Question

【題目】Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.

In the green hills of northern Thailand, a woman painstakingly picks coffee beans out of a pile of elephant dung (糞便). They are preparing for the ingredient of one of the world’s most expensive drinks.

This remote comer of Thailand is better known for drug smuggling (毒品走私) than coffee, but Black Dinkin decided it was a perfect place for him to combine wildlife conservation with business. 【1】 The company uses elephant dung to create a wonderful coffee.

Initially, Dinkin considered using a kind of cats to make coffee, but he found the cats were usually kept in cages and force-fed beans. 【2】 Eventually, Dinkin settled on elephants after discovering that the animals sometimes eat coffee. He also teamed up with an elephant rescue charity which saves the animals from the tourist trade.

【3】 “I thought it would be as simple as taking the beans, giving them to the elephants and out will come great coffee,” said Dinkin, adding that the initial result was “horrible”. It took him another nine years to actually succeed in doing what he wanted.

According to Dinkin, the enzymes (酶) in the elephant, stomachs function as a kind of slow cooker and the stomach acid takes the bitterness out of the beans. The elephant riders’ wives collect the coffee beans from the dung before washing and drying them in the sun.

The rewards, however, are worth all the work. At around $1, 880 per kilogram, the coffee doesn’t come cheap. 【4】This helps its sales a lot.

A.The 4-year-old Canadian founded Black Ivory Coffee.

B.The local elephant riders considered the project a crazy idea.

C.Its unique taste and special processing cycle give the product a romantic appeal.

D.Making coffee from elephant dung, however, turned out to be harder than expected.

E.To make a kilogram of coffee, the elephants have to cat about 33 kilos of the beans.

F.This is against the businessman’s desire to support rather than damage the environment.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】F

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

本文為一篇說(shuō)明文。文章介紹了一種以大象糞便做成的風(fēng)味獨(dú)特的咖啡。

【1】結(jié)合后文The company uses elephant dung to create a wonderful coffee.(這家公司用大象的糞便制作了一種很棒的咖啡)可知，前文的介紹應(yīng)該與公司有關(guān)。A. The 4-year-old Canadian founded Black Ivory Coffee.()歲的加拿大人創(chuàng)辦了黑象牙咖啡)符合語(yǔ)境。故選A項(xiàng)。

【2】結(jié)合前文This remote comer of Thailand is better known for drug smuggling (毒品走私) than coffee, but Black Dinkin decided it was a perfect place for him to combine wildlife conservation with business.(泰國(guó)這個(gè)偏僻的地方以毒品走私而不是咖啡而出名，但布萊克·丁金認(rèn)為這里是他將野生動(dòng)物保護(hù)和商業(yè)結(jié)合起來(lái)的完美之地)及Initially, Dinkin considered using a kind of cats to make coffee, but he found the cats were usually kept in cages and force-fed beans.(最初，丁金考慮用一種貓糞來(lái)煮咖啡，但他發(fā)現(xiàn)，這些貓通常被關(guān)在籠子里，強(qiáng)制喂養(yǎng)咖啡豆)可知，丁金的本意是要保護(hù)動(dòng)物，保護(hù)環(huán)境，而這種養(yǎng)貓方式與他的想法背道而馳。F. This is against the businessman's desire to support rather than damage the environment.(這與這位商人支持保護(hù)環(huán)境而不是破壞環(huán)境的本意背道而馳)符合此處語(yǔ)境。故選F項(xiàng)。

【3】結(jié)合后文It took him another nine years to actually succeed in doing what he wanted.(他又花了九年時(shí)間才真正成功地做到了他想做的事)可知，一開(kāi)始用用咖啡豆喂大象來(lái)獲取咖啡的想法沒(méi)有那么容易。D. Making coffee from elephant dung, however, turned out to be harder than expected.(然而，用象糞煮咖啡卻比預(yù)期的要難)與后文相對(duì)應(yīng)。故選D項(xiàng)。

【4】結(jié)合后文This helps its sales a lot.(這對(duì)它的銷售有很大幫助)可知，C. Its unique taste and special processing cycle give the product a romantic appeal.(其獨(dú)特的口味和特殊的加工周期，使產(chǎn)品具有浪漫的吸引力)與后文相對(duì)應(yīng)。故選C項(xiàng)。