Garlic coffee

王琴芳

閱讀理解

1. From the first paragraph， we can learn that ________.

A. garlic has been used to replace coffee as an alternative

B. one Japanese inventor used garlic to make coffee

C. one Japanese inventor made garlic look and taste like coffee

D. everybody can connect coffee with garlic

2. The description in the second paragraph can match the following statement； "________".

A. Action speaks louder than words.

B. Never put off what you can do today until tomorrow.

C. The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

D. Chance favors only the prepared mind.

3. What's the meaning of the underlined words in the third paragraph？

A. Using garlic in the best possible way.

B. Refining garlic to match coffee.

C. Choosing best drink materials.

D. Finding best garlic in Japan.

4. According to Shimotai we can infer that_______.

A. his inventor is the world's first

B. caffeine is harmful to our health

C. the bitterness of burned garlic is different from coffee

D. garlic and coffee have the similar flavor

5. What's the author's attitude to garlic coffee？

A. Indifferent.

B. Objective.

C. Favorable.

D. Concerned.

答案與解析：

1.B。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章的標(biāo)題“大蒜咖啡”就是個很好的提示，第一段中“that is exactly the ingredient”可以知道該飲料中的主要成分是大蒜，故B正確。

2.D。情景匹配題。第二段解釋“大蒜咖啡”發(fā)明者的靈感來源是工作中的一次失誤，因此退休后他又繼續(xù)研究大蒜咖啡。所以選項D“機(jī)會只青睞有準(zhǔn)備的頭腦”符合語境。

3.A。詞義推測題。從后面“he finally achieved a result he was satisfied with”可知A正確。

4.B。推理判斷題。從Shimotai的話“It contains no caffeine so its good for those who would like to drink coffee at night or pregnant women.”可以推斷B正確。

5.C。觀點態(tài)度題。從文章最后一段可以判斷作者很認(rèn)可這種咖啡，故C正確。

長難句分析：

1. When you think about coffee alternatives， garlic is probably one of the last things that comes to mind， but that is exactly the ingredient that one Japanese inventor used to create a drink that looks and tastes like coffee.提到咖啡替代品時，你怎么也不會想到大蒜，但一位日本發(fā)明家正是用大蒜創(chuàng)造出了一種看起來和嘗起來都像咖啡的飲料。

這是個復(fù)合句。其中When引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句，主句中由連詞but引導(dǎo)兩個復(fù)合句，前一個復(fù)合句中有that引導(dǎo)的定語從句修飾the last things，后一個復(fù)合句中也有一個that引導(dǎo)的定語從句修飾the ingredient。

2. Committed to turning his bizarre drink into a commercial product， Yokitomo Shimotai spent years optimizing the formula， and about five years ago， he finally achieved a result he was satisfied with.一心想將這種奇特飲料轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)樯唐返腨okitomoShimotai花了數(shù)年時間優(yōu)化配方，大約五年前，他終于調(diào)出了自己滿意的配方。

這是個并列復(fù)合句。其中and后面的句子中有個定語從句修飾a result。這個句子用到短語：be committed to doing sth.投身于……；turn…into…把……變成……；spend some time doing sth.花……時間做某事；be satisfied with...對……滿意等。