Question

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 looked through my cookbook 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 Dong loved oranges, I also opened a can of orange and poured it all into the bowl. Soon there was a sticky dough（面团）covered with ugly yellowish marks. Realizing I had failed, 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 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 rubbish bin make the noise?

A. The rising and falling movement.

B. The strange-looking marks.

C. Its shape.

D. Its size.

Answer

1.A

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】本文讲了一个作者想要为丈夫准备一个特殊晚餐，但由于没有烹饪经验最后我失败了，为了防止被丈夫嘲笑，作者把失败品扔掉，然而却被丈夫无意间发现了的尴尬故事。

1.主旨大意题。从故事的发生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即简单的出路并不总是最容易的。当我决定给我丈夫道格一个月的特殊晚餐时，我学到了这一课可知，作者写作的目的是在讲述一个有趣的故事。故选A。 

2.细节理解题。从短文第五句.As I was not experienced in cooking, I thought if a dozen was good, two dozen would be better, so I doubled everything即由于我没有烹饪经验，我想如果一打好，两打就更好了，所以我加倍了一切可知，她没有按照书上的说明进行烹调，而是按自己的理解把每样东西都加倍了。故选D。

3.细节理解题。从短文第八句 Realizing I had failed, I put the dough in the rubbish bin outside so I wouldn't have to face Doug laughing at my work即意识到我失败了，我把面团放在垃圾箱外面，这样我就不用面对道格嘲笑我的工作了可知，她把面团放入垃圾箱的目的是不让她丈夫看到她所做的事。故选C。 

4.推理判断题。从文中最后一段的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即炎热的太阳使面团面积加倍，酵母使其表面晃叹息，仿佛呼吸，所以面团之所以吓人的原因是它在不停地动。故选A。