题文
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(趋势) in food. It is a hard job but someone has to do it.” she said.
小题1:To be a cake-taste is to _________________.A．sell different cakesB．make different cakesC．taste different cakesD．buy different cakes小题2:The underlined word “ Fortunately” means “ ________________”A．quicklyB．luckilyC．lovelyD．terribly小题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.
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:C
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解析
这篇短文主要介绍了一个糕点品尝师- 劳拉。这份工作别人看起来很好其实很辛苦。幸运的是劳拉没有变胖，但是她很担心她的牙齿。
小题1:细节理解题。根据短文第一段描述可知，一个糕点品尝师需要每天品尝20多种甜点。故选C。
小题2:词义猜测题。根据上文劳拉需要品尝许多的甜点而后文描述她没有变胖，可知是幸运的，故选B。
小题3:是非判断题。根据第二段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.可知劳拉每天工作的时间很长。故选C。
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人物传记类阅读
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本类型选材主要是名人轶事。
人物传记的叙述线索也常常以时间为序。内容一般不是一个人的生活流水账，而是选取主人公一些重要的人生阶段或生活片段来展开叙述。
阅读时要把握主人公在此阶段发生的事对他本身或他人有什么重要的意义和影响。
