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Join Our Chinese Food Cooking Class
Do you like Chinese food? Do you want to cook it by yourself? Fengyang Neighbourhood Centre will have a Chinese food cooking class this winter vacation. It will be in Room 303, 9:00 a.m.—11:30 a.m. every day, from 18 January to 23 January.
Here are some of easy Chinese recipes.

Luoyang Beef Soup
• Ingredients:
500 g beef, 1 onion, 1 carrot, ginger(姜), some salt.
• Instructions:
Clean and cut the beef, onion, and carrot; put them along with ginger in a pot with water. Cook for 30 minutes. Then add salt and cook for 10 minutes more. You can also add Yuzhou fentiao and green onions for a different taste.
Zhengzhou Huimian
• Ingredients:
300 g mutton, 200 g noodles, ginger, some salt and green onions.
• Instructions:
Cut the mutton into slices, and then cook them with water and ginger to make soup. Add salt when the mutton is soft. Cook the noodles and put them in a bowl. Finally, pour the soup over the noodles and add green onions on the top.
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Mapo Tofu
• Ingredients:
300 g tofu, 100 g minced meat(肉末), a little pepper and 1 spoon of Huaxian bean paste(豆瓣酱).
• Instructions:
Cook the minced meat with the paste for 5 minutes, and then add the tofu and pepper. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Serve with rice.
Remember, Huaxian bean paste is necessary if you want to make the dish special.
1. When is available for you if you want to join the cooking class?
A. 8:00 a.m.—10:00 a.m., 15 January.
B. 9:00 a.m.—11:30 a.m., 18 January.
C. 10:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m., 20 January.
D. 11:00 a.m.—1:30 p.m., 24 January.
2. How long does it take to cook the Luoyang Beef Soup according to the instructions?
A. 10 minutes.
B. 20 minutes.
C. 30 minutes.
D. 40 minutes.
3. What is the right order of the following steps of making Zhengzhou Huimian?
①Add green onions on the top.
②Cut mutton into slices.
③Add salt when the mutton is soft.
④Cook the noodles and put them in a bowl.
A. ①②③④
B. ②①③④
C. ②③④①
D. ③①②④
4. What makes Mapo Tofu special?
A. Tofu.
B. Minced meat.
C. Green onions.
D. Huaxian bean paste.
5. What can you learn if you join the cooking class?
A. Some special cooking skills.
B. Some useful advice on making friends.
C. Some delicious food from other countries.
D. Some meaningful plans for the winter vacation.