Question

【题目】POTTERY

Minh was a pottery lover and he was very interested in his grandmother’s pottery studio. So Minh was excited when his grandmother Nana invited him into her pottery studio and told him she would teach him how to make pottery. After all, Nana didn’t give all her grandchildren such a(n) ______. Minh looked forward to putting his hands into some cold clay (陶土) and placing his bowl in the heated kiln until it hardened like stone.

“Be ______ with that,” Nana said as Minh picked up one of the bowls. The boy carefully put the bowl back on the shelf and ______ his hands inside his pockets. He was anxious to get started on the lesson Nana had promised him. And he didn’t want to risk losing that ______ by breaking any of her finished pieces of pottery.

Five hours later, Minh was disappointed and tired. His black work that looked more like a rock than a bowl, was a ______ on the first try. Then he made another try but it was ______ any better. However, he had at least worked out how to make a smooth opening in the center of the day. Meanwhile, Nana was keeping busy. A deep, narrow bowl and a wide, shallow bowl ______ on Nana’s worktable. Her practiced hands began to ______ another bowl. “I’ll never get it!” Minh said, watching her work.

Nana looked at her grandson and sighed, “Don’t worry, you’ll get it,” she encouraged him. “ The only way you won’t learn is if you give up.”

【1】A. invitationB. introductionC. presentationD. suggestion

【2】A. patientB. carefulC. concernedD. pleased

【3】A. stuckB. reachedC. threwD. warmed

【4】A. adviceB. dreamC. chanceD. courage

【5】A. successB. surpriseC. failureD. favourite

【6】A. certainlyB. hardlyC. probablyD. nearly

【7】A. dancedB. sleptC. roseD. rested

【8】A. changeB. washC. touchD. shape

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】C

【6】B

【7】D

【8】D

【解析】

文章大意：本文讲述了Minh是一位陶艺爱好者，对祖母的陶艺工作室很感兴趣。受到祖母的邀请他很兴奋地来到工作室期望祖母给他上课，然而他的祖母告诉他唯一不要学的方法就是放弃。

【1】句意：毕竟Nana没有给所有的孙子这样的邀请。

本题考查的是名词辨析，A. invitation“邀请”；B. introduction“介绍”；C. presentation“呈现”；D. suggestion“建议”，根据第一段第二行“when his grandmother Nana invited him into her pottery studio”可知，应该是邀请，故答案选A。

【2】句意：小心别动。

本题考查的是形容词”辨析，A. patient“有耐心的”；B. careful“小心的”；C. concerned“关心的”；D. pleased“高兴的”，根据第二段第一行The boy carefully put the bowl back on the shelf“这个孩子小心地把陶碗放回架子上，”可知，是小心，故答案选B。

【3】句意：这个孩子小心地把陶碗放回架子上，然后把手插在衣兜里。

本题考查的是动词辨析，A. stuck“插入”；B. reached“伸手去够”；C. threw“扔”；D. warmed“温暖”，根据所给空后面的his hands inside his pockets.可知，应该是“这个孩子把手插进兜里”故答案选A。

【4】句意：他并不想因打碎她的陶器而冒险失去这次机会。

本题考查的是名词辨析，A. advice“建议”；B. dream“梦想”；C. chance“机会”；D. courage“勇气”，根据前面的losing可知，lose that chance“失去机会”，故答案选C。

【5】句意：他的黑色作品看起来与其说是一个碗不如说是一块石头，第一次尝试就是一次失败。

本题考查的是名词辨析，A. success“成功”；B. surprise“吃惊的事”；C. failure“失败”；D. favourite“最喜欢的东西”，根据His black work that looked more like a rock than a bowl“他的黑色作品看起来与其说是一个碗不如说是一块石头”可知，是一次失败，故答案选C。

【6】句意：然后他又尝试了第二次结果几乎没有进步。

本题考查的是副词的辨析，A. certainly“当然”；B. hardly“几乎不”；C. probably“可能地”；D. nearly“几乎”，根据he made another try but“他尝试了第二次但是”可知，应该是几乎没有进步，故答案选B。

【7】句意：一个深的，窄口的碗和一个浅的广口的碗放在Nana的工作台上。

本题考查的是动词辨析，A. danced“跳舞”；B. slept“睡觉”；C. rose “上升”；D. rested“倚，靠，被支撑”，根据所给空所在的句子A deep, narrow bowl and a wide, shallow bowl ___7___ on Nana’s worktable“碗放在工作台上”可知，应该是被支撑，故答案选D。

【8】句意：她的熟练的手开始给另一只碗塑形。

本题考查的是动词辨析， A. change“改变”；B. wash“洗”；C. touch“触摸”；D. shape“塑造”，根据句意可知Nana在制作陶碗，又shape another bowl“给另一只碗塑形”，故答案选D。