Ⅵ. 完形填空。
The English have a very strange relationship with 1. Most nations around the world 2 their food, celebrating their own cuisine(菜肴). They all have some 3 to be excited about.
4, the English don't have a natural love for food which is so common in most other cultures. In most 5 around the world, people care about their food. They 6 cooking it and they love talking about it. Most English do not 7 food seriously. They don't see the social 8 of sharing food, eating together, cooking together, or 9 together about food.
Is it true that the English don't contribute(作贡献) to dinner time? Not exactly 10. Their contribution to the world of food is table manners.
The English believe that you can tell a lot about people 11 the way they eat and by their 12. A person with poor table manners usually has 13 manners in other areas of life. For the English it doesn't matter whether it's a(n) 14 dinner with important persons or a simple lunch at home with family, the basic(基本的) rules do not 15.
()1. A. life
B. food
C. jobs
D. friends
()2. A. dislike
B. care
C. love
D. hate
()3. A. dishes
B. things
C. news
D. rules
()4. A. Finally
B. Besides
C. Also
D. However
()5. A. buildings
B. countries
C. homes
D. towns
()6. A. finish
B. mind
C. enjoy
D. keep
()7. A. take
B. make
C. cook
D. eat
()8. A. ways
B. actions
C. importance
D. situation
()9. A. hearing
B. worrying
C. thinking
D. talking
()10. A. serious
B. sincere
C. true
D. reasonable
()11. A. on
B. in
C. by
D. of
()12. A. table manners
B. eating habits
C. food choices
D. dressing styles
()13. A. good
B. poor
C. polite
D. organized
()14. A. formal
B. easy
C. quick
D. terrible
()15. A. happen
B. influence
C. help
D. change

Ⅵ. 1—5 BCADB 6—10 CACDC 11—15 CABAD

【解析】
1. 第1空：根据后文围绕食物展开的内容，可知此处选B. food。
2. 第2空：由后文“celebrating their own cuisine”可知大多数国家热爱自己的食物，选C. love。
3. 第3空：结合语境，这些国家有一些值得兴奋的菜肴，选A. dishes。
4. 第4空：前文讲其他国家热爱食物，后文讲英国人不同，表转折，选D. However。
5. 第5空：根据“around the world”可知指世界上大多数国家，选B. countries。
6. 第6空：由前文“people care about their food”可知人们享受烹饪，选C. enjoy。
7. 第7空：“take sth seriously”是固定搭配，意为“认真对待某事”，选A. take。
8. 第8空：结合语境，英国人看不到分享食物等行为的社交重要性，选C. importance。
9. 第9空：前文提到“love talking about it”，此处指一起谈论食物，选D. talking。
10. 第10空：前文问“Is it true...”，此处回答“不完全是真的”，选C. true。
11. 第11空：与后文“by the way they eat”并列，用介词by，选C. by。
12. 第12空：后文围绕餐桌礼仪展开，此处选A. table manners。
13. 第13空：根据逻辑，餐桌礼仪差的人在生活其他方面礼仪也差，选B. poor。
14. 第14空：与后文“simple lunch”形成对比，指正式晚餐，选A. formal。
15. 第15空：结合语境，无论是正式晚餐还是简单午餐，基本规则不会改变，选D. change。
【答案】
1—5 BCADB 6—10 CACDC 11—15 CABAD
【知识点】
语境理解、固定搭配、词义辨析
【点评】
本文围绕英国人对食物的特殊态度及他们对餐桌礼仪的贡献展开，考查学生结合上下文语境理解文意的能力，同时涉及固定搭配和词汇词义的辨析，解题需注重逻辑衔接与语境呼应。
【难度系数】
0.6