For foreigners in China, food isn’t simply a meal. It’s sometimes a . I often fail to order the right food and use chopsticks correctly when I sit down in a restaurant.

Because not every dish has a picture on the menu, food becomes a guessing game. My father and I often what kind of vegetables or meat we’re eating. In one of our favourite Sichuan restaurants, it took three waiters 15 minutes to take our order for . I simply wanted water, but my father wanted to try one of the fresh juices listed on the menu. There were two , however. There were neither pictures nor English on the menu. Finally, he just ordered a Coca Cola.

One of our most embarrassing(令人尴尬的) experiences was at a famous restaurant. It was always , so we thought it might be a good restaurant to visit. We had the most difficult time ordering our meal, since there were so many choices. Luckily, the waiter was very and successfully understood us. During the dinner, noodles slipped(滑落) through my chopsticks onto the table lots of times. Once, I tried to pick up a dumpling for my father, but I it on his shorts. We both looked at it as it fell to the floor. I looked behind me and people were about my chopsticks skills.

No matter how difficult it is for us to understand the menu, the waiters are always very understanding of our . They always give us good service, even when they realize they have to clean up the noodles that have slipped through my chopsticks.

1.A. surprise B. challenge C. prize D. mistake

2.A. cooking B. selling C. sending D. ordering

3.A. fear B. report C. explain D. guess

4.A. dessert B. fruit C. drinks D. vegetables

5.A. problems B. inventions C. chances D. directions

6. A. noisy B. peaceful C. crowded D. empty

7.A. honest B. patient C. proud D. brave

8.A. ate B. dropped C. prepared D. got

9.A. laughing B. thinking C. arguing D. learning

10.A. culture B. habit C. conversation D. Situation

Nancy would like to take part in a fancy-dress party (化妆舞会). She had to go to the party with her friends because her husband has been to another city to go on a business trip. Later that night, she was busy in dressing up herself as a ghost, including putting on masks and some special costumes.

After finishing it, she went downstairs to look at herself in the mirror. Suddenly, there was a knock on the front door. She knew that it must be the baker (面包师). She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table. Not wanting to frighten (使惊吓) the poor man, Nancy quickly hid in the storeroom under the stairs.

To her surprise, it was her husband who changed his plan and came back home 2 days earlier. The husband called his wife’s name happily and looked for her all around. Nancy was so excited that she ran to her husband without realizing she was a ghost at that moment. But it was too late. Her husband let out a cry and jumped back several steps. Then he lost his sense and lay on the ground.

1.At first, Nancy decided to go to the fancy-dress party with .

A. her friends B. the baker

C. some neighbors D. her husband

2.Nancy went to the storeroom under the stairs because she .

A. wanted to look at herself in the mirror

B. wanted to give her husband a big surprise

C. did not want to make the baker feel scared

D. saw a burglar at home and protected herself

3.What happened at the end of the story?

A. Nancy went to the party with her husband happily.

B. Nancy’s husband was so scared that he lost his sense.

C. Nancy had a wonderful party to welcome her husband at home.

D. Nancy’s husband was angry with her and left home alone at once.

4.What can be the best title for this passage?

A. A happy husband. B. A poor baker.

C. A short business trip. D. A ghost at home.

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