Question

    My interest in cooking started when I was 11, partly thanks to my mother. She didn’t really like cooking and when she did cook, I didn’t like her food. Once I was watching something about cooking on TV and I thought I could do this, so I went to the bookstore and looked for the biggest cookbook I could find.

During a year, I had produced most of its recipes (食谱) and was ready for a bigger challenge (挑战). I wanted to create my own dishes and I started cooking for more people than just my family. To my joy, my parents allowed me to build a test kitchen. I did much cooking to test my dishes in it and my skill improved quickly. Later, my mom and I set up a dinner club that organized monthly events inside my home. Now as a teen chef (主厨), I have also cooked in top-class restaurants around the country. I am not doing it for the money, but because I love cooking.

Now I know that when you stop caring whether you’ll be famous or do well, your dream will come to you.

1.The writer is now ________.

A.a TV star B.a news reporter

C.a well-known bookseller D.a good chef

2.What made the writer begin to cook?

A.His parents wish. B.The customers’ advice.

C.His mother s delicious food. D.The information about cooking on TV.

3.After producing most of the recipes in the cookbook, the writer wanted to ________.

A.take cooking lessons B.write his cookbook

C.make new dishes of his own D.open a restaurant

4.The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to (指代) “________”.

A.the bookstore B.a test kitchen C.a dinner club D.the country

5.What is important for the writer?

A.Finding a good job. B.Making lots of money.

C.Doing what he loves. D.Becoming famous.

Answer

1.D

2.D

3.C

4.B

5.C

【解析】

本文讲述了我因为一个电视节目引发了我学习做饭的欲望，到后来我虽然是一个十几岁的孩子的，但是我却是一个很棒的厨师。通过这个故事告诉我们，当我们不在乎是否会成功或是否会做的好时，我们的梦想正在向我们靠近。

1.细节理解题。根据文中Now as a teen chef (主厨), I have also cooked in top-class restaurants around the country.可知，作者现在是个十几岁的厨师，故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据文中Once I was watching something about cooking on TV and I thought I could do this, so I went to the bookstore and looked for the biggest cookbook I could find.

可知是一次电视节目引起了我做饭的欲望。故选D。

3.细节理解题。根据During a year, I had produced most of its recipes (食谱) and was ready for a bigger challenge (挑战). I wanted to create my own dishes可知制作了书中大部分菜谱之后，我决定自己更大的挑战，我想创造自己的菜肴，结合选项故选C。

4.词义猜测题。根据it所在的原文To my joy, my parents allowed me to build a test kitchen. I did much cooking to test my dishes in it and my skill improved quickly. 另我惊讶的是我的父母允许我建造一个实验厨房，我在那里实验了我的很多菜肴，并且我的厨艺也增长了很多，所以这里的it指的是实验厨房，故选B。

5.推理判断题。通过阅读最后一段Now I know that when you stop caring whether you’ll be famous or do well, your dream will come to you.可知作者并没有在意是否会成功，做饭只是他的一个爱好，所以对作者来说重要的是做自己喜欢的事情，故选C。