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浙江省丽水市青田县2024年中考一模英语试题
The Best Beef Stew Ingredients: ·salt and pepper to taste ·water ·3 teaspoons olive oil ·2 pounds of potatoes ·1 cup flour ·3 celery ribs ·2 pounds of beef ·3 sliced carrots ·1 cup low-fat beef broth ·2 pounds of onions Preparation: 1. Heat olive oil in a big pot. Put flour(面粉), salt, and pepper on a plate. Cover half of the beef with the flour. 2. Cook the coated beef in the pot over medium—high heat for about 6 minutes until brown. Keep aside once browned. Repeat with the rest of the beef. 3. Pour in the beef broth(牛肉汁)and put all the beef back in the pot. Add enough water to cover the meat. Boil, then reduce to simmer(文火炖). Cook until beef is soft, around 1 hour. 4. Add vegetables and simmer until beef and vegetables are soft, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Total Time: 2 hours 45 minutes Amount: For 6 people *You can simmer the stew in a slow cooker on high for 4 hours. You will still need to brown the beef as directed above. |
What's the name of the book? Educated. |
Who {#blank#}1{#/blank#}the writer of the book? The US writer Tara Westover. |
What is the book about? The book talks about Westover's life. Before she turned 17,she had never traveled outside her hometown {#blank#}2{#/blank#}is a small mountain village in Idaho,US. None of the kids in her family,including Westover herself,had ever been to a school on a hospital. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} she got older and older,she felt like she needed to get away from this uncomfortable/situation. With hard work and the encouragement of her brother,Westover went off to college and later got a PhD in history at Cambridge University. Education changed her life and helped her become a better person. |
What do you learn from the book? {#blank#}4{#/blank#}is a really important and beautiful word. It allows girls like Westover to enter a bigger world,letting them {#blank#}5{#/blank#}like birds toward their own goals. I wish for all of us to be like free and powerful birds,growing and changing through challenges and difficulties. |
old part for May also big more because celebrate new still they |
Festivals have always been an important part of life and culture. In the modern age, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} festivals have appeared. Some of the new festivals come from different {#blank#}2{#/blank#} of the world. Some appeared just because of the interesting meanings of the dates.
Now people around the world {#blank#}3{#/blank#} International Women's Day, International Museum Day and International Nurses' Day. These festivals didn't start in China, but we celebrate them in a Chinese way. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} example, many Chinese call International Women' s Day "Girls' Day" or "Queens' Day". On this day, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} have interesting activities such as dressing up in Hanfu.
Other new festivals include 520 Day, Eating Day (May 17th), and Double 11 Day. 520 is on{#blank#}6{#/blank#} 20th. In Chinese, it sounds like "I love you" and 517 sounds like "I want to eat". Double 11 Day is 42. {#blank#}7{#/blank#} known as Singles' Day, because the date November 11th or "11.11" is about the number "1". So Double 11 Day is about "single". And it is now one of the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} shopping days in the world.
For many young people, new festivals seem to be much {#blank#}9{#/blank#} interesting than the old ones. But it doesn't matter whether they are old or new {#blank#}10{#/blank#} festivals always offer a great chance for us to enjoy life with our loved ones.
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March 22nd is World Water Day. Water is the root(根) in Chinese culture. It {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the Chinese civilization(文明).
Chinese civilization is one of the world's ancient river civilizations. It began thousands of years ago {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the Yellow and Yangtze rivers, linking the culture to water from its beginning.
However, the way has two sides. Water is highly necessary for life and growing things, but if you don't use it {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, it will cause big problems. Knowing this, Chinese people have always tried to use it in the best way. Yu, the first ruler of Xia Dynasty, controlled floods by changing and digging the waterways {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the water could easily go into the sea. The Dujiangyan irrigation system(灌溉系统) in Sichuan was also a good example of making full use of the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to protect the environment of the area.
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