单选题 Many years ago, an English family was living in China. One evening an important Chinese officer came to visit them. It got later and later, and he still did not go, so the hostess invited him to have dinner with them. But she had very little food in the house, so she quickly went to the kitchen and spoke to her Chinese cook. He said, "It's all right. You will have a very good dinner."
When they all sat down to eat, the lady was very surprised, because there was a lot of good food on the table.
After the dinner, the hostess, ran to the kitchen and said to the cook, " How did you make such a good meal in half an hour?"
"I did not make it, Madam, " he said. "I sent one of the servants to the Chinese officer's house, and he brought back the Chinese officer's dinner."
单选题 One evening the family visited an important Chinese officer. [A] True. [B] False.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 从One evening all important Chinese officer came to visit them. 可知,是这位官员拜访这个英国家庭,而不是这个英国家庭拜访这位官员,故选B。
单选题 The hostess invited the officer to have dinner with them. [A] True. [B] False.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】..so the hostess invited him to have dinner with them. 可知,女主人邀请这个官员同他们一起用餐,故选A。
单选题 There was lots of food in the house. [A] True. [B] False.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 从But she had very little food in the house...可知,家里没有多少食物了,故选B。
单选题 The cook bought a lot of food from a restaurant. [A] True. [B] False.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 从最后一段可知,这个厨师让仆人从官员家里拿来了食物,而不是从餐馆里买来了食物,故选B。
单选题 The hostess was surprised to see so much food on the table; [A] True. [B] False.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】..the lady was very surprised, because there was a lot of good food on the table. 可知,女主人看到桌上有很多菜时很吃惊,故选A。