高中英語閱讀理解練習100篇 A special meal

閱讀試題

The easy way out isn't always easiest. I learned that lesson when I decided to treat Doug, my husband of one month, to a special meal. I glanced through my cook book and chose a menu which included homemade bread. Knowing the bread would take time. I started on it as soon as Doug left for work. As I was not experienced in cooking, I thought if a dozen was good, two dozen would be better, so I doubled everything. As Doug loved oranges, I also opened a can of orange and poured it all into the bowl. Soon there was a sticky dough covered with ugly yellowish marks. Realizing I had been defeated, I put the dough in the rubbish bin outside so I wouldn't have to face Doug laughing at my work. I went on preparing the rest of the meal, and, when Doug got home, we sat down to Cornish chicken with rice. He tried to enjoy the meal but seemed disturbed. Twice he got up and went outside, saying he thought he heard a noise. The third time he left, I went to the windows to see what he was doing. Looking out, I saw Doug standing about three feet from the rubbish bin, holding the lid up with a stick and looking into the container. When I came out of the house, he dropped the stick and explained that there was something alive in out rubbish bin. Picking up the stick again, he held the lid up enough for me to see. I felt cold. But I stepped closer and looked harder. Without doubt it was my work. The hot sun had caused the dough to double in size and the fermenting yeast(酵母) made the surface shake and sigh as though it were breathing. I had to admit what the living thing was and why it was there. I don't know who was more embarrassed(尷尬) by the whole thing—Doug or me.

1. The writer's purpose in writing this story is ________.
A. to tell an interesting experience
B. to show the easiest way out of a difficulty
C. to describe the trouble facing a newly married woman
D. to explain the difficulty of learning to cook from books

2. Why did the woman's attempt at making the bread turn out to be unsuccessful?
A. The canned orange had gone bad.
B. She didn't use the right kind of flour.
C. The cookbook was hard to understand.
D. She did not follow the directions closely.

3. Why did the woman put the dough in the rubbish bin?
A. She didn't see the use of keeping it.
B. She meant to joke with her husband.
C. She didn't want her husband to see it.
D. She hoped it would soon dry in the sun.

4. What made the dough in the bin looks frighting?
A. The rising and falling movement.
B. The strange-looking marks.
C. Its shape.
D. Its size.

5. When Doug went out the third time, the woman looked out of the window because she was ________.
A. surprised at his being interested in the bin
B. afraid that he would discover her secret
C. unhappy that he didn't enjoy the meal
D. curious to know what disturbed him

答案解析

1. A。通讀文章后，可知作者寫這篇文章的目的，是想讓人知道她這段有趣的經(jīng)歷，故應選A。
2. D。文中提及：As I was not experienced in cooking I thought if a dozen was good, two dozen would be better 和 As Doug loved orange, I also opened a can of orange and poured it all into the bowl，可知這位家庭主婦(即作者)并未按烹調(diào)指南行事，故應選 D。
3. C。作者在意識到自己制做面包失敗時，put the dough in the rubbish bin outside so I wouldn't have to face Doug laughing at my work, 故應選C。
4. A。這是對句意和細節(jié)理解的題目。文中提及：The hot sun had caused the dough to double in size and the fermenting yeast made the surface shake and sigh as though it were breathing, 故應選A。
5. D。文中提及：... the third time he left, I went to the windows to see what he was doing. 可知作者在吃飯時就看出丈夫心煩意亂，頻繁出去。當丈夫第三次出去時，作者不知道丈夫出去干什么，出于好奇，就到窗邊去看。