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 surprised. It’s not that Ben is unsociable, or a bad cook, but it’s just that he never 21more than he has to. So how come he was inviting us round for a meal? Had he bought something 22for his friends? He greeted us at the door and showed us into his dining room where a 23_ -table was waiting for us.“Nothing but the best for my friends!”said Ben. We all sat down and looked 24 at each other—what was he up to?

Ben returned with four bowls of hot soup.“It’s a mixture of carrots, potatoes and tomatoes,”said Ben. The next 25was also a little strange in that we didn’t quite know what it was again. It’s just another mixture of vegetable.

As we ate we chatted and finally the 26 turned back to what we were eating.“Was there a recipe(食谱) for this,”asked Marina,“or did you 27 it up?”Ben put his fork down.“What I cooked depended on what I could find.”Marina was surprised.“But you can find anything in supermarkets these days.”“But there’s 28 choice in what you can find outside supermarkets,”he replied.

Seeing that we had all finished the food, Ben decided to tell the truth. He had read recently that supermarkets usually throw away 5 percent of their food every day. So Ben decided to look inside his local supermarket bins. There he found food that was slightly out of __29, boxes of throw-away vegetables and fruit.

So Ben had successfully provided a decent(体面的) 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 30 millions of people.

21.A.takes  B. spends   C. uses D. does

22.A.cheap  B. special  C. practical    D. usual

23.A.new    B. separate C. booked   D. laid

24.A.nervously  B. carefully    C. sadly    D. happily

25.A.course B. food C. soup D. salad

26.A.dinner B. idea C. food D. subject

27.A.pick   B. look C. make D. take

28.A.less   B. more C. some D. any

29.A.order  B. place    C. season   D. date

30.A.enrich B. please   C. affect   D. feed

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

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 surprised. It’s not that Ben is unsociable, or a bad cook, but it’s just that he never   21   more than he has to. So how come he was inviting us round for a meal? Had he bought something   22   for his friends? He greeted us at the door and showed us into his dining room where a   23 _ table was waiting for us.“Nothing but the best for my friends!”said Ben. We all sat down and looked   24   at each other —what was he up to?

Ben returned with four bowls of hot soup. “It’s a mixture of carrots, potatoes and tomatoes,”said Ben. The next   25   was also a little strange in that we didn’t quite know what it was again. It’s just another mixture of vegetable.

As we ate we chatted and finally the   26   turned back to what we were eating. ”Was there a recipe (食谱) for this,” asked Marina, “or did you   27   it up?” Ben put his fork down. “What I cooked depended on what I could find.” Marina was surprised. “But you can find anything in supermarkets these days.” “But there’s  28   choice in what you can find outside supermarkets,” he replied.

Seeing that we had all finished the food, Ben decided to tell the truth. He had read recently that supermarkets usually throw away 5 percent of their food every day. So Ben decided to look inside his local supermarket bins. There he found food that was slightly out of __29  , boxes of throw-away vegetables and fruit.

So Ben had successfully provided a decent (体面的) 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   30   millions of people.

1. A.takes	B. spends	C. uses	D. does
2. A.cheap	B. special	C.practical	D. usual
3. A.new	B. separate	C. booked	D. laid
4. A.nervously	B. carefully	C. sadly	D. happily
5. A.course	B. food	C. soup	D. salad
6. A.dinner	B. idea	C. food	D. subject
7. A.pick	B. look	C. make	D. take
8. A.less	B. more	C. some	D. any
9. A.order	B. place	C. season	D. date
10. A.enrich	B. please	C. affect	D. feed

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 surprised. It’s not that Ben is unsociable, or a bad cook, but it’s just that he never   1   more than he has to. So how come he was inviting us round for a meal? Had he bought something   2   for his friends? He greeted us at the door and showed us into his dining room where a   3 _ table was waiting for us. “Nothing but the best for my friends! ” said Ben. We all sat down and looked   4   at each other —what was he up to?

