Question

【题目】My name is Damian Costa. I was born in a small village in Italy in 1952. I spent the first few Years of my life there before my family____to Perth Australia

We arrived in Australia in the summer of 1957. I went to___and I had to attend special classes to learn English as all the lessons were taught in English.

We did not have much___. so we lived very simply. My parents worked as cleaners. They earned（挣钱）just enough for us to survive（维持生活）and___ a little money. My father had always wanted to____a small restaurant. Finally.____ten years of hard work, in June1967, he managed to save enough and opened our first pizzeria（比萨饼店）.

___business was slow at first, it soon got better. I helped out at the pizzeria after school and at weekends. Just two years after we____my father decided that we needed a full-time waiter. Then he decided to____me the art of making wood-fired pizzas.

Today we have three branches(分店), in Perth. Sydney and Adelaide. My children have____learned how to make pizzas and they quite enjoy it. I hope to pass on the business to them.

【1】A. returned B. moved C. pointed D. connected

【2】A. school B. hospital C. church D. business

【3】A. paper B. illness C. health D. money

【4】A. save B. borrow C. share D. choose

【5】A. sell B. see C. open D. leave

【6】A. before B. after C. during D. between

【7】A. Because B. If C. Although D. Whether

【8】A. played B. relaxed C. started D. stopped

【9】A. like B. teach C. believe D. lend

【10】A. perhaps B. never C. hardly D. also

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】A

【5】C

【6】B

【7】C

【8】C

【9】B

【10】D

【解析】本文主要讲述了作者的生活经历，作者家比萨饼店从无到有，到发扬光大的过程。

【1】句意：在我的家人搬到澳洲珀斯之前，我在那里度过了我生命的最初几年。本题考查动词。. A. returned 返回 ；B. moved 搬迁；C. pointed指；D. connected连接。结合下文We arrived in Australia in the summer of 1957。选.B。

【2】句意：我上学并且我必须上特殊的英语课，因为所有的课都是用英语上的。. A. school 学校；B. hospital 医院；C. church 教堂；D. business生意。由I had to attend special classes to learn English as all the lessons were taught in English知选A。

【3】句意：我们没有很多钱，因此我们生活得很简单。. A. paper 纸‘’B. illness疾病 ；C. health 健康 ；D. money金钱。“没有很多钱”是“生活得很简单”的原因。故选D。

【4】句意：他们挣的钱仅仅够我们维持生活的几乎省不下几个钱。本题考查动词。 A. save 节省； B. borrow 借； C. share 分享 ；D. choose选择。根据句意选A。

【5】句意：我父亲总想开一家小餐馆。 A. sell出售 ；B. see看见 ；C. open打开； D. leave离开。根据下文 in June1967, he managed to save enough and opened our first pizzeria（比萨饼店）.知选C。

【6】句意：终于，经过了十年的艰辛工作之后，在1967年6月，他设法省钱开了我们的第一家比萨饼店。A. before在···之前 ；B. after 在···之后； C. during 在··期间 ；D. between在两者之间。根据句意选B

【7】句意：尽管起初生意很慢，但是不久就会好多了。A. Because因为； B. If 是否； C. Although 尽管 ；D. Whether是否。由本句前后两部分“一开始生意发展缓慢”和“很快变得更好”，可以推断两个部分属于转折关系，虽然一开始缓慢，但是后期很快变得更好。所以选用 C. Although

【8】句意：就在我们开始营业的两年后，我父亲决定需要一个全职的服务员。A. played 玩，打； B. relaxed 放松； C. started 开始，开业 ；D. stopped停止，根据句意选C。

【9】句意：然后，他决定教我木制烧烤比萨的艺术。A. like 喜欢； B. teach教 ； C. believe 相信 ； D. lend借，根据句意选B。

【10】句意：我的孩子们也学习怎样制作比萨并且他们非常享受它。A. perhaps 或许 ； B. never 从不 ； C. hardly 几乎不 ； D. also也。由后半句 they quite enjoy it 可以推断出孩子们很喜欢，说明是学习了做披萨的方法，而且从我的父亲传授给我，到我传授给我的孩子，属于第二次亲子间的传授，所以选用了 also，表示也。故答案为C。