（6） Mix it all together with your hands. Keep mixing until it sticks together.
You may need to add more of the vinegar. （7） Let the rice cool down.
（8） Wet your hands. Make balls of rice. Each one should be about the size
of a table tennis ball.
（9） Take a sharp knife and cut the salmon into thin slices. Each slice should
be about 3mm thick.
（10） With the rice ball in one hand, press the cut salmon on top. Make it
into a rectangular shape . （11） Put the sushi on a plate.
（12） Put a little wasabi and soy sauce in a small dish.
（13） Serve the sushi to your friends. It goes well with green tea. The biggest concern people have about sushi is its freshness. Raw fish can attract bacteria, which can makes us ill or even cause death. When choosing a whole fish , the eyes should be clear. The skin should be bright and smooth and not breaking-up. When choosing cut fish , the meat ought not to give off an unpleasant smell. It should also ‘bounce back’ at you when you touch it. In other words , it should look fairly hard. Don’t buy sushi in the street. Buy from shops or supermarkets that others can recommend . Lots of wasabi also helps kill bacteria. It also makes your head want to explode.
49. To make sushi more delicious , you may as well ___ .
A. pour some green tea into rice B. add a bit more vinegar to rice C. eat as much wasabi as possible to kill bacteria D. choose steamed fish rather than fish that are uncooked 50. There are signs of freshness of fish except___ .
A. firm flesh B. clear eyes C. smelly meat D. shiny skin
51. What does this passage mainly discuss ?
A. Cooking at home B. popular Japanese fast –food C. Making your own sushi D. the development of sushi 52. We can infer from the passage that ____ . A. Sushi has become a multi- billion industry B. Making sushi is a demanding job for every one C. Sushi is more popular in China than in Japan
D. You should buy sushi in shops or supermarkets only on people’s recommendation （D）
Nearly all British people in full-time jobs have at least four weeks’ holiday a year , often in two or three separate periods . The normal working week is 35-40 hours, Monday to Friday. More overtime is worked at extra pay than in most other Western European countries, but there is relatively little “moonlighting” — that is , independent work for pay in leisure hours. Another way of saying that is the “black economy”, involving work paid privately in cash and not officially recorded or taxed, is relatively small . There are only eight official public holidays, Christmas included , a year, only one of them in the six months before Christmas. None of them celebrates anything to do with state or nation .
The most obvious and traditional British holiday destination is the coast. No place in the country is more than three hours’ journey from some part of it. The coast is full of variety , with good cliffs (悬崖) and rocks between the beaches , but the uncertain weather and cold sea are serious disadvantages. Also , two weeks in a hotel room with balcony (阳台) and private bath can now cost less in Spain or Greece , with flights included, than the same in a British hotel . Most of the hotels in the numerous seaside resort towns
were built between 50 and 100 years ago , and seem not to be used much by people going to conferences as by those on holiday. Going to a conference can be a sort of holiday , even in working time and with expenses paid . 53. How many hours do British people work every day ? ____ . A. 6—7 hours B. 7—8 hours C. 5—6 hours D. 8—9 hours 54. The underlined word “moonlighting” in paragraph 1 means ____ . A. people work overtime B. people work at night
C. people take walks at night D. people have an additional job 55. What can we learn from the passage ? ___ .
A. Most of official public holidays are in the six months from January to June .
B. Many of official public holidays are celebrated for the reason of state or nation .
C. There are many official public holidays a year . D. All official public holidays are before Christmas .
56. The following are disadvantages for holiday – makers at a British seaside
resort EXCEPT _____.
A. too many conferences being held there B. the cold sea C. expensive hotel costs D. the uncertain weather （E）
On June 17，1744，the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the Six Nations．The Indians were invited to send boys to William and Mary College．In a letter the next day they refused the offer as follow：
We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of learning taught in your colleges，and that the costs of living of our young men，while with you，
would be very expensive to you．We are convinced that you mean to do us good by your proposal; and we thank you heartily．But you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things，and you will therefore not be displeased if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same as yours．We have had some experience of it．Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the colleges of the northern provinces ；they were taught all your sciences；but when they came back to us, they were bad runners，ignorant of every means of living in the woods and they were totally good for nothing．
We are，to show our grateful sense of it，if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons，we wi1l take care of their education，teach them in al1 we know and make men of them． 57. The passage is about ____ ．
A. the talk between the Indians and the officials B. the colleges of the northern provinces C. the educational values of the Indians
D. the problems of the Americans in the mid-eighteenth century 58. The Indian’s chief purpose in writing the letter seems to ____ ． A. politely refuse a friendly offer B. describe Indian customs C. show their pride D. express their opinions on equal treatment
59. The Indian’s view of education is ______.
A. young women should also be educated B. they had different ideas of education
C. they taught different branches of science D. they should teach the sons of the officials first
60. The tone of the letter as a whole is best described as ____ ．
