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the asparagus he remarked how delicious it was. However, when he realized that he could not eat the 25)_______ part, he simply threw it over his shoulder onto the floor behind him. The other guests were astonished, but went on eating. The King said nothing. However, when he had finished his asparagus, he too threw the piece that was left over his shoulder.
Before long everybody else at the dinner was following his 26)_________, 27)_______ throwing the asparagus onto the floor, while the conversation continued in a friendly manner. At the end of the meal the carpet was rather dirty. In the end most people had to agree that the King had been a 28)________ host, 29)_______ his guest and everybody else from the embarrassment which came from a 30)____________ of table manners.
C. Not so Long ago, food in Australia 31)______ porridge (粥) with milk and sugar, and eggs and bacon for breakfast, then roast lamb or beef for lunch or dinner. During the 1980s each person 32)_______ about 39 kilograms of meat a year. The 33)_________ was that many people were overweight. But recently, we have seen a gradual 34)______ towards healthier food.
Modern Australian cooking is often 35)_______ to as the mixture of the East and the West. Today, Australians enjoy Japanese food with bean curd, and 36)______ fish, as well as Greek and Italian food such as, tomatoes and eggplant. There are few or no 37)______ ingredients (配料) in cooking, only the purest and freshest of produce.
Even in the suburbs (市郊) there are grocery stores where customers can buy everything from a Chinese frying pan, cocoa from Brazil, to Lemongrass for 38)______ (芬香的)Thai dishes, dairy products (乳制品) such as 39)_____ and cream, as well as 40)______ (丰富的) homegrown fruit, especially ripe grapes, melons and oranges.
Most Australian homes will have a stove on which you fry or steam vegetables. But perhaps the most important piece of 41)_________ is not in the kitchen but in the garden --- the famous barbecue, where, on a charcoal fire, they grill meat, such as slices of beef steak. There's usually a buffet of salads and vegetables to 42)_________ it. Altogether, with its 43)_______ (=abundant) amount of food and drink and its relaxed way of cooking and serving.
D. One of the best-known designs on British plates is the “Willow Pattern”. 44)_______ this kind of plates is kept only for important occasions when important guests come to dinner. The Willow Pattern Plate was 45)_____ ____ Chinese designs. The first plates of this kind included a bridge with three people crossing it, a boat, a teahouse, a fence in the foreground and two songbirds flying overhead. Behind the 46)______ pictured on the plate is a very touching love story. Once there was a girl named Kun Xi, who was the daughter of a rich official. She fell in love with his father?s gardener. Despite her father?s strong 47)_________, she still loved him deeply. At last the two escaped to an island. But the official and his servants followed there, and set fire to the hut where they stayed. The two of them were killed in the fire, but their souls were 48)________ into songbirds, which you can see singing at the top of the picture.
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A. It is interesting to learn something about Australian food and Chinese food. Both of them are now healthy food, containing lots of fruit, vegetables and meat as well. Often considered to be the healthiest food in the world, Chinese food is low in sugar and fat. Chinese food is unique
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and very tasty so it is liked in the world. While Australian food is often referred to as cuisine and the recipes including ingredients and cooking styles from the East and the West. Australia is famous for sheep and cattle, so Australians like mutton, beef and milk. Its traditional food is barbecue, which is used for a popular way of entertaining friends.
B. Visitors who go to a formal party for the first time are often worried about how to behave at table in China. Knowing table manners helps you make a good impression on others, especially when it is an important occasion. Here is some advice for you, which may be of some help. Generally, if it is a formal occasion, it is the host who usually sits in the middle, on whose right sits the major guest, and others sit in turn according to their ages. The chopsticks are usually put in your front. There are often many dishes during a dinner. The starters are usually some cold dishes, following which are some hot ones. And food such as steamed bread, rice, noodles and pancakes come last. When each dish is served, people usually taste a bit of it, then put down their chopsticks and continue to talk. When drinking to one?s health, success and the like, you usually stand up and touch their glasses.
