Question

【題目】 There it was. A test of will power. I was on a special diet with foods carefully selected for balanced nutrition and caloric value. A piece of cheese cake was not a good choice. So here was my dilemma: Should I not eat the cheese cake, feel dissatisfied and take out my disappointment on the annoyingly skinny physical instructor at the gym? Or should I eat the cheese cake and work off the calories?

The latter seemed like a win-win solution. Not only would I get to enjoy the cheese cake, but I’d get an exercise session (訓(xùn)練時段). And then it hit me: a delicate plan to use my cheese cake as an exercise incentive. I plated a thin slice of cheese cake and carefully walked it up the stairs and set it on my bedside table with a small fork. I put on my exercise outfit (全套服裝) and went downstairs.

The appeal of the cheese cake got stronger so I launched my plan: I would run up and down the stairs and then back up again. My reward: one small bite of cheese cake. If I wanted another, I’d have to run down and up and down and up again. Off I went. Ah, creamy vanilla (香草) goodness without guilt. I wanted another bite so I quickly sprinted (沖刺) through another stair climbing run.

Admittedly, it was harder to enjoy the creaminess of the cheese cake when my tongue was dry from over-breathing. I placed a bottle of water next to the cake. Down and up and down and up again. When I struggled over to the cheese cake, my hand bypassed the plate and went for the water instead. I didn’t want the cake any more. I wanted all this sweat and effort to do more than cancel the calories from cheese cake. I was exhausted and sure the cheese cake tasted fine but just not good enough to make me run up and down the stairs one more time.

My plan worked. Now, any time I felt tempted to enjoy a former favorite, I remembered my stairs trick.

【1】What can we infer about the author from paragraph 1?

A.She had weak will power.

B.She was bad-tempered and very critical.

C.She needed assistance with making the choice.

D.She hesitated over eating something against her diet.

【2】What does the underlined word “incentive” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A.Reason.B.Hesitation.

C.Replacement.D.Companion.

【3】What do we learn about the author’s plan?

A.It involved much energy consumption (消耗).

B.It rid the cake of the pleasant taste.

C.It changed the author’s preference for food.

D.It was tiring and caused suffering.

【4】What may be the best title for the passage?

A.A costly dilemma.

B.An evil cheese cake.

C.A trick that worked.

D.A sweating experience.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述作者制定了一個計劃既可以享受自己的美食，也可以激勵自己去鍛煉，結(jié)果這個計劃奏效了。

【1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段“So here was my dilemma: Should I not eat the cheese cake, feel dissatisfied and take out my disappointment on the annoyingly skinny physical instructor at the gym?（所以我的兩難選擇是：我不應(yīng)該吃奶酪蛋糕，不應(yīng)該對健身房里那個令人惱火的體育教練感到不滿，不應(yīng)該把我的沮喪發(fā)泄出來？）”可知作者對吃違背她健康飲食的東西時猶豫不決。故選D項。

【2】詞句猜測題。根據(jù)第二段中“Not only would I get to enjoy the cheese cake, but I’d get an exercise session (訓(xùn)練時段). And then it hit me: a delicate plan to use my cheese cake as an exercise incentive.我不僅可以享受奶酪蛋糕，還可以鍛煉身體。然后我突然想到一個微妙的計劃，用我的奶酪蛋糕作為鍛煉的動力�！笨芍�此處incentive譯為“激勵、動力”，reason符合題意。故選A項。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段“If I wanted another, I’d have to run down and up and down and up again.如果我想再來一個，我就得一次又一次的跑來跑去�！笨芍�作者的計劃涉及到很多能量的消耗。故選A項。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章最后一段“My plan worked. Now, any time I felt tempted to enjoy a former favorite, I remembered my stairs trick.我的計劃奏效了。現(xiàn)在每當我沉迷于以前的最愛，我就會想起我的樓梯技巧�！笨芍�作者制定了一個計劃既可以享受自己喜歡的美食，又可以激勵自己去鍛煉，而且計劃奏效了。所以短文的最佳標題為“一個成功的小把戲”故選C項。

推理判斷題是指在理解原文字面意思的基礎(chǔ)上，通過對語篇邏輯關(guān)系的分析和細節(jié)的暗示，做出一定的判斷和推理，從而得到文章的深層意義和隱含意義的過程。如第1小題，詢問從第一段中我們能推斷出作者什么信息？根據(jù)文章第一段“So here was my dilemma: Should I not eat the cheese cake, feel dissatisfied and take out my disappointment on the annoyingly skinny physical instructor at the gym?（所以我的兩難選擇是：我不應(yīng)該吃奶酪蛋糕，不應(yīng)該對健身房里那個令人惱火的體育教練感到不滿，不應(yīng)該把我的沮喪發(fā)泄出來？）”可知作者對吃違背她的健康飲食的東西時猶豫不決。故選D項。