Question

“ Dining out”, or “ eating out ”,is a phrase people use in Britain when they eat in a restaurant or a pub. Eating out is more popular in Britain today than ever before.

However, eating out can be expensive. Restaurants are normally more expensive than pubs, though many pubs serve very good ，simple food. As British people don’t dine out every night of the week ,eating in a restaurant is often seen as a special occasion. When going for the first date， or if celebrating an anniversary or a birthday, many people like to go to a restaurant. People often eat in a restaurant before going to the cinema or the theatre.

As in all cultures, there are many rules of etiquette (礼节)surrounding food and eating, and nowhere is this more pronounced than when eating in a smart restaurant. People are almost always expected to eat with a knife and fork and these should be held in the correct hand and used in the correct way. It is also impolite to have your elbows on the dining table when you are eating.

There’re many such “unspoken” rules — they are normally only important when eating in a very elegant and expensive restaurant, and vary slightly from restaurant to restaurant and place to place. A recent nationwide survey showed that there was a divide in manners between the north and south of Britain ---the “worst” manners were in Scotland and the northeast, and the “best” in Wales and the southeast! However, this survey was almost certainly conducted by someone in the southeast, so it may not be entirely fair.

Naturally, restaurants vary greatly in quality and price. However, almost all British cities have a vast range of food and cooking styles to choose from as well as traditional British food, from the very cheap to the very expensive — French, Italian, Indian, Greek, Thai, Japanese and many more. In fact, when asked what their favorite food is, many British people say an Indian curry (咖喱菜)rather than any other dish!

As well as dining in a restaurant ，when people are too tired to cook after work they often get a “takeaway”. This means they order from a takeaway or takeout restaurant by phone, then go to collect it and take it home to eat. Many takeout restaurants also deliver to your house. While you can normally find a takeout restaurant for almost any cuisine, the most popular are Italian, Indian and Chinese — and all you have to do is to open the door, pay and eat!

1. What can be concluded from the first two paragraphs?

A.      The British spend more eating out than cooking at home.

B.      The British pay great attention to eating in a restaurant.

C.      The British often dine out when celebrating festivals.

D.      People tend to eat in a restaurant after watching a movie.

2. The underlined word “pronounced" in Paragraph 3 probably means “_____

A.      polite        B. expensive     C. strange D. obvious

3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A.      There exist great differences of rules in different restaurants.

B.      People from Wales and southeast Britain are the most polite.

C.      Your order in a takeout restaurant can be sent to your home.

D.      Traditional British food is seldom served in British restaurants.

4. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Restaurant culture in Britain.        

B. Table manners in Britain.

C. Different restaurants in Britain.

D. Traditional and foreign foods in Britain.

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了英国的餐馆文化。在所有的文化中，围绕餐饮都有很多礼节，这一点在英国尤为明显。比如人们在饭店就餐时一定要使用刀叉，而且一定得使用正确的方式。此外，在一些昂贵的饭店还有一些不成文的规则等等。

1.B推理判断题。根据eating in a restaurant is often seen as a special occasion.可知英国人由于不经常外出吃饭，所以他们对于在饭店吃饭非常看重，因此答案选B。

2.D词义猜测题。A礼貌的；B昂贵的；C奇怪的；D明显的。英国人注重礼节，本段提到在餐厅吃饭时要使用刀叉，并且要用对方式等等，由此推断英国人的礼仪在餐厅吃饭时尤为明显，故答案选D。

3.C细节理解题。根据文章末段Many takeout restaurants also deliver to your house可知外卖餐厅可以把顾客点的饭菜送到住所，故答案选C。

4.A主旨大意题。文章首段提出Eating out is more popular in Britain today than ever before.，即在英国，人们比以往更喜欢在饭店就餐了，然后讲述在饭店吃饭时注意的一些就餐礼仪和餐厅文化，故本文的中心就是介绍英国的餐馆文化，答案选A。

考点：考查社会生活类短文阅读。