Question

【题目】阅读短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

When Alex was a kid, he helped out in his parents’ burger shop. Standing on top of a milk box made him _________ enough to make drinks for customers. When he was a little older, he worked with other workers to cook _________ together.

Now, Alex has his own burger shop. It’s a restaurant called Creator in San Francisco, California. but he doesn’t make burgers by _________. Neither do his workers.

At Creator, some machines cook and sell burgers. Alex made a device (装置). It washes meat and vegetables, _________ them into pieces and add cheese and relish (调味品). People like these hamburgers because their tastes are just as good as or___________ than burgers made by hand. And they cost less, too. That’s _________ it’s cheaper to make machines than to pay a kitchen full of workers.

Creator is just one _________. Automation (自动化) is taking over human’s many jobs. That means work is done by machines or computers, not people.

A report says that 400 to 800 million people may be out of jobs by 2030. As technology improves, some work will be done more quickly or cheaply _________ machine. So factories will use robots or computer programmes to _________ the work. That means there will be less work for people. Many people could __________ their jobs. Or they might have trouble finding new ones.

【1】A.fatB.tallC.thinD.short

【2】A.riceB.dumplingsC.burgersD.noodles

【3】A.himselfB.herselfC.myselfD.itself

【4】A.turnB.lookC.putD.cut

【5】A.betterB.worseC.moreD.less

【6】A.whyB.becauseC.thoughD.but

【7】A.machineB.personC.exampleD.job

【8】A.byB.atC.inD.of

【9】A.drawB.paintC.startD.do

【10】A.getB.loseC.loveD.hate

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】A

【6】B

【7】C

【8】A

【9】D

【10】B

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要介绍了Alex利用机器自动生产和出售汉堡，机械自动化将会成为一种趋势，这样工作会越来越少，更多的人会面临“失业危机”。

【1】句意：站在牛奶盒上使他足够高，可以为顾客做饮料。

fat胖的；tall高的；thin瘦的；short矮的，根据前文“Standing on top of a milk box”可知，应该是足够高，故选B。

【2】句意：当他稍微大一点的时候，他和其他工人一起做汉堡。

rice米饭；dumplings饺子；burgers汉堡；noodles面条，根据下文反复出现burger可知，烹饪的是汉堡，故选C。

【3】句意：但他没有亲自做汉堡。

himself他自己；herself她自己；myself我自己；itself它自己，根据主语he可知，应该用himself，故选A。

【4】句意：把它们切成片。

turn转动；look看；put放；cut切，根据固定搭配cut…into pieces“把……切成片”可知，应该用的是cut，故选D。

【5】句意：人们喜欢这些汉堡包是因为他们的口味和手工制作的汉堡包一样好，甚至更好。

better更好；worse更糟；more更多；less更少，根据后文“than burgers made by hand”可知，应该是更好，故选A。

【6】句意：那是因为制造机器比付一个满是工人的厨房要便宜。

why为什么；because因为；though虽然；but但是，根据后文“it’s cheaper to make machines than to pay a kitchen full of workers”可知，应该是因为，故选B。

【7】句意：Creator只是一个例子。

machine机器；person人；example例子；job工作，根据后文“Automation (自动化) is taking over human’s many jobs”可知，应该是例子，故选C。

【8】句意：随着技术的进步，一些工作将通过机器以更快或更低的成本完成。

by通过；at在；in在……里；of……的，根据后文“machine”可知，应该是通过机器，故选A。

【9】句意：因此，工厂将使用机器人或计算机程序来完成这项工作。

draw画画；paint用颜料画；start开始；do做，根据前文“So factories will use robots or computer programmes to”和后文“the work”可知，应该是做这项工作，故选D。

【10】句意：许多人可能会失去他们的工作。

get得到；lose失去；love爱，喜欢；hate讨厌，根据前文“That means there will be less work for people”可知，应该是失去工作，故选B。

做完型填空时，首先要通读课文，明白主旨大意，然后再做题。做完型时要记住“瞻前顾后想结果”这一原则，根据上下文以及语境做题，切忌主观臆断。另外，平时还要多多积累词汇。完型填空常考名词、动词、形容词和副词等辨析。做词义辨析题时，首先要确认四个选项的含义，然后分析语境和逻辑关系，确定答案。

例如第8题，首先确定四个选项的含义，by通过；at在；in在……里；of……的，根据后文“machine”可知，应该是通过机器，故选A。