Laura Fagan is a British girl. She is 29 years old now. She has a special job. Her job is an offical cake-taster. She began to work two years ago. She loves her job very much. She needs to try as many as 20 desserts a day. She needs to travel to different cities to taste different desserts.
Although the job seems to be great, it is hard. Usually , Laura begins tasting desserts as early as 8 a.m., and is still tasting new desserts at 6 p.m. before she goes back home. Fortunately, the job hasn’t made her too fat. She only worries about her teeth.
“ Of course I was afraid of becoming fat when I started the job, so I try to do exercise as often as possible. The main thing is my teeth. I don"t think my dentist would be happy if I told him what I do, so I try to brush my teeth as often as possible.” “When I tell people what I do, they say ‘ that’s the best job in the world’, and then they ask me what my favorite dessert is.”
Laura loves her job although it is hard. “ I can learn about new trends(趋势) in food. It is a hard job but someone has to do it.” she said.
小题1:To be a cake-taste is to _________________.| A．sell different cakes | B．make different cakes | | C．taste different cakes | D．buy different cakes |
小题2:The underlined word “ Fortunately” means “ ________________”| A．quickly | B．luckily | | C．lovely | D．terribly |
小题3: Which of the following is TRUE ?| A．Laura is very heavy because of her job. | | B．Laura doesn’t love her job because it is hard. | | C．Laura often works for a long time every day. | | D．People all think Laura’s job is very tired. |
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小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C |
试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一个糕点品尝师- 劳拉。这份工作别人看起来很好其实很辛苦。幸运的是劳拉没有变胖，但是她很担心她的牙齿。
小题1:细节理解题。根据短文第一段描述可知，一个糕点品尝师需要每天品尝20多种甜点。故选C。
小题2:词义猜测题。根据上文劳拉需要品尝许多的甜点而后文描述她没有变胖，可知是幸运的，故选B。
小题3:是非判断题。根据第二段Laura begins tasting desserts as early as 8 a.m., and is still tasting new desserts at 6 p.m. before she goes back home.可知劳拉每天工作的时间很长。故选C。 |
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Can you imagine （想象）keeping an alien (外星)dog as a pet? This is what happens in CJ7—a wonderful movie made in China. Maybe some of you saw it. It came out in January, 2008. The movie is about a poor man Ti, his son Dicky and their alien dog CJ7.
Dicky, a 10-year-old boy, lives a poor life with his father Ti, a worker. One day,his father finds a ball in the trash (废物)and he gives it to Dicky. The ball becomes a cute alien dog. It’s a small dog with big eyes and green hair. It can talk and do magic（魔法）. Soon the dog comes to love Ti and his son. It goes to school with Dicky. It makes him laugh, but it makes trouble, too.
When Ti falls off a building and dies, CJ7 saves his life. Because the dog loses all its power(能量), it becomes a doll. But Dicky still wears the dog around his neck. He hopes that CJ7 will come back to life one day.
小题1: Dicky’s father finds CJ17 in the ________.| A．classroom | B．street | | C．trash | D．tree |
小题2: This passage tells us CJ17 can _______.| A．help do some housework | B．talk and do magic | | C．sing and dance | D．help Dicky do homework |
小题3: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．CJ17 becomes a doll in the end. | | B．CJ17 never makes trouble. | | C．CJ17 doesn’t like Dicky’s school | | D．CJ17 makes a lot of money for Dicky. |
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When the plane was waiting at the airport，a big snake climbed up the steps and into the plane. It went to sleep under the pilot’s(飞行员) seat. Nobody noticed. Soon the passengers(乘客) get on the plane and it took off. A little girl called Mary took out a whistle(哨子) and began playing. But none of the passengers liked the music. They got the stewardess(女乘务员)to ask the girl to stop.
The sound of the plane’s engines(发动机) woke up the snake. It put its head out and looked around the captain’s(机长的) room. When the captain saw the snake, he was so frightened that he could hardly breath. He was so afraid that he could not control(控制) the plane. The plane began to swing（摇晃）from side to side. The stewardess told the passengers what was happening and ask them to calm down. Mary was not afraid. She ran to the captain’s room with her whistle and began to play the slow tune(曲子). At once the snake followed her. The girl returned to her seat and the snake lay on the floor beside her. Dancing to the music.
When the plane landed the airport the snake was taken in a net to a zoo near Mary’s house. She often went to visit the snake.
小题1:________ saw the snake climb into the plane.| A．Somebody | B．Nobody | | C．Anybody | D．Everybody |
小题2:Mary________ playing her whistle after the stewardess asked her to stop.| A．didn’t stop | B．went on | | C．was still | D．stopped |
小题3:The plane was in danger because________.| A．there was trouble in one of the engines | | B．the pilot suddenly fell ill | | C．the capital was so frightened by the snake that he could not control the plane | | D．the snake killed the pilot |
小题4:The snake________ the music Mary was playing.| A．liked | B．didn’t enjoy | | C．was frightened by | D．became afraid of |
小题5:It was________ who saved all the people’s lives in the plane.| A．a brave man | B．stewardesses | | C．Mary | D．the captain |
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Nothing was going right for Dr. Turner at the hospital. He made a mistake while operating on a patient. He felt sure he was no longer trusted and decided to change his job. One day he learned from the paper that a doctor was looking for a partner(合作伙伴). The doctor, whose name was Johnson, lived in Thorby, a small town in the north of England.
