According to the passage, the Dutch way of finance and banking______.
A. is similar to that of the French
B. makes no difference whatever system it is compared to
C. is perhaps resembling that of the British
D. has a low efficiency
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Fried Foods
Fried foods have long been frowned upon. Nevertheless, the skillet(平底煎锅) is about our handiest and most useful piece of kitchen equipment. Sturdy lumberjacks(伐木工) and others engaged in active labor requiring 4,000 calories per day or more will take approximately one-third of their rations prepared in this fashion. Meat, eggs, and French toast cooked in this way are served in millions of homes daily. Apparently the consumers are not beset with more signs of indigestion than afflict those who insist upon broiling, roasting, or boiling. Some years ago one of our most eminent physiologists investigated the digestibility of fried potatoes. He found that the pan variety was more easily broken down for assimilation than when deep fat was employed. The latter, however, dissolved within the alimentary tract more readily than the boiled type. Furthermore, he learned, by watching the progress of the contents of the rate of digestion. Now all this is quite in contrast with "authority." Volumes have been written on nutrition, and everywhere the dictum has been accepted--no fried edibles of any sort for children. A few will go so far as to forbid this style. of cooking wholly. Now and then an expert will be bold enough to admit that he uses them himself, the absence of discomfort being explained on the ground that he posses a powerful gastric apparatus. We can of course sizzle perfectly good articles to death so that they will be leathery and tough. But thorough heating, in the presence of shortening, is not the awful crime that it has been labeled. Such dishes stimulate rather than retard contractions of the gall bladder. Thus it is that bile mixes with the nutriment shortly after it leaves the stomach.
We don't need to allow our foodstuffs to become oil soaked, but other than that, there seems to be no basis for the widely heralded prohibition against this method. But notions become fixed. The first condemnation probably arose because an "oracle" suffered from dyspepsia(消化不良) which he ascribed to some fried item on the menu. The theory spread. Others agreed with him, and after a time the doctrine became incorporated in our textbooks. The belief is now tradition rather than proved fact. It should have been refuted long since, as experience has demonstrated its falsity.
This passage focuses on ______.
A. why the skillet is a handy piece of kitchen equipment
B. how the experts can mislead the public in the area of food preparation
C. the digestibility of fried foods
D. why fried foods have long been frowned upon
The Juice-Juju is already available in the shops.
A. Right
B. Wrong
C. Doesn't say
A.The driver of the sports car.B.The two girls inside the car.C.The bus driver.D.Paul.
A. The driver of the sports car.
B. The two girls inside the car.
C. The bus driver.
D. Paul.
SECTION A CONVERSATIONS
Directions: In this section you will hear several conversations. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions that follow.
听力原文:M: Would you like to have some ice-cream, Matha? I've got a variety of flavors for you to choose from. I've got strawberry, peach, chocolate, chocolate chip, chocolate brownie, coffee, vanilla, rocky road, butter pecan, and praline.
W: Wow! What choices you have! I wish I could, but I just can't. I'm on a diet to lose weight.
M: Come on, it's just a bite. It doesn't really hurt to have just a bite.
W: I'd better not. Please don't tempt me, Simon. Please!
M: Gee! You are really strong-willed.
W: You're darn right. I'm not so easily coaxed into doing something that 1 think is wrong.
M: Well, I'd better not tempt you. Otherwise, if I give you a piece of cake, you might ask for a glass of milk.
Which of the following flavors of ice cream is NOT mentioned by Simon?
A. Vanilla.
B. Strawberry.
C. Butter bacon.
D. Chocolate brownie.