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　　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

答案：B;D;B;A;C;B;D;C;A;D
解析：

整体把握：由本文知：英国人Thomas Coryate去意大利旅行，看到他们用叉子吃肉很奇怪，回去后也买了叉子并演示给朋友看，肉掉了，不再用叉子，结果50年后叉子就在英国被使用。本文涉及到动词、副词、形容词、名词等，考查学生的词汇及综合理解能力。 (1) 点拨：句意为“他喜欢这个国家并写下了所有有趣的事情”。故选wrote，与down构成短语“写下”的意思。 (2) 点拨：句中than表明用比较级，interesting的比较级在前面加more。 (3) 点拨：由句意知：当意大利人吃肉时，他们用小叉子，故用引导词when。 (4) 点拨：由句意知：他们不用手吃肉，是因为手不干净，前边已有not否定，故后边用clean。 (5) 点拨：由上文知：他对叉子感兴趣，因此买了叉子带回去。故本题选C。 (6) 点拨：由题意知：他拿出了叉子想要像意大利人那样吃牛排。故本题选B。 (7) 点拨：由上下文知：朋友是第一次见到叉子肯定很奇怪，故本题选D。 (8) 点拨：由上文“朋友认为叉子不容易使用”而下文“Thomas想证明朋友错了”，故本题选C。 (9) 点拨：“一块肉，一片肉”用a piece of meat，故本题选A。 (10) 点拨：由上下文可理解为：“朋友开始笑话他，他不得不把叉子拿走了”。故本题选D。