Question

Visitors to Britain are always complaining（抱怨） about English food. But they do not really know what they are talking about because they rarely get a chance to eat it. Most of the restaurants in large towns have foreign owners and serve foreign food. When visitors are invited to eat in an English home, their hosts often feel they must offer them something foreign and exotic（奇特的）.

　　Those of us who do know English food realize that at its best it can be really very good. On the other hand it is true to say that it is sometimes terrible. Part of the problem is that we are not really interested in food——we eat to live, we don't live to eat. So we don't generally spend the necessary time and effort needed to cook really good meals or ready prepared food which only, needs heating up before eating.

　　You can find the best English food in the country away from large towns, where life is slower and people not in such a hurry. But more visitors come to London, they come because they are interested in shopping and sightseeing（观光）. They do not come because of food, so why should they complain about it ?

（　　） （1）. Visitors to Britain are always complaining about English food because _________.

A. they don't often eat English food

B. they only eat English food in English home

C. they usually eat English food in the restaurants

D. they know little about English food

（　　） （2）. When English people have guests they prefer to _________.

A. cook some unusual food　　　　　　　　 B. offer them some prepared food

C. serve them food they are used to　　　　　　D. serve them the English food

（　　）（3）. Which of the following statements is right?

A. People don't want t6 spend time and effort in cooking.

B. People are not really interested in food because they think they live to eat, not eat to live.

C. English food is neither good nor terrible.

D. People like to cook in a quick easy way.

（　　） （4）. Visitors can find the best English food _________.

A. in the restaurants in large towns　　　　　　B. in the country

C. in English homes　　　　　　　　　　 D. in the restaurants in towns

（　　）（5）. The conclusion（结论） suggests _________.

A. visitors have the rights to complain about English

B. as well as food people come to shopping and sightseeing

C. the criticism（批评） of English food is unfair（不公平）

D. it is possible to find good English food in towns but it takes times to find

Answer 1

答案：D;A;A;B;C
解析：

（1）D 见文章第一段第1、2句。 （2）A 见文章第一段最后一句。 （3）A 见文章第二段“We don't generally spend the time and effort needed to cook really good meals”，其他三项与文中表述矛盾。 （4）B 见文章最后一段第1句。 （5）C 文章最后一句作者阐明了自己的态度，即人们旅行不是为了食物而去的，他们有什么理由抱怨呢?