Question

    Life is really a box of chocolates for Sue Stone. She has been working in a chocolate company Thorntons for 27 years. Instead of a pile of papers on her office desk,she has a huge pile of sweets. Her job is to eat up to 20 kinds of chocolates each day as the company's product group development manager. She can taste everything by properly using different areas of her tongue.

     "My friends and family are all really envious of my job. When people know what I do for a living,their faces are funny," said Sue. " It does sound too good to be true sometimes,and even after 27 years,I still have to tell myself how lucky I am."

  So far,as a taster,she has tasted up to 1400 kinds of chocolates.

   When talking about her special job,the 53-year-old wo—W smiled like a kid”’ I really have the world's best job,because I eat chocolates every day. I hope I can still eat chocdlates even ivhen I am 80."

 46. How old Sue Stone when she started her job in Thorntons ?

   A. 26. m   B. 27.   C. 53.   D. 80.

47. The underlined word " envious" means " "in Chinese.

   A. 惊讶的   B. 羡慕的   C. 同情的   D. 无奈的

48. What is the best title for the passage?

   A. Sue Stone's Best Wishes

   B. Different Kinds of Chocolates

   C. How to Taste Chocolates

   D. The Sweetest Job in the World

Answer 1

46. A 47. B 48. D

[阅读B篇短文大意]作为一名巧克力糖品尝师，Sue Stone 在过去的27年里每天都要品尝多达20种口味的巧克力糖，朋友 和家人都很羨慕她所从事的这份工作，她自己也认为这是世界上 最甜蜜的工作。

46. A 由第一段中的” She has been working in a chocolate company Thorntons for 27 years"可知 Sue Stone 已经在 Thorntons 公司 工作了 27年；又由最后一段中的” When talking about her special job,the 53-year-old woman smiled like a kid.可知她现在53岁了。由此可计算出她是在26岁时进人了这家公司。

47. B由上下文可知，Sue Stone的工作是每天品尝巧克力糖，由此可猜测她的朋友和家人应该都很羡慕她的这份工作，故 envious意为”羡慕的”  

48. D本文主要介绍了 Sue St (me的特殊职业——每天品尝美味的巧克力糖，这是一份让很多人羡慕不已的工作，因此D 项"世界上最甜蜜的工作”符合题意。