Question

A man walked into a restaurant. The restaurant advertised it had the   1   menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish, no matter how   2   it was.

At the bottom of the   3  , there was a notice that said, “If you do not see the dish you need on this menu, please tell us and we will add it to the menu right away.”

The man   4   the menu and decided to make sure if it was true. He would order   5    that was very unusual.

When a waiter came up to take his order, he said, “You say you can serve any dish, even if it’s not on your longest menu in the world.”

“That is correct, sir. We are able to meet everyone’s requirements.”

“Well,” the man said, “bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears.   6  , not African.”

The waiter wrote down in his paper: Two Indian elephant ears on toast.

“Very good, sir,” he said. “That shouldn’t   7   long.”

The waiter walked away quickly.

The man was very surprised and rather disappointed.

Then he smiled   8  the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face.

“Ah!” the man said. “You can’t  9  it to me, can you?”

The waiter made an apology (道歉).

“I’m very sorry, sir, and this is the   10  embarrassing,”（困窘 ） he said, “but I’m afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread.”

1.                A．biggest         B．thickest         C．heaviest  D．longest

2.                A．unfair          B．unusual         C．beautiful  D．important

3.                A．menu          B．dish            C．restaurant D．table

4.                A．looked for      B．took out        C．looked at D．picked up

5.                A．anything        B．nothing         C．everything D．something

6.                A．American       B．Indian          C．Canadian  D．Australian

7.                A．pay            B．cost            C． take D．spend

8.                A．as             B．and            C．so   D．though

9.                A．catch          B．take           C．fetch D．bring

10.               A．least           B．most           C．less  D．more

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文描述了一个发生在一家饭店的故事。这家饭店吹嘘说能做出菜单上没有的饭菜，结果一位好奇的顾客就开出了自己的菜单——夹两只大象耳朵的三明治。结果饭店做不出这道菜，不得不道歉。并辩解说，是因为面包用完了。

1.词义辨析。A.最大的；B.最厚的； C.最重的；D.最长的。结合语境可知此处指的是世界上最长的菜单。故选D。

2.联系下文描述，可知此处指的是，无论这道菜多么的不同寻常，故选B，不同寻常的。

3.联系上文The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish,描述，可知此处指的是菜的底部，故选A，一道菜。

4.结合语境可知指的是这个男人看着菜单，故选C，看着。

5.词义辨析。A.任何东西；B.没有东西；C.每件东西；D.一些东西。结合语境可知，他要点些不同寻常的东西，故选D。

6.结合语境可知世界上大象最多的地方有两个，一个非洲，另一个是印度，联系下文，可知选B，印度的。

7.take 用于 it takes sb ... to do sth句型，仅指花费时间（three hours等），必须用it作形式主语；spend用于sb spend...on sth或者sb spend...in doing sth（in可以省略），spend的主语必须是人，可以指花费时间、也可以指花费金钱；cost用于 sth costs sb sth，主语必须是物，多指花费金钱，少数情况可指花费时间、气力，有时表示成本的消耗；pay的基本用法是：(1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付钱（给某人）买……。 (2)pay for sth. 付……的钱。 (3)pay for sb. 替某人付钱。(4)pay sb. 付钱给某人。联系本句主语that，可知选C，那不用等太久。

8.连词辨析。A.随着，当……时；B.并且，和；C.因此；D.虽然，尽管。句意：接着当服务员脸上带着非常不高兴的表情回来时，他笑了。故选A。

9.结合语境可知是不能带来的意思，故选D，带来。

10.联系前文定冠词the，可知后面用形容词的最高级，least意思是最小的，故选B，最大的，这是最大的困难。

考点：有关一位顾客和饭店服务员的记述文阅读