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Passage 7
The idea of using your dishwasher to cook a meal has been around since the ’80s. It’s been used to cook _1_ , mainly fish. The Times ran a recipe on dishwasher-cooked salmon back in 1986. The recipe said to _2_ the salmon in foil then run it through a full cycle without using any soap.
That sounds like a fun dinner-party _3_ but not exactly a good way to _4_ your carbon
Emission. What’s more, using water and electricity to run a load without _5_ cleaning sounds like a waste of time and money.
But a recent survey suggested the technique could be making a _6_ It may have a little something to do with the change to the original cooking technique that could prove to be _7_ to a eco-friendly, convenience-focused generation in the kitchen.
lisa Casali, an Italian author, wrote a book on dishwasher cooking that’s actually meant to save energy. The book, “Cucinare in lavastoviglie” suggests recipes for meals cooked in airtight _8_ during a regular dish cycle, with detergent, including one for cooking pasta with vegetables in the dishwasher. A little salmon in a jar cooked next to last night’s dirty dishes doesn’t sound all that _9_.Initially, you may feel _10_ by such an idea, but when you get past that stage, it does make sense for the busy parent or college student looking to save time.
Will we see dishwasher-cooked fish on a restaurant menu anytime soon? Probably not, but sounds like it’s worth a try.Let us know if you’ve used your dishwasher to cook or if you,re willing to give it a try.
A) trick B) appetizing C) sealed D) decrease
E) attractive F) comeback G) protein H) profoundly
I) prolonged J) shocked K) actually L) wrap
M) accordingly N) misleading O) menu
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Passage 7
解题思路
1.[G]空格前的动词cook提示空格处应为名词作其宾语。句末的mainly fish提示该名词应该是一种食物,据此
在词库中选用protein。
2.[L] 根据空格前的不定式标记to判断空格应为动词原形。空格所在句描述用洗碗机烹煮三文鱼的方法,foil提示三文鱼是用锡纸“包”起来的,词库中动词wrap符合语义。
3.[A] a fun dinner-party…作sounds like的宾语,宾语部分缺少中心名词。“用洗碗机烹煮三文鱼”算是一种烹调技巧,因此选用trick一词,a fun dinner-party trick意为“让宴会变得有趣的小花招”。
4.[D]根据空格前的不定式to判断空格应为动词原形。a good way提示不定式短语应该是说具体的好处,故从词库中选取decrease一词,表示“减少二氧化碳的排放量”。
5.[K]空格所在句不缺少主谓宾成分,由此推断此处可能填人副词,用以强调without cleaning anything。词库中actually符合语义。
6.[F]空格前的a提示此处填人名词。上一段讲到使用洗碗机煮食费时费钱,本段开头的but提示,此处讲的是现在人们对于这一煮食方法的不同看法。名词库中的comeback符合语义,表示“洗碗机煮食的做法再次流行起来”。
7.[E] prove to be后可接名词、形容词或分词。洗碗机煮食方法改良后,更可能博得注重eco-friendly, convenience-focused的一代人的好感,题库中attractive符合句意。
8.[C]空格位于形容词airtight和名词jars之间,据此推断应填人名词、形容词或分词,与airtight并列修饰jars。词库中sealed与airtight近义,填人文中表示“密封的罐子”,符合语义。
9.[B]空格需要一个形容词,与副词词组all that"到那种地步”一起跟在动词doesn’t sound后作表语。根据该句的主语“紧挨昨晚的脏碗碟煮熟的三文鱼”,可推知这样煮熟的三文鱼让人没胃口。因此选用appetizing。
10.[J]空格位于系动词feel之后,应填人名词、形容词或分词。前半句讲人们刚开始对用洗碗机煮鱼的感受,后半句指出,对于那些繁忙的父母或想节省时间的大学生而言,这种做法是明智的。but前后内容形成对比,词库中的shocked符合文中语境。