Question

【題目】閱讀短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)。

When Alex was a kid, he helped out in his parents’ burger shop. Standing on top of a milk box made him _________ enough to make drinks for customers. When he was a little older, he worked with other workers to cook _________ together.

Now, Alex has his own burger shop. It’s a restaurant called Creator in San Francisco, California. but he doesn’t make burgers by _________. Neither do his workers.

At Creator, some machines cook and sell burgers. Alex made a device (裝置). It washes meat and vegetables, _________ them into pieces and add cheese and relish (調(diào)味品). People like these hamburgers because their tastes are just as good as or___________ than burgers made by hand. And they cost less, too. That’s _________ it’s cheaper to make machines than to pay a kitchen full of workers.

Creator is just one _________. Automation (自動化) is taking over human’s many jobs. That means work is done by machines or computers, not people.

A report says that 400 to 800 million people may be out of jobs by 2030. As technology improves, some work will be done more quickly or cheaply _________ machine. So factories will use robots or computer programmes to _________ the work. That means there will be less work for people. Many people could __________ their jobs. Or they might have trouble finding new ones.

【1】A.fatB.tallC.thinD.short

【2】A.riceB.dumplingsC.burgersD.noodles

【3】A.himselfB.herselfC.myselfD.itself

【4】A.turnB.lookC.putD.cut

【5】A.betterB.worseC.moreD.less

【6】A.whyB.becauseC.thoughD.but

【7】A.machineB.personC.exampleD.job

【8】A.byB.atC.inD.of

【9】A.drawB.paintC.startD.do

【10】A.getB.loseC.loveD.hate

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】A

【6】B

【7】C

【8】A

【9】D

【10】B

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要介紹了Alex利用機(jī)器自動生產(chǎn)和出售漢堡，機(jī)械自動化將會成為一種趨勢，這樣工作會越來越少，更多的人會面臨“失業(yè)危機(jī)”。

【1】句意：站在牛奶盒上使他足夠高，可以為顧客做飲料。

fat胖的；tall高的；thin瘦的；short矮的，根據(jù)前文“Standing on top of a milk box”可知，應(yīng)該是足夠高，故選B。

【2】句意：當(dāng)他稍微大一點(diǎn)的時候，他和其他工人一起做漢堡。

rice米飯；dumplings餃子；burgers漢堡；noodles面條，根據(jù)下文反復(fù)出現(xiàn)burger可知，烹飪的是漢堡，故選C。

【3】句意：但他沒有親自做漢堡。

himself他自己；herself她自己；myself我自己；itself它自己，根據(jù)主語he可知，應(yīng)該用himself，故選A。

【4】句意：把它們切成片。

turn轉(zhuǎn)動；look看；put放；cut切，根據(jù)固定搭配cut…into pieces“把……切成片”可知，應(yīng)該用的是cut，故選D。

【5】句意：人們喜歡這些漢堡包是因?yàn)樗麄兊目谖逗褪止ぶ谱鞯臐h堡包一樣好，甚至更好。

better更好；worse更糟；more更多；less更少，根據(jù)后文“than burgers made by hand”可知，應(yīng)該是更好，故選A。

【6】句意：那是因?yàn)橹圃鞕C(jī)器比付一個滿是工人的廚房要便宜。

why為什么；because因?yàn)椋?/span>though雖然；but但是，根據(jù)后文“it’s cheaper to make machines than to pay a kitchen full of workers”可知，應(yīng)該是因?yàn)�，故選B。

【7】句意：Creator只是一個例子。

machine機(jī)器；person人；example例子；job工作，根據(jù)后文“Automation (自動化) is taking over human’s many jobs”可知，應(yīng)該是例子，故選C。

【8】句意：隨著技術(shù)的進(jìn)步，一些工作將通過機(jī)器以更快或更低的成本完成。

by通過；at在；in在……里；of……的，根據(jù)后文“machine”可知，應(yīng)該是通過機(jī)器，故選A。

【9】句意：因此，工廠將使用機(jī)器人或計算機(jī)程序來完成這項(xiàng)工作。

draw畫畫；paint用顏料畫；start開始；do做，根據(jù)前文“So factories will use robots or computer programmes to”和后文“the work”可知，應(yīng)該是做這項(xiàng)工作，故選D。

【10】句意：許多人可能會失去他們的工作。

get得到；lose失去；love愛，喜歡；hate討厭，根據(jù)前文“That means there will be less work for people”可知，應(yīng)該是失去工作，故選B。

做完型填空時，首先要通讀課文，明白主旨大意，然后再做題。做完型時要記住“瞻前顧后想結(jié)果”這一原則，根據(jù)上下文以及語境做題，切忌主觀臆斷。另外，平時還要多多積累詞匯。完型填空�？济�詞、動詞、形容詞和副詞等辨析。做詞義辨析題時，首先要確認(rèn)四個選項(xiàng)的含義，然后分析語境和邏輯關(guān)系，確定答案。

例如第8題，首先確定四個選項(xiàng)的含義，by通過；at在；in在……里；of……的，根據(jù)后文“machine”可知，應(yīng)該是通過機(jī)器，故選A。