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根據文章第三行可知此題選B.

2. D由but表轉折可知，他發現了一件比他記下的其他事更有趣的事情。

3. B根據句意"意大利人吃肉用小的叉子"，可知此題選B.

4. A他們不用手吃，因為他們說，人們的手不總是干凈的。故此題選A。

5. C根據第一段，此題應C.

6. B"當牛排被拿出來時，他拿出叉子，想像意大利人那樣吃牛肉"。故此題選B.

7. D因為當時英國人不像意大利人那樣用叉子吃東西，所以他的朋友們感到很吃驚。

8. C由下句"因此他開始展示使用叉子是容易的"可知。

9. A此句意為"他用叉子叉的第一塊肉掉在了地上"，所以應選A.

10. D根據上句，本題應選D.