题目内容
15.Pooja Dhingra should have been a lawyer.But while studying(16)Cat university in Mumbai,she decided that she wanted to(17)A her major and to do something more(18)B.
Remembering helping her mother in the(19)Cduring her childhood,she decided to work with
food instead of legal cases.So she(20)D her parents to let her go to Paris to study cooking.
One day,her friends took her to one of the best macaron (法式小圆饼)(21)A in Paris.After
just one(22)D,Ms Dhingra decided there and then that when she(23)C to Mumbai
she would open her own macaron store,the first of its kind in India.
Coming back to Mumbai upon(24)A,she started making macarons in her parents'kitchen,
but it was a complete(25)C.The hot and wet weather in Mumbai makes it(26)B to
make the delicious cakes.It took her around six months of research and 60 failed attempts to finally get a(n)(27)Arecipe (配方).
Yet being both young and female meant she faced additional(28)D."The biggest problem
was to get people to take you(29)B,"she says."For example,(30)A I had to buy
machinery,I would have to ask my father to make these calls for me."
However,she eventually opened her first shop in 2010.To(31)B sales in a city where very
few people knew what a macaron was,Ms Dhingra(32)D free samples to customers.The
cakes were immediately popular,and sales soon took off(33)C positive word of mouth.
Ms Dhingra also started running classes on how to make macarons and other cakes,(34)A
gave the business a further growing boost (促进).
Now,although Ms Dhingra is the owner of three busy macaron shops in Mumbai,she still works hard
to(35)D her business.Another three stores will open in the city this year.One newspaper
article called her"the macaron queen of India".
16.A.literature | B.art | C.law | D.medicine |
17.A.quit | B.choose | C.consider | D.evaluate |
18.A.attractive | B.creative | C.positive | D.active |
19.A.basement | B.study | C.kitchen | D.bedroom |
20.A.warned | B.reminded | C.begged | D.convinced |
21.A.shops | B.factories | C.workshops | D.gardens |
22.A.drink | B.effort | C.breath | D.bite |
23.A.replied | B.attended | C.returned | D.walked |
24.A.graduation | B.invitation | C.invention | D.intention |
25.A.comfort | B.honor | C.failure | D.success |
26.A.unusual | B.difficult | C.reasonable | D.available |
27.A.ideal | B.vital | C.colorful | D.ordinary |
28.A.praises | B.sacrifices | C.tasks | D.challenges |
29.A.slightly | B.seriously | C.peacefully | D.pleasantly |
30.A.if | B.after | C.though | D.unless |
31.A.check | B.promote | C.ban | D.examine |
32.A.put away | B.smoothed away | C.cleared away | D.gave away |
33.A.according to | B.next to | C.thanks to | D.instead of |
34.A.which | B.where | C.that | D.who |
35.A.preserve | B.inspect | C.acquire | D.expand |
分析 本文为人物故事类记叙文;文中介绍了Pooja Dhingra本应该是一名律师,但是在学习法律期间她放弃了学习法律而改学厨艺;朋友带她到巴黎的一家著名的法式小圆饼店,在那里她决定回国后开一家属于自己的法式小圆饼店;在创业的过程中遇到了很多困难:一方面因为女性的身份,人们不把她当回事;另一方面,在孟买这样的天气做蛋糕很困难;经过很多次失败后她终于得到了理想的秘方;她通过赠送样品免费试吃的办法使得她的点心得到了认可;Pooja Dhingra还开办了培训班;虽然成功了,Pooja Dhingra仍然在努力.
解答 16-20 CABCD 21-25 ADCAC 26-30 BADBA 31-35 BDCAD
16.答案是C.本题考查语境中名词的选择.A.literature 文学B.art 艺术C.law法律 D.medicine 医学;根据上文"Pooja Dhingra should have been a lawyer.Pooja Dhingra本应该是一名律师"判断她在学习"法律"期间决定"放弃"她的专业,故答案是C.
17.答案是A.本题考查语境中动词的选择.A.quit 停止,放弃B.choose选择 C.consider 考虑D.evaluate 评估;根据语境,Pooja Dhingra"放弃"了她的法律专业,故答案是A.
18.答案是B.本题考查语境中形容词的选择.A.attractive 有吸引力的B.creative有创造力的 C.positive 积极的D.active 活跃的;根据语境和常识判断,放弃法律学习有创造性的"做饼干"故选B.,
19.答案是C.本题考查语境中名词的选择.A.basement地下室 B.study书房 C.kitchen 厨房D.bedroom 卧室;根据语境和常识判断,cooking应该在"厨房",故选C.
