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How to Make Traditional Mantou?
Mantou is a kind of basic and important food in North China. People can buy it in most areas of the country for just 1 yuan (about 0.15 US dollar),or even less depending on the size.
But the mantou you find at the shops and the markets is very different from the mantou made in the traditional way. Sometimes it can take people a whole day to make traditional mantou.
Ways change from place to place. In Weihai,Shandong Province,for example,a special kind of yeast(酵母) is necessary to make good mantou.
The yeast is made by covering rice flour with a local plant called haocao. Weihai families believe only haocao picked on the seventh day of the seventh Chinese lunar month will produce the best yeast.
Work to make mantou starts in the evening and finishes at lunchtime the next day.
The yeast is mixed with flour,eggs and water to create dough(生面团). Then the dough is covered in a blanket and people leave it overnight on top of a kang. Kang is a traditional earthen-brick(土砖的) bed in north China.
Overnight,the dough will rise,and the real work begins in the morning.
It takes at least two people to shape and steam the mantou,so relatives and friends often come to help. There is usually a happy atmosphere around as they laugh and joke together.
( )1.How much does a mantou cost in most areas of China according to the passage?
A.15 yuan or less depending on the size.
B.About 1 US dollar or less depending on the size.
C.About 1 US cent or less depending on the size.
D.About 0.15 US dollar or less depending on the size.
( )2.In Weihai,______ is/are necessary to make good mantou.
A.a special local plant B.a traditional kang
C.a special kind of yeast D.relatives and friends
( )3.What will people do after the dough is covered in a blanket?
A.They will go and pick a locally-grown plant called haocao.
B.They will mix the yeast with flour,eggs and water to create dough.
C.They will leave it overnight on top of a kang.
D.They will shape and steam the mantou.
( )4.It needs ______ to make traditional mantou.
A.half a day B.a whole day
C.a few days. D.a few months
( )5.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.Mantou is a kind of basic and important food in North China.
B.Sometimes it can take a whole day to make traditional mantou.
C.The yeast is mixed with flour,eggs and water to create dough.
D.Overnight,the dough will rise,and the real work begins in the afternoon.

答案： 1.D 2.C 3.C 4.B 5.D