泽熙美文Cloze Test
Directions: In the following passage, there are 40 blanks representing the words that are missing from the contexts. You are to read the passage through before providing the missing word of each blank without looking at the Answer. Then, compare your Answers with the Answers provided and learn from the possible differences.
First Woman White House Head Chef Hired
Kitchen duties may have traditionally been viewed as women work, but not at the White House. Until now: Cristeta Comerford has been named executive chef.
After an extensive six-month search, first lady Laura Bush announced Sunday that Comerford was chosen from hundreds of applicants to head the executive kitchen. A naturalized U. S. citizen from the Philippines, she will be the first woman and first minority to hold the 1 .
The 42-year-old Comerford has been an 2 chef at the White House for 10 years. She worked under former executive 3 Walter Scheib III, who resigned in February.
Scheib said Sunday that 4 was hands down the best assistant he had in his 30-year career 5 is a wonderful choice to take over. He said she is a great 6 with an artistic eye and a calm demeanor that can 7 the pressure.
While 8 executive chef at the White House is prestigious, the job 9 can be grueling. Comerford will be in charge of whipping up (迅速计划，很快搞出) 10 from state dinners for world leaders to munchies 11 the commander in chief, his family and guests.
As many as 2,000 12 per month are fed at the White House. Mrs. Bush has 13 her intent to do more entertaining than in the first term, 14 festivities were taboo after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
Mrs. Bush has been 15 out finalists for the job, asking them to prepare test meals at 16 functions and private meals at the residence.
17 has a bachelor’s degree in Food Technology 18 the University of the Philippines. She has worked 19 Le Ciel in Vienna, Austria and at restaurants in two Washington 20 .
The head chef is responsible for designing and executing menus for state dinners, social events, holiday functions, receptions and official luncheons hosted by the president and first lady. The job pays around $80,000-$100,000 a year.
1.
正确答案：
post
[解析] 根据此文的主题，to hold的宾语无疑是the post。
2.
正确答案：
assistant
[解析] 下一句的to work under暗示此空应为assistant。
3.
正确答案：
chef
[解析] 填此空的参照有二：一是worked under，二是前一句。
4.
正确答案：
Comerford
[解析] 此文的主人翁是Comerford，而之后的语句也进一步证明此空的选择。
5.
正确答案：
and
[解析] 连词and常用来连接因果关系句，此处就更为明显。
6.
正确答案：
cook
[解析] cook是该文的主题词之一。
7.
正确答案：
handle
[解析] 仅根据此句的a calm demeanor that… the pressure“近语境”来判断，该空丢掉的无疑是个动词，而适合此语境的动词也只有handle一词了。
8.
正确答案：
being
[解析] 从语法角度分析，跟随while一词的一是动词的ing形式，二是个句子，而空后的chef暗示该空丢掉的是be动词的ing形式。
9.
正确答案：
also
[解析] 空前的prestigious和空后的grueling分明暗示此空应为also，此句的思维习惯和汉语的“既……也……”的习惯表示法吻合。
10.
正确答案：
everything
[解析] 此空之后的定语from…to…是最好的参照。
11.
正确答案：
for
[解析] 填此空丢掉的for应该是轻而易举，因为前面的for world leaders就是个参照。
12.
正确答案：
guests
[解析] cook或chef服务的对象无疑是guests。
13.
正确答案：
signaled
[解析] 此空丢掉的动词一目了然：signaled，indicated，expressed，gestured都适合该空的语境。
14.
正确答案：
when
[解析] 填补此空丢掉的when当为轻而易举。
15.
正确答案：
trying
[解析] 之后的宾语finalists for the job是个暗示，而能和out搭配又符合该空语境的有trying。
16.
正确答案：
special
[解析] 常用来修饰functions的词有special，important以及social等，而之后的private meals at the residence明显暗示该空应为special。
17.
正确答案：
Comerford
[解析] 这是个“复现词”，是该文的主题词。
18.
正确答案：
from
[解析] a degree from a university是常见的搭配。
19.
正确答案：
at
[解析] to work at或to work in也是常见的搭配。
20.
正确答案：
hotels
[解析] 该句所提供的at restaurants in two Washington明显暗示该空丢掉的是hotels。
