Ⅰ. 完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 The other day 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 __1__.It’s not that Ben is unsociable，or a bad cook，but it’s just that he never __2__ more than he has to.So how come he was inviting us round for a meal？Had he bought something __3__ for his friends？He greeted us at the door and showed us into his dining room where a __4__ table was waiting for us.“Nothing but the __5__ for my friends！” said Ben.We all sat down and looked __6__ at each other—what was he up to? Ben returned with four bowls of hot soup.“It’s a __7__ of carrots，potatoes and tomatoes，” said Ben.The next __8__ 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 __9__ turned back to what we were eating.“Was there a recipe(食谱)for this，”asked Marina，“or did you __10__ it up？”Ben put his fork down.“What I cooked __11__ what I could find.”Marina was surprised.“But you can find anything in supermarkets these days.”“But there’s __12__ choice in what you can find outside supermarkets，” he replied. __13__ 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 __14__，boxes of throwaway vegetables and fruit. So Ben had successfully provided a decent meal for his friends，and made us away of the fact that there are many poor people who need the food，but the amount of food thrown away in enough to __15__ millions of people.
【解题导语】 本文讲的是作者去参加朋友给他们准备的只有素菜没有大鱼大肉简朴的晚宴，其朋友用心良苦，旨在告诫人们要节约和环保。 1． A．excited B．disappointed C．surprised D．delighted 解析：从下文的“... he never spends more than he has to”这一通常的行为可推知Ben这次邀请这么多朋友让人吃惊。 答案：C 2．A.takes B．spends C．uses D．does 解析：结合上下文可以推出Ben一般情况下是不请朋友吃饭的。 答案：B 3．A.cheap B．special C．practical D．usual 解析：作者不明白为什么这次Ben会有这样的举动，因此猜测可能是什么特别的东西。 答案：B 4．A.new B．separate C．booked D．laid 解析：桌子已经摆放好，表示Ben已经为此作了一些准备，符合招待客人的语言情景。 答案：D 5．A.freshest B．most C．best D．least 解析：nothing but后面应该取有褒义的词，best在此才能描述Ben要给朋友提供的食物的特征。 答案：C 6．A.nervously B．carefully C．sadly D．happily 解析：由于Ben把这件事搞得很神秘，从而给他们带来紧张感。 答案：A 7．A.mixture B．liquid C．matter D．dish 解析：从下文的“of carrots，potatoes，and tomatoes”，可推出Ben给朋友们的是一碗多种蔬菜混合在一起的混合食物。 答案：A 8．A.course B．food C．soup D．salad 解析：course在此表示一道菜。 答案：A 9．A.dinner B．idea C．food D．subject 解析：从聊天再把话题转移到当时所吃的食物上来，非常符合语言情景。 答案：D 10．A.pick B．look C．make D．take 解析：make up有“编造”的意思，同上文的“Was there a recipe for this”形成对照。 答案：C 11．A.referred to B．depended on C．lay in D．resulted from 解析：承上文，Ben对自己所做的食物作解释。由下文可推知，他只是用他所能find的东西做成刚才的食物，而没有什么特别的东西。 答案：B 12．A.less B．more C．some D．any 解析：同上文的anything形成对照。 答案：A 13．A.Feeling B．Seeing C．Realizing D．Thinking 解析：由于已经达到目的，便告诉朋友真相——刚才自己所做的食物的材料来源是每天被丢在超市外的bin中的东西。 答案：B 14．A.order B．place C．season D．date 解析：过期的东西才最有可能被扔掉。 答案：D 15．A.enrich B．please C．affect D．feed 解析：在此点题，说明Ben的真实用意所在。 答案：D
Ⅱ. 词汇运用 1．We express ourselves ________(用词语)． 2．In the team，young people ________(占多数)． 3．The company can only supply ________(我们所需的百分之二十)． 4．Oil doesn’t ________(和水混合)． 5．We’ll try our best to achieve ________(种族的) harmony. 6．He ________(已经申请了这份工作)． 7．He is devoted to studying ________(社会主义) principles. 8．Many accidents ________(发生在家里)． 9．________(研究表明) that men find it easier to give up smoking than women. 10．Her anxiety ________(大家都看得出)． 11．We ________(租了一辆汽车去旅行)． 答案：1.by means of words 2.are in the majority 3.20 percent of what we need 4.mix with water 5．racial 6.has applied for the job 7.socialist 8.occured in the home 9.Research indicates 10．was apparent to us 11.hired a car to travel Ⅲ.阅读理解 A friend asks me “Why don’t Chinese go Dutch？” So I want to regard this question as the topic and write an article. As everyone knows，westerners will go Dutch while having a meal in the restaurant. But Chinese don’t go Dutch. Chinese will pay the bill and check out generously. Westerners don’t often entertain guests；but Chinese often invite friends to dinner. A lot of westerners feel puzzled to this question. Why does there exist such a difference? First of all，food systems between China and West are different. Chinese put into practice Gather Dining System；westerners put into practice Individual Dining System. Everybody can share the delicious food of all over the table when eating Chinese food. Please note it is sharing，but westerners just eat the food in one’s own plate. If you eat beef and he eats chicken，it is impossible that you taste the flavor of his chicken. The result of the Individual Dining System is that you can only eat the food in your plate. So to eat Chinese food is happier than to eat Westernstyle food. And I want to ask you a question. Do you like the free thing? I think nobody doesn’t like the free thing. OK! Suppose I invite you to eat the delicious Chinese food，then I pay the bill. This is equivalent to that you have enjoyed a delicious Chinese food free. So you will be very glad. It will strengthen the relation between us in the happy atmosphere. Secondly，westerners eat for the health；Chinese eat for the friendship. Westerners advocate individualism and independence is strong. So westerners express that respect for each other’s independence through the way go Dutch. Chinese like making friends and solidarity. Chinese value the interpersonal relationships and the friendship very much. Third，it is only simple “Have a meal！” for westerners to entertain guests. Unlike the purpose and the means that Chinese entertain guests，in Americans’ idea，“Have a meal” definition is to add fuel to the body for keeping health and normal life activity. That is to say，there is not any additional value. In the Chinese idea，“Have a meal” not only is a kind of life&
