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Getting recipes and cooking tips was a complicated process in the past. A person had to go to the store and buy a cook book, or get recipes from friends. Fortunately, the internet has changed all that. Today, if you want to find a recipe for lasagna or cob salad, you just search online. It couldn’t be simpler.

Cooking blogs are a great source of information because they are free and there are so many of them. They are also nice because they give all different kinds of ideas. The problems with blogs is that because we don’t know who is writing them, we need to use with caution. When you are looking at a new blog, you don’t know if the writer knows what he or she is talking about.

We’d like to introduce two popular cooking blogs. The first is called Smitten Kitchen. This website is run by a family living in New York City. It focuses on food that doesn’t require many ingredients. If you want to make food that is simple but wonderful, then this is the site for you. It offers hundreds and hundreds of recipes, divided into categories. You will be amazed at how many there are.

Wednesday Chef is another great cooking blog. It is run by a writer who lives in Berlin. This blog also offers many recipes, along with recommendations for great restaurants in Berlin, and advice for people who want to start their own blogs. Wednesday Chef has great pictures of its food, as well as interesting pictures of Berlin. The blog got its name because in the past, newspapers published their food articles on Wednesdays.

There are a lot of cooking blogs on the internet, and most of them are pretty good. Go online and check some of them out. You might be surprised at how much they can help you improve your cooking.

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of cooking blogs?

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There is _________ water in the well, not enough for everyone in the village.

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The artisans in my village can ________ basket weaving. They earn enough money from it.

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She will have to _________ if she wants to pass the final exam. 

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Her car is more expensive than mine.

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Please turn off _____________ light when you leave _____________ room.

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Most guests __________ the party by the time we came. 

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After the tourists ___________ two hours in the supermarket, they ____________ to a traditional craft village.

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They are not allowed to go out by their parents.

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Smoking cigarettes is harmful __________ your health.

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When he retires at sixty, he’ll get a very good ___________.

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The waiter: What would you like to drink?

Mr. David: “___________.”

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(A) The more paper we (B) save, (C) the less trees we use (D) for making it.

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He came when I __________ the film “Man from the star”. 

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This car is so expensive that my father can’t afford _____________ it.

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Like everyone else, Sue has her _____________ of course but on the whole, she’s quite satisfied with life.