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　　In 1608 an Englishman named Thomas Coryate traveled in Italy (意大利). He liked the country and 1 down everything interesting. But he found one thing 2 interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote: “ 3 the Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They do not eat with their hands because, as they say, people do not always have 4 hands.” Before he went back to England, Thomas Coryate bought a few 5 .

　　At home Thomas had a dinner party to show the forks to his friends. When the steak (牛排) was brought out, he took out a fork and wanted to 6 the steak as the Italians did in Italy. His friends were 7 when they saw this. He told them what the fork was. They all said that Italians were very strange people because the fork was not easy to use at all. Thomas Coryate tried to prove that his friends were 8 , so he began to show that it was easy to use the fork. But the first 9 of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor. His friends began to 10 at him and he had to take the fork away.

　　People in England began to use forks only fifty years later.

(1) A．broke

B．wrote

C．went

D．calmed

(2) A．less

B．much

C．even

D．more

(3) A．Why

B．When

C．Which

D．Where

(4) A．clean

B．big

C．dirty

D．safe

(5) A．knives

B．dishes

C．forks

D．plates

(6) A．use

B．eat

C．make

D．cut

(7) A．worried

B．bored

C．tired

D．surprised

(8) A．honest

B．correct

C．wrong

D．clever

(9) A．piece

B．kilo

C．pound

D．packet

(10) A．scream

B．look

C．shout

D．laugh

Answer 1

答案：B;D;B;A;C;B;D;C;A;D
解析：

整體把握：由本文知：英國人Thomas Coryate去意大利旅行，看到他們用叉子吃肉很奇怪，回去后也買了叉子并演示給朋友看，肉掉了，不再用叉子，結果50年后叉子就在英國被使用。本文涉及到動詞、副詞、形容詞、名詞等，考查學生的詞匯及綜合理解能力。 (1) 點撥：句意為“他喜歡這個國家并寫下了所有有趣的事情”。故選wrote，與down構成短語“寫下”的意思。 (2) 點撥：句中than表明用比較級，interesting的比較級在前面加more。 (3) 點撥：由句意知：當意大利人吃肉時，他們用小叉子，故用引導詞when。 (4) 點撥：由句意知：他們不用手吃肉，是因為手不干凈，前邊已有not否定，故后邊用clean。 (5) 點撥：由上文知：他對叉子感興趣，因此買了叉子帶回去。故本題選C。 (6) 點撥：由題意知：他拿出了叉子想要像意大利人那樣吃牛排。故本題選B。 (7) 點撥：由上下文知：朋友是第一次見到叉子肯定很奇怪，故本題選D。 (8) 點撥：由上文“朋友認為叉子不容易使用”而下文“Thomas想證明朋友錯了”，故本題選C。 (9) 點撥：“一塊肉，一片肉”用a piece of meat，故本題選A。 (10) 點撥：由上下文可理解為：“朋友開始笑話他，他不得不把叉子拿走了”。故本題選D。