Question

I arrived in the UK last weekend to learn English. So far I have already made a few friends and had some traditional English food there. But after having three days of hamburgers, sandwiches and potatoes, I thought none could be more delicious than Chinese food, especially my favorite —huo guo. You can't imagine how excited I was when I got to know that there was going to be a free meal of hotpot to welcome the new students. On the way to the canteen, I seemed to smell huo guo in the air.

To my surprise, when I stepped into the room, I didn't see any sign of huo guo. Where was it?

With many questions in my head, I sat down to have the free meal. After talking with an English girl, I got to know that Chinese huo guo is completely different from hotpot. Chinese huo guo is written in two words-hot pot; and hotpot, one word, is a traditional English dish.

Hotpot is made from mutton and onion. On the top are pieces of potatoes. People put it in the oven all day in a heavy pot on a low heat. It takes very little effort to prepare. You can often see it at parties in the UK because it's easy to prepare for a large number of people and is not expensive.

Hotpot doesn't taste bad. However, I still miss huo guo-hot pot, two words!

1.The writer felt excited when she learnt she would _______.

A. learn English in the UK

B. meet some new friends

C. have hamburgers and potatoes

D. have her favorite food

2. The underlined word "canteen" means a place for people to _______.

A. play sports

B. have parties

C. have food and drink

D. buy books and magazines

3.Hotpot is often prepared for parties because it is_______.

A. very p opular              B. quite expensive 

C. easy to prepare           D. good for health

4.After the free meal, the writer learnt that_______.

A. "hotpot" wasn't "hot pot" 

B. hotpot took little time to cook

C. hotpot wasn't traditional in the UK

D. the English girl knew little about hotpot

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：该文介绍了中国的火锅完全不同于英国的火锅。中国的火锅是用两个词表达，而英国的火锅是用一个词表达，火锅是一个传统的英国菜。在英国，你可以在派对上看到它，因为它很容易准备，而且也不贵。

1.D细节理解题。根据第一段倒数第二句You can't imagine how excited I was when I got to know that there was going to be a free meal of hotpot可知作者在直到能够吃到火锅之后非常兴奋D项为有她最喜欢的食物，在原文第一段第三句话当中作者提到火锅是她最喜欢的食物，符合题意。其余三项与原文中没有对应的关系，都不符合题意。所以选D。

2.C词义猜测题。根据第一段第三句there was going to be a free meal of hotpot to welcome the new students. 和第四句On the way to the canteen, I seemed to smell huo guo in the air.可知作者要去吃火锅。由此推断canteen的意思是“吃饭的地方”所以选C。

3.C细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句You can often see it at parties in the UK because it's easy to prepare for a large number of people and is not expensive.可知火锅经常出现在派对上是因为它容易准备而且不是很贵。故C符合题意。A为很流行，B为相当昂贵；D为有利健康，军不符提议。所以选C。

4.细节理解题。根据第三段倒数第二句I got to know that Chinese huo guo is completely different from hotpot.可知作者发现hotpot与hot pot不是同一样东西。故A符合题意。其余三项未提及。所以选A。

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。