Question

Cloze 13(2012 梅州)

       A man walked into a restaurant.The restaurant advertised it had the 1       menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish,no matter how 2        it was.

       At the bottom of the 3       ,there was a notice that said ,‘‘ If you do not see the dish you need on this menu,please tell us and we will add it to the menu right away."

       The man 4        the menu and decided to make sure if it was true.He would order 5         that was very unusual.

       When a waiter came up to take his order,he said,“You say you can serve any dish,even if it’s not on your longest menu in the world. ”

       “That is correct,sir. We are able to meet everyone’s requirements.v

       “Well”’the man said, “bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears. 6       ，not African."

        The waiter wrote down in his paper ： Two Indian elephant ears on toast.

       “Very good,sir ,”he said.“That shouldn’t 7       long."

        The waiter walked away quickly.

        The man was very surprised and rather disappointed.

        Then he smiled 8        the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face.

       “ Ah!”the man said.“You can’t 9       it to me,can you?”

        The waiter made an apology (道歉).

       “I'm very sorry,sir,and this is the 10        embarrassing ,” he said ,“but I'm afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread."

1. A. biggest   B. thickest   C. heaviest   D. longest

2. A. unfair   B. unusual   C. beautiful   D. important

3. A. menu   B. dish   C. restaurant   D. table

4. A. looked for   B. took out   C. looked at   D. picked up

5. A. anything   B. nothing   C. everything   D. something

6. A. American   B. Indian   C. Canadian   D. Australian

7. A. pay   B. cost   C. take   D. spend

8. A. as   B. and   C. so   D. though

9. A. catch   B. take   C. fetch   D. bring

10. A. least   B. most   C. less   D. more

Answer 1

1. D 2. B 3. A 4. C 5. D 6. B 7. C 8. A 9. D 10. B

Cloze 13

[語篇解讀]本文是一則敘述性的幽默小故事。一家餐館號稱有世 界上最長的菜單，能提供任何不同尋常的菜肴。一位顧客點了一個二 明治外加兩個印度大象耳朵。結(jié)果飯店沒能滿足，給出的理由是他們 的面包用完了。

1. D這家餐館的廣告說他們有世界上最長的菜單。根據(jù)后文可知， 顧客可以在菜單上添加他們需要的任何菜肴，菜單上菜肴多就使得 菜單變長，故選D項。

2. B經(jīng)理非常自豪他們能夠提供任何菜肴，不論它是多么不同尋常。unusual不同尋常的，符合題意;unfair不公平的;beautiful美麗的;important 重要的。根據(jù)句意及第三段最后一句...that was very unusual 可知，選B項。

3. A在菜單的底部有一條告示，寫著“如果你在這個菜單上沒有看到 你想要的菜肴，請告訴我們，我們會立刻把它添加到這個菜單上”。menu菜單;dish菜肴;restaurant飯館;table飯桌。根據(jù)上文可知，這 句話應該寫在菜單的最后面。故選A項。

4. C這位男子看著菜單，決定確認一下是否如此。look at看 ;look for尋找;take out拿出;pick up撿起，根據(jù)題意選C項。

5. D 他想要點一些不同尋常的東西。something某物，某東西； anything任何東西;everything每一樣東西;nothing沒有東西。根據(jù)題 意選D項。

6. B根據(jù)下一句Two Indian elephant ears on toast.可知，這位男子想要印度大象耳朵，故選B項。

7. C that指代準備客人所點的食物。pay付錢，主語通常為人;cost通 常指花費金錢、精力;take花費時間;spend花費時間、金錢等，主語通常人。根據(jù)句意，選C項。

8. A as當……的時候，連接時間狀語從句。and和，連接表示順接的 并列句;so因此，引導表示結(jié)果的并列句;though盡管，引導讓步狀語從句。根據(jù)句意選A項。

9. D catch抓住;take拿去;fetch去拿來;bring帶來，拿來。站在顧客 的角度，應該是拿來，再根據(jù)上文提到的...bring me a sandwich with... 可知選D項。

10. B他說道:“很抱歉，先生，這是一個最令人尷尬的事，我們恐怕無 法提供，因為面包被用完了�！备鶕�(jù)題意此處需用最高級，排除C、D , 兩項;the least embarrassing最不令人尷尬的事情，與情景相反。故選B項。