单选题
Making good coffee is not a simple business. Coffee bushes must be grown in shade. A hillside is best--but it mustn't be too (1) . After three years, the bushes will start to (2) bright-red coffee "cherries", which are picked, processed to (3) the inner part, and spread out to dry for days, (4) on concrete. They are (5) again to separate the bean, which needs to rest, preferably for a few months. Only then can it be roasted, ground and brewed (6) the stuff that dreams are suppressed with. In Mexico and parts of Central America, (7) in Colombia, most coffee farmers are smallholders. They found it especially hard to (8) the recent fall in the coffee price. The (9) of their income makes it hard for farmers to invest to (10) their crop, says Fernando Celis. The fall forced many small farmers to (11) other crops, or migrate to cities. For farmers, one way out of this (12) is to separate the price they are paid (13) the international commodities markets. This is the (14) of Fair-trade, an organization which certifies products as "responsibly" sourced. Fair-trade determines at what price farmers make what it considers a (15) profit. Its current (16) is that the appropriate figure is 10% above the market price. (17) , sales of Fair-trade-certified coffee have increased from $ 22. 5m per year to $ 87m per year since 1998. This is still a tiny fraction of the overall world coffee trade, worth $10 billion (18) But there are plenty of other markets for high-quality coffee. Some small producers can (19) more by marketing their coffee as organic or "bird-friendly" because, unlike large, mechanized plantations, they have (20) shade trees.
单选题
[A] steep [B] high [C] big [D] wide
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 对a hillside is best 和 but引导的从句之间的语义逻辑关系的正确理解。 [深层剖析] 本题重在上下文语义逻辑。上文说咖啡树最好种在山坡上,破折号后面对其进行补充解释,句中的it即是指hillside“山坡”,山坡的修饰语一般有“平缓的”和“陡峭的”,选项中符合的是[A]steep“陡的,陡峭的”。 [主干扰项分析] [B]high一般指山的高度,即有多高,而steep则是指山的坡度,即有多陡。 [次干扰项分析] [D]wide一般指宽度;[C]big一般指大小。
单选题
[A] make [B] form [C] produce [D] manufacture
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 对the bushes 和 bright-red coffee“cherries”的逻辑理解。 [深层剖析] 本句意思是咖啡树生长三年后才结果,本题考查的就是“结(果)”这个词,选项[C]produce意为create sth.by growing“结(果实)”,强调过程;如:He worked hard to produce good crops from poor soil.他辛勤耕作,为使贫瘠的土地上长出好庄稼。符合题意。 [主干扰项分析] [B]form“形成”与句意也比较搭配,但它更侧重于指形状上的形成,即“成形”。 [次干扰项分析] [D]manufacture侧重于机器制造,而不是自然生长;[A]make也是指人为地制成。
【答案解析】[直击题眼] separate the bean。 [深层剖析] 本题考查对上下文的理解。由上下文可知,要分离出咖啡豆(separate the bean)必须经过磨制这一个过程,此处应填入有“磨制”之意的词,故选[A]milled。 [主干扰项分析] [C]burst和[D]cracked均为“破裂、爆裂”之意,不符合题意。 [次干扰项分析] [B]broken“打破”可以直接排除。
单选题
[A] on [B] up [C] of [D] into