However, table manners change over time. They follow the fashion of the day. It?s only important for a formal dinner. If you are not sure, you can just follow your host. You needn?t worry about all these rules while you have dinner with your family or your friends.
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In present-day China, we can find two types of fast food: western and Chinese. However, not until the recent decade has western fast food become popular in China. Before the first hamburger walked its 1 into the Chinese food market, we had little idea about such 2__ as hot dog, pizza, potato chips, let 3 Kentucky and McDonald's. It is the reform and opening-up policy that has brought about the 4 of the food culture between China and the Western countries.
Fast food, both Chinese and western, has several advantages. In the first place, fast food, as is _5 by its name, is fast. The food is always 6 and fresh, waiting for its customers. This saves people's precious time, and consequently goes well with the 7 of life in modern society. Secondly, it is very 8 . As we know, fast food restaurants are much the same as 9 _. Customers may feel 10 to help themselves to any variety provided and eat to their hearts' _11_. Thirdly, fast food restaurants are environmentally 12 . Clean dishes, shiny tables, decent (得体的) service and light music all stimulate (刺激) people's 13 to eat more.
The above-mentioned 14 make fast food become rooted in almost all parts of the country and 15 popularity among people. That's also why nowadays Singapore fast food, Turkish fast food and India-Pakistan fast food have found their 16 in China.
As every coin has two 17 _, fast food also has its disadvantages such as lack of 18__, dull taste. 19 _, these are minor (次要的) points compared with its advantages. Since most people agree with fast food, it 20 to grow more rapidly. 1. A. way B. route C. path D. course
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2. A. materials B. articles C. desserts D. terms 3. A. down B. out C. alone D. in 4. A. connection B. exchange C. requirement D. model 5. A. listed B. indicated C. included D. meant 6. A. fragrant B. artificial C. ready D. fragile 7. A. pace B. manner C. quality D. attitude 8. A. various B. ample C. abundant D. convenient 9. A. barbecues B. groceries C. cafeterias D. stores 10. A. free B. reasonable C. considerate D. enthusiastic 11. A. joy B. content C. relief D. concern 12. A. friendly B. mobile C. plain D. comfortable 13. A. acquaintance B. appetite C. sense D. function 14. A. tips B. patterns C. cuisines D. advantages 15. A. enjoy B. share C. possess D. create 16. A. ancestors B. colleagues C. homes D. positions 17. A. heads B. differences C. patterns D. sides 18. A. energy B. nutrition C. vitamin D. taste 19. A. Anyhow B. Besides C. However D. Therefore 20. A. tends B. chooses C. means D. promises 2. 阅读理解
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People who go to a formal Western dinner party for the first time may be surprised by Western table manners. Having good table manners means knowing, for example, how to use knives and forks, when to drink a toast and how to behave at the table. Beside your napkin (餐巾) you will find a small bread roll and three glasses -- one for white wine, one for red wine, and one for water. There are two pairs of knives and forks on the table, forks on the left and knives on the right of the plate. When you see two spoons, the big one is for the soup and the small one for the dessert. The knife and fork that are closest to your plate are a little bit bigger than the ones beside them. When you sit down at the table, you can take your napkin, unfold it and put it on your lap. Dinner starts with a small dish, which is often called a starter. Some people pray before they start eating, and other people may keep silent for a moment. After the starter you will get a bowl of soup -- but only one bowl of soup and never ask for a second serving.
The next dish is the main course. Many Westerners use their fingers when they are eating chicken or other birds, but never touch beef or other meat on bones. It is polite to finish eating everything on your plate, so don't take more food than you need.
At table, you should try to speak quietly and smile a lot, but do not laugh all the time. Most Westerners drink soft drinks if they have to drive home. Many of them drink white or red
wine with the food. For drinking during a dinner, the best advice is never to drink too much. Table manners change over time. Besides, table manners are only important at formal dinner
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parties. Although good manners always make you look good, you do not need to worry about all these rules while having dinner with your friends or family.
21. Having good table manners means knowing all of the following EXCEPT ________. A. how to use a knife and fork B. how to behave at the table C. when and how to drink a toast D. how to fold napkins 22. Which of the following statements about table manners is NOT true? A. Table manners change as time goes by.
