A small cafe on Green Street opens at seven A.M., so many students stop there for breakfast before school. The (11) is short, but everything on it is fresh and cheap. Mr. Wang, the owner, gets up before dawn to bake bread in the big oven that his father gave him. (12) His wife, (13) works as the waitress, always remembers what each person likes to drink, although some prefer black coffee while others ask for hot tea. Last month a fire started in the kitchen, and the cafe had to close for two weeks while the walls were painted again. (14), it opened again, and people say it still feels like home.
解析後面說 everything on it is fresh and cheap(上面的每樣東西新鮮又便宜),能把餐點「列在上面」又能說「很短」的是「菜單 menu」。saucer 茶碟雖然也是咖啡館裡的東西、上面也能放東西,但不會「很短」也不會列出餐點;pillow 枕頭、drawer 抽屜都不合。
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AHe buys all the bread that he sells from a big store.
BBy seven, the whole street smells of warm bread.
CThe oven has not worked for years.
DSo the cafe does not open until the afternoon.
✔ 正確答案:(B) By seven, the whole street smells of warm bread.
解析前句說王先生天沒亮就用大烤箱烤麵包,接下來最自然的是「到了七點,整條街都是麵包香」,七點也正好呼應第一句的開門時間。A 說麵包是向大賣場買的、C 說烤箱多年不能用,都和「親自烤麵包」矛盾;D 用了 So 看似接結果,但與第一句「早上七點開門」矛盾。
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Awho
Bwhere
Cwhat
Dwhich
✔ 正確答案:(A) who
解析His wife 和 works 之間是插入的補充說明,空格後直接接動詞 works,要用指「人」的關係代名詞 who(His wife, who works as the waitress, …)。which 指物、where 指地點、what 不能接在名詞後面當關係詞。
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ABefore that
BAt first
CIn the end
DFor example
✔ 正確答案:(C) In the end
解析前面說失火後休息兩週、重新粉刷牆壁,後面說重新開張、大家仍覺得像家一樣,是整件事的「最後結果」,用 In the end。At first 表一開始、For example 表舉例、Before that 表在那之前,時間順序都不對。
Passage 2
Cooking with Grandmother
Every Saturday I cook with my grandmother in her kitchen, where she has taught me many old dishes. Last week we made fried rice. (15), she washed the rice and put it in a pot, and then I cut a carrot and a tomato into small pieces. She let me fry the eggs, but I stood far from the pan (16) I was afraid of the hot oil. The kitchen smelled so wonderful that my brother kept asking about dinner. (17) We ate in the dining room with the whole family and had brown sugar cake for dessert. Grandmother said my cooking was getting better, so I hope she will (18) me to make her soup next week.