Question

In 1608 an Englishman called Thomas travelled in Italy. He liked the country and   2  down everything interesting. But he found one thing    1  interesting than others. In his diary Thomas wrote, “   3  Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They don’t eat with hands because, as they say, people don’t always have    4   hands.” Before he went home, Thomas bought a few   5  . One day he invited his friends to dinner at home. He took out a fork and wanted to   6  the steak(牛排) as Italians did. His friends were very   7  . Thomas told them what the fork was. But they all thought the fork was not easy to use at all. Thomas tried to prove that his friends were 8  . But the first    9   he took with the fork fell onto the floor. His friends began to    10   at him and he had to take the forks away. Fifty years later, people in England began to use forks.

1. A. broke 2. A. less 3. A. Why 4. A. clean 5. A. knives 6.A. use 7. A. worried 8. A. honest

B. wrote B. much B. When B. big B. dishes B. eat B. bored B. correct

C. went C. even C. Which C. dirty C. forks C. make C. tired C. wrong

D. climbed D. more D. Where D. free D. place D. take D. surprised D. clever

9.	A．piece of meat B．kilo of meat C．Fork D．meat

10.	A．scream B．look C．shout D．laugh

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.A

5.C

6.B

7.D

8.C

9.A

10.D

【解析】

1.此题考查动词，根据语境可知他把感兴趣的事物都记录了下来，故选B。

2.此题考查形容词的比较级，他发现了一件更有趣的事物。因interesting的比较级要加more，故选D。

3.此题考查副词，表示当…时候，意大利人吃东西时他们经常用小叉子。

4.此题考查形容词，按照意大利人的意思是我们的手不一定总是干净的，故选A。

5.此题考查名词，托马斯回家以后也买了一些小叉子，故用C。

6.此题考查动词，根据语境可知他想像意大利人一样用叉子吃牛排，故选B。

7.此题考查形容词，他的朋友看到托马斯这样做很吃惊，故选D。

8.此题考查形容词，托马斯想竭尽全力的纠正他朋友的错误，故选C。

9.此题考查名词，托马斯用叉子叉起的第一块牛排掉了地下，故选C。

10.此题考查动词，laugh at是固定短语表示嘲笑某人，故选D。