B. Good manners will help you make a good impression. C. Table manners are important at any dinner party. D. Table manners vary in different countries.
23. Which shows the right order of the dishes served at a Western dinner party?
A. Starter -- main course -- soup. B. Main course -- starter -- soup -- drinks. C. Starter -- soup -- main course. D. Drinks -- main course -- tarter -- soup. 24. Which of the following behavior is polite at a Western dinner party? A. To start eating as soon as your food is put in front of you. B. To use your fingers when eating meat on bones. C. Not to leave leftovers on your plate.
D. To make other people drink more spirits (烈酒) than they can take. 25. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. The Difference Between Chinese and Western Table Manners B. Table Manners at a Western Dinner Party
C. How To Order and Serve Food in a Western Country
D. How To Entertain Your Guests
B
With the arrival of fast food chains from the West such as McDonald?s, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut, the Chinese are being introduced to a diet that apparently increases the death rate from certain diseases in any population.
The main killers in North America, the diseases such as heart attack and stroke as well as colon (直肠) cancer, will become a way of death in this country if the Chinese do not act quickly and compete with these health destroying food chains.
Scientific studies from all over the world show that a diet high in animal foods such as pork, beef, including sugar, white flour, white noodles and even white rice, undermines one?s health. Deposits (沉积物) of animal fat cling to (依附) the walls of arteries (动脉), blocking the blood supply to various organs. This causes diseases in almost every organ, but in particular it damages two of the most vital ones, the heart and brain.
Compare these problems with the excellent health, one may enjoy if one consumes good Chinese food. The cook goes out every day, procures great-tasting, fresh vegetables, then cooks them for just a few minutes so that their nutritional value is preserved and afterwards serves them in a most artistic and elegant fashion. Please stick to your traditional ways of eating. They
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are far superior to those of the West.
Certainly the fast food chains make lots of money, but who wants to fill the pockets of a foreign food chain that continues to ruin the health of the Chinese people?
Another reason Western fast food restaurants make money is that the food they serve, which comes from assembly lines (生产流水线), will not attract bugs (小虫) or spoil easily.
How the Chinese could been to these fast food places when Chinese cook such delicious food, not just in this country but over the entire world, is beyond my comprehension.
Western restaurants are clean and tastefully decorated. Moreover, these restaurants also do indeed have “good service and an inviting dining atmosphere”. However, Chinese food chains could do equally if they would organize themselves as the Western chains do.
These lessons in management and decoration are the only ones worth learning from the invasion of this country by the Western fast food chains. In other words, only imitate the style of the restaurants, not the content of the food or the menus in any way, shape or form.
Do not let the desire for money destroy the wonderful tradition that China has set up in producing absolutely tasty as well as healthful food.
26. A diet high in animal foods and refined (研制而成的) foods will cause diseases, in particular it damages _________.
A. the heart and brain B. the walls of arteries C. all organs D. the blood
27. The reasons Western fast food restaurants make money are all the following except ______. A. assembly lines that will not attract bugs or spoil easily B. clean and tastefully decorated
C. good service and an inviting dining atmosphere
D. that the food is rich in nutrition, smells delicious and looks inviting 28. What will be worth learning from the Western fast food chains? A. The content of the food. B. The menus.
C. The lessons in management and decoration. D. Shape or form of the food. 29. In the passage, the author thinks _________
A. Chinese should learn everything from Western fast food restaurants. B. Chinese should say no to Western fast food.
C. Western fast food are good. D. Chinese food are bad.
30. The underlined word “undermine” in the third paragraph means _________. A. damage B. benefit C. improve D. remove 3. 阅读表达
Just as a car runs best with a full tank of gas, your body needs the right kind of \fuel\supplements! It is important to fuel your body with a balance of carbohydrates (碳水化合物), proteins, fats, minerals, vitamins and water.
Carbohydrates are especially important for athletes because they supply the body with glucose (blood sugar) for energy. If you don?t have enough glycogen (糖原质) (the form in
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