Question

I do not need a calendar to tell me when it is winter. All I need is my nose. When I wake up in the morning and smell the tasty treats my mom is cooking downstairs, I know winter has arrived.
The first one is the smell of chocolate. During the holiday season (from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day) my mother makes her special hot chocolate. She always adds a peppermint candy cane (薄荷味拐棍糖) to the drink and tops it with cream.
The hot chocolate gets me out of bed, but it is my mother’s chocolate fudge (软糕) that makes me run downstairs. It is a thick chunk (块) of chocolate that tastes like heaven. My mother adds nuts. That gives it more texture (质感).
But my mother isn’t done yet. She also makes a treat she calls “window panes (窗玻璃)”. She takes a few different colored marshmallows (棉花糖) and melts them together with chocolate. The final product looks like a colorful church window, so we call it “window panes”.
These tasty holiday treats are usually eaten after a meal as a dessert. But don’t tell Santa Claus because I secretly eat them all day long.
【小题1】What wakes “me” up in the morning?

A．The alarm clock.

B．My mom.

C．The noise upstairs.

D．The smell of food.

【小题2】 In the author’s eyes, the taste of the chocolate fudge is ____.

A．terrible

B．wonderful

C．awful

D．so so

【小题3】With nuts, the chocolate fudge tastes _____.

A．softer

B．sweeter

C．harder

D．hotter

【小题4】The “window panes” the author mentions refer to _____.

A．special hot chocolate drink	B．decorations on the window
C．chocolate cake with fruits on it	D．a mixture of marshmallows and chocolate

【小题5】Why does the author look forward to the winter?

A．There is plenty of time to play around.	B．The food his mom cooks is mouthwatering.
C．It’s great fun to play outdoors.	D．He can have a good rest during the winter.

Answer 1

【小题1】D
【小题1】B
【小题1】C
【小题1】D
【小题1】B

解析1. D 细节题。根据When I wake up in the morning and smell the tasty treats my mom is cooking downstairs可知是食物的香味让他醒的，而不是闹钟，也不是他妈妈或是楼上的噪音，选D。
2. B 本题考查对语句的理解，根据it is my mother’s chocolate fudge (软糕) that makes me run downstairs知道，是母亲做的软糕巧克力让他下楼的，故可以推测出应该是很不错的，选B。
3. C 从It is a thick chunk (块) of chocolate that tastes like heaven可知本来巧克力就是很厚的一块，但是作者的母亲adds nuts让它更有质感，故更加硬了，选C。
4. D 考查对词义的理解，要从上下文来理解。定位到so we call it “window panes”的前面一句，可知window panes是由棉花糖和巧克力的混合（colored marshmallows (棉花糖) and melts them together with chocolate），故选D。
5. B 本题是推测题。文章写的是作者想吃母亲做的巧克力，所以他期待冬天的到来（I know winter has arrived），故选B，其它答案文章并没有提及到。