Question

    At first, Rhonda Tormaschy thought her 16-year- old daughter, Cassidy, was joking about opening up an ice cream truck. “We were sitting around one night with her and one of her friends, and this is what she approached us with and we thought she wasn’t ___________ at first.” Rhonda said.

But last fall, her husband, Chad started _____________ some type of truck, and they found an old school bus in Lincoln, Oregon. The family spent the winter fixing, painting and transforming ___________ into Ice Cream Express. In order to turn the small, old school bus into an ice-cream truck, the family even ___________ a freezer, tide and sink.

“Getting it together was kind of a(n) _____________ for all of us,” Rhonda said. “We had to go through the health inspector, get signatures from the police department and the fire department. Finally, we received the ___________.”

“The community needed something to lighten up their day and make their day ___________.” Cassidy said. “I thought that this would be a good way to help everybody through their day”.

She visits local businesses at a set time every Thursday and plans to hit up neighborhoods and parks in the evening, as well as ___________ ice cream at other summer events.

Ice Cream Express serves Schwan’s products. “it’s quite a variety (多样 ),” Cassidy said. “We offer products from the sundae cones to the sandwiches and Italian ice-just about ___________.”

Now that the truck is up and running. Cassidy hopes her younger sisters will take it over when she leaves for college.

“We have a daughter who’s going to be 13 here and that would be a perfect time for her to take it over in the next couple of years.” Rhonda said. “______________she doesn’t want to, I think I would probably continue it as long as it’s still a want and a need in Dickinson.”

So far, the reception to Ice Cream Express has been amazing, Rhonda said.

“We haven’t had an ice cream bus in this town for years.” Rhonda said. “I think it’s gone over way better than we expected it to, which is great.”

1.A.satisfied B.silent C.strange D.serious

2.A.pushing for B.looking for C.paying for D.asking for

3.A.them B.her C.us D.it

4.A.put in B.put up C.put out D.put through

5.A.trick B.trip C.event D.experience

6.A.fine B.reward C.license D.project

7.A.faster B.cooler C.darker D.brighter

8.A.buying B.serving C.feeding D.storing

9.A.anyone B.nothing C.anything D.none

10.A.If B.Because C.Whenever D.Unless

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.A

【解析】

本文讲述了Cassidy在家人的帮助下将一个小而旧的卡车改造成冰淇淋便利店，给周边的人送去便利，她认为这是帮助每个人度过一天的好方法。她每周四在固定时间拜访当地企业，计划晚上到社区和公园逛逛，还会在其他夏季活动上提供冰激凌。提供的产品从圣代甜筒到三明治和意大利冰，几乎应有尽有。

1.句意：这是她跟我们说的，我们以为她不是认真的。

satisfied满意；silent安静；strange奇怪；serious认真；根据“Cassidy, was joking about opening up an ice cream truck.”可知Rhonda Tormaschy以为她16岁的女儿Cassidy开冰激凌车是在开玩笑，可推测出此处是“serious”，故选D。

2.句意：但去年秋天，她的丈夫查德开始寻找某种卡车，他们在俄勒冈州林肯市找到了一辆旧校车。

pushing for奋力争取；looking for寻找；paying for付钱；asking for请求；根据“they found an old school bus in Lincoln”可知他们在林肯市找到了一辆旧校车，可推测出此处是“looking for”，故选B。

3.句意：整个冬天，这家人都在修理、油漆，并把它改造成冰激凌速食店。

them他们；her她；us我们；it它；transform sth into sth表示“把……变成……”，根据语境可知是将找到的卡车改造成冰淇淋店，所以此处用it来代指，可推测出此处是“it”，故选D。

4.句意：为了把小而旧的校车变成冰激凌车，这家人甚至安装了冰箱、汰渍和水槽。

put in安装；put up张贴；put out扑灭；put through接通；根据“In order to turn the small, old school bus into an ice-cream truck”可知为了把小而旧的校车变成冰激凌车，且空后接的冰箱等，可推测出此处是“put in”，故选A。

5.句意：朗达说：“把冰淇淋车组装起来对我们大家来说都是一种体验”

trick诡计；trip旅行；event事件；experience经历；根据前文家里人帮助她改造卡车，可推测出此处是“经历”，故选D。

6.句意：最后，我们得到了许可。

fine罚款；reward报酬；license执照；project项目；根据“We had to go through the health inspector, get signatures from the police department and the fire department”可知我们必须通过卫生检查员，得到警察局和消防局的签名，可推测出此处是“执照”，故选C。

7.句意：社区需要一些东西来点亮他们的生活，让他们的生活更美好。

faster更快；cooler更酷；darker更黑；brighter更明亮、更愉快的；根据“lighten up their day”可知点亮他们的生活，可推测出此处是“brighter”，故选D。

8.句意：她每周四在固定时间拜访当地企业，计划晚上到社区和公园逛逛，还会在其他夏季活动上提供冰激凌。

buying买；serving为……服务，为……提供产品服务；feeding喂；storing储存；根据“ice cream at other summer events.”可知还会在其他夏季活动上 冰激凌，可推测出此处是“serving”，故选B。

9.句意：我们提供的产品从圣代甜筒到三明治和意大利冰，几乎应有尽有。

anyone一些人（否定句、疑问句），任何人（肯定句）；nothing没有事情；anything一些事（否定句、疑问句），任何事情（肯定句）；none没有人；根据“products from the sundae cones to the sandwiches and Italian ice”可知从圣代甜筒到三明治和意大利冰，可推测出此处是“anything”，故选C。

10.句意：如果她不愿意，我想我可能会继续写下去，只要这对Dickinson来说仍然是一种需要。

If如果；Because因为；Whenever无论何时；Unless除非；分析句子可知此处是if引导的条件句，可推测出此处是“If”，故选A。