A few days later Dr. Turner went to Thorby, and arrived at Dr. Johnson’s home early in the afternoon. Though old and a little deaf, Dr. Johnson still had a good brain. He kept talking to the visitor about the town and its people. When they turned to the question of partnership, it was already seven in the evening. Dr. Johnson invited Dr. Turner to have dinner with him in a restaurant before catching the train back to London. Dr. Turner noticed that Dr. Johnson was fond of good food and expensive wines. They had an excellent meal. When the bill was brought, Dr. Johnson felt in his pocket. “Oh, dear,” he said. “I’ve forgotten my money.” “That’s all right,” Dr. Turner said. “I’ll pay the bill.” As he did so, he began to wonder whether Dr. Johnson was worthy of trust.
小题1:Dr. Turner knew that a doctor was looking for a partner from______.| A．the Internet | B．the newspaper | | C．the radio | D．the magazine |
小题2: Dr. Turner decided to leave his present job because_______.| A．he had never been trusted | | B．it needed too great skills | | C．he believed it offered little hope for his future | | D．he thought the hospital would like him to leave |
小题3:The two doctors spent most of the afternoon talking about_______.| A．things of no interest to Dr. Johnson | | B．things of no importance to Dr. Turner | | C．health matters | | D．food and drink |
小题4:The story suggests that_______.| A．Dr. Johnson did not like Dr.Turner | | B．The two doctors would become friends | | C．The two doctors would not work together | | D．Dr. Turner decided to stay at his present job |
小题5:The words did so in the last sentence mean_______.| A．caught the train back to London | B．felt in his pocket | | C．paid the bill | D．said those words |
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Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything—tutors （家庭教师）， cards， special learning centers—in short， everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic (天主教的) school.
After the first day，little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn’t kiss his mother hello. Instead，he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread（铺开）out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating， he went back to his room， without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time，day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.
Finally，little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His mom looked at it and to her surprise， little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity（好奇心）. She went to his room and asked，“Son, what was it？ Was it the nuns（修女）？”
Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head，“No.”
“Well then，”she asked again，“WHAT was it？”
Little Tommy looked at her and said，“Well, on the first day of school，when I saw that man nailed（钉）to the plus sign（加号），I knew they weren"t joking.”
小题1:Why did Tommy’s parents send him to a catholic school？| A．Because he could eat well there. | | B．Because he could earn more about nuns. | | C．Because his parents wanted him to do better in his math. | | D．Because his parents didn’t want him to learn math any more. |
小题2:Tommy‘s mother felt surprised that his son _______.| A．was still the same as usual | B．ate so much at dinner | | C．kissed her hello after school | D．worked hard but said little |
小题3:“Hitting the books” means “_______” in Chinese.小题4:The last sentence in the passage shows that _______.| A．Tommy felt sorry for the mail | B．Tommy was afraid of being nailed | | C．Tommy didn’t like the plus sign | D．Tommy liked playing jokes on others |
小题5: From the passage， we can infer（推断）that _______.| A．teachers should be strict with their students | | B．mistaking（误解）might do good sometimes | | C．a catholic school is much better than other ones | | D．nuns are good at helping children with their math |
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通读下面短文掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出最佳选项。
It was the golden season. I could see the leaves falling with the cool wind. For others, it is a harvest season, ____ for me, it is an annoying(恼人的) season. I was for the Postgraduate Entrance Examination. But so many unhappy things made me so tired, so I decided to have a walk along the Yanjiang Road in my university.
“Autumn is a lonely season and life is uninteresting. The days in this season always ___me down”, I thought when the sound of a guitar flowed into my ears, like a stream flowing from the mountains. A young girl, sitting on the lawn, was lost in playing her guitar. She was a beautiful girl, when the wind blew her long hair. I had never seen her before. The music was so attractive that I listened quietly.
Lost in the music, I did not that I had been standing for so long. But it did not seem to disturb(打扰) her. Leaves were still falling. Every day when I passed by the lawn, I would see her playing her guitar. She was the only performer and I was the only . During the rest of the days in the season, life became and I could review the courses carefully.
Autumn was over. One day, when I was enjoying the beautiful music, the sound suddenly stopped. To my surprise, the girl came over to me.
“You like the music,” she said.
“Yes, you play very well. Why did you stop?” I asked.
Suddenly, a expression appeared on her face.
“I came here just to have a rest because I in the college entrance examination. I felt very disappointed(失望的). And it was your listening every day that me,” she said, “and I have to go tomorrow.”
“In fact, it was your playing that gave me a autumn and helped me believe that I have the ability to pass the Postgraduate Entrance Examination.” I answered, “I think it was God who gave us the to know each other and we should be good friends.”
She smiled and I smiled in that beautiful autumn..
| 小题1: | | A．yellow | B．green | C．new | D．empty |
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| 小题3: | | A．going | B．waiting | C．preparing | D．caring |
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| 小题4: | | A．gets | B．get | C．to get | D．is getting |
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| 小题5: | | A．mainly | B．specially | C．mostly | D．especially |
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| 小题6: | | A．understand | B．realize | C．remember | D．consider |
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| 小题7: | | A．audience | B．artist | C．reporter | D．dancer |
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| 小题8: | | A．boring | B．interesting | C．sad | D．dull |
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| 小题9: | | A．nearly | B．hardly | C．already | D．just |
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| 小题11: | | A．excited | B．angry | C．sad | D．worried |
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| 小题12: | | A．failed | B．sent | C．broke | D．took |
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| 小题13: | | A．moved | B．encouraged | C．wondered | D．saved |
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| 小题14: | | A．short | B．meaningful | C．relaxed | D．successful |
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| 小题15: | | A．space | B．gift | C．chance | D．luck |
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