Question

阅读短文，用方框内所给单词的正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、完整。请将答案写在短文后相应题号的横线上。注意：①每个词只能用一次。②每空限填一词，有些词需要做相应的变化。③其中有两个多余选项。

usual, eat, mean, Britain, little, exciting, chance, or, although, common, if, spend

  In many European countries it is normal to have a long break in the middle of the day when all members of the family return to their houses to eat together. This is not very ___【小题1】______in Britain because normally it is a long way from the place of work or school to the home. The __【小题2】_____ people often have a big breakfast before they go to work and the meal at midday is not __【小题3】____with the members of the family but with workmates or schoolmates. Lunch is normally ___【小题4】____ between 12:30 pm and 1:30 pm. Most people finish work at five thirty. It often take at ____【小题5】_____ an hour to get home from the school or workplace so people eat their meal ___【小题6】___ "dinner" between 6:30 pm and 9 pm.
On Sundays people don’t have to work so they take the ___【小题7】____ to eat together with their family. Sunday lunch is ____【小题8】____ the best meal of the week and many of the meals which are considered real British food are eaten for Sunday lunch, such as roast beef and pudding.
_____【小题9】______ everyone in Britain understands that "breakfast" is the first meal of the day, there is a lot of confusion(混乱) about the words for other meals such as "dinner, lunch, tea, high tea, elevenses, brunch, supper". And if you ask a British person what these words ___【小题10】_____, most of them will give you a different answer according to what part of the country they are from.

Answer 1

【小题1】common  
【小题2】British   
【小题3】spent  
【小题4】eaten 
【小题5】least  
【小题6】or  
【小题7】chance 
【小题8】usually  
【小题9】Although  
【小题10】mean

解析【小题1】前句的含义为在欧洲的许多国家中午休息很长的时间回家和家人吃饭，而在英国这个现象不常见，故本句空格处填常见的单词common。  
【小题2】本句的含义为英国人通常在他们上班或上学之前吃一顿丰盛的早餐，故本句空格处填英国的单词British。   
【小题3】本句的含义为在英国午餐的时间通常和同事在一起吃而不是家人，故本题空格处填度过的过去分词spent。  
【小题4】本句的含义为英国人们通常在下午12点半到1点半吃午餐，故本句空格处填吃的过去分词eaten。 
【小题5】本句的含义为从学校或工作场地到家至少要一个小时，故本句空格处填至少的单词least。  
【小题6】本句的含义为人们在晚上六点半到九点吃他们的一餐饭或正餐，故本句空格处填或者的单词or。  
【小题7】本句的含义为星期日他们不去工作，所以他们抓住机会和家人在一起吃，故本句空格处填机会的单词chance。 
【小题8】本句的星期日午餐通常是一周最好的一餐，故本句空格处填通常的单词usually。
【小题9】本句的含义为虽然英国人知道早餐是第一餐，但对于其它几餐所使用的单词就有点混乱，故本句空格处填虽然的单词Although。  
【小题10】本句的含义为如果你问英国人这些单词的含义，绝大多数人将给你不同的答案，故本句空格处填表达意思的单词mean。