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
__21__ to
__22__ “the best food” for my American family. Each day, regardless of my poor skill of cooking, I would do something in
__23__ way: changing the dishes’ colour, the meat’s type or the soup’s style. （风味）Thus, my American friends could discover the
__24__ of eating Chinese food. Because of my “_
_25__” job, I was often rewarded （奖励） by their _
_26__ of appreciation （感激）such as “very delicious”, “excellent”, etc.
But the joke was here: Yesterday, I cooked Sichuan style
__27__ for dinner. I was
__28__ at my achievement.（成就）
When all the family members arrived at the table, they first looked _
_29__ at the fish, then looked at me. “Why do all the fish have their __30__?” they asked, “It’s terrible!”
Terrible or beautiful? I don’t know. But I
__31_ know that fish heads are delicious. The
__32__ is the best part of fish; in
__33__ only the respectable （受敬重的）guest can have the special honour of
__34__ it.
Another
__35__ thing is: The American friends often said to me “_
_36__” as they
__37__ fruits or other things. According to Chinese tradition I would simply smile in answer to their kindness
__38__ actually helping myself to any of the food.
__39__, 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
__40__ hesitated （犹豫）to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished
| 小题1: | | A．worry | B．attention | C．delight | D．pleasure |
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| 小题2: | | A．buy | B．fetch | C．cook | D．leave |
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| 小题3: | | A．their | B．a new | C．the same | D．a simple |
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| 小题4: | | A．way | B．joy | C．trouble | D．importance |
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| 小题6: | | A．expressions | B．flowers | C．talk | D．smile |
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| 小题8: | | A．praised | B．pleased | C．good | D．surprised |
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| 小题9: | | A．happily | B．excitedly | C．surprisedly | D．worriedly |
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| 小题10: | | A．bones | B．skins | C．tails | D．heads |
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| 小题11: | | A．do | B．will | C．want to | D．should |
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| 小题12: | | A．tail | B．head | C．soup | D．flesh |
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| 小题13: | | A．fact | B．China | C．USA | D．the West |
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| 小题14: | | A．enjoying | B．looking at | C．playing with | D．cooking |
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| 小题15: | | A．real | B．exciting | C．interesting | D．easy |
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| 小题16: | | A．please help us | B．excuse me | C．help yourself | D．eat them please |
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| 小题17: | | A．brought home | B．wanted | C．were buying | D．were eating |
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| 小题18: | | A．not | B．but not | C．without | D．nor |
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| 小题19: | | A．At last | B．Above all | C．After all | D．In return |
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| 小题20: | | A．usual | B．often | C．never | D．had |
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