Question

【题目】 There it was. A test of will power. I was on a special diet with foods carefully selected for balanced nutrition and caloric value. A piece of cheese cake was not a good choice. So here was my dilemma: Should I not eat the cheese cake, feel dissatisfied and take out my disappointment on the annoyingly skinny physical instructor at the gym? Or should I eat the cheese cake and work off the calories?

The latter seemed like a win-win solution. Not only would I get to enjoy the cheese cake, but I’d get an exercise session (训练时段). And then it hit me: a delicate plan to use my cheese cake as an exercise incentive. I plated a thin slice of cheese cake and carefully walked it up the stairs and set it on my bedside table with a small fork. I put on my exercise outfit (全套服装) and went downstairs.

The appeal of the cheese cake got stronger so I launched my plan: I would run up and down the stairs and then back up again. My reward: one small bite of cheese cake. If I wanted another, I’d have to run down and up and down and up again. Off I went. Ah, creamy vanilla (香草) goodness without guilt. I wanted another bite so I quickly sprinted (冲刺) through another stair climbing run.

Admittedly, it was harder to enjoy the creaminess of the cheese cake when my tongue was dry from over-breathing. I placed a bottle of water next to the cake. Down and up and down and up again. When I struggled over to the cheese cake, my hand bypassed the plate and went for the water instead. I didn’t want the cake any more. I wanted all this sweat and effort to do more than cancel the calories from cheese cake. I was exhausted and sure the cheese cake tasted fine but just not good enough to make me run up and down the stairs one more time.

My plan worked. Now, any time I felt tempted to enjoy a former favorite, I remembered my stairs trick.

【1】What can we infer about the author from paragraph 1?

A.She had weak will power.

B.She was bad-tempered and very critical.

C.She needed assistance with making the choice.

D.She hesitated over eating something against her diet.

【2】What does the underlined word “incentive” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A.Reason.B.Hesitation.

C.Replacement.D.Companion.

【3】What do we learn about the author’s plan?

A.It involved much energy consumption (消耗).

B.It rid the cake of the pleasant taste.

C.It changed the author’s preference for food.

D.It was tiring and caused suffering.

【4】What may be the best title for the passage?

A.A costly dilemma.

B.An evil cheese cake.

C.A trick that worked.

D.A sweating experience.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述作者制定了一个计划既可以享受自己的美食，也可以激励自己去锻炼，结果这个计划奏效了。

【1】推理判断题。根据文章第一段“So here was my dilemma: Should I not eat the cheese cake, feel dissatisfied and take out my disappointment on the annoyingly skinny physical instructor at the gym?（所以我的两难选择是：我不应该吃奶酪蛋糕，不应该对健身房里那个令人恼火的体育教练感到不满，不应该把我的沮丧发泄出来？）”可知作者对吃违背她健康饮食的东西时犹豫不决。故选D项。

【2】词句猜测题。根据第二段中“Not only would I get to enjoy the cheese cake, but I’d get an exercise session (训练时段). And then it hit me: a delicate plan to use my cheese cake as an exercise incentive.我不仅可以享受奶酪蛋糕，还可以锻炼身体。然后我突然想到一个微妙的计划，用我的奶酪蛋糕作为锻炼的动力。”可知此处incentive译为“激励、动力”，reason符合题意。故选A项。

【3】细节理解题。根据文章第三段“If I wanted another, I’d have to run down and up and down and up again.如果我想再来一个，我就得一次又一次的跑来跑去。”可知作者的计划涉及到很多能量的消耗。故选A项。

【4】主旨大意题。根据文章最后一段“My plan worked. Now, any time I felt tempted to enjoy a former favorite, I remembered my stairs trick.我的计划奏效了。现在每当我沉迷于以前的最爱，我就会想起我的楼梯技巧。”可知作者制定了一个计划既可以享受自己喜欢的美食，又可以激励自己去锻炼，而且计划奏效了。所以短文的最佳标题为“一个成功的小把戏”故选C项。

推理判断题是指在理解原文字面意思的基础上，通过对语篇逻辑关系的分析和细节的暗示，做出一定的判断和推理，从而得到文章的深层意义和隐含意义的过程。如第1小题，询问从第一段中我们能推断出作者什么信息？根据文章第一段“So here was my dilemma: Should I not eat the cheese cake, feel dissatisfied and take out my disappointment on the annoyingly skinny physical instructor at the gym?（所以我的两难选择是：我不应该吃奶酪蛋糕，不应该对健身房里那个令人恼火的体育教练感到不满，不应该把我的沮丧发泄出来？）”可知作者对吃违背她的健康饮食的东西时犹豫不决。故选D项。