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 June 1967, 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.returnedB.movedC.pointed

【2】A.schoolB.hospitalC.business

【3】A.paperB.healthC.money

【4】A.saveB.shareC.choose

【5】A.sellB.openC.leave

【6】A.beforeB.afterC.between

【7】A.BecauseB.IfC.Although

【8】A.relaxedB.startedC.stopped

【9】A.teachB.believeC.lend

【10】A.perhapsB.hardlyC.also

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【5】B

【6】B

【7】C

【8】B

【9】A

【10】C

【解析】

这篇短文介绍了作者一家搬到澳大利亚，并且在那里开了一家比萨饼店，现在他们有三家店铺。

【1】句意：在我的家人搬到澳大利亚的珀思之前，我在那里呆了我人生中的头几年。

考查动词辨析。 A. returned返回; B. moved移动,搬动；C. pointed指着。根据后文We arrived in Australia in the summer of 1957.可知此处指搬到澳大利亚，故选B。

【2】句意：我去上学，因为所有的课都是用英语教的，所以我不得不参加特别的班来学习英语。

考查名词辨析。A. school学校；B. hospital医院；C. business商务，生意。根据I had to attend special classes to learn English as all the lessons were taught in English.可知作者去上学，故选A。

【3】句意：我们没有很多的钱。

考查名词辨析。A. paper纸；B. health健康；C. money钱。根据后文so we lived very simply. My parents worked as cleaners. They earned(挣钱) just enough for us to survive(维持生活)可知作者家没有很多钱，故选C。

【4】句意：他们挣的钱刚好够我们生存，而且节省下一点儿钱。

考查动词辨析。 A. save节约，拯救；B. share分享；C. choose选择。根据后文父亲想要开一个小餐馆，可知汤姆节省下了一点儿钱，故选A。

【5】句意：我的父亲想要开个小餐馆。

考查动词辨析。A. sell卖；B. open打开；C. leave离开。根据宾语a small restaurant可知父亲打算开小餐馆，故选B。

【6】句意：最后，在十年的努力工作后，1967年，他设法节省够了足够的钱开了我们第一家比萨饼店。

考查介词辨析。A. before在……之前；B. after在……之后；C. between在……之间。根据We arrived in Australia in the summer of 1957及开店时间1967年，可知是时间的努力工作后，故选B。

【7】句意：尽管一开始生意不好，但是很快就变得更好了。

A. Because因为；B. If如果；C. Although尽管。根据后文it soon got better“很快就变得更好了”，所以此处填写although，故选C

【8】句意：就在我们开始的两年后，我的父亲决定我们需要一个全职的服务员。

A. relaxed放松；B. started开始；C. stopped停止。after we ___8___作years的定语，根据后文父亲需要一个全职的服务员，可知此处指我们开始的两年后，故选B。

【9】句意：然后他决定教给我木烤比萨的艺术。

A. teach教；B. believe相信；C. lend借给。根据后文他们开了三个店，可知父亲决定教给作者制作比萨的艺术，teach sb sth教给某人……，故选A。

【10】句意：我的孩子们也学会了怎么制作比萨并且他们很喜欢这件事。

A. perhaps也许；B. hardly几乎不；C. also也。根据上文作者学习了制作比萨饼，可知此处指作者的孩子们也学会了制作比萨饼，故选C。