When you eat out with friends, it can be difficult to decide what to order, for there are often too many choices on the menu, and everything sounds good.

Luckily, a group of authors have recently written some books to help people solve this problem. Here are some of their tips about ordering food.

First, take a quick look at the menu and order what catches your eye first. Spend no more than 2-3 seconds deciding. Second, the key to ordering a good meal in a restaurant is understanding what the cooks are good at. Third, ask the waiters what they recommend and order something else – they always try to let you order expensive dishes and make money! Then ,take the menu and divide it into 4 or 5 pieces. Order from only one of the pieces, and don’t look at the other pieces. You will be happier with your meal. At last, ask the other customers at the restaurant about what they’re having and order the most popular dishes for yourself.

1.How many tips does the writer give us?

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2.Why is it difficult to decide what to order?

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3.What is the key to order a good meal?

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4.How many pieces can we divide the menu into?

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5.Why doesn’t the writer order the food the waiter recommend?

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There once was a little boy who wanted to meet the king. He set off, walking towards the king's castle. After many years of walking, the king's castle came into his view. However, as the boy drew closer to the outside of the castle, the guards noticed him.

“Get out of here!” ordered the guards.

Well,the little boy didn't have to be told twice. He turned…and ran. All he wanted to do was to tell the king wonderful things, and see all the beautiful things in the king's house. But he couldn't even get near the castle! The boy finally stopped running, sat down and cried.

A young man happened to be coming down the path at the very moment. He saw the little boy and stopped. “What's wrong, young man?” he asked.

“Sir, I walked and walked just to see the king. But these guards made me scared. I wanted to tell the king how lovely everything is and just tell the king that I just wanted to see him!”

The man looked at the little boy thoughtfully. “Look, why don't you try again. I'll come with you this time.”

The little boy got up and took the man's hand. The king's guards spotted them.

“Look, mister, we don't have to do this…I don’t want you to get hurt. We can just turn around now.”

The man held the little boy's hand and went on. The boy really thought the man might be crazy until he looked back up at the guards. They were all smiling now. The little boy was amazed.

“Who are you?” asked the little boy in surprise.

“Why, I'm the king's son. You can enter the castle and be with the king.” said the man.

The little boy broke into a huge smile.

1.Why did the boy want to see the king?

A.To get some help from the king.

B.To invite the king to visit his beautiful village.

C.To share wonderful things with the king.

D.To ask the king to play with him.

2.What does the underlined sentence in the paragraph mean?

A.The little boy didn’t understand the guards words at first.

B.The guards repeated the words to the boy.

C.The little boy had been to the castle twice.

D.The little boy understood the guards’ words at once.

3.According to the passage, the man is____.

A.kind B.stupid C.rude D.selfish (自私)

4.Which of the following best suits the story’s lesson for us?

A.Never judge a book by its cover.

B.Anything is possible if one tried hard enough.

C.Life can sometimes be unfair (不公平).

D.Make new friends and keep the old.

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Customs on Eating

Food in China and western countries is different. China has about five thousand years’ history. Chinese people may spend half of their time on food. They choose food very carefully. They only use fresh materials to make food. For example, they only eat fresh fish. Chinese people have a lot of ideas for cooking. They can cook a chicken in over ten ways. 1. Western countries, like England or America, don’t have fresh food because they buy their food from supermarkets. They only sell stored materials. 2. They are unhealthy for people’s body. Western people are very good at making desserts and chocolates. They can make very good cakes and chocolates. 3.

In China, when people invite others for a meal, they would pay for the meal, but it’s not the same way in western countries. 4. They won’t be happy if you pay for them.

Another difference in eating is that: 5.

Chinese people only have three meals in a day. But western people may have more. They usually have afternoon tea when they would have fruit or cakes with cheese.

根据材料内容,从下面五个选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项,使短文意思通顺,内容完整。

A. These food are very sweet and can make people fat quickly.

B. Chinese people use chopsticks but western people use knives and forks.

C. Western people also prefer fast food like hamburgers and chips.

D. So Chinese food is very popular around the world.

E. In western countries, people will think you only invite them but don’t need to pay for them.

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