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【題目】Good Morning Britain’s Susanna Reid is used to grilling guests on the sofa every morning, but she is cooking up a storm in her latest role — showing families how to prepare delicious and nutritious meals on a tight budget.

In Save Money: Good Food, she visits a different home each week and with the help of chef Matt Tebbutt offers top tips on how to reduce food waste, while preparing recipes for under 5 per family a day. And the Good Morning Britain presenter says she’s been able to put a lot of what she’s learned into practice in her own home, preparing meals for sons, Sam,14, Finn,13, and Jack, 11.

"We love Mexican churros, so I buy them on my phone from my local Mexican takeaway restaurant," she explains. "I pay 5 for a portion(一份), but Matt makes them for 26p a portion, because they are flour, water, sugar and oil. Everybody can buy takeaway food, but sometimes we’re not aware how cheaply we can make this food ourselves. "

The eight-part series(系列節(jié)自), Save Money: Good Food, follows in the footsteps of ITV’s Save Money: Good Health, which gave viewers advice on how to get value from the vast range of health products on the market.

With food our biggest weekly household expense, Susanna and Matt spend time with a different family each week. In tonight’s Easter special they come to the aid of a family in need of some delicious inspiration on a budget. The team transforms the family’s long weekend of celebration with less expensive but still tasty recipes.

【1】What do we know about Susanna Reid?

A. She enjoys embarrassing her guests.

B. She has had a light budget for her family.

C. She dislikes working early in the morning.

D. She has started a new programme.

【2】How does Matt Tebbutt help Susanna?

A. He buys cooking materials for her. B. He assists her in cooking matters.

C. He prepares food for her kids. D. He invites guest families for her.

【3】What does the author intend to do in paragraph 4?

A. Add some background information.

B. Provide some advice for the readers.

C. Summarize the previous paragraphs.

D. Introduce a new topic for discussion.

【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Keeping Fit by Eating Smart. B. Balancing Our Daily Diet.

C. Cooking Well for Less. D. Making yourself a Perfect Chef.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，本文介紹了Susanna Reid所創(chuàng)辦的一些飲食電視節(jié)目以及這些節(jié)目的特點(diǎn)。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第一句In Save Money: Good Food, she visits a different home each week and with the help of chef Matt Tebbutt offers top tips on how to reduce food waste, while preparing recipes for under 5 per family a day.可知Susanna Reid創(chuàng)辦了一個新節(jié)目Save Money: Good Food。故D項(xiàng)正確。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第一句In Save Money: Good Food, she visits a different home each week and with the help of chef Matt Tebbutt offers top tips on how to reduce food waste, while preparing recipes for under 5 per family a day.可知是在大廚Matt Tebbutt的幫助下，Susanna Reid做了新節(jié)目。也就是說大廚Matt Tebbutt在做飯方面給她提供了幫助。故B項(xiàng)正確。

【3】段落大意題。根據(jù)文章第4段內(nèi)容可知這一段主要告訴我們這種餐飲節(jié)目是一個完整的系列化的飲食項(xiàng)目。也就是說第4段是為了給出相關(guān)的背景信息。故A項(xiàng)正確。

【4】主旨大意題。本文介紹了Susanna Reid所創(chuàng)辦的一些飲食電視節(jié)目，其中一些飲食節(jié)目Save Money: Good Food主要是為了倡導(dǎo)節(jié)約，不要浪費(fèi)。故C項(xiàng)符合文章大意。

本文考查了主旨大意題，要求考生選出最佳的標(biāo)題。我們可以使用假定標(biāo)題寫作法。這是一種逆向思維的方法。這種方法就是先設(shè)定某一個選項(xiàng)為正確的文章標(biāo)題，那么，按照這個標(biāo)題文章通常應(yīng)該怎么寫、寫什么呢？根據(jù)標(biāo)題里的核心詞，我們可以在頭腦里大致確定一下文章的結(jié)構(gòu)和內(nèi)容，如果二者與閱讀短文基本相同，就可以判斷該項(xiàng)正確；如果與短文大相徑庭，就可以判斷該項(xiàng)不對。使用這種方法的關(guān)鍵是找出標(biāo)題中的核心詞。