I spent two months with an American family last year when I studied in America.
It is said, “The best house is in America, the best wife is in Japan, and the best food is in China.” So I took pride (自豪)and ___ to ____ “the best food” for my American family. Each day, regardless of my poor skill of cooking, I would do something in ____ way: changing the dishes’ colour, the meat’s type or the soup’s style(风味). Thus, my American friends could discover the ____ of eating Chinese food. Because of my “____” job, I was often rewarded (奖励) by their ____ of appreciation (感激)such as “very delicious”, “excellent”, etc.
But the joke was here: Yesterday, I cooked Sichuan style ___ for dinner. I was ____ at my achievement.(成就)
When all the family members arrived at the table, they first looked ___ at the fish, then looked at me. “Why do all the fish have their ____?” they asked, “It’s terrible!”
Terrible or beautiful? I don’t know. But I ___ know that fish heads are delicious. The ____ is the best part of fish; in ___ only the respectable (受敬重的)guest can have the special honor of ____ it.
Another ___ thing is: The American friends often said to me “__ ” as they ____ fruits or other things. According to Chinese tradition I would simply smile in answer to their kindness ____ actually helping myself to any of the food. ___ , I said “help yourself” to them whenever I brought home fruits. Dear me, no matter how much or how often I brought home food, as long as it was nice to their taste, they ___ hesitated (犹豫)to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished
1.A. worry B. attention C. delight D. pleasure
2.A. buy B. fetch C. cook D. leave
3.A. their B. a new C. the same D. a simple
4.A. way B. joy C. trouble D. importance
5.A. hard B. daily C. good D. new
6.A. expressions B. flowers C. talk D. smile
7.A. meat B. fish C. soup D. egg
8.A. praised B. pleased C. good D. surprised
9.A. happily B. excitedly C. surprisedly D. worriedly
10.A. bones B. skins C. tails D. heads
11.A. do B. will C. want to D. should
12.A. tail B. head C. soup D. flesh
13.A. fact B. China C. USA D. the West
14.A. enjoying B. looking at C. playing with D. cooking
15.A. real B. exciting C. interesting D. easy
16.A. please help us B. excuse me C. help yourself D. eat them please
17.A. brought home B. wanted C. were buying D. were eating
18.A. not B. but not C. without D. nor
19.A. At last B. Above all C. After all D. In return
20.A. usual B. often C. never D. Had