Question

A man walked into a restaurant. The restaurant advertised it had the      menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish, no matter how      it was.

At the bottom of the      , there was a notice that said, “If you do not see the dish you need on this menu, please tell us and we will add it to the menu right away.”

The man      the menu and decided to make sure if it was true. He would order         that was very unusual.

When a waiter came up to take his order, he said, “You say you can serve any dish, even if it’s not on your longest menu in the world.”

“That is correct, sir. We are able to meet everyone’s requirements.”

“Well,” the man said, “bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears.      , not African.”

The waiter wrote down in his paper: Two Indian elephant ears on toast.

“Very good, sir,” he said. “That shouldn’t      long.”

The waiter walked away quickly.

The man was very surprised and rather disappointed.

Then he smiled      the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face.

“Ah!” the man said. “You can’t      it to me, can you?”

The waiter made an apology 道歉.

“I’m very sorry, sir, and this is the      embarrassing 令人为难的,” he said, “but I’m afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread.”

1.A. biggest         B. thickest         C. longest

2.A. unfair          B. unusual         C. beautiful

3.A. menu          B. dish            C. restaurant

4.A. looked for       B. looked after        C. looked at

5.A. anything        B. something       C. everything

6.A. American       B. Indian           C. Canadian

7.A. pay            B. cost             C. take

8.A. as             B. and              C. so

9.A. catch           B. take             C. bring

10.A. least          B. most            C. less

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.B

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.C

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文描述了一个发生在一家饭店的故事。这家饭店吹嘘说能做出菜单上没有的饭菜，结果一位好奇的顾客就开出了自己的菜单——夹两只大象耳朵的三明治。结果饭店做不出这道菜，不得不道歉。并辩解说，是因为面包用完了。

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2.

3.dish C. restaurant饭店。联系上文The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish,描述，可知此处指的是菜的底部，故选A，一道菜。

4.

5.A.任何东西；B. 一些东西；C.每件东西；结合语境可知，他要点些不同寻常的东西，故选B。

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7.……。 (2)pay for sth. 付……的钱。 (3)pay for sb. 替某人付钱。(4)pay sb. 付钱给某人。联系本句主语that，可知选C，那不用等太久。

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9.动词及语境的理解。A. catch 抓住； B. take 带走； C. bring带来。结合语境可知是不能带来的意思，故选C，带来。

10.形容词的最高级及语境理解。联系前文定冠词the，可知后面用形容词的最高级，least意思是最小的，故选B，最大的，这是最大的困难。