单选题
"Fingers were made before forks." When a person puts
aside his knife and fork, and dives into his food, someone often repeats that
saying. The fork was ancient (古代的) agricultural tool, but for
centuries no one thought of eating with it. Not until the eleventh century, when
a young lady from Turkey brought her fork to Italy, did the custom reach
Europe. By the fifteenth century the use of the fork was widely
spread in Italy. The English explanation was that Italians hated eating food
touched with fingers. English were thought to be womanlike and women who used
them were called show-offs(卖弄) and overnice (过于讲究的). Not until
the late 1600s did using a fork become a common custom.
单选题
The custom of eating with a fork was______.
A. begun when forks were first invented
B. brought to Europe from Asia
C. brought to Europe from Africa
D. first formed in Italy
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】
单选题
Before the late 1600s in Britain, the custom of eating with forks was
______.
A. regarded as healthful
B. looked down upon
C. very wonderful
D. considered impolite
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】
单选题
To English travelers in Italy, the use of forks seems______.
A. necessary
B. unnecessary
C. very foolish
D. very clever
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】
单选题
The passage is about ______.
A. the way of eating with a fork
B. the custom of eating with a fork
C. the reason for the custom of eating with a fork
D. the history of the custom of eating with a fork
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】
单选题
"Fingers were made before forks" suggests that people ______.
A. believed that eating with forks was womanlike
B. believed that eating with fingers was clean and tidy
C. ate food with their fingers long before they used fork
D. invented fingers long before they did with fork