Question

    Carole Gregory, an amazing old woman, is putting movies into her life. She often makes some cakes into the shapes of her favorite_____in movies.

The 68-year-old woman comes from England. She makes a living by______cakes. About months ago, she considered______for a few days and then decided to accept a new challenge after watching one of her favorite movies.

“I love this new challenge,” said Carole. “ ______ I’ve made thousands of cakes over the years, this is my first time trying to make a change. And I think making it______a hobby is the most fun. It’s exciting to put movies into my life!”

However, it’s not an easy job. Sometimes she______many days making a movie cake. “Baking (烘烤)the bottom of a cake is not hard,” said Carole. “But molding ( 塑 造) the cake into a special shape to make it______is a great challenge.”

After long hard work, Carole______lots of great cakes. Among them, the predator (铁血战士) cake has been the most popular one so far. Everyone is______about it and its picture has been watched over 10,000 times online.

Carole says, “Now I’m thinking about______I can do to make my cakes better.” When talking about her future plan, Carole seems to be very happy.

1.A.toys B.roles C.colors D.clothes

2.A.eating B.buying C.selling D.watching

3.A.seriously B.quickly C.easily D.sadly

4.A.Until B.Unless C.Because D.Although

5.A.become B.waste C.look D.lose

6.A.pays B.costs C.takes D.spends

7.A.delicious B.useful C.colorful D.lively

8.A.doubted B.bought C.created D.discovered

9.A.sure B.crazy C.sorry D.worried

10.A.when B.what C.why D.where

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.D

7.D

8.C

9.B

10.B

【解析】

本文介绍68岁的老人Carole Gregory和她制作电影人物蛋糕的传奇人生。

1.句意：她经常把一些蛋糕做成她最喜欢的电影角色的形状。

toys玩具；roles角色；colors颜色；clothes衣服。根据“Carole Gregory, an amazing old woman, is putting movies into her life.”可知，把电影融入她的生活，所以是把蛋糕做成电影角色的形状。故选B。

2.句意：她靠卖蛋糕谋生。

eating吃；buying买；selling卖；watching观看。根据前半句“She makes a living…”可知，她以此谋生，分析选项，卖蛋糕符合句意。故选C。

3.句意：大约几个月前，她认真考虑了几天。

seriously认真地，严肃地；quickly迅速地；easily简单地；sadly伤心地。根据“…for a few days and then decided to accept a new challenge after watching one of her favorite movies.”可知，她做这个决定是经过深思熟虑的。故选A。

4.句意：虽然这些年来我做了成千上万的蛋糕，但这是我第一次尝试改变。

Until直到；Unless除非；Because因为；Although尽管。分析前后句可知，此处“thousands of cakes”和“my first time”构成转折关系。故选D。

5.句意：我认为把它变成一种爱好是最有趣的。

become变为；waste浪费；look看起来；lose丢失。根据后文“It’s exciting to put movies into my life!”可知，她认为这很有趣，所以此处表示“把它变成一种爱好”。故选A。

6.句意：有时她花很多天做一个电影蛋糕。

pays花费（钱），主语是人，用“人+pay...for”结构；costs花费（钱），主语是物，用“物+cost+人+时间/钱”结构；takes花费（时间/钱），用“it takes sb 时间/钱+to do sth”结构，it作形式主语，真正的主语是to do sth；spends花费（时间/钱），主语是人，用“人+spend+时间/钱+（in）doing/on sth”结构。根据主语“she”以及其后所加内容“many days”与making a movie cake可知，用spends。故选D。

7.句意：但是把蛋糕做成一种特殊的形状使它更有生气是一个巨大的挑战。

delicious美味的；useful有用的；colorful多姿多彩的；lively活跃的，生动的。根据上下文语境可知，此处表示使蛋糕栩栩如生，生动的意思。故选D。

8.句意：经过长时间的努力，卡罗尔做了许多好吃的蛋糕。

doubted怀疑；bought买；created创造；discovered发现。根据后文“Among them, the predator (铁血战士) cake has been the most popular one so far.”可知，此处表示她创造出的作品即做出来的蛋糕。故选C。

9.句意：每个人都为它疯狂，它的照片在网上被观看了一万多次。

sure当然的；crazy疯狂的；sorry抱歉的；worried担心的。分析句子可知，此处构成短语“be crazy about”，翻译为“为……疯狂”。故选B。

10.句意：现在我在想我能做些什么来让我的蛋糕做得更好。

when什么时候；what什么；why为什么；where哪里。分析句子可知，此处是宾语从句且引导词在从句中作宾语，翻译为“什么”。故选B。