閱讀選擇

閱讀下面的短文，從每題所給的A、B、C三個選項中 選出最佳答案。

       My friend’s grandfather came to America from a farm in Thailand. After arriving in New York,he went into a cafeteria  (自助餐廳) in Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order. Of course nobody did. Finally,a woman with a big plate full of food came up to him. She sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked.

      “Start out at that end”’ she said ,“Just go along the line and choose what you want. At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay. ”

      “I soon learned that's how everything works in America ,” the grandfather told my friend later, “Life's a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want as long as you want to pay the price. You can even get success,but you¹11 never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself. ”

() 21. My friend's grandfather came from

   A. Thailand   B. Manhattan

   C. New York

() 22. The grandfather went into a cafeteria to .

   A. wait for someone

   B. get something to eat

   C. meet my friend

() 23. The woman in the cafeteria might be

   A. a waitress

   B. a friend of grandpa's

   C. a customer

() 24. What should we do to get food in a cafeteria?

   A. Wait for the waiter.

   B. Ask someone for help.

   C. Get it ourselves.

() 25. What can we learn from the grandfather's words about the life in the US?

   A. Get up early and you can succeed.

   B. Act and get what you want on your own.

   C. Nobody brings you anything unless you pay the price.

完形填空閱讀下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的A、 B、C三個選項中選出最佳答案。

      All around the world,everyone has to eat. But people in different areas eat different things. Sometimes,people use the same ingredients 11 cook them differently.

      What people eat has something to do with where they live. People look at the local 12 to decide what to grow in the fields. For example,the 13 weather near the North Pole (北極) means that 14 plants can grow there. Therefore,the local people,the Inuit,live only by fishing and 15 animals.

      So the local people make steamed bread (慢頭) and noodles from 16 or wheat. However,it is different in the 17 There,lots of rain and land near the lakes and rivers mean that people can grow and eat rice.

      The land and weather in Central America is 18 for growing coco trees. Chocolate is made from the seeds (種子) in the fruit of these trees. Almost every home in Central America has its own way of 19 chocolate. Chocolate has become a 20 that people cannot live without it.

() 11. A. and   B. but   C. or

() 12. A. weather   B. animals   C. plants

() 13. A. warm   B. hot   C. cold

() 14. A. few   B. a few   C. quite a few

() 15. A. training   B. feeding   C. catching

() 16. A. rice   B. chocolate   C. corn

() 17. A. north   B. south   C. northwest

() 18. A. good   B. bad   C. difficult

() 19. A. picking   B. planting   C. making

() 20. A. drink   B. food   C. tree

() 10. Cathy was very happy to meet old friend on the plane to Paris.

   A. a   B. an

   C. the

() 9. I think English is useful language,and it's also important language.

   A. an; a   B. a; an

   C. an;the

() 8. - Why did you laugh just now?

       —Ted wanted to tell us very funny story,but he forgot ending himself.

   A. a;an   B. the;the

   C. a;the

() 7. Beijing is one of biggest cities in China.

   A. a   B. an

   C. the

() 6. I guess hat with flowers belongs to Kate.

   A. a   B. an

   C. the

() 5. This is useful book, book is my brother's.

   A. a;the   B. an;the

   C. a;an

() 4. —Do you like movie Big Hero 6?

       —Yes,it is interesting film. I like it very much.

   A. a;an   B. the;an

   C. the;a

() 3. Some small shops in Britain usually close for hour at lunchtime.

   A. an;the   B. a; /

   C. an; /