通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
In 1608 an Englishman called Thomas travelled in Italy. He liked the country and 16 down everything interesting. But he found one thing 17 interesting than others. In his diary Thomas wrote, “ 18 Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They don’t eat with hands because, as they say, people don’t always have 19 hands.” Before he went home, Thomas bought a few 20 . One day he invited his friends to dinner at home. He took out a fork and wanted to 21 the steak(牛排) as Italians did. His friends were very 22 . Thomas told them what the fork was. But they all thought the fork was not easy to use at all. Thomas tried to prove that his friends were 23 . But the first 24 he took with the fork fell onto the floor. His friends began to 25 at him and he had to take the forks away. Fifty years later, people in England began to use forks.
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( )16. A. broke ( )17. A. less ( )18. A. Why ( )19. A. clean ( )20. A. knives ( )21. A. use ( )22. A. worried ( )23. A. honest |
B. wrote B. much B. When B. big B. dishes B. eat B. bored B. correct |
C. went C. even C. Which C. dirty C. forks C. make C. tired C. wrong |
D. climbed D. more D. Where D. free D. place D. take D. surprised D. clever |
24.( ) A. piece of meat B. kilo of meat
C. fork D. meat
25.( ) A. scream B. look C. shout D. laugh