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[直击题眼] brew的正确理解。 [深层剖析] brew的意思是“酿造、酝酿”,这里的意思是对咖啡豆进行发酵,[D]into强调经过发酵后的结果,符合题意,故入选。 [主干扰项分析] brew up的意思是prepare a drink of tea“泡茶”,故[B]不合题意。 [次干扰项分析] [A]on和[C]of可以直接排除。
单选题
[A] face up with [B] deal with [C] come up with [D] bring with
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 对整句话的理解和动词搭配。 [深层剖析] 句意为“他们发现特别难以______最近咖啡价格的下降”,[B]deal with意为“处理”;如: You dealt with an awkward situation very tactfully. 你很巧妙地处理了一个困难的局面。符合题意。 [主干扰项分析] [A]face up with搭配错误,应该是face up to“勇敢面对”;[C]come up with“提出,拿出”,常搭配“意见、方案”等,与后文不搭配。 [次干扰项分析] [D]bring with搭配错误。
【答案解析】[直击题眼] their income。 [深层剖析] [C]volatility的意思是likelihood to change suddenly and unexpectedly or suddenly become violent or angry“易变、变化无常、不稳定”,符合题意。 [主干扰项分析] [A]mobility“流动性”具有一定的迷惑性,但没有[C]volatility生动。[B]shortage意思是“缺乏、缺少”,虽然填进去也行,但没有突出咖啡种植户收入的不稳定性。 [次干扰项分析] [D]regularity的意思是“规则,均匀”,与题意不符。
单选题
[A] move to [B] turn to [C] come to [D] switch to
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 对上下文语义的理解和动词搭配。 [深层剖析] 上文讲述农民们种植咖啡豆及生产咖啡豆的过程,后来咖啡价格下滑,人们单靠种植咖啡难以为继,下文说种植其他庄稼,可见这是一个改变,需填入有改变之意的词(组),[D]switch to的意思是 (cause sth.to)shift or change,esp.suddenly“转到,转变成”,符合题意。 [主干扰项分析] [B]turn to的意思是(cause sb./sth.to)pass from one condition or state to another one“转向,变成”,如:Water turns to ice when it freezes.水凝固后就变成了冰。不够贴切。 [次干扰项分析] [A]move to的意思是change residence“移动,迁居”;[C]come to的意思是amount to或be equal to“达到”,不符合题意。
单选题
[A] situation [B] problem [C] dilemma [D] matter
单选题
[A] However [B] Around [C] In fact [D] Worldwide
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 下一句中的This is still only a tiny fraction of the overall world coffee trade;上下文逻辑。 [深层剖析] 从下一句中可以推出“公平贸易”认证的咖啡销量是指整个世界范围内的销售量,[D]Worldwide“遍及全球地”,符合题意。 [主干扰项分析] [C]In fact具有很大的迷惑性,虽然也说得通,但没有[D]那样前后呼应;另外,这一句没有转折的意思,故[A]However也不正确。 [次干扰项分析] [B]Around不符合题意。
单选题
[A] annually [B] usually [C] mainly [D] entirely
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 上一句中的sales of Fair-trade-certified coffee have increased from $ 22.5m per year to $ 87m per year since 1998。 [深层剖析] 根据上一句中的per year可以推出此处也应该填入一个表示“每年的”意思的词,[A]annually“每年地,年度地,一年一次地”,符合题意。 [主干扰项分析] [B]usually强调的是经常性的情况,所以排除。 [次干扰项分析] [C]mainly“主要地”和[D]entirely“完全地”,均不符合题意。
单选题
[A] cost [B] apply [C] charge [D] take
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[直击题眼] some small producers及上下文语义。 [深层剖析] [A],[C],[D]都有“花费”的意思,但它们的用法不同,[C]charge“要价,收费”,用法是sb. charge...或charge sb.…,既符合题意又符合此处用法。 [主干扰项分析] [A]cost的用法是sth.cost;[D]take的用法是it takes sb.some time to do sth.,所以均排除。 [次干扰项分析] [B]apply“申请,应用”,不符合题意。
【答案解析】[直击题眼] 整句话的理解。 [深层剖析] 这句话描写了这类咖啡有别于大规模、机械化种植出来的咖啡,属于另外一类。[C]retained的原意是to keep or continue to have sth.“保持或保留(某物)”,符合题意。 [主干扰项分析] [A]revealed的意思是“显示(某物)”,不符合题意,排除。 [次干扰项分析] [B]retracted“撤回,收回”和[D]reshaped“改造,再成形”,均不符合题意。