Ben returned with four bowls of hot soup. “It’s a mixture of carrots, potatoes and tomatoes,” said Ben. The next   5   was also a little strange in that we didn’t quite know what it was again. It’s just another mixture of vegetable.

As we ate we chatted and finally the   6   turned back to what we were eating. ”Was there a recipe （食谱） for this,” asked Marina, “or did you   7   it up?” Ben put his fork down. “What I cooked depended on what I could find.” Marina was surprised. “But you can find anything in supermarkets these days.” “But there’s  8   choice in what you can find outside supermarkets,” he replied.

Seeing that we had all finished the food, Ben decided to tell the truth. He had read recently that supermarkets usually throw away 5 percent of their food every day. So Ben decided to look inside his local supermarket bins. There he found food that was slightly out of __9  , boxes of throw-away vegetables and fruit.

So Ben had successfully provided a decent （体面的） 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   10   millions of people.

1．A．takes          B．spends             C．uses                D．does

2．A．cheap  B．special                    C．practical          D．usual

3．A．new           B．separate           C．booked            D．laid

4．A．nervously   B．carefully          C．sadly               D．happily

5．A．course        B．food                C．soup                D．salad

6．A．dinner        B．idea                 C．food                D．subject

7．A．pick           B．look                 C．make               D．take

8．A．less            B．more               C．some               D．any

9．A．order          B．place               C．season             D．date

10．A．enrich       B．please              C．affect                     D．feed

 第二节：完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

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  31 . It’s not that Ben is unsociable , or a bad cook , but it’s just that he never  32  more than he has to. So how come he was inviting us round for a meal? Had he bought something  33  for his friends? He greeted us at the door and showed us into his dining room where a  34  table was waiting for us.“Nothing but the  35  for my friends!”said Ben. We all sat down and looked  36  at each other---what did he  37 to?

Ben returned with four bowls of hot soup.“It’s a  38  of carrots , potatoes and tomatoes,”said Ben. The next  39  was also a little strange in that we didn’t quite know what it was again. It’s just 40 mixture of vegetable.

As we ate we chatted and finally the  41  turned back to what we were eating.“Was there a recipe（食谱）for this,” asked Marina ,“or did you  42  it up?”Ben put his fork down. “What I cooked  43 what I could find.”Marina was surprised.“But you can find anything in supermarkets these days.”“But there’s  44  choice in what you can find  45  supermarkets.” He replies.

 46  that we had all finished the food , Ben decided to tell the truth. He had read recently that supermarkets usually  47  away 5 percent of their food every day. So Ben decided to look inside his local supermarket bins. There he found food that was slightly out of  48 , boxes of throw-away vegetables and fruit.

So Ben had  49  provided a decent(不错的) 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  50  millions of people.

31. A. excited                   B. disappointed             C. surprised                  D. delighted

32. A. takes                         B. spends                   C. uses                         D. costs

33. A. cheap                        B. special                         C. practical                   D. usual

34. A. new                           B. separate                    C. booked                     D. laid

35. A. worst                         B. most                        C. best                         D. least

36. A. nervously                   B. carefully                  C. sadly                        D. happily

37. A. think                        B. consider                   C. mean                      D. ask

38. A. mixture                         B. liquid                    C. matter                   D. dish

39. A. course                  B. food                        C. soup                        D. salad

40. A. other                         B. others                 C. the other           D. another

41. A. dinner                       B. idea                         C. food                        D. subject

42. A. pick                          B. look                         C. make                       D. take

43. A. referred                         B. depended on             C. lay in                       D. resulted from

44. A. less                           B. more                        C. some                        D. any

45. A. within                       B. beyond                     C. inside                    D. outside

46. A. Feeling                   B. Seeing                         C. Realizing                  D. Thinking

47. A. store                          B. move                       C. throw                    D. hide

48. A. order                         B. place                        C. season                   D. date

49. A. successfully             B. possibly                   C. hardly                   D. hopefully

50. A. enrich                        B. please                   C. affect                       D. Feed