Question

Of course, the main difference on the Chinese dinner table is chopsticks instead of knife and fork, but that’s only superficial. Besides, in decent restaurants, you can always ask for a pair of knife and fork, if you find the chopsticks not helpful enough. The real difference is that in the West, you have your own plate of food, while in China the dishes are placed on the table and everyone shares. If you are being treated to a formal dinner and particularly if the host thinks you’re in the country for the first time, he will do the best to give you a taste of many different types of dishes.

The meal usually begins with a set of at least four cold dishes, to be followed by the main courses of hot meat and vegetable dishes. Soup then will be served (unless in Guangdong style restaurants) to be followed by staple food ranging from rice, noodles to dumplings. If you wish to have your rice to go with other dishes, you should say so in good time, for most of the Chinese choose to have the staple food at last or have none of them at all.

Perhaps one of the things that surprise a western visitor most is that some of the Chinese hosts like to put food into the plates of their guests. In formal dinners, there are always “public” chopsticks and spoons for this purpose, but some hosts may use their own chopsticks. This is a sign of genuine friendship and politeness. It is always polite to eat the food. If you do not eat it, just leave the food in the plate.

　  People in China tend to over-order food, for they will find it embarrassing if all the food is consumed. When you have had enough, just say so. Or you will always overeat!

1.What’s the main difference on dinner table between China and West is ___________.

A．On Chinese dinner table, chopsticks replace knife and fork.

B．The host will do the best to give you a taste of many different types of dishes.

C．You’re treated to a formal dinner for the first time.

D．You have your own plate of food in West while in China everyone shares the dishes.

2.If you have a dinner in a Chinese home, in which order will the food be served in China?

a. a set of four cold dishes.

b. staple food such as rice, noodle or dumplings.

c. the main courses of hot meat and vegetable dishes.

d. serving soup.

A．a(chǎn)cbd             B．cabd             C．a(chǎn)cdb             D．cadb

3.According to the passage, we can infer that ___________.

A．Chinese all think it impolite for guests to ask for a pair of knife and fork.

B．Chinese think it impolite for guests to leave food in the plate.

C．People in China tend to over-order food, for they will find it embarrassing if all the food is consumed.

D．Chinese think it polite to put food into the plated of the guests with their own chopsticks.

4.The sentence, in passage 2, “you should say so in good time” means ______________.

A．you should say so happily

B．you’d better say so

C．you should say so early

D．you should say so kindly.

5.The “public chopsticks and spoons” are used to ______.

A．show the politeness to the guests.

B．put food into the plates of their guests

C．share the food together

D．show the genuine friendship and politeness

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.C

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述的是中國(guó)的餐桌文化，告訴人們對(duì)于餐具的使用以及其他的一些要注意的具體的細(xì)節(jié)。

1.D。根據(jù)第一段第一句 “the main difference on the Chinese dinner table is chopsticks instead of knife and fork, but that’s only superficial”可知A不對(duì)。根據(jù)第三句“The real difference is that in the West, you have your own plate of food, while in China the dishes are placed on the table and everyone shares.”可知應(yīng)該選D。

2.C。本題為細(xì)節(jié)理解題�？梢愿鶕�(jù)文章第二段第一句“The meal usually begins with a set of at least four cold dishes, to be followed by the main courses of hot meat and vegetable dishes.”可知是以a set of four cold dishes開(kāi)始的，然后是the main courses of hot meat and vegetable dishes。根據(jù)第二句“Soup then will be served (unless in Guangdong style restaurants) to be followed by staple food ranging from rice, noodles to dumplings.”可知先上serving soup，再上the main courses of hot meat and vegetable dishes。 可以推出應(yīng)該選擇C。

3.D。本題為細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第三段最后一句“ If you do not eat it, just leave the food in the plate. ”可知B項(xiàng)不對(duì)；選項(xiàng)C是文章直接給出的，故而不選。從文章第一段第二句“you can always ask for a pair of knife and fork, if you find the chopsticks not helpful enough.”可知A不對(duì)。從第三段第一句“some of the Chinese hosts like to put food into the plates of their guests.”可知應(yīng)該選D。

4.C。本題考查學(xué)生根據(jù)上下文推理的能力。從下文“……for most of the Chinese choose to have the staple food at last or have none of them at all.”來(lái)看中國(guó)人都喜歡最后吃主食或者不吃，因此如果你想吃的話要提早說(shuō)。故而選擇C。

5.B。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段第二句話In formal dinners, there are always “public” chopsticks and spoons for this purpose,….可知是為了this purpose ，而this應(yīng)該是承接上文所指即“to put food into the plates of their guests”，因此應(yīng)該選擇B。

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點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文講述的是中國(guó)的餐桌文化，告訴人們對(duì)于餐具的使用以及其他的一些要注意的具體的細(xì)節(jié)。本文細(xì)節(jié)題居多，答題時(shí)在文章找到對(duì)應(yīng)的地方，用筆進(jìn)行標(biāo)記，這有利于后期有時(shí)間檢查時(shí)可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細(xì)理解作者所講的意思，再結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，通過(guò)排除法和自己對(duì)全文的把握，選出正確答案。