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【題目】閱讀理解
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Enjoying Dinner with Friends in America
　　Americans, like many people elsewhere in the world, like to invite friends to their homes for an evening of food, drink and conversation. Formal dinners, in fine homes and hotels in the United States are much the same as formal dinners anywhere in the world. But as most people in the United States have no servants (傭人) , their dinner parties at home are mostly informal. Guests may sit down at a table, or, as many new small homes have no separate (單獨的) dining room or very small dining space, guests can also serve themselves and eat in the living room, holding their plates on their knees.
　　A more enjoyable form of entertainment is the picnic. Americans are great picnickers, and almost every family has a picnic basket. Summer invitations are often for a picnic at a park or in the open countryside. Unless hamburgers or hot dogs are cooked over a fire, picnic food is usually cold sandwiches, salads, potato chips, etc. Watermelon is a favourite dessert, followed very often by baseball for the young and active, and naps (打盹) for the weary (疲憊的; 困乏的).
（1）What do most Americans like to do?
A.To entertain friends at home with food and drink.
B.To invite friends to some fine homes.
C.To spend an evening with friends in the country.
（2）Why do most Americans prefer informal parties?
A.Because they have no servants to help them.
B.Because their houses are too small to hold formal dinner parties.
C.Because it takes them too much time to prepare formal parties.
（3）Where do guests sit and eat at informal dinner?
A.At a table in the dinning room.
B.In the living room.
C.Both A and
（4）According to the passage, what do people usually NOT have for a picnic?
A.Cooked food.
B.Hot food.
C.Cold food.
（5）Why is the picnic said to be a more enjoyable form of entertainment?
A.Because people can be closer to nature.
B.Because a dessert is served.
C.Because the whole family can have it together.

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）A
（2）A
（3）C
（4）B
（5）A
【解析】美國人喜歡邀請朋友去家里吃飯，晚宴通常是非正式的，客人吃的都很隨便。通常美國人喜歡跟朋友一起去鄉(xiāng)村野餐，享受與朋友家人在一起的快樂。
（1）細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段 like toinvite friends to their homes for an evening of food, drink and conversation可知選A。
（2） 細節(jié)理解。根據(jù) as most people in the United States have no servants (傭人) , their dinner parties at home are mostly informal.可知大部分美國人家里沒有用人準備飯菜，所以他們的宴會大部分是非正式的。故選A。
（3）細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第一段as many new small homes have no separate (單獨的)dining room or very small dining space, guests can also serve themselves and eat in the living room, holding their plates on their knees.小房子沒有單獨的餐廳，客人們就坐在桌子旁或者在客廳把盤子放在膝蓋上，故選C。
（4）推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段Unless hamburgers or hot dogs are cooked over a fire, picnic foodis usually cold sandwiches, salads, potato chips, etc.除非漢堡和熱狗在火上烤，野餐的食物通常是冷三明治、沙拉、土豆條等，所以沒有熱的食物，故選B。
（5）推理判斷。因為野餐在開放的鄉(xiāng)村，人們吃過飯以后可以打球打盹等，都是很愜意的貼近自然的活動，所以選Ａ。