Question

Besides chopsticks vs. knives and forks, there are more differences between Chinese and western dinning.

Cooking methods

While westerners boil, fry roast and bake, Chinese use more methods of cooking, like frying, stewing, boiling and steaming. Besides, Chinese cooks cut everything into small pieces, so people don't need knives to cut it but just pick up their food with chopsticks. Westerners cook food in big pieces and serve it with knives and forks for cutting it up.

Ingredients and spices

Chinese dishes use many ingredients seldom seen in western cooking, like animal feet, ears, tongues and so on. Chinese usually use animal or peanut oil to fry food; westerners use more butter and olive oil. Chinese cooks like to add spices when cooking, like ginger, pepper, garlic, etc. Western cooks usually use pepper powder, mustard（芥末）, and tomato ketchup（番茄酱）, etc.

Serving the dishes

On the western table, vegetable soup or salad is usually served as the starter, then the main course includes beef, chicken or fish. After the main course, normally some sweet food is served, which can be ice cream, cakes, fruits, etc.

On the Chinese table, the cold dishes and drinking are first. After that, kinds of meat and vegetable dishes are served, to be followed by soup. Then Chinese usually have rice, noodles or dumplings as main course. At last, Chinese like having fresh fruit such as watermelons and pears after meal. That can make one feel fresh and cool in his mouth and stomach.

Placing the dishes

In western dinner, dishes are served in each person's own plate. So each person uses a big plate. In China, dishes are served at the middle of the table for all to share, and each person uses a small plate in front of him or her to hold the food.

1.How many differences are mentioned between Chinese and Western dinning?

A.Three. B.Four. C.Five. D.Six.

2.As western cooks, they don't ____________________.

A.cut bones into pieces and cook

B.use olive oil to fry the whole fish

C.use mustard and tomato ketchup in cooking

D.serve the dishes in each person's own plate

3.What's the right order of serving the dishes in western dinner?

A.Vegetable soup, beef or fish, cake or fruit.

B.Cold dishes, meat dishes, noodles, fruit

C.Salad, vegetable dishes, soup, fruit.

D.Cold dishes, chicken, vegetable soup, ice cream.

4.Which statement is NOT true about the main course?

A.The main course is served before fruits both in China and West.

B.The western main course includes beef, chicken or fish.

C.Meat and vegetable dishes are the main course in China.

D.Chinese have rice, noodles or dumplings as main course.

5.What's the main idea of the passage?

A.China has more cooking methods than western countries.

B.Chinese dinning is different from Western dinning in some ways.

C.Chinese dinning is healthier than that in western countries.

D.Chinese dishes are more popular than western dishes.

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.A

4.C

5.B

【解析】

这篇短文介绍了中餐和西餐除了用餐工具的不同外，在烹调方式、配料、上菜顺序等方面也是不同的。

1.细节理解题。根据短文介绍“Besides chopsticks vs. knives and forks,”及“Cooking methods”“Ingredients and spices” “Serving the dishes” “Placing the dishes”可知中西方在用餐工具、烹饪方法、配料和香料、上菜、摆盘五个方面不同，故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据 “Westerners cook food in big pieces”可知西方厨师大块烹饪食物，不切成小块；根据“westerners use more butter and olive oil.”可知西方人用橄榄油煎炸食物；根据“Western cooks usually use pepper powder, mustard（芥末）, and tomato ketchup（番茄酱）”可知西方厨师使用番茄酱和芥末；根据“In western dinner, dishes are served in each person's own plate”可知西方把菜放在每个人自己的盘子里。根据题干要求，故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据“On the western table, vegetable soup or salad is usually served as the starter, then the main course includes beef, chicken or fish. After the main course, normally some sweet food is served”可知西方上菜顺序为：蔬菜汤或者沙拉，主食包括牛肉，鸡肉或者鱼， 甜食，结合选项，可知A项符合这一顺序，故选A。

4.细节理解题。根据Serving the dishes介绍可知吃饭时西方和中国在主食后上水果，即主食在水果前上，故填A正确；根据“then the main course includes beef, chicken or fish.”可知西方主食包括牛肉，鸡肉和鱼，故B正确；根据“Then Chinese usually have rice, noodles or dumplings as main course.”可知中国的主食有米饭，面条和饺子，故C错误，D正确。根据题干要求，故选C。

5.主旨大意题。根据这篇短文介绍了中餐和西餐除了用餐工具的不同外，在烹调方式、配料、上菜顺序等方面也是不同的，故选B。