It was the first time Moham went to a restaurant in his new neighborhood. He looked up at the menu board, and ___(1)___ how he could understand what all of these strange names meant. Moham decided that he would ___(2)___ ask the waitress for ice cream in a cup. She smiled brightly, wrote down his ___(3)___ and disappeared behind the big glass display case (陈列柜).
A moment later, she came back with a tall paper cup. ___(4)___ it was a long straw (吸管) and some kind of drink. Moham, quite ___(5)__, took the cup and thanked her, thinking about the possibility that he had used wrong words.
“It’s the soda you ordered,” __(6)__ said, “an ice cream drink in a cup.”
He smiled at the waitress, pointed at one of the __(7)__ in the display case, and said, “That one, please,” which seemed to __(8)__ better.
Moham took the cake and his unexpected soda to a table and sat down to eat. Why was it that English had been so __(9)__ for him in his classes in Tunisia, but when it came to ___(10)__ speaking, he couldn’t even get what he wanted to eat?
Just then, a girl, who sat at the next table and had watched the whole __(11)___, smiled at him and said, “Hey, welcome to our beautiful city! Don’t feel __(12)__ about your English—you’ll get better at it __(13)___ you’ve lived here for a while. I’m from Spain, and the first time I tried to order a salad here, I __(14)___ with a plate of pig’s feet. At least you got a soda!”
Hearing this, Moham felt much better. He wasn’t the only one ___(15)___ to communicate, and his new city began to feel just a little more like he could call it home.
(1).
A. |
imagined |
B. |
wondered |
C. |
described |
D. |
remembered |
(2).
A. |
just |
B. |
even |
C. |
never |
D. |
also |
(3).
A. |
wish |
B. |
suggestion |
C. |
dream |
D. |
order |
(4).
A. |
Above |
B. |
Inside |
C. |
Under |
D. |
Near |
(5).
A. |
moved |
B. |
bored |
C. |
surprised |
D. |
tired |
(6).
(7).
A. |
salads |
B. |
cakes |
C. |
drinks |
D. |
strawberries |
(8).
A. |
work |
B. |
spread |
C. |
develop |
D. |
read |
(9).
A. |
special |
B. |
popular |
C. |
important |
D. |
easy |
(10).
A. |
slowly |
B. |
carefully |
C. |
actually |
D. |
honestly |
(11).
A. |
discussion |
B. |
process |
C. |
performance |
D. |
argument |
(12).
A. |
crazy |
B. |
hopeful |
C. |
bad |
D. |
excited |
(13).
A. |
although |
B. |
if |
C. |
because |
D. |
since |
(14).
A. |
ended up |
B. |
cheered up |
C. |
showed up |
D. |
came up |
(15).
A. |
refusing |
B. |
planning |
C. |
regretting |
D. |
fighting |