Question

    Which do you like better: breakfast or lunch? 1. Brunch gets its name from the first two letters of breakfast (br-) and the last four letters of lunch (-unch).

2.. They liked to go hunting. During the hunting break, they would enjoy a mid-morning meal that included meat, eggs and many other things.

Today, it is a meal eaten around late morning to early afternoon, usually on weekends. It might seem like a simple meal, but sometimes it raises breakfast to an artistic level. For example, ordinary pancakes might be changed to blueberry pancakes.

In Melbourne, brunch culture is also being welcomed. I decided to try it with my friend. We visited a cafe that is famous for its flower theme. 3.

This theme is also shown in its food and drinks. The pink rose tea latte (拿铁) had real rose petals (花瓣) on top. 4. For the main course (主菜), I chose the soft-shell crab. The crab was placed in a bread bowl with some fried crab claws (爪) on the top.

The brunch greatly satisfied my appetite (食欲). 5.

A. It tasted as sweet as it looked.

B. Lack of food is the main cause of brunch.

C. Well, with brunch you don’t have to choose!

D. Though I was full, I still wanted to have another one.

E. Rich British people are believed to have invented brunch.

F. Even if I was busy with work, I still spent enough time having breakfast.

G. There was a wall full of various types of fresh and colorful flowers.

Answer

1.C

2.E

3.G

4.A

5.D

【解析】

本文是说明文。早午餐在英国和澳大利亚都很受欢迎，它的营养是很丰富的，作者和朋友来到墨尔本的一家咖啡馆饱餐一顿。

1.考查段中句。根据空前“Which do you like better: breakfast or lunch? (你更喜欢哪一种：早餐还是午餐？）”和空后“Brunch gets its name from the first two letters of breakfast (br-) and the last four letters of lunch (-unch).（早午餐的名字来源于早餐的前两个字母br和午餐的后四个字母unch）”可知，C项(有了早午餐你就不必选择早餐还是午餐了！)能够承接上文并且与下文连接通顺，选项中的choose对应上一句话中的or。故选C项。

2.考查段首句。根据空后“They liked to go hunting. During the hunting break, they would enjoy a mid-morning meal that included meat, eggs and many other things. (他们喜欢去打猎。在打猎休息期间，他们可以在上午中间的时候享受包括肉、蛋和许多其他东西的一顿饭食。）”可知， E项(人们认为是英国富人发明了早午餐。）能够与下文连接通顺，a mid-morning meal就是选项中的brunch，they指代的是选项中的rich British people。故选E项。

3.考查段尾句。由空前句“We visited a cafe that is famous for its flower theme. (我们参观了一家以花卉为主题的咖啡馆。）”可知，G项(墙上挂满了各种各样的鲜花。)能够承接上文，选项中的flowers与前一句的flower是同词复现。故选G项。

4.考查段中句。根据空前“This theme is also shown in its food and drinks. The pink rose tea latte had real rose petals on top. (这一主题也体现在它的食物和饮料上。拿铁咖啡上面漂浮着真正的粉红玫瑰花瓣。）”和空后“For the main course , I chose the soft-shell crab.（我选了软壳蟹做主菜。）”可知，A项(它尝起来和看上去一样甜。）能够承接上文，选项中的it指代的是前一句的tea latte，这是在说饮料的情况，下文开始介绍食物的情况。故选A项。

5.考查段尾句。根据上文“The brunch greatly satisfied my appetite. (早午餐极大地满足了我的胃口。）”可知，D项虽然我已经吃饱了，但我还是想再吃一次。)与上文连接通顺。故选D项。