Question

    Recently, several unhappy things happened to Gina. One afternoon she called a friend to talk about them. After hearing her words, the friend invited her to her home for tea and said, “All trouble will disappear after tasting tea.”

Gina couldn't believe her, but she still decided to go for relaxation. At the friend's home, her friend took out a square box and said, “I asked someone to buy the tea from China. It's said that there are five tastes.” Then, her friend opened the box slowly, took out a spoon of tea carefully, put it into a teapot(茶壶)gingerly, and then poured in boiled water softly.

Only one minute later, the friend poured out a cup of tea and asked Gina to taste it. Gina drank it but nearly puked(吐)it out. She shouted, “Is this tea?  It tastes like medicine!”

The friend just smiled. She re-poured boiled water into the teapot. After a minute, the friend poured out another cup and asked Gina to try the second one. Gina took a drink and found it was not as terrible as the first one but still bitter(苦的). This time she didn't shout. When Gina drank the fifth cup, a sunny smile shone on her face. She said, “It tastes good! I've never tasted such a wonderful flavor(味道).”

The friend said, “Life is just like this! Only when we taste it patiently can we feel happy.”

1.One afternoon Gina called her friend to talk about her ________.

A.life B.study C.trouble D.health

2.Gina's friend asked someone to buy the tea from ________.

A.America B.China C.Britain D.Japan

3.The underlined word “gingerly” means ________.

A.carelessly and bravely B.secretly and angrily

C.suddenly and impolitely D.carefully and slowly

4.Gina thought the first cup of tea was ________.

A.bitter B.salty C.sweet D.hot

5.What's the main idea of the passage?

A.Unhappy things always happened to Gina. B.Gina was invited to her friend's home for tea.

C.When we taste life patiently, we can feel happy. D.Whenever we have trouble, we should drink tea.

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.C

【解析】

最近Gina遇到了很多不开心的事情，她把这些事情和自己的一个朋友说了说。她的朋友邀请她去家里喝茶，说喝完茶后，这些麻烦就都会消失了。Gina去了朋友家，朋友给她煮茶并告诉她只有耐心品味生活才会感觉到幸福。

1.细节理解题。根据短文第一段 “Recently, several unhappy things happened to Gina. One afternoon she called a friend to talk about them.”可知，Gina和朋友谈的是自己遇到的不开心的事情，也就是trouble“麻烦，烦恼”。故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据短文第二段 “her friend took out a square box and said, “I asked someone to buy the tea from China.”可知，Gina的朋友是让人从中国买的茶叶。故选B。

3.词义猜测题。根据划线单词所在的语境 “Then, her friend opened the box slowly, took out a spoon of tea carefully, put it into a teapot(茶壶)gingerly, and then poured in boiled water softly.”可以看到，Gina的朋友打开盒子、拿出茶匙、往茶壶里放茶叶、倒进开水里，这一系列的动作都使用了slowly, carefully, softly修饰，是“慢慢地、小心地、温柔地”，因此gingerly与这几个副词的意思应该是相近的，所以A中的bravely、B中的angrily和C中的impolitely都不符合语境。故选D。

4.细节理解题。根据短文第三段 “Gina drank it but nearly puked(吐)it out. She shouted, “Is this tea? It tastes like medicine!””可知，Gina喝了第一杯茶，感觉像喝药一样；再根据第四段 “Gina took a drink and found it was not as terrible as the first one but still bitter”，Gina喝的第二杯不像第一杯那样苦了。因此Gina觉得第一杯茶太苦了。故选A。

5.主旨大意题。这篇短文先是讲述了Gina去朋友家里喝茶的故事，通过叙事告诉我们一个道理。因此最后一段是点明文章主旨的句子，根据最后一段 “The friend said, “Life is just like this! Only when we taste it patiently can we feel happy.”可知，作者想要告诉我们的是：只有当我们耐心品味生活的时候，我们才会感到幸福。故选C。