Question

For foreigners in China, food isn't simply a meal. It's sometimes a _________. I often fail to order the right food and use chopsticks _________ when I sit down in a restaurant.

Because not every dish has a picture on the menu, ordering food becomes a game. My father and I often _________ what kinds of vegetables or meat we're eating. In one of our favourite Sichuan restaurants, three waiters spent 15 minutes taking our order for _________. I simply wanted water, but my father wanted to try one of the fresh juices listed on the menu. There were two _______, however. There were neither pictures nor English on the menu. Finally, he just ordered a Coca Cola.

One of our most embarrassing experiences was at a famous restaurant. It was always _________, so we thought it might be a good one to visit. We had the most difficult time ordering our meal, since there were so many _______. Luckily, the waiter in the restaurant was rather patient and finally _________ us. During the dinner, noodles slipped through my chopsticks onto the table lots of times. I tried to pick up a dumpling for my father, but I dropped it on his shorts. I looked _________ and people were laughing about my chopstick skills.

No matter how difficult it was for us to understand the menu, the waiters always had a understanding of our ____________. They were always patient, even when they realized they had to clean up the noodles that had slipped through my chopsticks.

1.A.surprise B.challenge C.prize D.miss

2.A.quickly B.correctly C.safely D.carelessly

3.A.explain B.report C.guess D.fear

4.A.drinks B.fruit C.vegetables D.salad

5.A.programmes B.directions C.instructions D.problems

6.A.noisy B.peaceful C.crowded D.empty

7.A.choices B.changes C.channels D.chances

8.A.reminded B.accepted C.mistook D.understood

9.A.through B.around C.after D.over

10.A.culture B.habit C.situation D.shame

Answer 1