Question

Caroline’s mom was good at making soup. She made it often. She made chicken soup. She made tomato soup. She made vegetable soup. But Caroline hated them all. She wouldn’t eat any soup. She thought soup was terrible.

Caroline’s mom wanted Caroline to eat soup because she thought it was healthy. One day Caroline’s mom got an idea. She let Caroline make her own soup. They made some hot water first. Then Caroline put in some vegetables she liked. She put in some salt and pepper (食盐和胡椒粉), too.

“I like spaghetti (意大利面),” Caroline said. “Can I put in spaghetti?”

“Yes,” Caroline’s mother said.

They put spaghetti into the soup. Caroline thought it looked funny.

Caroline let the soup cook for a few minutes. When the soup was ready, she couldn’t wait to taste it. It was wonderful! Caroline shared the soup with her family.

Everyone loved it!

“Soup is not so bad,” Caroline said. “Maybe I should try some other kinds of soup next time.” Caroline’s mom was so glad to hear that.

1.The underline word “hated” means “________” in English.

A. enjoyed    B. disliked    C. tried    D. wanted

2.Caroline’s mom often made soup because _______.

A. she couldn’t make other food

B. soup was her favorite

C. soup was easy to make

D. soup was good for health

3.Caroline’s mom got a good idea to _______.

A. make her daughter love cooking

B. teach her daughter how to cook

C. change her daughter’s attitude (态度) to soup

D. make her daughter cook for herself

4.Caroline’s soup did not have ________.

A. chicken    B. vegetables    C. salt and pepper    D. spaghetti

5.Where does this passage probably come from?

A. A cookbook.    B. A science magazine.

C. A storybook.    D. A sports newspaper.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

5.C

【解析】短文讲述了Caroline的妈妈通过让女儿自己选择汤的佐料，从而改变了女儿对汤的态度的故事。

1.词义猜测题。根据后面的句子“She wouldn’t eat any soup. She thought soup was terrible.”可知，Caroline不喜欢喝汤，hated的同义词为disliked，“不喜欢”的意思，答案为B。

2.细节理解题。根据短文第二段开头的句子“Caroline’s mom wanted Caroline to eat soup because she thought it was healthy.”可知，Caroline的妈妈认为汤有益于身体健康，故答案为D。

3.细节理解题。根据文中句子“Soup is not so bad,” Caroline said. “Maybe I should try some other kinds of soup next time.”可知，Caroline的妈妈通过让女儿自己选择汤的佐料，从而改变了女儿对汤的态度，答案为C。

4.细节判断题。根据文中句子“Then Caroline put in some vegetables she liked. She put in some salt and pepper (食盐和胡椒粉),”可知，汤里面没有鸡肉，答案为A。

5.推理判断题。A. A cookbook. 食谱；B. A science magazine.科学杂志；C. A storybook.故事书； D. A sports newspaper.体育报纸，短文讲述了Caroline的妈妈通过让女儿自己选择做汤的佐料，从而改变了女儿对汤的态度的故事，因此最可能的出处是C。

点睛：词义猜测题在阅读理解中也是常见的一种题型。在解答词义猜测题时，由于短文中出现了部分生词，在不允许查字典的情况下，只能运用“猜测词义法”来猜测单词的意思。猜词的技巧有多种，可以通过因果关系，对比关系猜词；也可以通过同义词，反义词或构词法猜词，以及上下文的句意去判断，如第1小题，hated是liked的反义词，disliked又是liked的反义词，也就是说hated的意思即为disliked，答案选B。