Life is really a box of chocolates for Sue Stone. She has been working in a chocolate company Thorntons for 27 years. Instead of a pile of papers on her office desk,she has a huge pile of sweets. Her job is to eat up to 20 kinds of chocolates each day as the company's product group development manager. She can taste everything by properly using different areas of her tongue.

     "My friends and family are all really envious of my job. When people know what I do for a living,their faces are funny," said Sue. " It does sound too good to be true sometimes,and even after 27 years,I still have to tell myself how lucky I am."

  So far,as a taster,she has tasted up to 1400 kinds of chocolates.

   When talking about her special job,the 53-year-old wo—W smiled like a kid”’ I really have the world's best job,because I eat chocolates every day. I hope I can still eat chocdlates even ivhen I am 80."

 46. How old Sue Stone when she started her job in Thorntons ?

   A. 26. m   B. 27.   C. 53.   D. 80.

47. The underlined word " envious" means " "in Chinese.

   A. 驚訝的   B. 羨慕的   C. 同情的   D. 無(wú)奈的

48. What is the best title for the passage?

   A. Sue Stone's Best Wishes

   B. Different Kinds of Chocolates

   C. How to Taste Chocolates

   D. The Sweetest Job in the World

46. A 47. B 48. D

[閱讀B篇短文大意]作為一名巧克力糖品嘗師，Sue Stone 在過(guò)去的27年里每天都要品嘗多達(dá)20種口味的巧克力糖，朋友 和家人都很羨慕她所從事的這份工作，她自己也認(rèn)為這是世界上 最甜蜜的工作。

46. A 由第一段中的” She has been working in a chocolate company Thorntons for 27 years"可知 Sue Stone 已經(jīng)在 Thorntons 公司 工作了 27年；又由最后一段中的” When talking about her special job,the 53-year-old woman smiled like a kid.可知她現(xiàn)在53歲了。由此可計(jì)算出她是在26歲時(shí)進(jìn)人了這家公司。

47. B由上下文可知，Sue Stone的工作是每天品嘗巧克力糖，由此可猜測(cè)她的朋友和家人應(yīng)該都很羨慕她的這份工作，故 envious意為”羨慕的”  

48. D本文主要介紹了 Sue St (me的特殊職業(yè)——每天品嘗美味的巧克力糖，這是一份讓很多人羨慕不已的工作，因此D 項(xiàng)"世界上最甜蜜的工作”符合題意。

題目來(lái)源：2016金考卷特快專(zhuān)遞陜西中考45套匯編英語(yǔ)第六年第五版 > 陜西省中考命題研究專(zhuān)家原創(chuàng)卷（八）

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