Question

【題目】 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 _________ when I sit down in a restaurant.

Because not every dish has a picture on the menu, ordering food becomes a game. My father and I often _________ what kinds of vegetables or meat we're eating. In one of our favourite Sichuan restaurants, three waiters spent 15 minutes taking 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 experiences was at a famous restaurant. It was always _________, so we thought it might be a good one to visit. We had the most difficult time ordering our meal, since there were so many _______. Luckily, the waiter in the restaurant was rather patient and finally _________ us. During the dinner, noodles slipped through my chopsticks onto the table lots of times. I tried to pick up a dumpling for my father, but I dropped it on his shorts. I looked _________ and people were laughing about my chopstick skills.

No matter how difficult it was for us to understand the menu, the waiters always had a understanding of our ____________. They were always patient, even when they realized they had to clean up the noodles that had slipped through my chopsticks.

【1】A.surpriseB.challengeC.prizeD.miss

【2】A.quicklyB.correctlyC.safelyD.carelessly

【3】A.explainB.reportC.guessD.fear

【4】A.drinksB.fruitC.vegetablesD.salad

【5】A.programmesB.directionsC.instructionsD.problems

【6】A.noisyB.peacefulC.crowdedD.empty

【7】A.choicesB.changesC.channelsD.chances

【8】A.remindedB.acceptedC.mistookD.understood

【9】A.throughB.aroundC.afterD.over

【10】A.cultureB.habitC.situationD.shame

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】A

【5】D

【6】C

【7】A

【8】D

【9】B

【10】C

【解析】

本文講述了作者和父親是外國人，在中國餐館里點菜所遇到的困難。餐館里的服務員非常有耐心，最終幫助他們點了食物和飲料。

【1】句意：有時這是一個挑戰(zhàn)。

A. surprise驚訝，B. challenge挑戰(zhàn)，C. prize獎品，D. miss小姐。根據(jù)后文的“I often fail to order the right food and use chopsticks”可知，不會點菜，也不會用筷子，因此這是一件困難的事，故選B。

【2】句意：當我在餐館坐下的時候，我經(jīng)常不能正確地點對食物和正確地用筷子。

A. quickly迅速地，B. correctly正確地，C. safely安全地；D. carelessly粗心地。根據(jù)“often fail to order the right food”可知，不會點食物，因此表示也不會正確地使用筷子，故選B。

【3】句意：我和爸爸經(jīng)常猜我們吃的是什么蔬菜或肉。

A. explain解釋，B. report報道，C. guess猜測，D. fear害怕。根據(jù)前文的“Because not every dish has a picture on the menu, ordering food becomes a game.”可知，菜單上的菜沒有照片，因此點菜成了一種游戲，因此只能猜測點的是什么食物。故選C。

【4】句意：在我們最喜歡的一家四川餐館里，三名服務員花了15分鐘為我們點飲料。

A. drinks飲料，B. fruit水果，C. vegetables蔬菜，D. salad沙拉。根據(jù)后文的“I simply wanted water, but my father wanted to try one of the fresh juices listed on the menu.”可知，此處表示飲料，故選A。

【5】句意：然而，有兩個問題。

A. programmes節(jié)目，B. directions方向，C. instructions說明書，D. problems問題。根據(jù)后文的“There were neither pictures nor English on the menu.”可知，菜單上既沒有照片，也沒有英文，因此這是兩個問題。故選D。

【6】句意：那里總是擠滿了人，所以我們想那可能是一個值得去的好地方。

A. noisy喧囂的，B. peaceful和平的，C. crowded擁擠的，D. empty空的。根據(jù)“so we thought it might be a good one to visit.”可知，認為是值得去的好地方，因此表示這家餐館人多，擁擠，故選C。

【7】句意：我們經(jīng)歷了最困難的點餐，因為有那么多的選擇。

A. choices選擇，B. changes變化，C. channels頻道，D. chances機會。根據(jù)“We had the most difficult time ordering our meal”可知，我們點菜有困難，因此表示菜的選擇太多了。故選A。

【8】句意：幸運的是，餐廳的服務員很有耐心，最終理解了我們。

A. reminded提醒，B. accepted接受，C. mistook弄錯，誤解，D. understood理解。根據(jù)后文的“During the dinner, noodles slipped through my chopsticks onto the table lots of times.”可知，我們點了面條，因此表示餐館里的服務員聽明白了我們的話，故選D。

【9】句意：我環(huán)顧四周，人們都在嘲笑我的筷子技術。

A. through通過，B. around圍繞，C. after在……之后，D. over在……上面，look through瀏覽，look around環(huán)視，look after照顧，look over俯視。根據(jù)“people were laughing about my chopstick skills.”可知，人們在嘲笑，因此表示他們向四周看，看到的情況，故選B。

【10】句意：無論我們多么難以理解菜單上的內(nèi)容，服務員總是能理解我們的處境。

A. culture文化，B. habit習慣，C. situation形勢，D. shame羞恥，羞愧。根據(jù)后文的“They were always patient, even when they realized they had to clean up the noodles that had slipped through my chopsticks.”可知，此處表示他們非常有耐心，因此明白我們的情況。故選C。

本文介紹了作者和父親是外國人，在中國餐館里點菜所遇到的困難。文章主題明確，結構清晰，內(nèi)容貼近學生們的日常生活，比較容易理解。題型是完形填空，考查學生們在具體語境中運用語言的能力，綜合性較強。做題時，應先通讀短文，了解文意；然后根據(jù)上下文語境做題，注意空前后的搭配，并仔細辨析選項中單詞的意思和用法；最后將答案代入原文，再讀一遍，檢查答案是否正確。如第6小題，考查形容詞辨析及語境。noisy喧囂的，peaceful和平的，crowded擁擠的，empty空的。根據(jù)后半句的語境“我們認為那可能是一個值得去的好地方”，判斷這家餐館受歡迎，因此在餐館里吃飯的人多，故選C。