【题目】 The candles we make at Wax Buffalo are imperfect-"beautifully imperfect',as we like to say. one is unique, hand-poured (手工灌注的)with pure soy wax (大豆蜡). It's a small business 1 started, and everyone who enjoy, working here comes into the studio in free time, so they can be home with their family, cats, dogs at prime times.
I first fell in love with candles on visits to my grandmother Feme's house in Lincoln. At night, candlelight flashed off the book-lined walls. During the day, she'd take me to a cafe in the historic Haymarket district and we'd drink tea out of china cups.
I poured my first candle at the age of 14, using the candle-making tool that Feme had given me. I gave the finished product to my grandmother for Christmas. She loved that candle I'd made for her. That first candle was imperfect. Beautifully imperfect
Then in 2014. life took a dark turn for my grandmother. The breast cancer took away her life. I found myself thinking about the candle-making tool she had given me as a 14-year-old kid and the joy it had brought me. I began pouring candles again, making them for friends. Because of kids' health. I'd become especially interested in natural products. I used locally sourced soy wax. Was there a way I could make candles for people beyond my group of friends? And so, Christmas of that year, Wax Buffalo was launched. Little by little, the business grew as we found more people who wanted our candles. Now our candles are sold in more than 60 shops across the country.
Isn't life wonderful? Indeed, it is beautifully imperfect. But it hasn't turned out at all how I'd have predicted. I think that's what Ferne wanted me to understand. To trust the light of hope, to enjoy fun in its light, to know that it can transform a person from within.
【1】What may be one of the advantages of working in Wax Buffalo?
A.Relaxing task.B.High payment
C.Flexible timeD.Imperfect conditions.
【2】When did the author probably start her business
A.After she turned 14.
B.After her grandmother died.
C.After she visited Ferne's house.
D.After her grandmother sent her candle making tool.
【3】Why did the author use soy wax?
A.To make harmless candlesB.To make candles look better.
C.To save the cost of production.D.To improve the figures of candles
【4】What can be inferred from the text?
A.Imperfection exists everywhere.B.Life takes off from a dark turn.
C.Life can be predicted somehowD.Being hopeful about life is important.
【答案】
【1】C
【2】B
【3】A
【4】D
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。作者在祖母的影响下开始了自己的蜡烛事业,用大豆做蜡制作对身体没有伤害的蜡烛,这些蜡烛受到了人们的欢迎。通过这个故事作者告诉我们,任何时候我们都要对生活充满希望。
【1】推理判断题。根据第一段的It's a small business I started, and everyone who enjoy, working here comes into the studio in free time, so they can be home with their family, cats, dogs at prime times. (这是我启动的一个小生意,任何喜欢在这里工作的人可在空余时间过来,因此他们可以在黄金时间和家人、猫、狗待在一起)可知,人们可以在空余时间来工作,故推测在Wax Buffalo工作的优势之一就是时间很灵活。C. Flexible time(灵活的时间)符合以上说法,故选C项。
【2】细节理解题。根据第四段的Then in 2014. life took a dark turn for my grandmother. The breast cancer took away her life.(后来在2014年,我祖母的生活陷入了黑暗。乳腺癌夺取她的生命)和And so, Christmas of that year, Wax Buffalo was launched.(于是那年圣诞节Wax Buffalo启动了)可知,作者在祖母去世那一年的晚些时候开始做蜡烛生意。B. After her grandmother died.(祖母去世后)符合以上说法,故选B项。
【3】推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的Because of kids' health. I'd become especially interested in natural products. I used locally sourced soy wax.(因为孩子们的健康,我对天然产品特别感兴趣。我用了本地的大豆)可知,作者为了孩子的健康选择大豆做蜡,故推测用大豆蜡是为了制作没有伤害的蜡烛。A. To make harmless candles(制作没有伤害的蜡烛)符合以上说法,故选A项。
【4】推理判断题。根据最后一段的To trust the light of hope, to enjoy fun in its light, to know that it can transform a person from within.(相信希望之光,享受它光芒中的乐趣,知道它可以从内心改变一个人) 可知,有光就有希望。故推测作者写这篇文章是想让我们明白:任何时候都要对生活充满希望,这是很重要的。D. Being hopeful about life is important.(对生活充满希望是重要的)符合以上推测,故选D项。
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