Question

Are you interested in Korean TV series? If so, you must know Dae Jang Geum (《大長今》). Because of this series, my personal status and living standard have been greatly _____. My girlfriend used to cook every evening. Well, now she does nothing but _____ herself in front of the TV when she’s not ____, and commands me, “You — go to make some instant noodles. Come and watch the play and just imagine we are enjoying Korean _____.”

She also swears to ____ all Korean dishes in Dae Jang Geum. So she orders me to ____ the TV and record any details of Jang Geum’s cooking. But when she presented her version of Korean food, it is like the dog-meal. “You can ____ get things done if you don’t have the right tools”, my girlfriend blamed her clumsy kitchen performances on ____. So I decided to ____ her a new kitchen knife. In a store, she became unusually ____ when making her selection. She finally picked one that was ____ Jang Geum’s. To prove that her slow knife skill was due to the blunt knives, she ____ her cutting. As a result, she hurt her fingers three times. Fortunately，the knife is not ____ the salesman boasts.

My girlfriend is a fan of Jang Geum’s Korean ____. Not only did she talk about the dress every day, she also threatened to change my tie into a ____ like the one on Jang Geum’s dress. Finally, I lost my patience and took her to a maternity shop (孕婦專賣店) where I recommend ( one suit to her, “Do you think it looks like a Korean dress?” ____, my future parents-in-law just happened to be shopping at the time. They were ____ when they saw what we were doing.

The Dae Jang Geum series __ realizing the ambition of the youth. However, it fails to realize my girlfriend’s. ____ being engaged in her work or study, she simply sits on the sofa every night, staring at the TV, a bag of chips in her hand. This situation has changed little ___ the series is now over.

1.A. increased B. degraded C. depressed D. raised

2.A. stand B. lie C. sit D. seat

3.A. at table B. at work C. on leave D. on business

4.A. fruit B. vegetables C. dishes D. cakes

5.A. learn B. eat C. cook D. perform

6.A. stand by B. stand for C. pass by D. go by

7.A. hardly B. easily C. difficultly D. carefully

8.A. her forks B. her spoons C. her knives D. her pans

9.A. lend B. borrow C. buy D. fetch

10.A. careless B. modest C. patient D. alert

11.A. similar to B. better than C. sharper than D. taken from

12.A. brought down B. speeded up C. slowed down D. improved

13.A. as fast as B. as sharp as C. as slow as D. as dull as

14.A. diet style B. dish flavor C. cooking style D. dressing style

15.A. butterfly knot B. inside pocket C. pretty collar D. long belt

16.A. Disappointedly B. Fortunately C. Coincidently D. Excitedly

17.A. pretty shocked B. pretty satisfied C. very pleased D. very puzzled

18.A. shoots at B. works at C. aims at D. directs at

19.A. In spite of B. Instead of C. Because of D. In case of

20.A. only if B. even though C. as if D. so that

Answer 1

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.C

5.A

6.A

7.A

8.C

9.C

10.D

11.A

12.B

13.B

14.D

15.A

16.C

17.A

18.C

19.B

20.B

【解析】

試題分析:本文講述了自從韓國電視連續(xù)劇《大長今》開播一來，全國掀起了一股“長今”熱——韓國料理、服飾等韓國文化受到了國民的廣泛歡迎。至今，這股余熱尚未散盡，留下了一些“后遺癥”。

1. A增加；B降低；C沮喪；D增長。由下文可知自己的地位和生活水平降低了。所以選B。

2.女友過去每天晚上都做飯，現(xiàn)在什么事也不做就是“坐”在電視機前看電視。所以選D。

3.

4.

5.

6. 既然要“記錄下長今做菜的每一個細節(jié)（record any details of Jang Geum’s cooking）”可見女友命令我“站在電視機旁邊”。所以選A。

7. A幾乎不；B容易的；C艱難的；D小心謹慎的。女友認為自己手藝不好的原因是作菜的工具有問題，認為沒有好的工具很難做出好菜，此句大意為“工欲善其事，必先利其器”。所以選A。

8. new knife 可知，女友把廚藝不好的原因歸結(jié)于那把笨拙的菜刀。所以選C。

9.

10. ；D慎重謹慎的。該句句意為“在一家商店里，她特別慎重耐心地挑選�！彼�以選D

11.

12.

13.；B一樣鋒利；C一樣慢；D一樣鈍。該句句意為“幸運的是這把刀并不像營業(yè)員吹噓得那樣鋒利�！彼�以選B。

14. talked about the dress every day可知，其女友迷上了韓國的服裝式樣。所以選D。

15.A蝴蝶結(jié)；B里面的口袋；C好看的衣領(lǐng)；D長的腰帶 。該句句意為“她不但每天談?wù)摚�韓國）服裝，還威脅說把我的領(lǐng)帶改成蝴蝶結(jié)，就像長今衣服上的蝴蝶結(jié)一樣�！彼�以選D。

16. to可知，此處的副詞意為“湊巧，巧合”。所以選C。

17.

18. at目的是；shoot at朝……射擊；direct at 朝著……方向；work at從事于，致力于。所以選C。

19. �？戳恕洞箝L今》后，女友并沒有受到激勵去努力地工作或?qū)W習(xí)，而是每天坐在沙發(fā)上，手拿薯條，眼睛盯著電視劇。所以選B。

20. 該題句意為“盡管這部電視劇現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)演完了，但這種局面并沒有多少改變�！庇蒭ven though可知，此處前后句意存在轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。所以選B。

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