二、完形填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
For foreigners in China, food isn't simply a meal. It's sometimes a 16 . I often fail to order the right food and use chopsticks 17 when I sit down in a restaurant.
Because not every dish has a picture on the menu, ordering food becomes a game. My father and I often 18 what kinds of vegetables or meat we're eating. In one of our favourite Sichuan restaurants, three waiters spent 15 minutes taking our order for 19 . I simply wanted water, but my father wanted to try one of the fresh juices listed on the menu. There were two 20 ，however. There were neither pictures nor English on the menu. Finally, he just ordered a Coca Cola.
One of our most embarrassing experiences was at a famous restaurant. It was always 21 ，so we thought it might be a good one to visit. We had the most difficult time ordering our meal, since there were so many 22 . Luckily, the waiter in the restaurant was rather patient and finally 23 us. During the dinner, noodles slipped through my chopsticks onto the table lots of times. I tried to pick up a dumpling for my father, but I dropped it on his shorts. I looked 24 and people were laughing about my chopstick skills.
No matter how difficult it was for us to understand the menu, the waiters always had a understanding of our 25 . They were always patient, even when they realized they had to clean up the noodles that had slipped through my chopsticks.
16. A. surprise B. challenge C. prize D. miss
17. A. quickly B. correctly C. safely D. carelessly
18. A. explain B. report C. guess D. fear
19. A. drinks B. fruit C. vegetables D. salad
20. A. programmes B. directions C. instructions D. problems
21. A. noisy B. peaceful C. crowded D. empty
22. A. choices B. changes C. channels D. chances
23. A. reminded B. accepted C. mistook D. understood
24. A. through B. around C. after D. over
25. A. culture B. habit C. situation D. shame
完型填空：11~20. BBCAD CADBC
For foreigners in China, food isn't simply a meal. It's sometimes a 16 . I often fail to order the right food and use chopsticks 17 when I sit down in a restaurant.
Because not every dish has a picture on the menu, ordering food becomes a game. My father and I often 18 what kinds of vegetables or meat we're eating. In one of our favourite Sichuan restaurants, three waiters spent 15 minutes taking our order for 19 . I simply wanted water, but my father wanted to try one of the fresh juices listed on the menu. There were two 20 ，however. There were neither pictures nor English on the menu. Finally, he just ordered a Coca Cola.
One of our most embarrassing experiences was at a famous restaurant. It was always 21 ，so we thought it might be a good one to visit. We had the most difficult time ordering our meal, since there were so many 22 . Luckily, the waiter in the restaurant was rather patient and finally 23 us. During the dinner, noodles slipped through my chopsticks onto the table lots of times. I tried to pick up a dumpling for my father, but I dropped it on his shorts. I looked 24 and people were laughing about my chopstick skills.
No matter how difficult it was for us to understand the menu, the waiters always had a understanding of our 25 . They were always patient, even when they realized they had to clean up the noodles that had slipped through my chopsticks.
16. A. surprise B. challenge C. prize D. miss
17. A. quickly B. correctly C. safely D. carelessly
18. A. explain B. report C. guess D. fear
19. A. drinks B. fruit C. vegetables D. salad
20. A. programmes B. directions C. instructions D. problems
21. A. noisy B. peaceful C. crowded D. empty
22. A. choices B. changes C. channels D. chances
23. A. reminded B. accepted C. mistook D. understood
24. A. through B. around C. after D. over
25. A. culture B. habit C. situation D. shame
完型填空：11~20. BBCAD CADBC
