Question

选词填空（注意所选单词的适当形式）。

nearly, surprise, wash, care, serve, mean, still, do, spoon, dish

When you are invited to a meal in Thailand, the words of the invitation __1__ "come and eat rice". In fact, __2__ all Thai dishes are eaten with rice. The food that is __3__ is always cut into pieces, so there is no need to use knives and forks but, instead, special __4__ and forks are used. The Thais used to eat with their hands and now there are __5__ some people who eat this way. There is a special way of __6__ it. First they wash their right hands in a bowl of water - they only eat with their right hands. They are __7__ in order not to let the food touch the palms (手掌) of their hands. After the meal, the hands are again carefully __8__. The meal usually has several different __9__. They are all hot. They are served in bowls. As Thailand has a long coastline (海岸线), it is not _10__ that fish and shellfish (贝类食物) play an important part in Thai cooking.

Answer 1

1. mean     2. nearly     3. served       4. spoons   5. still 6. doing     7. careful   8. washed     9. dishes   10. surprising