Question

A man walked into a restaurant. The restaurant advertised it had the        menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish, no matter how        it was.
At the bottom of the       , 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        the menu and decided to make sure if it was true. He would order         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.”
“Well,” the man said, “bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears.       , not African.”
The waiter wrote down in his paper: Two Indian elephant ears on toast.
“Very good, sir,” he said. “That shouldn’t        long.”
The waiter walked away quickly.
The man was very surprised and rather disappointed.
Then he smiled        the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face.
“Ah!” the man said. “You can’t        it to me, can you?”
The waiter made an apology 道歉.
“I’m very sorry, sir, and this is the      embarrassing 令人為難的,” he said, “but I’m afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread.”
小題1:A. biggest            B. thickest            C. longest
小題2:A. unfair             B. unusual         C. beautiful
小題3:A. menu           B. dish            C. restaurant
小題4:A. looked for       B. looked after        C. looked at
小題5:A. anything           B. something       C. everything
小題6:A. American       B. Indian              C. Canadian
小題7:A. pay            B. cost                C. take
小題8:A. as             B. and                 C. so
小題9:A. catch           B. take                C. bring
小題10:A. least          B. most            C. less

Answer 1

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:A
小題4:C
小題5:B
小題6:B
小題7:C
小題8:A
小題9:C
小題10:B

試題分析：這篇短文描述了一個發生在一家飯店的故事。這家飯店吹噓說能做出菜單上沒有的飯菜，結果一位好奇的顧客就開出了自己的菜單——夾兩只大象耳朵的三明治。結果飯店做不出這道菜，不得不道歉。并辯解說，是因為面包用完了。
小題1:考查語境理解及詞義辨析。A.最大的；B.最厚的； C.最長的。結合語境可知此處指的是世界上最長的菜單。故選C。
小題2:考查語境理解及形容詞。Unfair不公平的；unusual不尋常的；beautiful漂亮的，美麗的。聯系下文描述，可知此處指的是，無論這道菜多么的不同尋常，故選B，不同尋常的。
小題3:考查語境理解及名詞。Menu菜單；dish  C. restaurant飯店。聯系上文The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish,描述，可知此處指的是菜的底部，故選A，一道菜。
小題4:考查語境理解及結合語境可知指的是這個男人看著菜單，故選C，看著。
小題5:考查語境理解及詞義辨析。A.任何東西；B. 一些東西；C.每件東西；結合語境可知，他要點些不同尋常的東西，故選B。
小題6:考查語境理解及結合語境可知世界上大象最多的地方有兩個，一個非洲，另一個是印度，聯系下文，可知選B，印度的。
小題7:考查語境理解及take 用于 it takes sb ... to do sth句型，僅指花費時間（three hours等），必須用it作形式主語；spend用于sb spend...on sth或者sb spend...in doing sth（in可以省略），spend的主語必須是人，可以指花費時間、也可以指花費金錢；cost用于 sth costs sb sth，主語必須是物，多指花費金錢，少數情況可指花費時間、氣力，有時表示成本的消耗；pay的基本用法是：(1) pay (sb.) money for sth. 付錢（給某人）買……。 (2)pay for sth. 付……的錢。 (3)pay for sb. 替某人付錢。(4)pay sb. 付錢給某人。聯系本句主語that，可知選C，那不用等太久。
小題8:考查語境理解及連詞辨析。A.隨著，當……時；B.并且，和；C.因此；句意：接著當服務員臉上帶著非常不高興的表情回來時，他笑了。故選A。
小題9:考查動詞及語境的理解。A. catch 抓住； B. take 帶走； C. bring帶來。結合語境可知是不能帶來的意思，故選C，帶來。
小題10:考查形容詞的最高級及語境理解。聯系前文定冠詞the，可知后面用形容詞的最高級，least意思是最小的，故選B，最大的，這是最大的困難。