Question

Last year I went to America and stayed there with an American family for two months.

As is said, “the best house is in America, the best wife is in Japan, and the best food is in China.” So I ______ pride and felt pleased to ______ “the best food” for my American family. Each day, regardless of my poor skill of cooking, I would do something in ______ way: changing the dishes’ color, the meat’s type or the soup’s style. Thus, my American friends could discover the ______ of eating Chinese food. Because of my “______” job, I was often rewarded by their ______ of thanks such as “very delicious”, “excellent”, etc.

But something funny happened yesterday when I cooked Sichuan style ______ for dinner. I was ______ with my work.

When the whole family sat round the table, they first looked ______ at the fish, then looked at me. “______ do all the fishes have their heads?” they asked, “It’s terrible!”

Beautiful or terrible? I can’t understand. But I ______ know that fish heads are delicious. The ______ is the best part of fish; in ______ only the important guest can have the ______ of enjoying it.

Another ______ thing is: the American friends often said to me “______” as they brought home fruits or other things. ______ Chinese tradition I would simply smile in answer to their kindness ______ actually helping myself to any of the food. ______ , I said “help yourself” to them whenever I brought home fruits. Dear me! No matter how much or how often I brought home food, as long as it was nice to their taste, they ______ hesitated (犹豫) to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished.

1.A. took    B. shared    C. held    D. had

2.A. leave    B. fetch    C. cook    D. buy

3.A. a simple    B. a new    C. the same    D. their

4.A. importance    B. joy    C. trouble    D. way

5.A. new    B. daily    C. good    D. hard

6.A. smile    B. flowers    C. expressions    D. talk

7.A. egg    B. fish    C. soup    D. meat

8.A. surprised    B. pleased    C. good    D. praised

9.A. worriedly    B. excitedly    C. surprisedly    D. happily

10.A. Why    B. When    C. How    D. Where

11.A. should    B. will    C. can    D. do

12.A. flesh    B. head    C. soup    D. tail

13.A. the West    B. China    C. USA    D. fact

14.A. honor    B. mood    C. belief    D. permit

15.A. easy    B. exciting    C. interesting    D. alternative

16.A. eat them please    B. please help us    C. help yourself    D. excuse me

17.A. According to    B. Instead of    C. More than    D. In spite of

18.A. nor    B. but not    C. without    D. not

19.A. In return    B. Above all    C. After all    D. At last

20.A. had    B. often    C. never    D. usual

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.C

7.B

8.B

9.C

10.A

11.D

12.B

13.B

14.A

15.C

16.C

17.A

18.C

19.A

20.C

【解析】试题分析：本文作者通过讲述自己住在美国家庭里的经历，讲述不同文化的碰撞与差异，导致不同的国家人们理解不同，行事不同。

1.考查动词辨析。take带走；share分享；hold拿，握；have有，使。take pride in sth.意为“以……为傲，为……感到自豪”。根据上文the best food is in China可推断作者为他的美国家庭烹饪食物，对此他感到骄傲和快乐。故选A。

2.考查动词辨析。leave离开；fetch去取，去拿；cook烹饪；buy买。由下文中的空格后的the best food可知，作者为他的美国家庭烹饪食物。故选C。

3.考查形容词辨析。simple简单的；new新的；the same同样的；their他们的。由下文changing the dishes’ color, the meat’s type or the soup’s style作者改变饭菜的颜色，汤的类型可知，作者采用了新的烹饪方式。故选B。

4.考查名词辨析。importance重要(性)；joy高兴；乐趣；trouble麻烦；way方式。由句首的Thus结合语境可知，作者的美国朋友发现了吃中国食物的乐趣。故选B。

5.考查形容词辨析。new新的；daily日常的；good好的；hard艰难的。由上文可知，美国朋友感觉作者做的饭菜好吃，故选C。

6.考查名词辨析。smile微笑；flower花；expression表达，表情；talk谈话。由语境可知，vey delicious和excellent是表示感谢的表达。故选C。

7.考查名词辨析。egg鸡蛋；fish鱼；soup汤；meat肉。根据下文提到的the fish可知，作者做了四川风格的鱼。故选B。

8.考查形容词辨析。surprised惊讶的；pleased高兴的，满意的；good好的；praised被称赞的。由语境可知，作者对自己做的鱼非常满意。故选B。

9.考查副词辨析。worriedly担心地；excitedly兴奋地；surprisedly惊讶地；happily高兴地，快乐地。由下文美国朋友的提问可知，他们对于所有的鱼只有鱼头感到很惊讶。故选C。

10.考查名词辨析。A. Why为什么？B. When什么时候？C. How如何？D. Where 在哪里？根据下文美国人说的“It’s terrible!”可推断，美国人吃惊地问：为什么所有的鱼只有鱼头？太可怕了。故选A。

11.考查动词辨析。should应该；will表示意愿；can表示许可或能力；do“的确”表示强调。根据语境可知，是美丽呢还是可怕呢？作者不明白。但是不管是美丽还是可怕，作者的确知道鱼头非常好吃。故选D。

12.考查名词辨析。flesh肉；head头；soup汤；tail尾巴。由下文only the important guest can have the ___14___ of enjoying it可知，只有最重要的客人才有享受鱼头的荣誉。故可推知，鱼头是鱼身上最好的部分。故选B。

13.考查名词辨析。the West西方；China中国；USA美国；fact事实。由语境可知，作者是中国人。故在中国，只有重要的客人才有吃鱼头的荣誉。故选B。

14.考查名词词义辨析。honor荣誉；mood情绪；belief信仰；permit许可证；执照。解析同上，在中国，只有重要的客人才有吃鱼头的荣誉。故选A。

15.考查形容词辨析。easy容易的；exciting令人兴奋的；interesting有趣的；alternative供选择的。由上文中的something funny happened yesterday和该空前面的another可知，作者又讲述了另一件有趣的事情。故选C。

16.考查动词短语辨析。eat them please请吃；please help us请帮助我们；help yourself随便吃，别客气；excuse me对不起。由下文helping myself to any of the food可知，作者的朋友们经常对作者说help yourself。故选C。

17.考查介词短语辨析。According to根据；Instead of 代替；More than多于；In spite of尽管。由语境可知，根据中国传统，作者只是对美国朋友的好意报以微笑但实际上并不吃这些食物。故选A。

18.考查介词、副词辨析。nor也不；but not但是不；without没有；not不。解析同上。根据中国传统，作者只是对美国朋友的好意报以微笑但实际上并不吃这些食物。空格后是动名词，not后接动词，nor是副词也不合适，故空格处用介词without。故选C。

19.考查短语辨析。in return作为回报；above all首先，最重要的是；after all毕竟，终究；at last最后，最终。由语境可知，作为对朋友们好意的回报，当作者带来水果的时候，作者也总是会对朋友们说“help yourself”。故选A。

20.考查副词辨析。had有； often经常；never从不；usual通常的。由语境可知，美国朋友们对于作者的邀请从来不犹豫。他们会将水果全都吃完。故选C。