十一、阅读短文,完成下列各题。(12分)
Autumn is here. You may find many people on the street wearing brown clothes. This is a fashion trend(流行趋势) in autumn. It’s called “Maillard(美拉德) style”. This dressing style gets ideas from cooking. When your mum or dad is cooking steaks, the steak gets from red to brown. In 1912, a French scientist Maillard found(发现) the reason behind the change. People named this brown colour after the scientist. The brown colour not only makes your skin prominent(突出的), but also makes you mature and steady(成熟且稳重).
(一)阅读短文,选择正确的答案。(9分)
()1. Maillard is popular in ____.
A. spring B. summer C. autumn
()2. Maillard is from ____.
A. the steak B. dad C. mum
()3. Who found the Maillard?
A. A German scientist. B. A Japanese scientist. C. A French scientist.
(二)新考法 开放式谈颜色 阅读短文,回答下列问题。(3分)
What is your favourite colour?
______

(一)1~3 C A C。1. 解析 由文中“This is a fashion trend in autumn. It’s called Maillard style.”可知,美拉德是秋天的流行颜色,故选 C。3. 解析 由文中“In 1912, a French scientist Maillard found the reason behind the change. People named this brown colour after the scientist.”可知,1912 年,法国科学家美拉德发现了这种变化背后的原因,人们以这位科学家的名字命名这种棕色,故选 C。(二)My favourite colour is green. (答案不唯一)

思维题 十二、单项选择。(10分)

()Coco’s friend is such a big mouth and always telling others everything. What’s the meaning of “a big mouth” here?

B。解析 题意:Coco 的朋友是个大嘴巴,她总是告诉别人所有事情。请问句中的“a big mouth”是什么意思。由题可知,这里的“a big mouth”并不是指字面意思,因此选 B。