Question

A Japanese company has a new bread-making machine. It can make bread from uncooked rice in four hours.

The_______of the bread-making machine is “Gopan”. It means “rice” and “bread” in Japanese. Users put_______rice in the Gopan and the machine does the rest, from milling (碾磨) the rice to baking the bread.

The bread-making machine is quite______at $600 (4,000 yuan), but it has sold very well. The company put Gopan on the market last month and it______ in only one week. The company says it will not take orders for the Gopan_______next April.

Hisao Nagayama, a Japanese food______, thinks the Gopan is popular ______ Japanese people are changing their eating habits. They eat more Western food. Busy lives are making it ______for Japanese people to find the time to cook and eat rice.

“People can eat the bread ______ and it is delicious. And it is made of ________ the Japanese like to eat---rice.” he said. Do you want to have a try?

1.A. information    B. form    C. function    D. name

2.A. washed    B. wasted    C. cooked    D. used

3.A. expensive    B. cheap    C. old-fashioned    D. fantastic

4.A. made out    B. took out    C. put out    D. sold out

5.A. with    B. when    C. while    D. until

6.A. teacher    B. cook    C. expert    D. artist

7.A. so that    B. though    C. because    D. because of

8.A. easier    B. harder    C. easy    D. important

9.A. hardly    B. easily    C. especially    D. accidentally

10.A. what    B. when    C. where    D. why

Answer

1. D

2. A

3. A

4. D

5. D

6. C

7. C

8. B

9. B

10. A

【解析】

短文介绍了日本公司研制的一种新型的面包机，它可以在四小时内用未煮熟的米饭做成面包。忙碌的生活使得日本人很难找到时间做饭和吃米饭，这种面包机的上市，可以使人们很容易地吃到面包，味道鲜美。深受大家的欢迎。

1.句意：制作面包机器的名称叫“面包机”。它在日语中的意思是“大米”和“面包”。A. information信息；B. form表格；C. function作用；D. name名字。结合句意可知，答案为D。

2.句意：用户将洗好的米放入面包机。A. washed洗涤；B. wasted浪费；C. cooked做饭；D. used使用。在制作面包之前首先要把大米洗好，故答案为A。

3.句意：这台面包机很贵，价值600美元（4000元）。A. expensive昂贵的；B. cheap便宜的；C. old-fashioned过时的；D. fantastic极好的。根据后面的句子“but it has sold very well.”可知，面包机价格虽贵，但是很畅销，故答案为A。

4.句意：公司上个月把面包机上市，只用了一周就卖完了。A. made out理解，假装，辨认出；B. took out 拿出；C. put out扑灭；D. sold out卖完。结合句意可知，答案为D。

5.句意：该公司表示，直到明年四月才会接受面包机的订单。A. with与……一起；B. when当……时候；C. while正当……的时候；D. until直到。not…until直到……才，结合句意可知，答案为D。

6.句意：日本食品专家长山昭夫（Hisao Nagayama）认为，因为日本人正在改变他们的饮食习惯，所以面包机很受欢迎。A. teacher老师；B. cook厨师；C. expert专家；D. artist画家。Hisao Nagayama是食品专家，解释了面包机在日本受欢迎的原因，故答案为C。

7.句意：日本食品专家长山昭夫（Hisao Nagayama）认为，面包机很受欢迎是因为日本人正在改变他们的饮食习惯。A. so that以便，后跟目的状语从句；B. though尽管；C. because因为，后跟原因状语从句；D. because of由于，后跟名词，代词或动名词。结合语境理解，前后句表示因果关心，because引导原因状语从句，故答案选C。

8.句意：忙碌的生活使得日本人很难找到时间做饭和吃米饭。A. easier更容易的；B. harder更难的；C. easy容易的；D. important重要的。生活的快节奏使人很难找到时间做饭，故答案选B。

9.句意：人们可以很容易地吃到面包，味道鲜美。A. hardly几乎不；B. easily容易地；C. especially特别；D. accidentally意外地。前面提到面包的制作过程很简单，省时间，适合那些不愿意在家做饭的生活节奏快的人群，故答案为B。

10.句意：它是日本人喜欢吃的大米做成的。A. what什么；B. when何时；C. where 哪儿；D. why为什么。what可以用来指物，用作关系代词，在句子中作主语或宾语；when，where，why只能用作关系副词，在句中作状语，此处的成分应该是eat的宾语，故答案选A。