Question

Cloze 13(2012 梅州)

       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.v

       “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 ,” he said ,“but I'm afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread."

1. A. biggest   B. thickest   C. heaviest   D. longest

2. A. unfair   B. unusual   C. beautiful   D. important

3. A. menu   B. dish   C. restaurant   D. table

4. A. looked for   B. took out   C. looked at   D. picked up

5. A. anything   B. nothing   C. everything   D. something

6. A. American   B. Indian   C. Canadian   D. Australian

7. A. pay   B. cost   C. take   D. spend

8. A. as   B. and   C. so   D. though

9. A. catch   B. take   C. fetch   D. bring

10. A. least   B. most   C. less   D. more

Answer 1

1. D 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. B

Cloze 13

[语篇解读]本文是一则叙述性的幽默小故事。一家餐馆号称有世 界上最长的菜单，能提供任何不同寻常的菜肴。一位顾客点了一个二 明治外加两个印度大象耳朵。结果饭店没能满足，给出的理由是他们 的面包用完了。

1. D这家餐馆的广告说他们有世界上最长的菜单。根据后文可知， 顾客可以在菜单上添加他们需要的任何菜肴，菜单上菜肴多就使得 菜单变长，故选D项。

2. B经理非常自豪他们能够提供任何菜肴，不论它是多么不同寻常。unusual不同寻常的，符合题意;unfair不公平的;beautiful美丽的;important 重要的。根据句意及第三段最后一句...that was very unusual 可知，选B项。

3. A在菜单的底部有一条告示，写着“如果你在这个菜单上没有看到 你想要的菜肴，请告诉我们，我们会立刻把它添加到这个菜单上”。menu菜单;dish菜肴;restaurant饭馆;table饭桌。根据上文可知，这 句话应该写在菜单的最后面。故选A项。

4. C这位男子看着菜单，决定确认一下是否如此。look at看 ;look for寻找;take out拿出;pick up捡起，根据题意选C项。

5. D 他想要点一些不同寻常的东西。something某物，某东西； anything任何东西;everything每一样东西;nothing没有东西。根据题 意选D项。

6. B根据下一句Two Indian elephant ears on toast.可知，这位男子想要印度大象耳朵，故选B项。

7. C that指代准备客人所点的食物。pay付钱，主语通常为人;cost通 常指花费金钱、精力;take花费时间;spend花费时间、金钱等，主语通常人。根据句意，选C项。

8. A as当……的时候，连接时间状语从句。and和，连接表示顺接的 并列句;so因此，引导表示结果的并列句;though尽管，引导让步状语从句。根据句意选A项。

9. D catch抓住;take拿去;fetch去拿来;bring带来，拿来。站在顾客 的角度，应该是拿来，再根据上文提到的...bring me a sandwich with... 可知选D项。

10. B他说道:“很抱歉，先生，这是一个最令人尴尬的事，我们恐怕无 法提供，因为面包被用完了。”根据题意此处需用最高级，排除C、D , 两项;the least embarrassing最不令人尴尬的事情，与情景相反。故选B项。