20.答案是D.本题考查语境中动词的选择.A.warned警告 B.reminded 提醒C.begged 恳求D.convinced使相信,说服;根据语境可知,Pooja Dhingra"说服"了父母同意她学习厨艺,故选D.
21.答案是A.本题考查语境中名词的选择.A.shops商店 B.factories 工厂C.workshops车间 D.gardens 花园;根据语境,Pooja Dhingra 品尝macarn只能是在卖食物的"商店",故选A.
22.答案是D.本题考查语境中动词的选择.A.drink喝 B.effort 努力C.breath 呼吸D.bite 咬;根据语境,Pooja Dhingra"咬了一口"饼干品尝,故选D.
23.答案是C.本题考查语境中动词的选择.A.replied 回复B.attended 参加C.returned 回来D.walked 散步;根据语境,Pooja Dhingra 的朋友带她到巴黎最好的法式小圆饼店,品尝了小圆饼后她决定"回到"孟买她要开一家自己的小甜饼店,故选C.
24.答案是A.本题考查语境中名词的选择.A.graduation毕业 B.invitation 邀请C.invention 发明D.intention 意图;根据语境,Pooja Dhingra 完成厨艺的学习"毕业"回到孟买开店,故选A.
25.答案是C.本题考查语境中名词的选择.A.comfort 安逸,舒适B.honor荣誉 C.failure失败 D.success 成功;根据语境,此处描写Pooja Dhingra 最初的"失败",故选C.
26.答案是B.本题考查语境中形容词的选择.A.unusual 不同寻常的B.difficult艰难的 C.reasonable合理的 D.available 可获得的,可利用的;根据语境,上文提及了Pooja Dhingra 的失败,而孟买的天气使得制作美味的蛋糕"困难",故选B.
27.答案是A.本题考查语境中形容词的选择.A.ideal 理想的B.vital 至关重要的C.colorful 多彩的D.ordinary 普通的;根据句意,经过60次失败的尝试她终于得到"理想的"配方,故选A.
28.答案是D.本题考查语境中名词的选择.A.praises 表扬B.sacrifices 牺牲C.tasks 任务D.challenges 挑战;根据语境可知,因为Pooja Dhingra 的女性身份而带来了"困难,挑战",故选D.
29.答案是B.本题考查语境中副词的选择.A.slightly 稍微B.seriously 严肃,认真C.peacefully 宁静D.pleasantly怡人;take…seriously认真对待…,把…当回事,根据语境,在遇到的困难中,最大的问题是让人们"把你当回事",故选B.
30.答案是A.本题考查语境中连词的选择.A.if 如果B.after 在…之后C.though 虽然D.unless 除非;根据语境可知,"如果"Pooja Dhingra 要买机器,她要请父亲为她打电话;故选A.
31.答案是B.本题考查语境中动词的选择.A.check 核查B.promote 促销,推广C.ban 禁止D.examine 检查;根据语境可知,为了"推广"饼干,Pooja Dhingra 请人免费品尝,故选B.
32.答案是D.本题考查语境中动词短语的选择.A.put away收起来 B.smoothed away 消除C.cleared away 清除D.gave away 赠送;泄露;根据语境,Pooja Dhingra 免费给顾客"赠送"样品,故选D.
33.答案是C.本题考查语境中短语的选择.A.according to 根据B.next to在…旁边,仅次于 C.thanks to 多亏了,由于D.instead of 代替,反而;根据语境,Pooja Dhingra 的成功"多亏"了口口相传的积极作用,故选C.
34.答案是A.本题考查语境中关系代词的选择.根据语境和句子结构判断,本句是以主句为先行词的定语从句,需要关系代词which在从句中做主语,指代整个主句,故答案选A.where在从句中不做主语,排除B;that不引导非限制性定语从句,排除C;who 只能指代人,排除D.
35.答案是D.本题考查语境中动词的选择.A.preserve 保护,保存B.inspect视察,检查 C.acquire获得(知识、技能) D.expand拓展,扩大;expand one's business 扩大生意,故选D.
点评 选词填空类完形旨在考查考生对英语词汇的把握和在语篇中的综合运用能力、阅读理解能力.解答此类题,首先要浏览所给词汇,对这些词汇的意义、词性有一个初步的了解,然后在通读全文,了解文章大意的基础上进行试填;答完后再通读一篇文章,确保语句通顺,语意连贯.
-______ She was capable enough to take over her mum's company.( )
A. | like; That's not the point. | |
B. | resemble; So what? | |
C. | imitate; Funnily enough. | |
D. | represent; You are right about that. |