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9．An ATM that spits out cupcakes instead of cash is now filling a popular demand in the American market：late-night desire for freshly baked sweets．
     In six cities across the country，sugar addicts can now purchase a cupcake for $4.25 from an automatic machine 24 hours every day．The freshly baked goods are made by the California-based cupcake shop Sprinkles．
    The idea came to the company's co-founders Candace and Charles Nelson when Candace was pregnant with their first child．Candace thought it was ridiculous that she owned cupcake bakeries aad couldn't get a freshly baked treat at an unusual hour．That desire inspired the company's first cupcake ATM in Beverly Hills，Calif．in 2012．
    Charles said each ATM serves about l，000 cupcakes per day．The machine is so popular that when it appeared in Manhattan，customers were lined up around the block to use it．
Yet，inventing the first cupcake ATM was not as easy as convincing customers to use it．When the Nelsons started defigning the machine，they quickly realized nothing existed that could give a fully unbroken cupcake to a customer．The company had to partner with a European firm to develop the technology that could deliver a cupcake without dropping it several feet like a typical machine．After going through a seeond development cycle with the product，the ATMs can now satisfy tlle demand of growing customers and even make as many as four cupcakes at a time．
    In terms of the company，the-machine allows Sprinkles to do the impossible：increase hours of operation without raising costs．Now the company can sell cupcakes around the clock through the ATM without paying employees．
    Now the company is partnering with a Middle Eastern company to open 34 new locations abroad．

51．What's the purpose of the text？C
A．To tell us a newtrend of the diet．
B．To advertisefor the cupcake ATM．
C．To introduce a newly-invented cupcake ATM．
D．To advise more customers to buy cupcakes on ATM．
52．How did the Nelsons come up with the idea of'a cupulke ATM？B
A．Their first child wagted to eat fresh cupcakes．
B．Candace hoped to eat a fleshly baked cupcake at any time．
C．The cupcakes they sold couldn't satisfy the customers'demands．
D．They couldn't afford to employ enough workers．
53．What problem did the Nelsons face when starting to design the machine？A
A．Serving an unbroken cupcake to customers．
B．Convincing the customers to use the machine．
C．Dealing with so many orders every day．
D．Making as many as four cupcakes at a time．
54．What does the underlined word‘‘it''in Paragraph 4 refer to？A
A．The machine．    B．The block．    C．The cupcake． D．The customer．
55．What can we infer from the text？B
A．The ATM will replace the traditional cake shops．
B．The ATM will appear in more cities in the world．
C．The company will promote different kinds of products．
D．People will get cupcakes through the ATM without paying．

Answer 1

分析 能吐出紙杯蛋糕而不是現(xiàn)金的自動(dòng)售賣機(jī)如今在美國市場(chǎng)上需求非�；馃�，深夜對(duì)現(xiàn)烤甜品的需求．
在美國的六個(gè)國家，甜食愛好者如今每天都能在自動(dòng)機(jī)處以4.25美元的價(jià)格買到一份紙杯蛋糕．現(xiàn)烤蛋糕是由加利福利亞的紙杯蛋糕店Sprinkles制造的．
公司的合伙人Candace和Charles Nelson是在Candace懷他們的第一個(gè)孩子時(shí)想到這個(gè)主意的．Caandace認(rèn)為她開著紙杯蛋糕店，非正常時(shí)間卻吃不到現(xiàn)烤蛋糕，簡(jiǎn)直太可笑了．那個(gè)需求促進(jìn)了公司于2012年在加利福利亞州的比弗利山莊的第一家紙杯蛋糕自動(dòng)售賣機(jī)的成立．
Charles說每個(gè)自動(dòng)售賣機(jī)每天可以供應(yīng)1，000個(gè)紙杯蛋糕．這機(jī)器非常受歡迎，以至于當(dāng)它出現(xiàn)在曼哈頓，小區(qū)的顧客排隊(duì)使用．
當(dāng)然，發(fā)明第一個(gè)紙杯蛋糕自動(dòng)售賣機(jī)并不像確定顧客會(huì)用它一樣容易．當(dāng)Nelson夫婦最開始設(shè)計(jì)機(jī)器時(shí)，他們很快意識(shí)到不能給顧客提供完全無破損的紙杯蛋糕．公司必須和一家歐洲公司合作開發(fā)能不像典型的機(jī)器一樣扔下蛋糕幾尺的技術(shù)．在經(jīng)歷了產(chǎn)品第二次研發(fā)周期后，自動(dòng)售賣機(jī)如今可以滿足越來越多的顧客的需求，甚至可以一次性做4個(gè)紙杯蛋糕．
就公司來說，機(jī)器使Sprinkles實(shí)現(xiàn)了不可能：不增加成本的前提下增加營業(yè)時(shí)間．如今公司可以不需要付費(fèi)雇員就可以通過自動(dòng)售賣機(jī)銷售紙杯蛋糕．
如今公司正和一家中東公司合作在國外開設(shè)34家新地點(diǎn)．

解答 51．C．主旨大意題．根據(jù)本文介紹了紙杯蛋糕自動(dòng)售賣機(jī)的火爆、歷史及初期克服的困難，均是圍繞紙杯蛋糕自動(dòng)售賣機(jī)來講的，故選C．
52．B．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)本文第三段"when Candace was pregnant with their first child""Candace thought it was ridiculous that she owned cupcake bakeries aad couldn't get a freshly baked treat at an unusual hour"，可知Candace在懷第一個(gè)孩子的時(shí)候在非正常時(shí)間想吃現(xiàn)烤紙杯蛋糕，故選B．
53．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)本文第五段"When the Nelsons started defigning the machine，they quickly realized nothing existed that could give a fully unbroken cupcake to a customer"可知紙杯蛋糕容易破損為初期設(shè)計(jì)紙杯蛋糕ATM遇到的困難，故選A．serving an unbroken cupcake to customers給顧客提供無破損的紙杯蛋糕．
54．A．細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)本文第四段"The machine…to use it"可知it即指代前面提過的"The machine"，故選A．
55．B．推理判斷題．根據(jù)本文最后一段"Now the company is partnering with a Middle Eastern company to open 34 new locations abroad"可知公司正在和中東公司合作在國外開新地點(diǎn)，業(yè)務(wù)將會(huì)擴(kuò)大，B．ATM將在世界更多城市出現(xiàn)，故選B．A．ATM將取代傳統(tǒng)蛋糕店及C．公司會(huì)開發(fā)不同種類產(chǎn)品，文章均未提到．D．人們將免費(fèi)從ATM拿到蛋糕，文中有提到4.25美元一個(gè)．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本文從新型紙杯蛋糕自動(dòng)售賣機(jī)的發(fā)源、初期困難、受歡迎程度及未來前景進(jìn)行了敘述，讓更多的讀者知道了創(chuàng)新可以使不可能的事情變成可能，也讓更多的讀者知道了這款在美國市場(chǎng)非�；鸨�的紙杯蛋糕自動(dòng)售賣機(jī)．