In 1608 an Englishman named Thomas Coryate traveled in Italy(意大利). He liked the country and ___1___down everything interesting. But he found one thing__2___ interesting than the others. In his diary Thomas wrote:"__3___ the Italians eat meat, they use small forks. They do not eat with their hands because, as they say, people do not always have __4___ hands."
Before he want back to England, Thomas Coryate bought a few ___5____.
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 to ___6____the steak as the Italians did in Italy. His friends were ___7___when 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 were____8___ , so he began to show that it was easy to use the fork. But the first___9___ of meat he took with the fork fell to the floor, His friends began to___10___ at him and he had to take the fork away.
People in England began to use forks only fifty years later.
( )1. A. brokeB. wroteC. wentD. calmed
( )2. A. lessB. muchC. evenD. more
( )3. A. WhyB. WhenC. WhichD. Where
( )4. A. cleanB. bigC. dirtyD. safe
( )5. A. knivesB. dishes C. forksD. plates
( )6. A. use B. eatC. makeD. cut
( )7. A. worried B. boredC. tiredD. surprised
( )8. A. honestB. correct C. wrongD. clever
( )9. A. pieceB. kilo C. poundD. packet
( )10. A. screamB. look C. shout D. laugh
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