Question

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.

1.A. surprise     B. challenge  C. prize         D. mistake

2.A. cooking    B. selling   C. sending      D. ordering

3.A. fear       B. report    C. explain      D. guess

4.A. dessert     B. fruit       C. drinks         D. vegetables

5.A. problems     B. inventions  C. chances        D. directions

6. A. noisy      B. peaceful    C. crowded        D. empty

7.A. honest      B. patient    C. proud         D. brave

8.A. ate          B. dropped     C. prepared      D. got

9.A. laughing     B. thinking    C. arguing       D. learning

10.A. culture     B. habit      C. conversation   D. Situation

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.C

7.B

8.B

9.A

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要通过讲述作者父子俩在中国餐馆订餐吃饭的经历，说明对外国人来说，在中国吃饭不是一件简单的事情。

1.B考查名词及语境理解。surprise：惊讶；challenge：挑战；prize ：奖赏；mistake：错误。根据语境可知，这里指的是在中国吃饭有时是一种挑战。故应选B。

2.D考查动词语及语境理解。cooking：烹饪、煮；selling ：销售；sending：派、送；ordering：订购。联系下文“it took three waiters 15 minutes to take our order”的描述可知，这里指的是预订食物就像竞猜游戏。故应选D。

3.D考查动词及语境理解。fear：害怕；report：汇报；explain：解释；guess：猜测。根据上文“----becomes a guessing game”的描述可知，这里指的是作者和父亲经常要猜测吃什么蔬菜或肉。故应选D。

4.C考查名词及语境理解。dessert ：点心；fruit：水果；drinks：饮料；vegetables：蔬菜。根据下文“I simply wanted water, but my father wanted to try one of the fresh juices listed on the menu.”的描述可知，这里指的是作者他们预订的饮料花了三个服务员15分钟。故应选C。

5.A考查名词及语境理解。problems：问题；inventions：发明；chances：机会；directions：方向。根据语境可知，这里指的是有两个问题，即菜单上既没有图片，也没有英语。故应选A。

6.C考查形容词及语境理解。noisy：吵闹的；peaceful：平静的；crowded：拥挤的；empty：空荡的。根据下文“we thought it might be a good restaurant to visit.”的描述可知，作者他们觉得这是一个好餐馆，是因为人多。故应选C。

7.B考查形容词及语境理解。honest：诚实的；patient：耐心的；proud：自豪的；brave：勇敢的。根据上文“We had the most difficult time ordering our meal, since there were so many choices.”的描述可知，这里指的是服务员很有耐心。故应选B。

8.B考查动词及语境理解。ate：吃；dropped：掉落；prepared：准备；got：得到。根据上文“noodles slipped(滑落) through my chopsticks onto the table lots of times”的描述可知，这里指的是作者不会使用筷子，因此在夹饺子的时候把它掉落在鞋子上了。故应选B。

9.A考查动词及语境理解。laughing：笑；thinking：想；arguing：争论；learning：学习。根据有健康证，这里指的是周围的人都在笑作者使用筷子的技巧。故应选A。

10.D考查名词及语境理解。culture：文化；habit：习惯；conversation：对话；situation：境况、情形。根据语境可知，这里指的是服务员总是理解作者他们的境况。故应选D。

考点：文化类短文。