Flexibility is an essential component of good cooking.You should
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中Learn to trust your own instincts.A good cook needs only to have positive feelings about food in general, and about the pleasures of eating and cooking.I have known some cooks who did not seem to discover pleasure and gratification in things culinary.At the restaurant, I look for employees who are interested in working in the kitchen for reasons above and beyond those of simply needing a job, any job.This applies equally to the home cook: a cook who dislikes food is a bad cook.Even an ambivalent cook is a bad cook.Yet,a person who responds to the cooking processes and the mound of fresh ingredients with a genuine glow of delight is likely to be, or become, a very good cook indeed.Technical skills can be acquired and perfected along the way, but dislike or ambivalence toward food cannot always be overcome.
In the early stages of my culinary pursuits, I cooked as I had seen cooking done in France.I copied some of the more traditional cooks, and I stayed within the bounds they had laid out so carefully because I didn't trust my own instincts yet.Having imitated their styles, I found that with time and experience, their fundamental principles had become a part of my nature and I began to understand why they had done certain things in a particular way. Then, I could begin to develop a different and more personal style based on the ingredients available to me here in California.
单选题第1题The author intends to tell_______.
A.her own approaches to cooking
B.the profession of cooks
C.the experience of cooks
D.the address of the restaurant
参考答案：A
答案解析：写作意图。从原文三个段落的主题句就可以推断出来作者的写作意图。第一段和
第二段的主题句分别为 “Flexibility is an essential component of good cooking” 和 “Learn
to trust your own instincts” ,第三段最后一句 “Then, I could begin to develop a different
and more personal style based on the ingredients available to me here in California” 概括了
作者的核 心观点，由此可以看出，三个段落由概述到具体，从一般情况到个人经验，
焦点落在了作者自己的做法与态度上，即approach的核 心涵义。
单选题第2题The author holds that flexibility is_______.
A.to be locked into a menu
B.to have a collection of food recipes
C.needed to cook with a new recipe
D.a main component of good cooking
参考答案：D
答案解析：论点概括。文章第一段第一句 “Flexibility is an essential component of good
cooking”直截了当地表明了作者的观点。本句与选项D唯一的区别是限定词main与
essential，二者大意相当。
单选题第3题The author does NOT suggest_______
A.the complete appearance of a dish
B.the expected taste of a meal
C.the precise details in cooking
D.the overall harmony of a meal
参考答案：C
答案解析：细节识别。文章第一段 “I don't ever want to write anything …so precise that …
concentration on every last detail ... of a recipe or a dinner ...” 明确表明了作者的态度，紧
接着，作者阐述了自己所赞成的做法，即选项A、B、D。
单选题第4题The example of the garlic can show_______
A.the importance of every detail
B.the variability of ingredients
C.the need to be a flexible cook
D.the preference for strong flavors
参考答案：B
答案解析：逻辑推理。大蒜的例子是为了例证上一句“Then it will be up to you to determine
the correct balance and composition”，即由个人决定配料的平衡与组合，然后以大蒜用
量的加减为例来帮助说明这个论点。本题的选项C干扰作用强大，因为第二段的确阐
述了厨师的主体性，不过本题的逻辑基础是配料，所以例证与之匹配，故选B。
单选题第5题The author is trying to_______.
A.persuade her readers to follow every detail
B.provide precise approaches to successful cooking
C.limit herself to basic principles and procedures
D.leave room to her readers for the art of cookery
参考答案：D
答案解析：写作意图。文章第一段第三句说 “I don't ever want to write anything ... so precise
that …concentration on every last detail …of a recipe or a dinner ...” 第二段第一句接着说
“Learn to trust your own instincts”，然后第三段以个人经历为例证，清楚表明了自己
的态度：读者可以在烹饪中自由发挥、创造。
单选题第6题The author talks about cooking from the perspective of_______
A.a restaurant owner
B.a successful practitioner of the culinary art
C.a restaurant chef
D.a gifted cook
参考答案：B
答案解析：写作视点。作者表达写作视点的句子包括第二段“I look for employees who
are interested in working in the kitchen ... This applies equally to the home cook”，第
三段 “I cooked as I had seen cooking done in France” 及最后一句 “I could begin to
develop a different and more personal style based on the ingredients available to me here in
California”。显然，作者不是烹饪理论家，而是践行者（practitioner），而且很成功
（successful）。因此，选项B符合要求。
单选题第7题In Paragraph 2, the author indicates that she seeks employees who share her_______.
A.cooking expertise
B.willingness to work
C.enjoyment of culinary processes
D.dislike of traditional food
参考答案：C
答案解析：细节识别。根据本题题干，可快 速找到第二段第四句“I look for employees who
are interested in working in the kitchen for reasons above and beyond those of simply needing
a job, any job”，这里的reasons above回指本段第二句“…have positive feelings about
food in general，and about the pleasures of eating and cooking”。综合而言，作者寻找的
是“对品尝美食和烹饪都感兴趣”的人，即选项C。
单选题第8题To produce superior results, a cook must have _______.
A.a love for food
B.an excellent sense of smell
C.first-rate cooking skills
D.choice recipes
参考答案：A
答案解析：细节识别。第二段倒数第二句 “Yet，a person who responds to the cooking processes
and the mound of fresh ingredients with a genuine glow of delight is likely to be，or become，
a very good cook indeed”为本题明确提供了证据。而且，本段最后一句话帮助排除了
另外的选项。
单选题第9题According to the passage, the author is_______.
A.complaining about her employees
B.criticizing her opponents
C.analyzing her impact on cooking
D.narrating her pursuit as a culinary artist
参考答案：D
答案解析：作者态度。从A、B、C、D四个选项的关键词可以看出，本题考查读者对阅读
材料体现出的作者的写作态度：抱怨、批评、分析、叙述。第一题的解析中提到了三
个主题句，基本表明了作者的态度，属于叙述体。更为具体的支撑线索有：第一段多
次重复I want to...;第二段I look for...;及第三段开始就提到的In the early stages of my culinary pursuits。所有这些线索都指向选项D。
单选题第10题To improve her cooking style, the author_______.
A.suggests four “wants”
B.learns from traditional cooks
C.uses garlic as a special ingredient
D.employs some good cooks
参考答案：B
答案解析：细节识别。最后一段专门叙述作者的个人经历。本段第二句说“I copied some of the more traditional cooks”，然后说到 “with time and experience”，最后说到 “I could begin to develop a different and more personal style”，个人阅历脉络清楚，选项 B 明确
无误。
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