二、完形填空(本题共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
[2026南通市海门区期末改编]Many of my friends have been to China, but we have never been there. So my parents plan to take us to Beijing for a
11. And I decide to buy my father a book called China: Know Before You Go.
“Interesting! But I don’t think we
12 it,” he says. He always believes in himself, but how
13 he is!
Our first evening in Beijing begins at about nine. We walk past a(n)
14 restaurant. The staff are cleaning tables and it seems that they are leaving.
“This one looks good,” says my father. “I think it’s going to
15. People here eat earlier than in the UK. It says so in my book,” I say. “Oh, terrible!” says my father. The waiter
16 us to a table. There are no other customers(顾客), and my father picks another one near the window. Then the waiter hands us a menu, all in Chinese. My father orders some things. “That’s what we want,” he says. While waiting , my father feels bored and
17 the chopsticks(筷子). Then he starts knocking on the
18 like playing the drums(鼓). “Don’t do that, Dad,” I say. “It’s not
19 in China.”
After some time, a very large plate of food arrives. My father can’t wait to take it and start eating by himself. “Please wait, Dad. Chinese people
20 food together. So that large dish is for
21 at the table,” I say.
At last, he eats all the food in his bowl and on the plate. “Dad, in China people think it’s rude if you eat everything. They think you are still
22,” I tell him.
My father asks for the bill. It costs him 160 yuan. The waiter shows a QR code(二维码). But my father can’t
23 with his mobile phone. He has to use paper money. And he hands the waiter 20 yuan before leaving.
The waiter looks
24. “People don’t give tips(小费) in China,” I say. I have never felt so sorry in all my life. The
25 and the service(服务) in the restaurant are great and I’ll surely go back to China. But my father really needs to read this book next time.
(
B
)11. A. walk B. holiday C. meeting D. gift
(
A
)12. A. need B. make C. know D. read
(
C
)13. A. wise B. right C. wrong D. bad
(
C
)14. A. busy B. modern C. empty D. expensive
(
D
)15. A. open B. leave C. go D. close
(
B
)16. A. helps B. shows C. asks D. wants
(
B
)17. A. cuts down B. picks up C. puts on D. waits for
(
A
)18. A. bowl B. door C. head D. hand
(
B
)19. A. important B. polite C. special D. wonderful
(
C
)20. A. make B. buy C. share D. cook
(
A
)21. A. everybody B. somebody C. nobody D. anybody
(
A
)22. A. hungry B. happy C. full D. healthy
(
D
)23. A. chat B. play C. give D. pay
(
A
)24. A. surprised B. relaxed C. worried D. excited
(
B
)25. A. room B. food C. chopsticks D. music
