Question

Besides chopsticks vs. knives and forks, there are more differences between Chinese and western dinning.

Cooking methods

While westerners boil, fry roast and bake, Chinese use more methods of cooking, like frying, stewing, boiling and steaming. Besides, Chinese cooks cut everything into small pieces, so people don't need knives to cut it but just pick up their food with chopsticks. Westerners cook food in big pieces and serve it with knives and forks for cutting it up.

Ingredients and spices

Chinese dishes use many ingredients seldom seen in western cooking, like animal feet, ears, tongues and so on. Chinese usually use animal or peanut oil to fry food; westerners use more butter and olive oil. Chinese cooks like to add spices when cooking, like ginger, pepper, garlic, etc. Western cooks usually use pepper powder, mustard（芥末）, and tomato ketchup（番茄醬）, etc.

Serving the dishes

On the western table, vegetable soup or salad is usually served as the starter, then the main course includes beef, chicken or fish. After the main course, normally some sweet food is served, which can be ice cream, cakes, fruits, etc.

On the Chinese table, the cold dishes and drinking are first. After that, kinds of meat and vegetable dishes are served, to be followed by soup. Then Chinese usually have rice, noodles or dumplings as main course. At last, Chinese like having fresh fruit such as watermelons and pears after meal. That can make one feel fresh and cool in his mouth and stomach.

Placing the dishes

In western dinner, dishes are served in each person's own plate. So each person uses a big plate. In China, dishes are served at the middle of the table for all to share, and each person uses a small plate in front of him or her to hold the food.

1.How many differences are mentioned between Chinese and Western dinning?

A.Three. B.Four. C.Five. D.Six.

2.As western cooks, they don't ____________________.

A.cut bones into pieces and cook

B.use olive oil to fry the whole fish

C.use mustard and tomato ketchup in cooking

D.serve the dishes in each person's own plate

3.What's the right order of serving the dishes in western dinner?

A.Vegetable soup, beef or fish, cake or fruit.

B.Cold dishes, meat dishes, noodles, fruit

C.Salad, vegetable dishes, soup, fruit.

D.Cold dishes, chicken, vegetable soup, ice cream.

4.Which statement is NOT true about the main course?

A.The main course is served before fruits both in China and West.

B.The western main course includes beef, chicken or fish.

C.Meat and vegetable dishes are the main course in China.

D.Chinese have rice, noodles or dumplings as main course.

5.What's the main idea of the passage?

A.China has more cooking methods than western countries.

B.Chinese dinning is different from Western dinning in some ways.

C.Chinese dinning is healthier than that in western countries.

D.Chinese dishes are more popular than western dishes.

Answer 1