Question

I fell in love with the minister's son the winter I turned fourteen. He was not Chinese. For Christmas I prayed for the boy, Robert. When I found out that my parents had invited the minister's family over for Christmas Eve dinner, I cried in panic. What would Robert think of our shabby Chinese Christmas? What would he think of our noisy Chinese relatives who lacked proper American manners?

On Christmas Eve, my mother created abundant Chinese food. And then they arrived—the minister's family and all my relatives. Robert greeted hello, and I pretended he was not worthy of existence.

Dinner threw me deeper into disappointment. My relatives licked (舔) the ends of their chopsticks and reached across the table. Robert and his family waited patiently for a large plate to be passed to them. My relatives murmured with pleasure when my mother brought out the whole steamed fish. Robert made a face. Then my father reached his chopsticks just below the fish eye and picked out the soft meat. “Amy, your favorite.”he said, offering me the tender fish cheek. I wanted to disappear.

At the end of the meal, my father leaned back and burped(打嗝) loudly, thanking my mother for her fine cooking. “It's a polite Chinese custom to show you are satisfied.”explained my father to our astonished guests. Robert was looking down at his plate with a reddish face. The minister managed to bring up a quiet burp. I was shocked into silence for the rest of the night.

After everyone had gone，my mother said to me，“You want to be the same as American girls on the outside.”She handed me an early gift.It was a miniskirt.“But inside you must always be Chinese.You must be proud that you are different.Your only shame is to have shame.”

It was not until years later that I was able to fully appreciate her lesson and the purpose behind her particular menu. For Christmas Eve that year, she had chosen excellent Chinese food.

64. When the writer found out the minister's family　 would come for Christmas Eve dinner, she cried　 mainly because ________.

A. she worried about their shabby Chinese Christmas

B. she worried about their Chinese relatives lacking American manners

C. she worried about meeting the minister's family

D. she worried about being laughed at

65．What does “he was not worthy of existence” probably mean? It means________.

A. the writer was not interested in his existence

B. he was worthless

C. he should not exist

D. the writer expected his coming

66．The dinner threw the writer deeper into disappointment mainly because________.

A. her relatives licked the ends of their chopsticks

B. her father reached his chopsticks to pick fish for her

C. her father leaned back and burped loudly

D. she childishly expected all of them to act in the same way as Americans at table

67．We can infer from the passage that ________.

A. the writer appreciated her mother's lesson years later

B. the writer must be proud that she is different

C. the mother prepared to show Chinese different food culture

D. the minister's family really enjoyed the food

　

Answer 1

解析;推理判断题。从第一段最后两个问句可推断出，作者担心中国过节的传统文化不符合美国人的文化习俗，餐桌上的一些“失礼”会让人家嘲笑。

答案;D

解析;推理判断题。文章开头说作者喜欢上了那位美国男孩，圣诞节为他祈祷，说明她对那男孩很感兴趣，肯定是盼望见到他，但出于少女的羞涩，她假装对人家不感兴趣。

答案;A

解析;推理判断题。A、B、C三项都是在进餐的过程中作者的亲戚们表现出的不符合美国习惯的中国人的习惯，这是作者早就担心的事情，所以在吃饭过程中作者感到越来越失望，D项可以把前三项都包括进去，比较全面。

答案;D

解析;推理判断题。根据文章最后一句“为了那年的圣诞晚宴，她选择了极好的中国食物”可看出，作者的母亲是想趁此机会展示中国不同的饮食文化。A项可以从文中直接得到，故排除。

答案;C