Question

    For foreigners in China, food isn't simply a meal. It's sometimes a _________. I often fail to order the right food and use chopsticks _________  when I sit down in a restaurant.

Because not every dish has a picture on the menu, ordering food becomes a game. My father and I often _________ what kinds of vegetables or meat we're eating. In one of our favourite Sichuan restaurants, three waiters spent 15 minutes taking our order for _________. I simply wanted water, but my father wanted to try one of the fresh juices listed on the menu. There were two _______, however. There were neither pictures nor English on the menu. Finally, he just ordered a Coca Cola.

One of our most embarrassing experiences was at a famous restaurant. It was always _________, so we thought it might be a good one to visit. We had the most difficult time ordering our meal, since there were so many _______. Luckily, the waiter in the restaurant was rather patient and finally _________ us. During the dinner, noodles slipped through my chopsticks onto the table lots of times. I tried to pick up a dumpling for my father, but I dropped it on his shorts. I looked _________ and people were laughing about my chopstick skills.

No matter how difficult it was for us to understand the menu, the waiters always had a understanding of our ____________. They were always patient, even when they realized they had to clean up the noodles that had slipped through my chopsticks.

1.A.surprise B.challenge C.prize D.miss

2.A.quickly B.correctly C.safely D.carelessly

3.A.explain B.report C.guess D.fear

4.A.drinks B.fruit C.vegetables D.salad

5.A.programmes B.directions C.instructions D.problems

6.A.noisy B.peaceful C.crowded D.empty

7.A.choices B.changes C.channels D.chances

8.A.reminded B.accepted C.mistook D.understood

9.A.through B.around C.after D.over

10.A.culture B.habit C.situation D.shame

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.C

4.A

5.D

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

【解析】

本文讲述了作者和父亲是外国人，在中国餐馆里点菜所遇到的困难。餐馆里的服务员非常有耐心，最终帮助他们点了食物和饮料。

1.句意：有时这是一个挑战。

A. surprise惊讶，B. challenge挑战，C. prize奖品，D. miss小姐。根据后文的“I often fail to order the right food and use chopsticks”可知，不会点菜，也不会用筷子，因此这是一件困难的事，故选B。

2.句意：当我在餐馆坐下的时候，我经常不能正确地点对食物和正确地用筷子。

A. quickly迅速地，B. correctly正确地，C. safely安全地；D. carelessly粗心地。根据“often fail to order the right food”可知，不会点食物，因此表示也不会正确地使用筷子，故选B。

3.句意：我和爸爸经常猜我们吃的是什么蔬菜或肉。

A. explain解释，B. report报道，C. guess猜测，D. fear害怕。根据前文的“Because not every dish has a picture on the menu, ordering food becomes a game.”可知，菜单上的菜没有照片，因此点菜成了一种游戏，因此只能猜测点的是什么食物。故选C。

4.句意：在我们最喜欢的一家四川餐馆里，三名服务员花了15分钟为我们点饮料。

A. drinks饮料，B. fruit水果，C. vegetables蔬菜，D. salad沙拉。根据后文的“I simply wanted water, but my father wanted to try one of the fresh juices listed on the menu.”可知，此处表示饮料，故选A。

5.句意：然而，有两个问题。

A. programmes节目，B. directions方向，C. instructions说明书，D. problems问题。根据后文的“There were neither pictures nor English on the menu.”可知，菜单上既没有照片，也没有英文，因此这是两个问题。故选D。

6.句意：那里总是挤满了人，所以我们想那可能是一个值得去的好地方。

A. noisy喧嚣的，B. peaceful和平的，C. crowded拥挤的，D. empty空的。根据“so we thought it might be a good one to visit.”可知，认为是值得去的好地方，因此表示这家餐馆人多，拥挤，故选C。

7.句意：我们经历了最困难的点餐，因为有那么多的选择。

A. choices选择，B. changes变化，C. channels频道，D. chances机会。根据“We had the most difficult time ordering our meal”可知，我们点菜有困难，因此表示菜的选择太多了。故选A。

8.句意：幸运的是，餐厅的服务员很有耐心，最终理解了我们。

A. reminded提醒，B. accepted接受，C. mistook弄错，误解，D. understood理解。根据后文的“During the dinner, noodles slipped through my chopsticks onto the table lots of times.”可知，我们点了面条，因此表示餐馆里的服务员听明白了我们的话，故选D。

9.句意：我环顾四周，人们都在嘲笑我的筷子技术。

A. through通过，B. around围绕，C. after在……之后，D. over在……上面，look through浏览，look around环视，look after照顾，look over俯视。根据“people were laughing about my chopstick skills.”可知，人们在嘲笑，因此表示他们向四周看，看到的情况，故选B。

10.句意：无论我们多么难以理解菜单上的内容，服务员总是能理解我们的处境。

A. culture文化，B. habit习惯，C. situation形势，D. shame羞耻，羞愧。根据后文的“They were always patient, even when they realized they had to clean up the noodles that had slipped through my chopsticks.”可知，此处表示他们非常有耐心，因此明白我们的情况。故选C。