Question

    Frey is on her way to the Pottery (陶器) Workshop in Shanghai. She willingly ______ the training courses of the workshop every Tuesday.

After five weeks of ______, she is eager to take home the first bowl she makes with her own hands as a (n) ______ souvenir. She’s enjoyed every minute at the workshop. She feels very comfortable in the workshop, which creates a ______ atmosphere like classroom in which people from different backgrounds gather ______ to create their works. As a foreigner, Frey has adopted pottery making to ______ her own ideas and thoughts. “The whole process of making a pottery piece may look rather ______ to a beginner, but I still keep on,” Frey says.

Sharing the same enthusiasm, Maggie Guo, a former clothes ______ and now a housewife is trying to complete her "pottery dream". “I ______ to study pottery when I applied to university many years ago, but I eventually got engaged in clothes design, which became my ______,” Guo says. Now, after years in that field, she still ______   learning pottery. She attends the workshop to finally realize the ______ she had put on the shelf for so many years. I am always surprised and happy to see the final works of my own, and it ______ me to learn the real meaning of being an artist.”

They both think more people should ______ into the world of pottery making to experience the ______ of creativity with simple materials.

1.A.conducts B.attends C.instructs D.intends

2.A.activities B.skills C.findings D.classes

3.A.special B.traditional C.original D.initial

4.A.familiar B.stable C.pleasant D.dull

5.A.secretly B.regularly C.nervously D.perfectly

6.A.express B.introduce C.advocate D.acquire

7.A.reasonable B.artificial C.typical D.complex

8.A.collector B.performer C.designer D.advertiser

9.A.meant B.predicted C.pretended D.continued

10.A.entertainment B.motivation C.consideration D.career

11.A.ends up with B.looks forward to C.catches up with D.looks up to

12.A.value B.possession C.dream D.victory

13.A.adapts B.allows C.reminds D.expects

14.A.break B.move C.step D.turn

15.A.celebration B.impression C.principle D.magic

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.B

14.C

15.D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。本文主要讲述Frey和Maggie Guo参加在上海的陶器工厂学习制作陶器的课程来表达自己的思想，和实现自己多年的梦想，告诉更多的人应该踏入陶艺世界，以简单的材料体验创造的魔力。

1.考查动词词义辨析。句意：她每周二都自愿参加车间的培训课程。A. conducts实施；B. attends 参加；C. instructs指导；D. intends打算。根据空后the training courses of the workshop every Tuesday可知每周二的讲习班培训课程，说明是参加（attend）参训课程，故选B。

2.考查名词词义辨析。句意：五周的课程结束后，她很想把自己亲手做的第一个碗带回家，作为一个特别的纪念品。A. activities活动；B. skills技能；C. findings发现；D. classes班级。结合上文the training courses可知Frey参加了五周的陶器工厂课程。故选D。

3.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：五周的课程结束后，她很想把自己亲手做的第一个碗带回家，作为一个特别的纪念品。A. special特别的；B. traditional传统的；C. original原来的；D. initial最初的。结合上文she is looking forward to taking home the first bowl she makes with her own hands as a…souvenir可知她希望把自己亲手制作的第一个碗带回家作为特殊的纪念品，故选A。

4.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：她觉得在工厂里很舒服，营造了一种像教室一样的愉快氛围，不同背景的人经常聚在一起创作自己的作品。A. familiar熟悉的；B. stable稳定的；C. pleasant令人愉快的；D. dull迟钝的。根据空前she feels very comfortable in the workshop可知她在车间里感觉很舒服，说明他们制作陶器时的气氛非常令人愉快（pleasant），故选C。

5.考查副词词义辨析。句意：她觉得在工厂里很舒服，营造了一种像教室一样的愉快氛围，不同背景的人经常聚在一起创作自己的作品。A. secretly秘密地；B. regularly经常地，定期地；C. nervously紧张地；D. perfectly完美地。根据上文the training courses of the workshop every Tuesday可知每周二的讲习班培训课程，说明他们是有规律的聚集在一起创造自己的作品，故选B。

6.考查动词词义辨析。句意：作为一个外国人，Frey用陶艺来表达自己的想法和思想。A. express表达；B. introduce介绍；C. advocate提倡；D. acquire获得。根据空后her own ideas and thoughts可知她自己的想法，说明作者利用陶器制作来表达（express）自己的想法，故选A。

7.考查形容词词义辨析。句意：“制作一件陶器的整个过程对初学者来说可能看起来相当复杂，但我仍然坚持下去，” Frey说。A. reasonable合理的；B. artificial人造的；C. typical典型的；D. complex复杂的。根据常识我们可知The whole process of making a pottery piece 制陶的全过程对于初学者来说是非常复杂的（complex），故选D。

8.考查名词词义辨析。句意：前服装设计师、现为家庭主妇的Maggie Guo也怀着同样的热情，正在努力实现自己的“陶艺梦”。A. collector收藏家；B. performer演出者；C. designer设计师；D. advertiser广告商。根据下文but I eventually get engaged in clothes design可知但我最终从事服装设计，说明她是一位设计师（designer），故选C。

9.考查动词词义辨析。句意：Guo说:“很多年前我申请大学时就想学陶艺，但最终我从事了服装设计，这也成为了我的职业。”A. meant意味着；B. predicted预测；C. pretended假装；D. continued继续。结合后文to study pottery when I applied to university many years ago 可知Guo说自己多年前申请大学时就打算（mean to do）学习陶艺，短语mean to do sth.“想做某事”。故选A。

10.考查名词词义辨析。句意：Guo说:“很多年前我申请大学时就想学陶艺，但最终我从事了服装设计，这也成为了我的职业。”A. entertainment娱乐；B. motivation动机；C. consideration考虑；D. career事业。根据上句 but I eventually get engaged in clothes design可知但我最终从事服装设计，说明服装设计成为她的职业（career），故选D。

11.考查动词短语辨析。句意：现在，在那个领域工作多年之后，她仍然期待着学习陶艺。A. ends up with结束；B. looks forward to期待；C. catches up with赶上；D. looks up to尊敬。结合后文learning pottery可知Guo在从事了设计师行业许多年以后，仍然期待着学习陶艺。其它选项不符合语境。故选B。

12.考查名词词义辨析。句意：她参加了陶艺工厂，终于实现了她搁置多年的梦想。A. value价值；B. possession财产；C. dream梦想；D. victory胜利。结合上文可知Guo从读大学时就想学习陶器，因此现在参加了工厂的课程，她终于实现了自己多年的梦想。故选C。

13.考查动词词义辨析。句意：看到自己最后的作品，我总是惊喜万分，这让我明白了艺术家的真正含义。A. adapts适应；B. allows允许，让；C. reminds提醒；D. expects期待。结合后文me to learn the real meaning of being an artist.可知是指让Guo明白了艺术家的真正含义。短语allow sb. to do sth.“允许某人做某事”。故选B。

14.考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们都认为更多的人应该踏入陶艺的世界，用简单的材料来体验创意的魔力。A. break打破；B. move移动；C. step迈步；D. turn转弯。结合后文into the world of pottery 可知他们俩都认为，更多的人应该踏入（step into）陶艺世界，以简单的材料体验创造的魔力。故选C。

15.考查名词词义辨析。句意：他们都认为更多的人应该踏入陶艺的世界，用简单的材料来体验创意的魔力。A. celebration庆祝；B. impression印象；C. principle原则；D. magic魔法。根据空后的simple materials可知简单的材料也可以创造出有魔力（magic）的艺术品，故选D。