文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了作者的一位朋友想要向作者学习如何烘焙圣诞小饼干,烘焙过程中,作者为了如期完成烘焙,本想自己独自完成烘焙。但是,作者想起对朋友的承诺,还是教会了朋友烘焙饼干。
3 . I grew up in a culture with a delicious tradition-baking lots of different types of cookies at Christmas. We baked for days to fill cookie tins on our kitchen shelf, and to fill boxes with cookies to ________ to families, friends and neighbors. I have a friend from a different ________ background, who also loves cooking and baking. When she heard that I was planning a baking day, she was ________ and talked me into promising to teach her how to bake my Christmas cookies.
________, it was the baking day. We already imagined the beautiful and tasty ________ that we would proudly deliver to our families, friends and neighbors! However, baking with my friend got off to a slow start, because the techniques and skills that I’d used countless times were new and ________ to my friend. On my own, I’d have done it quickly and correctly. But by midday, I could feel my ________ rising. Teaching my friend had put us well behind ________.
There was, of course, a solution: I could ________ and just let her watch. But I had ________ that I would teach her. So, we decided to ________ the variety of cookies and bake only the simpler versions. At the end of the second day, we had 20 beautiful gift boxes of mouth-watering cookies.
My friend was eager to get home and share the ________ of her hard work with her family. Seeing how proud she was, I was doubly glad that I didn’t act on my thought to do everything myself just because it would be ________. In that case, she would have not only missed an opportunity to ________, but also lost a chance to experience the new-found ________ and the pride she felt at having achieved something new.
1. A.deliver | B.recommend | C.sell | D.contribute |
2. A.professional | B.educational | C.cultural | D.external |
3. A.confused | B.worried | C.frightened | D.interested |
4. A.Eventually | B.Definitely | C.Originally | D.Actually |
5. A.diet | B.treats | C.candies | D.bread |
6. A.shallow | B.amazing | C.effective | D.difficult |
7. A.amazement | B.concern | C.comfort | D.inspiration |
8. A.workshop | B.routine | C.schedule | D.spot |
9. A.take over | B.stick to | C.rise to | D.back down |
10. A.proposed | B.promised | C.proved | D.argued |
11. A.increase | B.enlarge | C.improve | D.reduce |
12. A.prizes | B.materials | C.fruits | D.honors |
13. A.better | B.faster | C.easier | D.more |
14. A.struggle | B.perform | C.taste | D.learn |
15. A.confidence | B.creativity | C.talent | D.independence |