Question

Dae Jang Geum (《大長今》) is a hot new Korean TV series. Because of this series, my personal status and living standard have been greatly ___1__. My girlfriend used to cook every evening. Well, now she does nothing but ___2__ in front of the TV when she’s not __3__, and commands me, “You — go to make some instant noodles. Come and watch the play and just imagine we are enjoying Korean __4___.”

She also swears to __5__ all Korean dishes in Dae Jang Geum. So she orders me to __6__ 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 __7__ get things done if you find the right tools”, my girlfriend blamed her clumsy (笨拙的) kitchen performances on __8__. So I decided to __9__ her a new kitchen knife. In a store, she became unusually __10__ when making her selection. She finally picked one that was __11__ Jang Geum’s. To prove that her slow knife skill was due to the blunt (鈍的) knives, she __12__ her cutting. As a result, she hurt her fingers three times. Fortunately the knife is not __13__ the salesman boasts.

My girlfriend is a fan of Jang Geum’s Korean __14__. Not only did she talk about the dress every day, she also threatened to change my tie into a __15__ 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 (推薦) one suit to her, “Do you think it looks like a Korean dress?” __16__, my future parents-in-law just happened to be shopping at the time. They were __17__ when they saw what we were doing.

The Dae Jang Geum series __18__ realizing the ambition of the youth. However, it fails to realize my girlfriend’s. __19__ 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 __20_ even though the series is now over.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. A. better than          B. the closest shape of   C. sharper than             D. taken from

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. A. changed little     B. turned a lot              C. developed a little      D. improved a lot

 

Answer 1

1. B  由下文可知自己的地位和生活水平降低了。

2. D  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(jī)前看電視。

3. A  根據(jù)生活常識，當(dāng)然是不上班的時候看電視。

4. C  由上文“女友命令我拿些方便面來”可知是邊看電視邊想象是在吃韓國的“膳食”。而不可能是韓國的水果、疏菜或蛋糕。

5. B  根據(jù)下文的內(nèi)容可知：女友發(fā)誓要學(xué)做韓國菜肴。

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

7. A  女友認(rèn)為自己手藝不好的原因是作菜的工具有問題，此句大意為“工欲善其事，必先利其器”。

8. C  由下文的a 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。

9. A  該句句意為“我決定買把新刀給她�！�

10. C  該句句意為“在一家商店里，她特別慎重耐心地挑選。”

11. B  女友最后選了一把與長今的刀形狀最接近的刀。

12. A  為展示自己的技術(shù)，女友加快了切菜的速度，所以使手受傷了。

13. D  該句句意為“幸運(yùn)的是，這把刀并不像營業(yè)員吹噓得那樣鋒利�！�

14. C  由下文的she talked about the dress every day可知，其女友迷上了韓國的服裝式樣。

15. B  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�！�

16. A  由句子的謂語動詞happened to可知，此處的副詞意為“湊巧，巧合”。

17. D  此時岳父母的心情當(dāng)然是十分震驚。

18. B  該句大意為“《大長今》目的是激勵青年人實(shí)現(xiàn)他們的雄心壯志。”aim at目的是；shoot at朝……射擊；direct at 朝著……方向；work at從事于，致力于。

19. C  看了《大長今》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?xiàng)l，眼睛盯著電視劇。

20. A  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。