Question

　　A recent trend (趋势) in Californian restaurants shows new eating habits among those out to have an interesting dining experience. Appetizers (开胃品) seem to be the name of the games as diners turn away from the more traditional three-course meal in favor of smaller snacks sampled in various types of restaurants, bars and cafes. In this way, in the course of an evening out, you might go to a restaurant for a tasty dish to eat at one end of town, to a bar with some live music at the other end, then for a coffee,and finally back to the restaurant for a further appetizer.

　　Reasons for this trend are the fact that so many different types of restaurants have been set up recently, each with their own particular type of food and special atmosphere, combined with the increased sophistication in the type of snacks being offered. Gone are the cheese sticks of the old days,when appetizers were not really taken seriously. Some favorite snacks of the moment are slices of hot pizza, creamy fish-based dishes and crispy cakes and so on.

　　Prices for appetizers are not equal to a full meal; however, their new popularity has meant that they are by no means as cheap as they used to be. Certainly, for that special occasion, a meal in a nice restaurant, complete with the piano performance, is hard to beat However, if we see that this trend for “butterfly eating”-moving around several different places in one eveningcontinues, then all the traditional style restau-rants may well have to provide their own appetizer bars as well!

(1) How are Californian people's eating habits changing?

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A．People are dining out less.

B．Californian restaurants are becoming less popular.

C．Most people eat less than they used to.

D．A full restaurant meal is losing popularity.

(2) All the places which serve appetizers________.

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A．have much the same menu

B．have their own particular characteristics

C．have a bar with live music

D．are located at the end of the town

(3) If you go out for an evening of appetizers, you are likely to________.

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A．need a car or a bus or other transport

B．be bored with some kinds of snacks

C．spend more time for a full meal than you would

D．eat too much meat

(4) Appetizers used to be seen as________.

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A．relatively important

B．a full meal

C．a cheap meal

D．an expensive meal

Answer 1

答案：D;B;A;C
解析：

(1) 由第二段第二句Gone are the cheese sticks of the old days，when. . . 可知。 (2) 由第二段第一句Reasons for this…each with their own particular type of food and spe-cial atmosphere，. . . 可知。 (3) 由第一段最后一句可知。 (4) 由最后一段第一句后部分可知。