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2006年江苏省南京市 时间______正确率_______

In 1608 an Englishman named Thomas Coryate traveled in Italy. He liked the country and36down everything interesting. But he found one thing37interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote:“38the Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They do not eat with their hands because, as they say, people do not always have39hands.”

Before he want back to England, Thomas Coryate bought a few40.

At home Thomas had a dinner party to show the forks to his friends. When the steak (牛排) was brought out, he took out a fork and wanted to41the steak as the Italians did in Italy. His friends were42when they saw this, He told them what the fork was. They all said that Italians were very strange people because the fork was not easy to use at all. Thomas Coryate tried to prove that his friends were43, so he began to show that it was easy to use the fork. But the first44of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor, His friends began to45at him and he had to take the fork away.

People in England began to use forks only fifty years later.

36. A.broke B.wrote C.went D.calmed

37. A.less B.much C.even D.more

38. A.Why B.When C.Which D.Where

39. A.clean B.big C.dirty D.safe

40. A.knives B.dishes C.forks D.plates

41. A.use B.eat C.make D.cut

42. A.worried B.bored C.tired D.surprised

43. A.honest B.correct C.wrong D.clever

44. A.piece B.kilo C.pound D.packet

45. A.scream B.look C.shout D.laugh

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2006年江苏省南京市：36.BDBAC 41.BDCAD