题目内容
14.John Harrison has been a taste tester for the past 21 years.(31)F As a kid,he'd wanted to be a fire fighter or a police officer.(32)CFour generations of Harrisons have been in the business,including his great-grandfather,who owned two ice-cream shops in New York City in the 1880s,his father,who owned a dairy-ingredients(乳品原料)factory in Georgia,and his uncle,who owned an ice-cream factory in Tennessee.At his uncle's factory,he"tasted and ate"his way through high school and college as he learned how to make ice cream.
Every morning Harrison tastes 60ice-cream samples(样品).At the beginning,he takes the containers of ice cream out of a big storage freezer.(33)E The temperature in the storage freezer is-20degrees Fahrenheit(华氏温度).Most people eat ice cream at between 0 and 5 degrees.
While the ice cream warms up,Harrison looks over the samples and grades each one on its appearance.(34)D He checks to see if the ice cream is attractive.If there are added goodies in the ice cream,such as fruit,chocolate chips or nuts,he makes sure that they are evenly(均匀地)spread throughout and that the sample doesn't have too much or too little of the added ingredients.
(35)A With his gold-plated spoon,which he uses to avoid the aftertaste plastic or wood can give,Harrison removes the top of the sample.Then he turns the spoon upside down and puts the spoonful onto his tongue slowly.
A.Next,it's time to taste!
B.Harrison has a degree in chemistry.
C.Actually,ice cream runs in Harrison's family.
D."Tasting begins with the eyes,"Harrison explains.
E.Then he lets the ice cream warm up to about 12 degrees.
F.Harrison hadn't always wanted to be in the ice-cream business.
G."I've developed a way of tasting called the Three S's,"Harrison says.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了约翰•哈里森作为一个从小吃冰淇淋的孩子吃冰淇淋的方法.
解答 31.F.推理判断题.根据后文As a kid,he'd wanted to be a fire fighter or a police officer.可知Harrison不总是想在冰淇淋业务工作;故选F.
32.C.推理判断题.根据后文Four generations of Harrisons have been in the business,including his great-grandfather,who owned two ice-cream shops in New York City in the 1880s可知经营冰淇淋是他的家庭业务;故选C.
33.E.推理判断题.根据后文The temperature in the storage freezer is-20degrees Fahrenheit(华氏温度).Most people eat ice cream at between 0 and 5 degrees可知然后他让冰淇淋加热到大约12度;故选E.
34.D.推理判断题.根据后文He checks to see if the ice cream is attractive.If there are added goodies in the ice cream,such as fruit,chocolate chips or nuts可知要用眼睛"开始品尝;故选D.
35.A.推理判断题.根据后文With his gold-plated spoon,which he uses to avoid the aftertaste plastic or wood can give可知然后就是时候去品尝了;故选A.
点评 七选五阅读是完成性阅读,和完形填空很类似,不同的是一个选词,一个选句子.解题时,要注意上下文语境,充分考虑信息词(选项中和空格前后句子中相同或相近的词),选出最符合语境的句子.
A. | So curious the couple was | B. | So curious were the couple | ||
C. | How curious the couple were | D. | The couple was such curious |
A. | No wonder; balance | B. | No doubt; keep | ||
C. | No problem; make | D. | No way; fix |
A. | fear;beating | B. | danger;striking | C. | trouble;hitting | D. | fright;jumping |