A man walked into a restaurant. The restaurant advertised it had the   1   menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish, no matter how   2   it was.
At the bottom of the   3  , there was a notice that said, “If you do not see the dish you need on this menu, please tell us and we will add it to the menu right away.”
The man   4   the menu and decided to make sure if it was true. He would order   5    that was very unusual.
When a waiter came up to take his order, he said, “You say you can serve any dish, even if it’s not on your longest menu in the world.”
“That is correct, sir. We are able to meet everyone’s requirements.”
“Well,” the man said, “bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears.   6  , not African.”
The waiter wrote down in his paper: Two Indian elephant ears on toast.
“Very good, sir,” he said. “That shouldn’t   7   long.”
The waiter walked away quickly.
The man was very surprised and rather disappointed.
Then he smiled   8  the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face.
“Ah!” the man said. “You can’t  9  it to me, can you?”
The waiter made an apology (道歉).
“I’m very sorry, sir, and this is the   10  embarrassing,”(困窘 ) he said, “but I’m afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread.”

【小题1】
A.biggestB.thickestC.heaviestD.longest
【小题2】
A.unfairB.unusualC.beautifulD.important
【小题3】
A.menuB.dishC.restaurantD.table
【小题4】
A.looked forB.took outC.looked atD.picked up
【小题5】
A.anythingB.nothingC.everythingD.something
【小题6】
A.AmericanB.IndianC.CanadianD.Australian
【小题7】
A.payB.costC. takeD.spend
【小题8】
A.asB.and C.soD.though
【小题9】
A.catchB.takeC.fetchD.bring
【小题10】
A.leastB.mostC.lessD.more

Did you visit the Shanghai World Expo last summer? What impressed (给……留下印象)  you? 21st Century Kids invites four kids to talk about their experiences. They are back from the Expo. What did they bring us? Let’s see what they have to say.

I went to the SAIC-GM Pavilion (上汽集团通用汽车馆). I found my dream car there. It is a green car. Its name is “Leaf”. Chinese engineers made the car. Its roof is in the shape of a leaf. The roof takes in CO2 and changes it into electricity for the car.

The Japan Pavilion is full of high technology. The “Wonder Camera” is cool. It can find a smiling face in a crowd. When you’re smiling, it takes a photo of you. I want to invent something like that in the future.

My favorite pavilion is the Germany Pavilion. I watched the Energy Source show. Visitors made a ball swing back and forth (来回摇摆) by using only their voices. It’s amazing! Although we had waited for quite a long time before we entered the hall, I think it is well worth seeing with your own eyes.

I like painting, so my parents took me to the France Pavilion to see the famous paintings. But the French cooks caught my eye. I saw them cook. My mom told me that they are some of the best cooks in the world. The dish they cooked looked like a painting. So, being a cook is my second dream job.

1.The 21st Century Kids seems to be _____.

A.a travel service                         B.a newspaper

C.a group of tourists                       D.four children

2. What does the underlined word “electricity” mean in the passage?

A.电               B.汽油             C.灯光             D.指示

3. What activity did the writer experience in the France Pavilion?

A.Using the “Wonder Camera”

B.Driving the green car “Leaf”.

C.To have delicious French dishes.

D.To see cooks painting.

4. What made the ball in the Germany Pavilion swing?

A.Visitors’ smiling faces                   B.CO2 from cars

C.Some secret power                      D.Noise made by visitors

5. The trip to the Shanghai World Expo made the four kids _____.

A.hardworking and polite                   B.amazed and frightened

C.patient and cheerful                     D.excited and curious

 

Feeding a crowd of hundreds doesn’t make Kenny Seals-Nutt nervous.

In fact, he thrives in the kitchen. He’s in his perfect place when dicing tomatoes, making salads and baking cakes.

By the time Kenny, 16, reached his third year of high school at Hickory Grove, North Carolina, US, he had become vice president of his school’s cooking club. He also opened his own food company, called Modern Fusion.

Kenny said he developed his love of cooking by watching his mother, and his grandmother, who owned a catering (饮食业) business herself. Kenny helped them both in order to remember their tips: how long to cook chicken so it stays wet, and the right amount of tomatoes to add to a spaghetti dish.

At the age of 5, he cooked his first dish of shrimp and broccoli. Taking it for his school lunch, he warmed it up in the school’s microwave, while the other kids ate their sandwiches.

“I love to eat, and it started to become more fun to cook than to use a microwave,” he said.

Cooking came easy to Kenny, and he enjoyed adding new ingredients into common dishes. “It started with a passion (热情) and I wanted to know more,” he said. He began to watch the Food Network and read chef blogs.

Last summer, Kenny put his skills to the test by working with his grandmother to cater his uncle’s wedding. While she cooked traditional dishes, Kenny wanted to add new to the expected flavors (风味).

Now Kenny spends his weekends catering his own events: weddings, birthday parties, baby showers. Kenny’s dishes are always a hit.

Chef Frederick Mookie Hicks, owner of a catering business, said Kenny’s success comes from his ability to multitask in the kitchen. Hicks said he has asked Kenny to cook with him on jobs three times now, and he presents Kenny as a positive example of a passionate chef to the students in his cooking classes.

“He’s so vigorous (精神饱满的) about cooking that he doesn’t let anything stop him,” Hicks said. “I knew in the first five minutes of working with the kid that he is something special.”

1.How is Kenny different from other students?

A.He opened a cooking club in his high school.

B.He is famous on the Food Network.

C.He owned a food company at 16.

D.He loves to multi-task.

2.What does the underlined word “thrives” probably mean?

A.works energetic                        B.grows fast

C.learns quickly                          D.makes progress

3.Which of the following best describes Kenny’s cooking?

A.Traditional.                            B.Creative.

C.Simple.                               D.Strange.

4.We can conclude from the article that ______.

A.Kenny proved himself by catering his uncle’s wedding alone

B.Kenny likes to follow his mother’s recipe when cooking

C.Kenny was able to cook his first dish in primary school

D.Kenny’s success in cooking has a lot to do with his family

 

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