Question

    Dinner customs are different around the world. If you are a guest in Ghana, this information will help you a lot.

In Ghana,dinner is usually from four in the afternoon to six in the evening. But there are no strict rules about time. Whenever a guest arrives,a family offers food. When you go to a home, the person who receives guests takes you to the living room first. At this time everyone welcomes you. Then you go to the dinning room. There you wash your hands in a bowl of water. All the food is on the table.

In Ghana you usually eat with your fingers. You eat from the same dish as everyone else .But you eat from one side of the dish only. It is not polite to get food from the other side of the dish. After dinner, you wash your hands again in a bowl of water.

Most meals in Ghana have a dish called fufu. People in Ghana make fufu from the powder of some plants. Sometimes they cut the fufu with a saw because it is very hard. You must chew fufu well,or you may get sick. You eat fufu with the fingers of your right hand only.

1.From the passage we know that in Ghana ________.

A.people usually invite their guests to dinner late in the evening B.the rules for dinner time aren’t strict

C.dinner is always at six in the evening D.a family offers food only at four in the afternoon

2.If you are a dinner guest in Ghana,the host always takes you to ________.

A.the dining room first B.the living room first C.the kitchen first D.the garden first

3.People in Ghana usually eat________.

A.with their spoons B.with their fingers

C.from the other side of the dish D.from one side of a dish to the other

4.In fact,most dishes in Ghana ________.

A.have fufu in them B.are too hard to eat

C.are not very hard D.are cooked with the powder of some plants

5.When you eat fufu,you'd better ________.

A.cut it with a saw B.use your right hand only C.chew it well D.all of the above

Answer

1.B

2.B

3.B

4.C

5.C

【解析】

世界各地的晚餐习俗不同。如果你是加纳的客人，这些信息会对你有很大帮助。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段中的句子“But there are no strict rules about time.”可知对于时间是没有严格的规则。故选B。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段中的句子“When you go to a home, the person who receives guests takes you to the living room first.”，可知当去一家做客时，主人会首先把客人带到起居室。故选B。

3.细节理解题。根据第三段第一句“In Ghana you usually eat with your fingers.”可知，在加纳人们用手指吃饭。故选B。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，在加纳大部分饭菜里都会有fufu这个菜，这个菜比较硬，吃的时候要咀嚼好，不然可能会生病。可推测大部分菜还是不硬的。故选C。

5.细节理解题。根据最后一段“Sometimes they cut the fufu with a saw because it is very hard. You must chew fufu well,or you may get sick.”可知，fufu很硬，吃的时候，一定要咀嚼好，不然可能会生病。文章建议我们吃的时候要咀嚼好。故选C。