Question

   In 1608,an Englishman named Thomas Coryate traveled in Italy (意大利) .He liked the country and (1)       down everything interesting. But he found one thing (2)      interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote,        (3) the Italians eat meat,they use small forks. They do not eat with their hands because,as they say,people do not always have (4)       hands."

  Before he went back to England,Thomas Coryate bought a few (5)       At home,Thomas had a dinner party to show the forks to his friends. When the steak (牛排) was brought out,he took out a fork and wanted to (6)       the steak as the Italians did in Italy. His friends were (7)       when they saw this. He told them what the fork was. They all said that Italians were very strange people because the fork was not easy to use at all. Thomas Coryate tried to prove that his friends were (8)       ，so he began to show that it was easy to use the fork. But the first (9)       of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends began to (10)       at him and he had to take the fork away. 

  People in England began to use forks only fifty years later.

(   ) 1. A. broke   B. wrote   C. went   D. calmed

(   ) 2. A. less   B. much   C. even   D. more

(   ) 3. A. Why   B. When   C. Which   D. Where

(   ) 4. A. clean   B. big   C. dirty   D. safe

(   ) 5. A. knives   B. dishes   C. forks   D. plates

(   ) 6. A. use   B. eat   C. make   D. cut

(   ) 7. A. worried   B. bored   C. tired   D. surprised

(   ) 8. A. honest   B. correct   C. wrong   D. clever

(   ) 9. A. piece   B. kilo   C. pound   D. packet

(   ) 10. A. scream   B. look   C. shout   D. laugh

Answer 1

1. B根据文章第三行可知此题选B.

2. D由but表转折可知，他发现了一件比他记下的其他事更有趣的事情。

3. B根据句意"意大利人吃肉用小的叉子"，可知此题选B.

4. A他们不用手吃，因为他们说，人们的手不总是干净的。故此题选A。

5. C根据第一段，此题应C.

6. B"当牛排被拿出来时，他拿出叉子，想像意大利人那样吃牛肉"。故此题选B.

7. D因为当时英国人不像意大利人那样用叉子吃东西，所以他的朋友们感到很吃惊。

8. C由下句"因此他开始展示使用叉子是容易的"可知。

9. A此句意为"他用叉子叉的第一块肉掉在了地上"，所以应选A.

10. D根据上句，本题应选D.