when I rushed my child through life….or I could celebrate the fact that today I’m trying to do things________ . I chose to live in today.
“You don’t have to rush. Just take your time,” I said in a(n) ________ way. Her whole face instantly brightened and her shoulders________ . And so we sat side by side talking about things that interested us.
When she got to the last bite, she held out a spoonful of ice crystals and sweet juice for me. “I ________ the last bite for you, Mama,” my daughter said ________. As I left the icy goodness put out my thirst, I ________ I just got the deal of a lifetime. I gave my child a little time… and ________, she gave me her last bite and reminded me that things taste sweeter and love is ________ to get when you stop rushing through life.
1.A. However B. Instead C. Therefore D. Besides
2.A. speed up B. slow down C. give up D. keep on
3.A. works B. happens C. minds D. matters
4.A. reminder B. message C. example D. guide
5.A. church B. park C. supermarket D. school
6.A. relief B. sorrow. C. advance D. delight
7.A. brought in B. turned up C. went by D. made up
8.A. cried B. hated C. wondered D. regretted
9.A. difficult B. desperate C. hurried D. terrified
10.A. when B. if C. how D. what
11.A. duty B. chance C. choice D. idea
12.A. thinking B. complaining C. worrying D. talking
13.A. differently B. vividly C. perfectly D. casually
14.A. angry B. obvious C. gentle D. cautious
15.A. raised B. relaxed C. shook D. trembled
16.A. saved B. tasted C. purchased D. rushed
17.A. frequently B. carefully C. proudly D. slowly
18.A. realized B. imagined C. expected D. remembered
19.A. in contrast B. in return C. in charge D. in control
20.A. harder B. better C. closer D. easier
