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Thankgiving Day is a holiday that Americans celebrate the honor of everything the country offered to their ancestors, who were among the first immigrants to the United States. When they first came to America, they saw that there were enough food and opportunity for everyone. They were even helped by the Indians, who taught them how to grow all kinds of new vegetables, such as corn and yams, or sweet potatoes.
On Thanksgiving Day, it is traditional to eat a big meal together. Americans eat food that was found here by their ancestors. They usually eat turkey with sweet potatoes, Indian corn bread, and have pumpkin pie for dessert.
Every Thanksgiving Day, a giant parade is held by one of the most famous department stores in New York. It is an annual event. And at the end of the parade, children can even see Santa Claus, who is visiting from the North Pole. Santa Claus is invited to remind children and parent that Christmas is not far away.
When the first ancestors came to America,what did they see
-When they first ancestors came to America, they saw that there were enough food and opportunity for everyone.
Is it traditional to eat a big meal together on Thanksgiving Day
-Yes, it is
Do they usually eat turkey with sweet potatoes
-Yes, they do
Who is visiting from the North Pole
-Santa Claus
The little chefs Hilary Rose travels to Dorset, in the south of England, to investigate a cookery course for children. There must be something in the air in Dorset, because the last place you’d expect to fi nd children during the summer holidays is in the kitchen. Yet in a farmhouse, deep in the English countryside, that’s exactly where they are – on a cookery course designed especially for children. It’s all the idea of Anna Wilson, who wants to educate young children about cooking and eating in a healthy way. ‘I’m very keen to plant the idea in their heads that food doesn’t grow on supermarket shelves,’ she explains. ‘The course is all about making food fun and enjoyable.’ She thinks that eight is the perfect age to start teaching children to cook, because at that age they are always hungry. 9() These children are certainly all smiles as they arrive at the country farmhouse. Three girls and four boys aged from ten to thirteen make up the group. They are immediately given a tour of what will be ‘home’ for the next 48 hours. 10 But one thing is quite clear – they all have a genuine interest in food and learning how to cook. Anna has worked as a chef in all sorts of situations and has even cooked for the crew of a racing yacht, in limited space and diffi cult weather conditions. 11 ‘Kids are easy to teach,’ she insists, ‘because they’re naturally curious and if you treat them like adults they listen to you.’ Back in the kitchen, Anna is giving the introductory talk, including advice on keeping hands clean, and being careful around hot ovens. 12 Judging by the eager looks on their young faces as they watch Anna’s demonstration, they are just keen to start cooking. The children learn the simplest way, by watching and then doing it themselves. They gather round as Anna chops an onion for the fi rst evening meal. Then the boys compete with each other to chop their onions as fast as possible, while the girls work carefully, concentrating on being neat. 13 When they learn to make bread, the girls knead the dough with their hands competently, while the boys punch it into the board, cheerfully hitting the table with their fi sts. The following morning, four boys with dark shadows under their eyes stumble into the kitchen at 8.30 a.m. to learn how to make breakfast (sausages and eggs, and fruit drinks made with yoghurt and honey). We learn later that they didn’t stop talking until 4.30 a.m. 14 Ignoring this, Anna brightly continues trying to persuade everyone that fruit drinks are just as interesting as sausages and eggs. Anna has great plans for the courses and is reluctant to lower her standards in any way, even though her students are so young. 15 ‘And I like to keep the course fees down,’ Anna adds, ‘because if the children enjoy it and go on to teach their own children to cook, I feel it’s worth it.’ If this course doesn’t inspire them to cook, nothing will.
A This is followed by a session on ‘knife skills’, which will be important later on. T
B She always uses top- quality ingredients, such as the best cuts of meat and the fi nest cheeses, so there’s clearly no profi t motive in this operation.FC As they wander round, they argue lightheartedly about who has had the most experience in the kitchen.T
D In the garden, they learn about the herbs that they will use in their cooking.T
E Their obvious tiredness may explain why one of them goes about the task so carelessly that the ingredients end up on the fl oor.F
F This is particularly true of young boys, who are happy to do anything that will end in a meal T
G As a result, she has a very relaxed attitude to cooking, constantly encouraging the children and never talking down to them.F
H This contrast will become something of a theme during the course.F
Choose one correct answer in each drop-down list.
E-tailers are heading (1) with/for/at/on a record Christmas with forecasts that monthly spending over the internet is about to break through the £2 billion barrier for the first time. IMRG, the Internet retailing association, (2) Are/has/is/where predicting £5 billion total sales over the Christmas period. The Office for National Statistics revealed that British businesses sold £23.3bn worth of goods and (3)Services/product/food/charges on the Internet last year. The ONS survey shows that (4) Although/due to/because/despite strong growth it still represents only about 2.3 per cent of the UK's GDP, suggesting there is still plenty of room for growth. Analysts said that Britain remained Europe's biggest e-commerce market, (5)Looking/accounting/calling/waiting for more than a third of goods and sold over the Internet in the region. Forrester Research, (6) An/a/the/zero article independent research group predicts that British consumers will (7) Lose/spend/save/win £3.2bn over the Christmas trading period, ahead of Germany with £2.5bn (8) But/or/so/andFrance with £667m. Robin Terrell, the UK Managing Director of Amazon.com, one of the leading online (9) Wholesalers/producers/retailers/manufacturers predicted that shoppers would buy £2.1bn worth of electrical (10)Goods/Inventory/machines/product online by the end of the year, representing 8.5 per cent of all sales in the sector this year.
LOW HOLIDAY SPENDING DUE TO ECONOMIC WORRIES
Americans won’t be spending as (26) ______ this holiday season due to continued worry about their finances. New research found that 56% of American rated the economy as “poor” and 46% believed the situation was getting worse.This is bad news for retailers trying to eke out their (27) _______ this holiday season, especially since the survey showed that roughly 63% of respondents said they planned to spend less this holiday season. The figure is unchanged since last year, when retailers had one of the worst showings ever and had to (28) ______ prices even before Christmas to help move stock.Even the news that household spending inched up is a double-edged sword. People surveyed indicated they’d be spending more on items like gas and groceries, (29) ______ they’re making up for this increase by further cutting (30)______ they spend on non-essentials like movies or restaurant meals.
(Adapted from Cambridge Vocabulary for Advanced by Simon Haines)
Question 26. A. a few B. much C. many D. littleQuestion
27. A. earnings B. expenses C. tuitions D. allowancesQuestion
28. A. elude B. discrete C. assign D. slashQuestion
29. A. so B. additionally C. but D. consequentlyQuestion
30. A. where B. which C. when D. what