Question

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(趨勢) in food. It is a hard job but someone has to do it.” she said.

1.To be a cake-taste is to _________________.

A. sell different cakes B. make different cakes

C. taste different cakes D. buy different cakes

2. The underlined word “ Fortunately” means “ ________________”

A. quickly B. luckily

C. lovely D. terribly

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.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.C

【解析】

試題分析：勞拉·費根是一個英國女孩。她現(xiàn)在是29歲。她有一種特殊的工作。她的工作是蛋糕品嘗者。她非常喜歡她的工作。她需要去不同的城市，品味不同的甜點。雖然工作似乎是很好的，但它也是很難的。勞拉從早上八點開始工作，下午六點才能回家。

1.做為一名蛋糕品嘗者的目的是什么？聯(lián)系原文：She needs to travel to different cities to taste different desserts.句意：勞拉是一名蛋糕品嘗者，她需要旅行不同的城市去品嘗不同的蛋糕。因此選擇第三項。故選C

2.劃線詞的意思是什么？聯(lián)系原文：Fortunately, the job hasn’t made her too fat.句意：幸運的是，這份工作并沒有使她變胖。聯(lián)系下文：每天都在品嘗大量的甜食，沒有使她變胖，說明她是幸運的。結合選項，同義詞為luckily.故選 B

3.下列描述中哪一項是正確的？分析選項：第一項：由于工作的原因，勞拉是很胖的。不正確。原文明確指出，她沒有變胖。第二項：因為工作是困難的，所以勞拉不喜歡這份工作。不正確。最后一段體現(xiàn)出她很愛這份工作。第三項：每天，勞拉通常工作很長時間。正確。每天從早上八點到下午六點，時間很長。第四項：人們認為勞拉的工作是非常累的。不正確。在第三段中體現(xiàn)人們是羨慕她的工作。故選C

考點：日常生活類短文閱讀。