What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? How about an ice-c
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What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? How about an ice-cream taster?
Yes, there really is a job where you can get paid to taste ice-cream. Just ask John Harrison, an＂Official Taste Tester＂for the past 21 years. Testing helps manufacturers to be sure of a product’s quality. During his career Harrison has been responsible for approving large quantities of the sweet ice cream－－as well as for developing over 75 flavors (味道).
Some people think that it would be easy to do this job: after all, you just have to like ice cream, right? No－－there’s more to the job than that, says Harrison, who has a degree in chemistry. He points out that a dairy or food-science degree would be very useful to someone wanting a career in this＂cool＂field.
In a typical morning on the job, Harrison tastes and assesses 60 ice-cream samples. He lets the ice cream warm up to about 12℉. Harrison explains,＂You get more flavor from warmer ice cream, which is why some kids like to stir it, creating ice-cream soup.＂
While the ice cream warms up, Harrison looks over the samples and grades each one on its appearance.＂Tasting begins with the eyes,＂he explains. He checks to see if the ice cream is attractive and asks himself,＂Does the product have the color expected from that flavor?＂Next it’s time to taste!
Continuing to think up new ideas, try out new flavors, and test samples from so many kinds of ice cream each day keeps Harrison busy but happy－－working at one cool job.
小题1:What is John Harrison’s job?| A．An official. | B．An ice-cream taster. | | C．A chemist. | D．An ice-cream manufacturer. |
小题2:According to John Harrison, to be qualified in the＂cool field＂, it is helpful to ______.| A．keep a diary of work | B．have a degree in related subjects | | C．have new ideas every day | D．find out new flavors each day |
小题3:What does Harrison do first when testing ice cream?| A．He stirs the ice cream. | | B．He examines the color of the ice cream. | | C．He tastes the flavor of the ice cream. | | D．He lets the ice cream warm up. |
小题4:Which of the following is probably the best title of the passage?| A．Tasting with Eyes | B．Flavors of Ice Cream | | C．John Harrison’s Life | D．One Cool Job |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:D |
解析
试题分析：本文主要介绍了一种很特殊的工作：taste icecream。以及一些与这份工作有关的信息。
小题1:B 细节题。根据文章第二段第2句Just ask John Harrison, an＂Official Taste Tester＂for the past 21 years.可知他是一个专门品尝冰激凌的人。故B正确。
小题2:B 推理题。根据He points out that a dairy or food-science degree would be very useful to someone wanting a career in this＂cool＂field可知如果想在这个领域取得合格证，要有一些与之相关的学位会比较好。故B正确。
小题3:A 推理题。根据文章第4段He lets the ice cream warm up to about 12℉. Harrison explains,＂You get more flavor from warmer ice cream, which is why some kids like to stir it, creating ice-cream soup.＂可知要想品尝出冰激凌最好的味道就让冰激凌的温度高一点，那么通过搅拌stir正是让冰激凌温度升高的方法。故A正确。
小题4:D 主旨大意题。本文主要介绍了一种很特殊的工作：taste icecream。以及一些与这份工作有关的事情。故D正确。 |
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Growing up, I remember my father as a silent, serious man—not the sort of person around whom one could laugh. As a teenager arriving in America, knowing nothing, I wanted a father who could explain the human journey. In college, when friends called home for advice, I would sink into deep depression for what I did not have.
Today, at twenty-seven, I have come to rediscover them in ways that my teenage mind would not allow—as adults and as friends with their own faults and weaknesses.
One night after my move back home, I overheard my father on the telephone. There was some trouble. Later, Dad shared the problem with me. Apparently my legal training had earned me some privileges in his eyes. I talked through the problem with Dad, analyzing the purposes of the people involved and offering several negotiation strategies(策略).He listened patiently before finally admitting, “I can’t think like that. I am a simple man.”
Dad is a brilliant scientist who can deconstruct the building blocks of nature. Yet human nature is a mystery to him. That night I realized that he was simply not skilled at dealing with people, much less the trouble of a conflicted teenager. It’s not in his nature to understand human desires.
And so, there it was—it was no one’s fault that my father held no interest in human lives while I placed great importance in them. We are at times born more sensitive, wide-eyed, and dreamy than our parents and become more curious and idealistic than them. Dad perhaps never expected me for a child. And I, who knew Dad as an intelligent man, had never understood that his intelligence did not cover all of my feelings.
It has saved me years of questioning and confusion. I now see my parents as people who have other relationships than just Father and Mother. I now overlook their many faults and weaknesses, which once annoyed me.
I now know my parents as friends: people who ask me for advice; people who need my support and understanding. And I have come to see my past clearer.
