Question

【題目】The Thanksgiving turkey is the cause of stress for me. I have ________ it as an enemy on Thanksgiving.

Over the years I had tried just every method of cooking the turkey. When I just got married I tried the traditional pan roasting method. But I forgot to buy my turkey ________ the day before Thanksgiving. And I bought a big one because I wanted to be sure to have enough turkey for everyone. Unfortunately, it wasn’t thawed (解凍) by the time I needed to cook it. I ended up with a dry turkey overcooked on the outside and rarely done ________. And I had lots and lots of leftover turkey because nobody liked it.

The following year I was busy with a baby. So again I forgot to buy my turkey in time to get it ________ thawed. I had to be up most of the night before Thanksgiving running cold water over my turkey to get it thawed. The turkey ended up turning out okey but I was so tired and sleepy by the time I served dinner.

The next year I got a method of cooking turkey from local radio in early November. I was ________ to give it a try. Making that turkey was like taking care of a baby for nearly two days. I was so pleased with that turkey. I thought it was going to be the best tasting turkey ever since it was the most ________ I ever put in making turkey. But that didn’t happen. Nobody liked the flavour of the turkey.

I decided not to make one this year. But my family thought it wasn't Thanksgiving without turkey. The Thanksgiving turkey has been a yearly joke at our house and when I don’t make one there is nothing to complain about.

【1】A. visited B. considered C. heard D. told

【2】A. before B. after C. until D. since

【3】A. on the surface B. on the top C. at the bottom D. in the middle

【4】A. completely B. carefully C. easily D. slowly

【5】A. afraid B. responsible C. surprised D. ready

【6】A. money B. work C. power D. water

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】D

【6】B

【解析】本篇文章借助我三次感恩節(jié)烹飪火雞的糟糕的經(jīng)歷，表達了為什么火雞是我感恩節(jié)壓力的來源，為什么我視火雞為敵人。

【1】句意：我在感恩節(jié)時把它當(dāng)作敵人。前句講到感恩節(jié)的火雞是我壓力的原因，所以這里是說“我把它當(dāng)作了敵人”，“consider…as…”為“把…認為是…”，選項A“參觀，拜訪”，選項B“考慮，認為”，選項C“聽說”，選項D“講述”，故選B。

【2】句意：但是直到在感恩節(jié)前一天，我才發(fā)現(xiàn)我忘記去買火雞�！皀ot…until…”意為“直到…才…”，前面的“but”表示轉(zhuǎn)折，這里是說感恩節(jié)的前天到來之前，我一直都忘了要去買火雞，選項A“在…之前”，選項B“在…之后”，選項C“直到”，選項D“自從”，故選C。

【3】句意：我最后是以一只外表烤過度了的干巴巴的火雞收場的，火雞中間的部分幾乎沒做熟。這里是在描述火雞的烹飪結(jié)果，結(jié)果是外表（outside）過度了，所以就能猜測出接下來該描述火雞的內(nèi)部（in the middle）,內(nèi)部幾乎沒有做熟。選項A“在表面上”，選項B“在頂上”，選項C“在底端”，選項D“在中間”，故選D。

【4】句意：所以我又忘了及時買我的火雞，以充分解凍它。“again”說明這里我又重演了去年的“悲劇”，火雞沒有完全（completely）解凍，選項A“完全地”，選項B“小心地”，選項C“容易地”，選項D“緩慢地”故選A。

【5】句意：我準備好一試。這里前面說我在廣播里聽到了一種烹飪火雞的方法，所以躍躍欲試，這里是說我準備好試一試了，選項A“害怕的”，選項B“負責(zé)的”，選項C“驚奇的”，選項D“準備好的”，故選D。

【6】句意：我認為這將是最好吃的火雞，因為這是我為制作火雞投入了最多的工作。這里是想說這一次我為烹飪火雞學(xué)習(xí)了新方法，提前做好了準備，像是對待寶寶一樣，所以我投入了最大的工作量。選項A“金錢”，選項B“工作”，選項C“力量”，選項D“水”，故選B。