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 correctly when I sit down in a restaurant.
Because not every dish has a picture on the menu, food becomes a guessing game. My father and I often what kind of vegetables or meat we’re eating. In one of our favourite Sichuan restaurants, it took three waiters 15 minutes to take 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(令人尴尬的) experiences was at a famous restaurant. It was always , so we thought it might be a good restaurant to visit. We had the most difficult time ordering our meal, since there were so many choices. Luckily, the waiter was very and successfully understood us. During the dinner, noodles slipped(滑落) through my chopsticks onto the table lots of times. Once, I tried to pick up a dumpling for my father, but I it on his shorts. We both looked at it as it fell to the floor. I looked behind me and people were about my chopsticks skills.
No matter how difficult it is for us to understand the menu, the waiters are always very understanding of our . They always give us good service, even when they realize they have to clean up the noodles that have slipped through my chopsticks.
A．surprise B．challenge C．prize D．mistake
A．cooking B．selling C．sending D．ordering
A．fear B．report C．explain D．guess
A．dessert B．fruit C．drinks D．vegetables
A．problems B．inventions C．chances D．directions
A．noisy B．peaceful C．crowded D．empty
A．honest B．patient C．proud D．brave
A．ate B．dropped C．prepared D．got
A．laughing B．thinking C．arguing D．learning
A．culture B．habit C．conversation D．Situation
After supper Mrs. Bell felt hot and came out of the hotel. She got to 1a week ago. She liked the city and went traveling there for 2first time. Now she was walking along a quiet street when she saw a man working in a garden. She 3to watch him carefully. The old man worked 4and she was sure he was an able gardener. She liked to see him.
“I have a garden, too.” The woman said to herself. “ I 5such a gardener. Why don’t you bring one to America?”
So she went into the garden and said she would pay him much if he 6to go to America with her.
“ I’ll pay for your fare(费用), too.” said the woman. “ You’ll be able to get 7soon in my country, I think.”
“ Thanks a lot,” said the old man, “but it’s 8that I already have another position（职位）. I can’t give it up. I’ll have to work for you9they elect(选举) me next time.”
“Oh?” the woman said in surprise. “ 10are you, then?”
“The president of France.”A. Toronto B. Paris C. Moscow
A. a B. / C. the
A. ended B. went on C. stopped
A. slowly B. hard C. badly
A. need B. hope C. hate
A. disliked B. agreed C. believed
A. lonely B. happy C. rich
A. glad B. unlucky C. lucky
A. until B. unless C. if
A. Whose B. How C. What
完形填空（本题共10小题，每小题2分，共20分）
Once a man wanted to go 1 one side of a river to 2 in a boat. He 3 take 4 him a sheep, a wolf and a basket of vegetables. But he could take only one of them 5 , because the boat was very 6 . “If I 7 the wolf and the sheep together, the wolf may eat the sheep,” he said to 8 .“If I leave the sheep and the vegetables together, the sheep may eat the vegetables.” He thought and thought. At last, he had an idea. And he 9 able to get to the other side of the river with the sheep, the wolf, and the vegetables. Do you know 10 ?
A．on B．in C．from D．with
A．another B．the other C．others D．other
A．had to B．has to C．have to D．must
A．after B．with C．about D．up
A．once a time B．at time C．in time D．at a time
A．large B．big C．small D．beautiful
A．will leave B．left C．leave D．have left
A．oneself B．myself C．itself D．himself
A．was B．is C．be D．can
A．how did he it B．what did he it C．how did he do it D．how he did it
Li Lin is a good friend of mine. I go to 1home for dinner. Zhang Tao and Wang Dong62in his home, too. We 3a good dinner. There is (有) 4meat, chicken, fish, milk and vegetables 5the desk. And there is some rice, noodles, cakes, water and tea on it, 6. We like 7very much. Li Lin and I like 8meat, fish, vegetables, noodles and cakes. Zhang Tao and Wang Dong like to eat chicken, fish and 9. They are really (确实地) nice. 10are very happy.A. him B. he C. his
A. are B. is C. am
A. has B. have C. is
A. lot B. many C. some
A. in B. on C. at
A. and B. so C. too
A. them B. they C. their
A. to have B. have C. has
A. rice B. ricesC. a rice
A. Us B. OurC. We
完型填空
On Sunday morning, I usually get up very late. I wash my face and then go out to do morning exercises. It is about 8.20 a. m. After I eat my __1__, I often go to a shopping centre __2__ my mother. The shopping centre is __3__ our home, so we walk ___4____. It takes us about 20 minutes to get there on foot. The shopping centre has a good __5__. It is called “阳光购物中心” in Chinese. It doesn’t have an __6__ name. Can you __7___ it in English? It is new __8__ big. __9__ many things there, such as TVs, fridges, bikes, computers, clothes, books, food and drinks. There are many __10__ there. There are men and women, old and __11__. Parents must __12__ their children. The shopping centre is so big. Young children may get lost (迷失) in it. __13_ do many people come here to buy things? Do you know? Let me tell you. The things there are usually good and __14__. The workers there are always nice and friendly. If you come to my home, I can take __15__ there and have a look.
A．breakfast B．lunch C．supper D．dinner
A．for B．to C．with D．of
A．near B．into C．at D．from
A．it B．there C．to there D．the centre
A．flower B．place C．name D．room
A．old B．big C．English D．French
A．say B．speak C．talk D．tell
A．but B．with C．and D．or
A．There is B．There are C．They are D．They're
A．students B．people C．children D．teachers
A．tall B．short C．young D．small
A．look after B．look for C．look at D．look like
A．What B．Who C．Why D．When
A．expensive B．cheap C．big D．new
A．you B．them C．him D．her
完形填空（共15小题；每小题1分，计15分）
There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially（尤其） the younger one, Ben, because he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class played jokes on him because he seemed so 1 . The mother 2 that she would help her sons to do 3 in school by herself. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to 4 a book a week and do a book report for her.
One day, in Ben’s class, the teacher held up a rock and asked 5 anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him 6 . “Why did Ben raise his hand?” all of his.
7 whispered and wondered. “He 8 said anything. What could he possibly want to say?” To their surprise, Ben not only 9 the rock, but also said a lot about it. He 10 other rocks in its group and even knew 11 the teacher had found it. The teacher and the other students were 12 . Ben had learned this from doing one of his book 13 .
Later Ben became the 14 student of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and 15 became one of the best doctors in the United States.
A．clever B．difficult C．slow D．quick
A．seemed B．decided C．wondered D．told
A．well B．bad C．right D．good
A．see B．find C．read D．buy
A．that B．if C．how D．why
A．think B．leave C．ask D．answer
A．classmates B．students C．teachers D．friends
A．always B．ever C．sometimes D．never
A．found B．played C．knew D．heard
A．said B．told C．called D．named
A．whether B．what C．where D．why
A．afraid B．amazed C．worried D．unhappy
A．pictures B．exercises C．shops D．reports
A．top B．slow C．low D．rich
A．at first B．at the end C．at last D．now