1.Recently I was invited to a friend's house for supper-and had a meal I have never had before.
All the friends invited were a little (36)C.It's not that Ben is unsociable,or a bad cook,but it's just that he never (37)B more than he has to.So how come he was inviting us round for a meal?Had he bought something (38)Bfor his friends?He greeted us at the door and showed us into his dinning room where a (39)Dtable was waiting for us."Nothing but the (40)Cfor my friends!"said Ben.We all sat down and looked (41)A at each other-what did he (42)Cto?
Ben returned with four bowls of hot soup."It's a (43)Aof carrots,potatoes and tomatoes,"said Ben.The next (44)Awas also a little strange in that we didn't quite know what it was again.It's just (45)Dmixture of vegetables.
As we ate we chatted and finally the (46)D turned back to what we were eating."Was there a recipe(食譜)for this,"asked Marina,"or did you (47)Cit up?"Ben put his fork down."What I cooked (48)Bwhat I could find."Marina was surprised."But you can find anything in supermarkets these days.""But there's (49)Achoice in what you can find (50)Dsupermarkets,"he replied.(51)Bthat we had all finished the food,Ben decided to tell the truth.He had read recently that supermarkets usually (52)Caway 5percent of their food every day.So Ben decided to look inside his local supermarket bins.There he found food that was slightly out of(53)D,boxes of throw-away vegetables and fruit.
So Ben had (54)Aprovided a decent (不錯的) meal for his friends,and made us aware of the fact that there are many poor people who need the food,but the amount of food thrown away is enough to (55)Bmillions of people.
36.A.excited | B.disappointed | C.surprised | D.delighted |
37.A.takes | B.spends | C.uses | D.costs |
38.A.cheap | B.special | C.practical | D.usual |
39.A.new | B.separate | C.booked | D.laid |
40.A.worst | B.most | C.best | D.least |
41.A.nervously | B.carefully | C.sadly | D.happily |
42.A.think | B.consider | C.mean | D.a(chǎn)sk |
43.A.mixture | B.liquid | C.matter | D.dish |
44.A.course | B.food | C.soup | D.salad |
45.A.other | B.others | C.the other | D.a(chǎn)nother |
46.A.dinner | B.idea | C.food | D.subject |
47.A.pick | B.look | C.make | D.take |
48.A.referred | B.depended on | C.lay in | D.resulted from |
49.A.less | B.more | C.some | D.a(chǎn)ny |
50.A.within | B.beyond | C.inside | D.outside |
51.A.Feeling | B.Seeing | C.Realizing | D.Thinking |
52.A.store | B.move | C.throw | D.hide |
53.A.order | B.place | C.season | D.date |
54.A.successfully | B.possibly | C.hardly | D.hopefully |
55.A.enrich | B.feed | C.a(chǎn)ffect | D.please |