小题1:What was the author’s impression of her father when she was a teenager?| A．Friendly but irresponsible. | | B．Intelligent but severe. | | C．Cold and aggressive. | | D．Caring and communicative. |
小题2:Why did the author feel depressed when her friends called home?| A．She did not have a phone to call home. | | B．Her father did not care about her human journey. | | C．Her father was too busy to answer her phone. | | D．Her father could not give her appropriate advice. |
小题3:After the author overheard her father on the telephone, _________ .| A．he blamed her for impoliteness. | | B．he rediscovered human nature. | | C．he consulted with her about his problem. | | D．he changed his attitude towards the author. |
小题4:Which of the following is the best title of this passage?| A．My Parents as Friends. | | B．My Parents as advisers. | | C．My father—a serious man. | | D．My father—an intelligent scientist. |
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On a cool November afternoon in Fleming Island, Florida, Melissa Hawkinson, 41, was driving her five-year-old twins home from school when she saw a sudden splash in Doctors Lake just ahead. What was that? She thought. As she drove up to the scene, she saw a half-submerged car sinking about 30 yards offshore. “It was going down pretty quickly,” Hawkinson recalls. She stopped the car near the boat ramp and ran toward the water. Water is going to be cold, she thought.
She took off her vest and leather boots, got into the icy water, and swam to the car, where she found Cameron Dorsey, five, trapped into his car as the swirling water rose around him.
Hawkinson tried to open the door, but it was locked. So she pushed and pulled hard on the partially open window until she could reach through and unlock the door. She pulled the boy free, swam to shore, and handed him off to onlookers who were only watching them on a dock. The driver, the boy’s suicidal father, swam back to land on his own. Afterward, Hawkinson sat on the shore wrapped in a blanket. “For ten or 15 minutes, I couldn’t stop shaking,” she said.
There’s nothing visibly extraordinary about Melissa Hawkinson, an energetic stay-at-home mom with brown hair and a sweet smile. Yet something made her different from the dockside onlookers that day. Why do some people act quickly, willing to take a risk for a stranger? What makes them run toward danger rather than away from it? Hawkinson, the Granite Mountain Hotshots (能手，高手)---19 of whom lost their life this past summer in Arizona--- every hero who puts his or her life on the line to save another: what makes them brave?
Moreover, can bravery be learned, or is it a quality with which you are born? The answer is complex. Bravery taps the mind, brain and heart. It comes from instinct, training and sympathy. Today, neurologists, psychologists and other researchers are studying bravery, trying to uncover the mystery.
小题1:It can be learned from the passage that _______.| A．Melissa Hawkinson was a 41-year-old nurse | | B．it was spring when the accident happened | | C．Melissa Hawkinson was picking up her five-year-old son | | D．Melissa Hawkinson was kind and courageous. |
小题2:What conclusion can we draw from the third paragraph?| A．Not everyone was ready to risk saving the five-year-old boy.. | | B．The father committed suicide because of the divorce. | | C．The father was saved in the end by Melissa Hawkinson. | | D．No one else was available except Melissa Hawkinson. |
小题3:How does the writer find other people on the dockside?| A．Warm and ready to help | B．Thoughtful | | C．Kind of cold-blooded | D．Not skillful at swimming |
小题4:What is the writer’s purpose of writing this passage?| A．To set us thinking what makes people brave. | | B．To call on us to learn from such people as Hawkinson. | | C．To remind people of risk while saving others. | | D．To show people bravery can be learned. |
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September is an exciting month in every college freshman’s life. For many, it’s the first time that they’ve left home to live in a new environment. But after the hustle and bustle of a few weeks, excitement gives way to a less enjoyable emotion— homesickness.
Homesickness manifests itself in many ways. You may miss mum’s cooking, your pets, or even your old bed. All this becomes a fond memory of the past. Homesickness can be a bitter feeling for many students, especially when faced with the challenges of settling into an unfamiliar environment.
But remember, you’re not alone. According to a recent BBC article, 70 percent of British college students experience homesickness. In this increasingly globalized world in which people migrate to faraway places for a relationship, education or work, homesickness is a feeling shared by many adults.
Homesickness can have similar symptoms to depression and in extreme cases it can develop into a panic attack. As for the term, homesickness or nostalgia wasn’t invented until the 17th century. It was considered a disorder by a Swiss physician, who attributed soldiers’ mental and physical discomfort to their longing to return home, “nostos” from Greek, and the accompanying pain, “algos”.
Studies in recent years, however, have shown that nostalgia may have some benefits to our mental health. After a decade of surveys and researches, Constantine Sedikides, a US social psychologist, found that nostalgia is what makes us human. He explains that nostalgia can resist loneliness, boredom and anxiety. Therefore, it’s necessary for college students to learn some ways to overcome the uncomfortable feeling.
小题1: From the first two paragraphs, we can infer that __________.| A．homesickness means a fond memory of the past | | B．only a few students will experience homesickness | | C．homesickness is an enjoyable emotion among freshmen | | D．college freshmen usually suffer from homesickness after weeks |
小题2:According to the passage, we can know that _________.| A．homesickness may cause mental diseases | | B．homesickness is a feeling only shared by adults | | C．homesickness won’t do any good to our health | | D．homesickness is also called nostalgia in Switzerland |
小题3:What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?| A．some benefits about homesickness | | B．other problems in college freshmen’s life | | C．how to make campus life more meaningful | | D．some tips on how to cope with homesickness |
小题4:The attitude of Sedikides towards homesickness is _________.| A．negative | B．supportive | C．skeptical | D．critical |
小题5:What is the best title for the passage?| A．Let’s embrace homesickness | | B．How to fit into the college life | | C．A harmful emotion—homesickness | | D．The disadvantages of homesickness |
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My son Tom taught me a beautiful lesson today. He is three years old and it is amazing watching him grow up.
