单选题
In general, American food is mild tasting; most
Americans do not season their food to any great degree. Salads are very popular
and are served all year, especially in the summer. Waiters tend to assume that
everyone drinks coffee, but simply tell them if you want something else. If a
waiter says "Now or later?" he means "Do you want coffee with your meal or after
it?" Many, but certainly not all, Americans drink coffee or tea with their
meals. Either way is perfectly acceptable. When dining out, you can ask for tea,
milk, "coke", wine or beer if you prefer. Restaurants can only serve beer, wine
or other alcoholic drinks if they have a license, that is, permission from the
local government to serve alcoholic drinks. Normally, when eating in a private
home, it is considered good manners to take whatever is served and not to ask
for something different, unless the hostess gives you a choice.
The main course served in American meals is usually meat, fish, or poultry, but
rarely is more than one of these served as a first course, however.
Most Americans eat breakfast and lunch quickly unless it is social,
business, or family occasion. The evening meal, however, is usually longer and a
time for the family to gather together. Rushing through daytime meals is part of
the fast pace in America. Another reason for rushing through day-time meals is
that many people who eat breakfast and lunch in restaurants are usually crowded
with people waiting for a place so that they, too, can be served and return to
work at the proper time. So each one hurries to make room for the next person.
As with busy people everywhere there is a real difference between a meal that is
eaten in a hurry and one that can be enjoyed with friends during one's
leisure.
单选题
In America, salads are very popular and are served especially ______.
A. all year
B. in the summer
C. at lunch
D. at dinner
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 参见第一段第二句。
单选题
When dining out, you can ask for ______.
A. tea or coffee
B. wine or beer
C. whatever you want
D. whatever is being served
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 在外面就餐时，你可以随心所欲地点菜肴和饮料。
单选题
When eating in a private home, it is considered good manners to ______.
A. take whatever is being served
B. take whatever you want
C. ask for something different
D. ask the hostess to choose for you
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 参见第一段最后一句话。
单选题
At one meal, the first main course is often ______.
A. meat, fish and poultry
B. either meat or fish
C. meat, fish and poultry but no seafood
D. none of the meat, fish and poultry
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 根据第二段可知，肉、鱼、禽肉很少作为第一道菜。
单选题
Which one of the following is NOT true? Most
Americans rush through daytime meals because ______.