In paragraph 10 the phrase "fill in" is closest in meaning to "______".
第1题
Paragraph 10 gives examples of ______.
A.advertisements from two women looking for husbands
B.typical marriage advertisements from the Madras newspapers
C.the qualities that a person with an immigration permit can ask for and expect to get
D.the change of traditional marriage custom
第2题
1. We were limited to two-ten minute breaks and an unpaid half hour for lunch.
2. Working at an apple plant was the worst job I ever had.
3. The second bad feature of the job was the pay.
4. Each carton contained twenty-five pounds of bottled apple juice, and they came down the track almost nonstop.
5. I was getting minimum wage at that time, $3.65 an hour, plus a quarter extra for working the night shift.
6. I was very lonely on the job because I had no interest in common with the other truck loaders.
7. I felt this isolation especially when the production line shut down for the night, and I spent two hours by myself, cleaning the apple vats.
8. First of all, the work was physically hard.
9. I had to work over sixty hours a week to get decent take-home pay.
10. Most of my time was spent outside on the loading dock in near-zero-degree temperatures.
11. The vats were an ugly place to be on a cold morning, and the job was a bitter one to have.
12. For ten hours a night, I took cartons that rolled down a metal track and stacked them onto wooden skids in a tractor trailer.
13. Finally, I hated the working conditions.
A.2、8、12、4、3、5、9、13、1、10、6、7、11
B.2、8、4、12、9、5、13、1、10、6、7、11
C.2、8、12、4、3、5、9、13、10、1、11、7、6
D.2、4、12、9、8、5、1、13、10、6、7、11、3
第3题
Paragraph 1
My name is Brandon and I began Humans of New York in the summer of 2010.I thought it would be really cool to create a catalogue of New York City’s people, so I set out to photograph 10,000 New Yorkers and put their photos on a map.(1) I worked for several months with this goal in mind.(2) But along the way, I started collecting quotes and short stories from the people I met.Taken together, these pictures and captions became the subject of a blog.(3) Blogs are popular with all age groups.(4) With over eight million followers on social media, HONY now provides a worldwide audience with daily looks into the lives of strangers in New York City.It has also become a #1 NYT bestselling book.
Paragraph 2
Learning a second language can provide a deeper understanding of a foreign culture.Social habits that may not make sense to most outsiders might start to make more sense after a few vocabulary lessons.For example, I always wondered why my Dutch cousins rarely said “you’re welcome” after I said “thank you”.(1) My cousin can speak English but sometimes makes mistakes.(2) At first, I thought he was being rude, but when I learned more about his language, I realized that they don’t use “you’re welcome” the same way we do: in response to “thank you”.(3) They actually say something that translates to “If you please” when they offer you something.(4) This is one of the first things I learned about Dutch culture when I started to learn their language and it gave me a different perspective on the roles of host and guest since in Dutch the onus to be polite is on the host, and not the guest as it seems to be in English.
第4题
The word "boon" at the end of paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.
A.success
B.accomplishment
C.dream
D.benefit
第5题
The expression "cross-gender conversations" (Paragraph 5) means ______.
第6题
The word gelato means "frozen" originally. Since ancient Rome, people have been enjoying cold desserts. Many think gelato is just an Italian name for ice cream. But actually it is a different product. According to Fed and Guido, the difference between ice cream and gelato is the amount of fat in the product. In ice cream you have an average of 17-18% of fat, but with Italian gelato you have 10%.
It was Guido who first came up with the idea. He thought that if they got the best materials, they could make top quality gelato. Fed then put a business plan together and the two decided to go for it. The only rule they had when they started out was to stick to their guiding principle—to try to create the world's best gelato. Their efforts paid off. Sales of their gelato have doubled in Italy every year since 2008. It outpaced (超过)the growth of every other type of iced dessert by some way. The company grows from two employees in 2003 to nearly 700 employees today.
According to a market analysis, Italians' love for gelato will last for the next few years. These two will be happy to learn the news.
(1).
It can be learned from the first paragraph that Fed and Guido_____.
A、used to be wine makers
B、knew how to make gelato
C、had no experience in food industry
D、planned to create a new dessert
(2).
Paragraph 2 tells us that_____.
A、Fed and Guido invented gelato
B、Italians prefer gelato to ice cream
C、gelato is the world's best dessert
D、gelato has less fat than ice cream
(3).
The guiding principle Fed and Guido followed is_____.
A、using secret materials
B、sticking to their business plan
C、making top quality gelato
D、hiring the best employees
(4).
Since 2008, the sales of Fed and Guido’s gelato have_____.
A、remained the same
B、reached record high
C、grown as fast as other desserts
D、increased steadily
(5).
Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A、the World’s Best Gelato
B、Italians' Love for Gelato
C、The History of Gelato
D、Gelato Shops in Italy
第7题
Which word has the similar meaning to "irritant" in Paragraph 3?
A.disagreement
B.misunderstanding
C.annoyance
D.interference
第8题
B、The first paragraph
C、The first paragraph
D、The first sentence of each remaining paragraph
第9题
The word "monopolize" in the last paragraph means ______.
A.confine
B.migrate
C.control
D.extend
第10题
The relative pronoun "which" in the last paragraph (Line 5) refers to______.
A.theories
B.experts
C.periods
D.issues