“ Dining out”, or “ eating out ”,is a phrase people use in Britain when they eat in a restaurant or a pub. Eating out is more popular in Britain today than ever before.

However, eating out can be expensive. Restaurants are normally more expensive than pubs, though many pubs serve very good ,simple food. As British people don’t dine out every night of the week ,eating in a restaurant is often seen as a special occasion. When going for the first date, or if celebrating an anniversary or a birthday, many people like to go to a restaurant. People often eat in a restaurant before going to the cinema or the theatre.

As in all cultures, there are many rules of etiquette (禮節(jié))surrounding food and eating, and nowhere is this more pronounced than when eating in a smart restaurant. People are almost always expected to eat with a knife and fork and these should be held in the correct hand and used in the correct way. It is also impolite to have your elbows on the dining table when you are eating.

There’re many such “unspoken” rules — they are normally only important when eating in a very elegant and expensive restaurant, and vary slightly from restaurant to restaurant and place to place. A recent nationwide survey showed that there was a divide in manners between the north and south of Britain ---the “worst” manners were in Scotland and the northeast, and the “best” in Wales and the southeast! However, this survey was almost certainly conducted by someone in the southeast, so it may not be entirely fair.

Naturally, restaurants vary greatly in quality and price. However, almost all British cities have a vast range of food and cooking styles to choose from as well as traditional British food, from the very cheap to the very expensive — French, Italian, Indian, Greek, Thai, Japanese and many more. In fact, when asked what their favorite food is, many British people say an Indian curry (咖喱菜)rather than any other dish!

As well as dining in a restaurant ,when people are too tired to cook after work they often get a “takeaway”. This means they order from a takeaway or takeout restaurant by phone, then go to collect it and take it home to eat. Many takeout restaurants also deliver to your house. While you can normally find a takeout restaurant for almost any cuisine, the most popular are Italian, Indian and Chinese — and all you have to do is to open the door, pay and eat!

1. What can be concluded from the first two paragraphs?

A.      The British spend more eating out than cooking at home.

B.      The British pay great attention to eating in a restaurant.

C.      The British often dine out when celebrating festivals.

D.      People tend to eat in a restaurant after watching a movie.

2. The underlined word “pronounced" in Paragraph 3 probably means “_____

A.      polite        B. expensive     C. strange D. obvious

3.According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A.      There exist great differences of rules in different restaurants.

B.      People from Wales and southeast Britain are the most polite.

C.      Your order in a takeout restaurant can be sent to your home.

D.      Traditional British food is seldom served in British restaurants.

4. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. Restaurant culture in Britain.        

B. Table manners in Britain.

C. Different restaurants in Britain.

D. Traditional and foreign foods in Britain.

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】

試題分析:本文介紹了英國(guó)的餐館文化。在所有的文化中,圍繞餐飲都有很多禮節(jié),這一點(diǎn)在英國(guó)尤為明顯。比如人們?cè)陲埖昃筒蜁r(shí)一定要使用刀叉,而且一定得使用正確的方式。此外,在一些昂貴的飯店還有一些不成文的規(guī)則等等。

1.B推理判斷題。根據(jù)eating in a restaurant is often seen as a special occasion.可知英國(guó)人由于不經(jīng)常外出吃飯,所以他們對(duì)于在飯店吃飯非常看重,因此答案選B。

2.D詞義猜測(cè)題。A禮貌的;B昂貴的;C奇怪的;D明顯的。英國(guó)人注重禮節(jié),本段提到在餐廳吃飯時(shí)要使用刀叉,并且要用對(duì)方式等等,由此推斷英國(guó)人的禮儀在餐廳吃飯時(shí)尤為明顯,故答案選D。

3.C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章末段Many takeout restaurants also deliver to your house可知外賣餐廳可以把顧客點(diǎn)的飯菜送到住所,故答案選C。

4.A主旨大意題。文章首段提出Eating out is more popular in Britain today than ever before.,即在英國(guó),人們比以往更喜歡在飯店就餐了,然后講述在飯店吃飯時(shí)注意的一些就餐禮儀和餐廳文化,故本文的中心就是介紹英國(guó)的餐館文化,答案選A。

考點(diǎn):考查社會(huì)生活類短文閱讀。

 

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