Laura Fagan is a British girl. She is 29 years old now. She has a special job. Her job is an offical cake-taster. She began to work two years ago. She loves her job very much. She needs to try as many as 20 desserts a day. She needs to travel to different cities to taste different desserts.
Although the job seems to be great, it is hard. Usually , Laura begins tasting desserts as early as 8 a.m., and is still tasting new desserts at 6 p.m. before she goes back home. Fortunately, the job hasn’t made her too fat. She only worries about her teeth.
“ Of course I was afraid of becoming fat when I started the job, so I try to do exercise as often as possible. The main thing is my teeth. I don't think my dentist would be happy if I told him what I do, so I try to brush my teeth as often as possible.” “When I tell people what I do, they say ‘ that’s the best job in the world’, and then they ask me what my favorite dessert is.”
Laura loves her job although it is hard. “ I can learn about new trends(趨勢) in food. It is a hard job but someone has to do it.” she said.
小題1:To be a cake-taste is to _________________.
A．sell different cakesB．make different cakes
C．taste different cakesD．buy different cakes
小題2:The underlined word “ Fortunately” means “ ________________”
A．quicklyB．luckily
C．lovelyD．terribly
小題3: Which of the following is TRUE ?
A．Laura is very heavy because of her job.
B．Laura doesn’t love her job because it is hard.
C．Laura often works for a long time every day.
D．People all think Laura’s job is very tired.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:C

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了一個糕點品嘗師- 勞拉。這份工作別人看起來很好其實很辛苦。幸運的是勞拉沒有變胖，但是她很擔(dān)心她的牙齒。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段描述可知，一個糕點品嘗師需要每天品嘗20多種甜點。故選C。
小題2:詞義猜測題。根據(jù)上文勞拉需要品嘗許多的甜點而后文描述她沒有變胖，可知是幸運的，故選B。
小題3:是非判斷題。根據(jù)第二段Laura begins tasting desserts as early as 8 a.m., and is still tasting new desserts at 6 p.m. before she goes back home.可知勞拉每天工作的時間很長。故選C。
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