Passage 1

　　People who lived in towns and cities could easily refresh themselves in the hot summers just before the turn of the century. Coca-Cola had been invented in Alaonta the 1980s and it was for sale at thousands of drugstores and candy store soda fountains all over America. But people who lived in the country couldn’t easily go into town every time they wanted a Coca-cola or flavored soda water. So Joe Tiedemann at Vicksburg, Mississippi, candy store owner, decided soda should be taken out of the cities and into the country, where most Americans lived. He vegan to fill 10 1/2 ounce, wire-stoppered bottles with Coca –Cola, shipping them by wagon and boat to the small towns along the Mississippi River. His business grew quickly:the bottled coke was so popular that biedenharn was forced to move his bottling plant to a larger building. Luonically, the first bottling operation was viewed as a curiosity by the Coca-Cola company. Biedenharn sent then his first two cases, he was politely thanked and then just as politely ignored.

　　1.Why did Joe Biedenharn decide to ship Coca-Cola to the country?

　　A. Because there are too many shops selling Coca-Cola.

　　B. Because Coca-Cola is overproduced.

　　C. Those in the country do not have easy access to the Cola.

　　D. Joe Biedenharn wanted to do charity work.

　　答案：　C

　　考點(diǎn)：　該題是細(xì)節(jié)詢問(wèn)題.

　　解析：　本題提問(wèn)的是Joe Biedenharn 為什么決定把可口可樂運(yùn)送到鄉(xiāng)下.通過(guò)文章的前三句我們可以得知，上個(gè)世紀(jì)之交之前，住在城市里的或者鎮(zhèn)子里的人們?cè)谘谉岬南奶炜梢院壬弦槐�可樂�?lái)振作精神.發(fā)明于19世紀(jì)90年代的可口可樂在美國(guó)成千上萬(wàn)的雜貨店和糖果店都有銷售.但是，住在鄉(xiāng)下的人們每次想喝可樂或者蘇打水的時(shí)候，卻不是非常容易地就能到城里喝上一杯的.第四句話講到：因此，Joe Biedenharn決定把可樂帶到鄉(xiāng)下.這個(gè)題的關(guān)鍵詞是"so"，用它開頭，表明上面一句就是它的原因.所以本題答案為C.(在鄉(xiāng)下住的人不容易喝到可樂).

　　2. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

　　A. Coca-Cola was invented in Atlanta in the 1890s.

　　B. Joe Biedenharn first shipped his bottled Coca-Cola to Vicksberg Mississippi.

　　C. The wire-stoppered bottles didn’t preserve the Coca-Cola well.

　　D. At the time of Joe Biedenharn, Coca-Cola was an international company.

　　答案：　B

　　考點(diǎn)：　該題是判斷題，考的是通過(guò)對(duì)原文事實(shí)的理解，判斷所給的幾個(gè)選項(xiàng)哪一個(gè)正確.

　　解析：　本題提問(wèn)的是以下哪一個(gè)是符合原文的說(shuō)法.這個(gè)問(wèn)題的答案含于文章第四句和第五句;即Joe Biedenharn最早把把他的瓶裝可樂用貨車和船只沿著密西西比河運(yùn)到小鎮(zhèn)里.因此，我們可以得知，可口可樂是于19世紀(jì)90年代發(fā)明于Alaonta的，而不是發(fā)明于Atlanta的，所以，選項(xiàng)A不符合原文的內(nèi)容.選項(xiàng)C(以金屬絲作瓶蓋的瓶子不能很好保存可樂)并未在原文提起，所以也不能入選.選項(xiàng)D也不正確，因?yàn)楫?dāng)時(shí)是可口可樂公司成立伊始，在美國(guó)的鄉(xiāng)下都買不到，更不用說(shuō)它是一個(gè)國(guó)際公司了.由此可見，本題答案為B.

　　3. Which of the following can we infer from the passage?

　　A. The Coca-Cola company stole Joe Biededharn’s ideas.

　　B. Joe Biedenharn finally wint bankrupt because of poor management at his plant.

　　C. Joe Biedenharn eventually sold his business.

　　D. Joe Biedenharn business was very successful.

　　答案：　D

　　考點(diǎn)：　該題是一個(gè)判斷分析題，考的是通過(guò)對(duì)原文細(xì)節(jié)的掌握，找出哪一個(gè)選項(xiàng)可以從原文中推斷出來(lái).

　　解析：　本題提問(wèn)的是以下哪一個(gè)選項(xiàng)可以在原文中推斷出來(lái).由全文的倒數(shù)第二句我們可以看出，Joe Biedenharn的生意發(fā)展迅速，他的公司也就不得不從瓶裝廠移到一座大樓里，由此可見，選項(xiàng)D(Joe Biedenharn的生意非常成功)為本題的正確選項(xiàng).其他三個(gè)選項(xiàng)分別為：A(可口可樂公司偷竊了Joe Biedenharn的生意)，B(Joe Biedenharn的廠子終因經(jīng)營(yíng)不善而破產(chǎn))和C(Joe Biedenharn出售了他的商店).它們既沒在原文中提到，又沒有隱含在原文中，所以，都不能入選.

　　4. Which of the following is similar in meaning to the word “view” in the last sentence?

　　A. preview B. review C. seen D. rate

　　答案：　C

　　考點(diǎn)：　該題是一個(gè)詞匯題，考的是如何通過(guò)上下文確定詞義.

　　解析：　本題提問(wèn)的是最后一句話中的單詞"view"為何意.該詞所在句子的意思是：Biedenharn的第一次瓶子作業(yè)使可口可樂公司的人對(duì)此大為好奇，這真是太具有諷刺意義了.也就是說(shuō)，可口可樂公司的人用好奇的眼光看待這件事情.所以，選項(xiàng)C最符合上下文，困此是本題答案.

　　5. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

　　A. The Coca-Cola Company.

　　B. A Coca-Cola Story.

　　C. The Invention of coca-Cola.

　　D. The Origin of Coca-Cola Company.

　　答案：　B

　　考點(diǎn)：　該題是一個(gè)主旨題.

　　解析：　本題提問(wèn)的是本文最恰當(dāng)?shù)臉?biāo)題是哪一個(gè).回答這個(gè)問(wèn)題，我們需要把握文章的大體內(nèi)容.該篇文章講的是，可口可樂公司開始創(chuàng)建時(shí)鄉(xiāng)下人喝可樂難這個(gè)事實(shí)引發(fā)了Joe Biedenharn的新主意，即把可口可樂公司運(yùn)到鄉(xiāng)下.實(shí)踐證明，他的這一舉動(dòng)是成功的.這是一個(gè)關(guān)于可口可樂的故事，所以，最恰當(dāng)?shù)念}目應(yīng)該是B.