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【题目】短文填空 根据短文内容，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填入短文空格中，使短文意思正确、通顺，每词限用一次。

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Everyone has a dream. Catherine’s is to own a bakery(蛋糕店).

The 14-year-old American girl became fond(喜爱) of baking and decorating(装饰) cakes when her mother first 【1】 her how to do it. Her parents found that she is talented 【2】 making cakes. She made her first cake for her sister’s birthday. “I had never 【3】 done anything like it before,” she said. “It was pretty good and I actually realized how much I liked cake decorating.” After making her sister’s birthday cake, Catherine tried making the 【4】 one for herself.

Catherine had thought about starting 【5】 own business years ago, but she didn’t start receiving orders until she put pictures of her cake designs on Facebook.

A few hours later, somebody saw Catherine’s cake designs and called to order a cake for $15. That was her first 【6】 cake. It proved to be a 【7】 experience.

Realizing the public’s interest in Catherine’s designs, her family decided to create a business for her. She has made about 35 cakes 【8】 she started, including birthday cakes and wedding cakes. And she made her cakes without 【9】 sketch(草稿) first.

Catherine’s 【10】 were surprised that she could create such impressive(印象深刻的) designs at such a young age.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】taught

【2】in

【3】really

【4】second

【5】her

【6】paid

【7】successful

【8】since

【9】drawing

【10】customers

【解析】

本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述凯瑟琳从小有一个梦想，即拥有一个自己的蛋糕店。在她14岁时，当她的妈妈第一次教她做蛋糕时，她就喜欢上了这个，并且很有天赋。后来她如愿以偿地拥有了自己的蛋糕店。

【1】句意“当她的妈妈第一次教她如何制作蛋糕时，这个14岁的美国女孩就喜欢上了烘焙和制作蛋糕”。根据句意可知，表示“妈妈第一次教她做蛋糕”，且根据全文可知，用一般过去时，故填taught。

【2】句意“她的父母发现她在制作蛋糕方面有天赋”。根据be talented in“在某方面有天赋”可知，故填in。

【3】句意“我以前真地从未做过这种事情”。空处修饰动词done，用副词，根据It was pretty good and I actually realized how much I liked cake decorating可知，表示“真地”，really真地，故填really。

【4】句意“在为她妹妹做完生日蛋糕后，凯瑟琳尝试着为她自己做第二块蛋糕”。根据She made her first cake for her sister’s birthday可知，她为她的妹妹做第一块蛋糕，然后又为自己做第二块蛋糕，second第二，故填second。

【5】句意“凯瑟琳几年前就想过开始她自己的商业”。根据句意可知，译为“她自己”。one’s own某人自己，且主语为Catherine，用her，故填her。

【6】句意“那是她第一个付钱的蛋糕”。根据句意可知，译为“付钱的”，根据空后cake可知，用形容词。paid支付的，付清的，故填paid。

【7】句意“它被证明是一个成功的经历”。根据空后名词experience可知，空处用形容词，且根据Realizing the public’s interest in Catherine’s designs, her family decided to create a business for her可知，表示“成功的”，successful成功的，故填successful。

【8】句意“自从她开始做蛋糕，现在已经做了35个蛋糕了，包括生日蛋糕和婚礼蛋糕”。根据has made“现在完成时”可知，用since+时间点，故填since。

【9】句意“并且她做蛋糕时，一开始不用画草稿”。根据句意可知，译为“画草稿”，且根据空前介词without可知，用doing，故填drawing。

【10】句意“凯瑟琳的顾客都很吃惊，在如此小的年龄就能创造出如此令人印象深刻的设计”。根据句意可知，本句话是顾客对她的评价。customer顾客，且根据空后were可知，用复数，故填customers。