He called out to me today saying, “Papa, sit”. That usually means everything and going next to him and sitting down to play with him. I did that, as he can be and will not stop calling out until I . He was playing with beads (珠子), pushing a string through them, which is a great exercise to help fine motor skills. Then, after he finished playing with the beads, it was time to put them back in the box that they are stored in. I saw him pick up each bead, look at it it were made of chocolate and then placed it into its box.
With over a hundred beads to go, I was getting . “What a long time it will take! Why cannot he ten beads in one go and drop them in?” said my anxious mind. I noticed that he did this with as much as he had while we were playing. I didn’t see any between his play and his putting away the toy. Obviously he enjoyed both.
Then it suddenly me that this boy was enjoying the whole . The journey was his goal. For him the was in the game and after the game, not just in the fun part. What a great perspective: to live each moment as it is the moment; to do each task as it is the most awesome task. Nothing else .
Looking at how my son was putting beads into the box me that the process was the goal. The joy of pilgrimage (朝圣) is not in getting there but in every of the journey.
This is what living in the NOW is all . Tom, my son, was showing me that it was about thoroughly enjoying every moment with love and peace.
| 小题1: | | A．wasting | B．leaving | C．taking | D．preparing |
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| 小题2: | | A．stubborn | B．innocent | C．helpful | D．humorous |
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| 小题3: | | A．fell down | B．turned round | C．burst out | D．gave in |
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| 小题4: | | A．highlight | B．develop | C．illustrate | D．identify |
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| 小题5: | | A．gratefully | B．eagerly | C．carefully | D．quickly |
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| 小题6: | | A．as if | B．even though | C．in case | D．in that |
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| 小题7: | | A．fascinated | B．satisfied | C．impatient | D．energetic |
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| 小题8: | | A．package | B．grab | C．deliver | D．replace |
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| 小题9: | | A．confidence | B．strength | C．inspiration | D．involvement |
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| 小题10: | | A．sense | B．difference | C．need | D．value |
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| 小题11: | | A．excited | B．helped | C．struck | D．encouraged |
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| 小题12: | | A．process | B．morning | C．experiment | D．design |
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| 小题13: | | A．victory | B．challenge | C．difficulty | D．pleasure |
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| 小题14: | | A．urgent | B．decisive | C．perfect | D．dangerous |
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| 小题15: | | A．matters | B．happens | C．disappears | D．works |
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| 小题16: | | A．successfully | B．peacefully | C．responsibly | D．systematically |
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| 小题17: | | A．guaranteed | B．warned | C．promised | D．taught |
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| 小题18: | | A．plan | B．destination | C．step | D．detail |
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| 小题20: | | A．complete | B．available | C．additional | D．precious |
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In this life, what did you miss?
The wife asked the husband when she was 25. Despondently, the husband replied: "I missed a new job opportunity." When she was 35, the husband angrily told her that he had just missed the bus. At 45, the husband sadly said: "I missed the opportunity seeing my closed relative before his last breath." At 55, the husband said disappointingly: "I missed a good chance to retire." At 65, the husband hurriedly replied: "I missed a dental appointment." At 75, the wife did not ask the husband anymore, the husband was kneeling in front of the very sick wife. Remembering the question the wife used to ask him, this time he asked the wife the same question. The wife, with a smile and peaceful look, replied: "In this life, I did not miss having you!" The husband was full of tears. He always thought that they could be together forever. He was always busy with work and trifles. So much so he had never been thoughtful to his wife. The husband hugged the wife tightly and said: "Over 50 years, how I had allowed myself to miss your deep love for me."
In the busy city life, there are many people who are always busy with work. These people revolve their lives around their jobs, these people sacrifice all their times and health to meet the social expectations. They are unwilling to spend times on health care. They miss the opportunity to be with their children in their growing up. They neglect the loved ones who care for them, and also their health. Nobody knows what is going to happen one year from now.
Life is not permanent, so always live in the now. Express your gratitude to your loved ones in words. Show your care with actions. Treat everyday as the last episode of life. In this way, when you are gone, you loved ones would have nothing to feel sorry about.
小题1:What did the husband miss when his wife was 55?| A．he missed the bus. | | B．he missed a dental appointment.. | | C．he missed a good chance to retire. | | D．he missed the opportunity seeing his closed relative. |
小题2:The underlined word “permanent” (in Para.4) is closest in meaning to “_____”.| A．lasting | B．temporary | C．lucky | D．smooth |
小题3:What is the passage mainly about? | A．A sad love story. | | B．Memories of a happy family. | | C．Express your gratitude to your loved ones in words. | | D．In this life, what did you miss. |
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