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  3. Economy, one of the principles of success in the details of housekeeping, consists not alone(1)______making advantageous use of

Economy, one of the principles of success in the details of housekeeping, consists not alone(1)______making advantageous use of

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问题     Economy, one of the principles of success in the details of housekeeping, consists not alone(1)______making advantageous use of fresh material, but in carefully(2)______and utilizing the "left-over" fragments and bits of food. Few cooks can make(3)______ perfect calculation respecting the needs of their families as to provide just enough and no more, and the waste of the(4)______ is in many homes fully equal(5)______ one half the first cost of the meal. (6)______anything need ever be wasted. There are ways of utilizing almost every kind of cooked food(7)______it will be quite as appetizing and nutritious as when first prepared.
    All left-over foods, as grains, vegetables, or others of a(8)______ character, should be removed to clean dishes.(9)______this precaution is observed, the tiny bits about the (10)______ of the dish, which become sour or moldy much sooner than the larger mass, are apt to(11) ______ the whole. They should also be set on ice or be kept in a cool, dry place(12)______needed.
    There are(13)______ other foods that can be combined into more delicious dishes than left-over bread if the bread is properly made from(14) ______ material and is well kept in a proper place. To(15)______ the perfect preservation of the fragments, the(16)______ itself should receive good care. Broken pieces of bread may become(17)______dry, and in that case, they are(18)______ to crackers for use in soups. In addition, small quantities of left-over grains can be u-tilized for preparing various kinds of desserts(19)______the ingredients require previous cooking. They may also be used in the preparation of vegetable soups, many of which are even(20)______by the addition of a few spoonfuls of well-kept cooked oatmeal or rolled oats.
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选项 A、preserving
B、reserving
C、conserving
D、deserving
答案A
解析 动词辨析题。这句话中谈到的是食物的保存，preserve表示“为了防止损害或变质而进行保存”，由此可见，[A]preserving符合文意，故为正确答案。[D]deserving的意思是“值得，应该得到”，故排除；reserve和conserve都有“保存”的意思，但是有所差别。Reserve 一般表示为了将来的或其他的用途而有所保留或保存，conserve一般表示保存自然资源、人力或精力等，因此[B]reserving和[C]conserving均可以排除。
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