Question

Pooja Dhingra is an Indian chef and businesswoman, the owner of macaroon bakery chain Le 15 Patisserie (西饼店) in Mumbai. She should have been a lawyer. But while studying ________ at university in Mumbai, she decided to ________ her major and do something more creative.

Dhingra’s father and her elder brother are both restaurant owners. Remembering helping her mother in the ________ during her childhood, she decided to work with food instead of legal cases. She ________ her parents to let her attend a hospitality (招待) and management course in Switzerland. Three years later, she went to Paris to learn the ________ of French baking. There her friends took her to one of the best macaroon shops. After just one ________, Dhingra determined that when she returned to Mumbai she would ________ her own shop, the first of its kind in India.

After graduation, she started making macaroons in her parents’ kitchen, ________ it was a complete failure. The hot and wet weather in Mumbai made it ________ to make delicious cakes. It took her around six months of research and 60 failed ________ to finally get a favorite recipe. Yet being both young and female ________ she faced extra challenges. “The biggest problem was to get people to take you ________,” she says. “For example, if I had to buy machinery, I would have to ask my father to make these calls for me.”

Dhingra eventually opened her first shop in 2010. To ________ sales in a city where very few people knew what a macaroon was, Dhingra gave away some ________ macaroons to customers, which made her cakes popular immediately. She continued ________ new recipes. “Once you know basic techniques, inventing recipes is very ________,” she said. “All you need is an open ________. I get a lot of my ideas and ________ from basic things around me.”

Dhingra is the author of a best-selling cookery book, The Big Book of Treats. She also started running classes on how to make macaroons and other cakes. In 2016, Dhingra ________ her business, opening a new location called Le 15 Café. Today, as a professional baker, Dhingra ________ up one of India’s finest patisseries.

1.A. artB. lawC. historyD. medicine

2.A. quitB. checkC. enjoyD. follow

3.A. bedroomB. basementC. studyD. kitchen

4.A. remindedB. warnedC. convincedD. allowed

5.A. techniquesB. situationsC. functionsD. results

6.A. drinkB. kickC. breathD. bite

7.A. visitB. openC. sellD. name

8.A. soB. orC. butD. for

9.A. difficultB. unusualC. reasonableD. available

10.A. preparationsB. messagesC. programsD. attempts

11.A. includedB. meantC. admittedD. explained

12.A. seriouslyB. properlyC. differentlyD. peacefully

13.A. ignoreB. reportC. promoteD. examine

14.A. strangeB. modernC. famousD. free

15.A. introducingB. creatingC. demandingD. protecting

16.A. typicalB. familiarC. simpleD. regular

17.A. taskB. replyC. mindD. secret

18.A. inspirationB. authorityC. progressD. equipment

19.A. preservedB. inspectedC. acquiredD. expanded

20.A. coversB. headsC. picksD. brings

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.D

7.B

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.A

13.C

14.D

15.B

16.C

17.C

18.A

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了印度一位西饼连锁店的老板Dhingra的创业故事。

1. 考查名词。A. art艺术；B. law法律；C. history历史；D. medicine医学。根据前一句She should have been a lawyer.可知，她在大学里学的是“法律”，故选B。

2. 考查动词。A. quit停止；B. check核对；C. enjoy喜爱；D. follow跟随。但是在大学学法律期间，她决定停止自己的专业，做一些有创造性的事情。故选A。

3. 考查名词。A. bedroom卧室；B. basement地下室；C. study学习，书房；D. kitchen厨房。根据句中的with food instead of legal cases可知，她记得童年时期在厨房里帮助妈妈，故选D。

4. 考查动词。A. reminded提醒；B. warned警告；C. convinced使确信，说服；D. allowed允许。她说服她的父母让她参加一个招待和管理课程。故选C。

5. 考查名词。A. techniques技能；B. situations境况；C. functions功能；D. results结果。她去法国学法式烘焙技术。故选A。

6. 考查动词。A. drink喝；B. kick踢；C. breath呼吸；D. bite叮咬。她只咬了一口之后，她就决定回到Mumbai之后，她要开自己的店。故选D。

7. 考查动词。A. visit访问；B. open开；C. sell卖；D. name名字叫。她就决定她回到Mumbai之后，她要开自己的店。故选B。

8. 考查并列连词。A. so所以；B. or或者，否则；C. but但是；D. for因为。根据后面it was a complete failure.可知，此处表示转折，故选C。

9. 考查形容词。A. difficult困难的；B. unusual不寻常的；C. reasonable合情合理的；D. available可利用的。在Mumbai，热和潮湿的天气使制作美味的蛋糕很困难。故选A。

10. 考查名词。A. preparations准备；B. messages消息；C. programs项目；D. attempts企图，尝试。句意：60次失败的尝试，最后成功。故选D。

11. 考查动词。A. included包括；B. meant意味；C. admitted承认；D. explained解释。年轻的女性意味着额外的挑战。故选B。

12. 考查副词。A. seriously严肃地，认真地，严重地；B. properly正确地；C. differently不同地；D. peacefully和平地。最大的问题就是让人们认真地对待你。故选A。

13. 考查动词。A. ignore忽视；B. report报道；C. promote推动，促进；D. examine检查。为了在一个不知道macaroon是什么的城市里推动销售，她免费赠送一些给顾客。故选C。

14. 考查形容词。A. strange奇怪的；B. modern现代化的；C. famous著名的；D. free免费的。为了在一个不知道macaroon是什么的城市里推动销售，她免费赠送一些给顾客。故选D。

15. 考查动词。A. introducing介绍；B. creating创造；C. demanding要求；D. protecting保护。她继续创造新的食谱。故选B。

16. 考查形容词。A. typical典型的；B. familiar熟悉的；C. simple简单的；D. regular有规律的。一旦你知道最基本的技能，发明食谱是非常简单的。故选C。

17. 考查名词。A. task任务；B. reply回答；C. mind理智，记忆，精神，想法；D. secret秘密。你所需要的就是一个开放的大脑。故选C。

18. 考查名词。A. inspiration灵感，鼓舞；B. authority权威；C. progress进步；D. equipment设备，装备。我从我周围最基本的东西上得到许多想法和灵感。故选A。

19. 考查动词。A. preserved保留；B. inspected检查；C. acquired取得；D. expanded扩大。根据opening a new location called Le 15 Café.可知，是扩大经营。故选D。

20. 考查动词。A. covers覆盖；B. heads朝着；C. picks摘，捡；D. brings 拿来，带来。作为一个专业的面包师，今天Dhingra引领着印度最好的糕点。head up“领军，领头”。故选B。

【名师点拨】

在做完形填空时一定要注意and/but/so/besides/however/furthermore/moreover/in addition/what’s more等词汇、固定结构的运用。它们连接了上下文，起着承上起下的作用。像but（但是）、however（然而），表示转折，这说明前后的内容相反或相对。把握住这一点，做起题来就会得心应手。She should have been a lawyer. But while studying __36__ at university in Mumbai, she decided to __37__ her major and do something more creative. 21.

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