Question

Feeding a crowd of hundreds doesn’t make Kenny Seals-Nutt nervous.
In fact, he thrives in the kitchen. He’s in his perfect place when dicing tomatoes, making salads and baking cakes.
By the time Kenny, 16, reached his third year of high school at Hickory Grove, North Carolina, US, he had become vice president of his school’s cooking club. He also opened his own food company, called Modern Fusion.
Kenny said he developed his love of cooking by watching his mother, and his grandmother, who owned a catering (飲食業) business herself. Kenny helped them both in order to remember their tips: how long to cook chicken so it stays wet, and the right amount of tomatoes to add to a spaghetti dish.
At the age of 5, he cooked his first dish of shrimp and broccoli. Taking it for his school lunch, he warmed it up in the school’s microwave, while the other kids ate their sandwiches.
“I love to eat, and it started to become more fun to cook than to use a microwave,” he said.
Cooking came easy to Kenny, and he enjoyed adding new ingredients into common dishes. “It started with a passion (熱情) and I wanted to know more,” he said. He began to watch the Food Network and read chef blogs.
Last summer, Kenny put his skills to the test by working with his grandmother to cater his uncle’s wedding. While she cooked traditional dishes, Kenny wanted to add new to the expected flavors (風味).
Now Kenny spends his weekends catering his own events: weddings, birthday parties, baby showers. Kenny’s dishes are always a hit.
Chef Frederick Mookie Hicks, owner of a catering business, said Kenny’s success comes from his ability to multitask in the kitchen. Hicks said he has asked Kenny to cook with him on jobs three times now, and he presents Kenny as a positive example of a passionate chef to the students in his cooking classes.
“He’s so vigorous (精神飽滿的) about cooking that he doesn’t let anything stop him,” Hicks said. “I knew in the first five minutes of working with the kid that he is something special.”

1. 1.
   How is Kenny different from other students?
   1. A.
      He opened a cooking club in his high school
   2. B.
      He is famous on the Food Network
   3. C.
      He owned a food company at 16
   4. D.
      He loves to multi-task
2. 2.
   What does the underlined word “thrives” probably mean?
   1. A.
      works energetic
   2. B.
      grows fast
   3. C.
      learns quickly
   4. D.
      makes progress
3. 3.
   Which of the following best describes Kenny’s cooking?
   1. A.
      Traditional
   2. B.
      Creative
   3. C.
      Simple
   4. D.
      Strange
4. 4.
   We can conclude from the article that ______
   1. A.
      Kenny proved himself by catering his uncle’s wedding alone
   2. B.
      Kenny likes to follow his mother’s recipe when cooking
   3. C.
      Kenny was able to cook his first dish in primary school
   4. D.
      Kenny’s success in cooking has a lot to do with his family

Answer 1

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試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹一個十六歲的男孩肯尼是如何創建了自己的是食品公司，并詳細的描述了他的性格愛好，告訴我們，有時成功是和性格愛好有很大關系的。
1.根據He also opened his own food company, called Modern Fusion.及短文描述，可知肯尼與其它學生的不同之處是僅僅十六歲，就擁有了自己的食品公司。故選C。
2.聯系下文，He’s in his perfect place when dicing tomatoes, making salads and baking cakes.可知他積極的投入到這些工作中，故選A。
3.通過閱讀短文可知肯尼喜歡在食品中加入新的風味，故選B，創造性的。
4.根據Kenny said he developed his love of cooking by watching his mother, and his grandmother, who owned a catering (飲食業) business herself.可知她的母親也是飲食方面的成功者，故他在飲食業的成功與他的家庭有很大的關系。選D。
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