Dining in a completely dark room, unaware what’s on your plate while sitting next to a complete stranger may not sound like an ideal restaurant experience but it’s certainly an intriguing way to spend a rainy night in London.

   Dans le Noir, close to London’s financial district, is a restaurant full of blind waiters and waitresses who become your eyes around the restaurant, whose original Paris branch opened in 2004.

   In the bar with the light, you choose whether you want the fish, meat or vegetable, but the dishes themselves remain a secret, as do the ingredients of the “surprise” cocktails. Bags, coats and devices(设备)that light up, including watches and mobile phones, are kept in the bar. Placing your hand on the shoulder of your guide, you are led to a table in a black dining room that sets up to 60 people. And it is dark.

   The waiters tell you when the food is being placed down in front of you, then the fun begins, trying to get food into your mouth, then identifying just what it is that’s on your plate, and finally whether you have missed any of it.

   It’s also a great chance to break social convention and eat using your fingers. Those same fingers are also the only way you can tell how much wine you’re pouring into your glass.

   The happy atmosphere in the dining room also made the night memorable. You can’t really avoid talking to the person next to you at the long tables and guessing what the dishes are certainly provides adequate fuel for the conversations.

   All will be revealed at the end of the meal when you are led back out into the lit bar. Not only do you finally get to see what you’ve just been eating but also who you’ ve been talking to for the last 90 minutes.

1.What does the underlined word “intriguing.” in the first paragraph mean?

A terrible   B. interesting   C. expensive   D. new

2.According to the text, “ Dans le Noir”__________.

A is far from London’s financial district

B has its first branch opened in Britain

C is very popular among blind customers

D has a dining room which can seat up to 60 people

3.We know from the text that the customers in “Dans le Noir”_________.

A. are forbidden to eat with their fingers

B. can talk to the strangers at table

C. will book the menu in a dark bar

D. can take their mobile phones into the dining room

4.What’s the main purpose of the text?

A. To help blind people find a job in restaurants.

B. To show how to open a restaurant with a new idea.

C. To show how to enjoy the time in a dark restaurant.

D. To introduce and attract customers to “Dans le Noir ”.

 

　　As you look up at the moon, you can use a simple trick （戏法）to find out if it's waxing or waning. We can tell the moon is waxing when it's on its way to becoming full. We can tell the moon is waning when it's losing silver each night.

　　Here's the trick. Look at the moon, and draw an imagining line where the centre would be if the moon were full. Start at the bottom, and draw the line up the middle and past the top of the moon. The line and the lit side of the moon will form either a lower case of “b” or “d”.

　　The “b” stands for “baby”. The baby moon is on its way to full moon phase （阶段）. It will appear to grow each night until it is perfectly round.

　　The “d” stands for “dying”. The dying moon is headed toward the new moon phase. It will seem to become smaller each night until it can no longer be seen in the sky.

　　As the moon travels round the earth the moon appears to change shape. But in fact, the sun is simply lighting up different parts of the moon.

　　No matter what phase the moon is in, you can use this trick. Every time, you'll find that you're right about what the moon will do next.

(1) When the moon is on its way to becoming full, we can tell ________.

[　　]

A．the moon is waning

B．the moon is dying

C．the moon is waxing

D．the moon won't appear

(2) When the moon is waning. The moon ________.

[　　]

A．will lose silver each night

B．will disappear in the sky

C．will become bigger and bigger

D．will become smaller and smaller

(3) What kind of the moon will appear to grow each night until it is perfectly round?

[　　]

A．The dying moon.

B．The waning moon.

C．The baby moon.

D．The moon of the night of every month.

(4) Which of the following statements is NOT true?

[　　]

A．The moon travels round the earth.

B．The earth travels round the sun.

C．The moon never changes its shape.

D．The sun is lighting up different parts of the moon.

(5) The best title of the passage is ________.

[　　]

A．The Moon Is Waxing

B．The Dying Moon and the Baby Moon

C．The Moon Is Waning

D．What Will the Moon Do Next

　　As you look up at the moon, you can use a simple trick （戏法）to find out if it's waxing or waning. We can tell the moon is waxing when it's on its way to becoming full. We can tell the moon is waning when it's losing silver each night.

　　Here's the trick. Look at the moon, and draw an imagining line where the centre would be if the moon were full. Start at the bottom, and draw the line up the middle and past the top of the moon. The line and the lit side of the moon will form either a lower case of “b” or “d”.

　　The “b” stands for “baby”. The baby moon is on its way to full moon phase （阶段）. It will appear to grow each night until it is perfectly round.

　　The “d” stands for “dying”. The dying moon is headed toward the new moon phase. It will seem to become smaller each night until it can no longer be seen in the sky.

　　As the moon travels round the earth the moon appears to change shape. But in fact, the sun is simply lighting up different parts of the moon.

　　No matter what phase the moon is in, you can use this trick. Every time, you'll find that you're right about what the moon will do next.

(1) When the moon is on its way to becoming full, we can tell ________.

[　　]

A．the moon is waning

B．the moon is dying

C．the moon is waxing

D．the moon won't appear

(2) When the moon is waning. The moon ________.

[　　]

A．will lose silver each night

B．will disappear in the sky

C．will become bigger and bigger

D．will become smaller and smaller

(3) What kind of the moon will appear to grow each night until it is perfectly round?

[　　]

A．The dying moon.

B．The waning moon.

C．The baby moon.

D．The moon of the night of every month.

(4) Which of the following statements is NOT true?

[　　]

A．The moon travels round the earth.

B．The earth travels round the sun.

C．The moon never changes its shape.

D．The sun is lighting up different parts of the moon.

(5) The best title of the passage is ________.

[　　]

A．The Moon Is Waxing

B．The Dying Moon and the Baby Moon

C．The Moon Is Waning

D．What Will the Moon Do Next

改错题（只有一处多词、缺词或用错词的错误）

Put the lit candle in the middle of the table，then both of us can see clearly．

________

用所给动词的适当形式填空：

( save, laugh, fall, disappoint, judge, cover, break, operate, make, promise )

The lit in the operation room is on. Do you know who ________ on?