| Direaions: Read the following Passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit. |
| Imagine eating the dishes of 102 different countries in as many consecutive (连续的) days. That's what Noah Galuten has done. He raced around the Southland (the name given to the towns and cities that surround Los Angeles county in California) for almost four months, indulging in (沉迷于) lunches, dinners and a few breakfast without a break. Although he's not chef (厨师), Galuten grew up around good food. His mother mainly cooked Italian food, and he recalled standing on a stool (板凳) making sauce when he was six years old. He also cooked dinners for friends during his college years. And he had experimented and adapted food from many cultures. Galuten's food journey began after he graduated from college. Unemployed and back in Los Angeles, he decided to try something that he had a passion for. And he hoped it would help him 'keep his mind off his unemployment depression. Then he set up a blog and began his food journey. The requirement was to eat one dish at each place. After each meal, he would write a biog about the food, the cost, the environment and the company. It was indeed an incredible challenge. Sometimes Galuten searched online and contacted a friend of a friend for a restaurant tip or seeking out local food companies, he mostly dined at inexpensive restaurants. His journey also used up his savings. Galuten figured that he spent about $11,000 during the 102-day experiment, including groceries, meals, gasoline, rent and other living cost. Now that he has used up all his money and is $4,000 in debt, he is seriously joy-hunting. But he pointed out, "I feel very happy now, although I am in debt. It's not to say that a lack of money has caused my happiness, because the feeling is not related to money at all. It's more about doing that is important to you and sticking to what makes you happy, then making it the focus of your life." |
| 1. What led Galuten to start his daily food journey? (no more than 10 words) _____________________________________________________________________________ 2. How did Galuten collect information for his food journey? (no more than 8 words) _____________________________________________________________________________ 3. What canwe leam from Galuten's words in the last paragraph? (no more than12 words) _____________________________________________________________________________ 4. What is the passage mainly about? (no more than words) _____________________________________________________________________________ |