閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的A、B、C和D項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。
Recently I was invited to a friend’s house for supper —and had a meal I have never had before.
All the friends invited were a little surprised. It’s not that Ben is unsociable, or a bad cook, but it’s just that he never   21  more than he has to. So how come he was inviting us round for a meal? Had he bought something   22  for his friends? He greeted us at the door and showed us into his dining room where a   23 _ table was waiting for us.“Nothing but the best for my friends!”said Ben. We all sat down and looked   24   at each other —what was he up to?
Ben returned with four bowls of hot soup. “It’s a mixture of carrots, potatoes and tomatoes,”said Ben. The next   25  was also a little strange in that we didn’t quite know what it was again. It’s just another mixture of vegetable.
As we ate we chatted and finally the   26   turned back to what we were eating. ”Was there a recipe (食譜) for this,” asked Marina, “or did you   27   it up?” Ben put his fork down. “What I cooked depended on what I could find.” Marina was surprised. “But you can find anything in supermarkets these days.” “But there’s 28  choice in what you can find outside supermarkets,” he replied.
Seeing that we had all finished the food, Ben decided to tell the truth. He had read recently that supermarkets usually throw away 5 percent of their food every day. So Ben decided to look inside his local supermarket bins. There he found food that was slightly out of __29 , boxes of throw-away vegetables and fruit.
So Ben had successfully provided a decent (體面的) meal for his friends, and made us aware of the fact that there are many poor people who need the food, but the amount of food thrown away is enough to   30   millions of people.
1. A.takes
B. spends
C. uses
D. does
2. A.cheap
B. special
C.practical
D. usual
3. A.new
B. separate
C. booked
D. laid
4. A.nervously
B. carefully
C. sadly
D. happily
5. A.course
B. food
C. soup
D. salad
6. A.dinner
B. idea
C. food
D. subject
7. A.pick
B. look
C. make
D. take
8. A.less
B. more
C. some
D. any
9. A.order
B. place
C. season
D. date
10. A.enrich
B. please
C. affect
D. feed

1、B
2、B
3、D
4、Ａ
5、A
6、D
7、C
8、A
9、D
10、D

1、結(jié)合上下文可以推出Ben一般情況下是不請朋友吃飯的。
2、作者不明白為什么這次Ben會有這樣的舉動，因此猜測可能是什么特別的東西。
3、桌子已經(jīng)擺放好，表示Ben已經(jīng)為此作了一些準(zhǔn)備，符合招待客人的語言情景。
4、由于Ben把這件事搞得很神秘，從而給他們帶來緊張感。
5、course在此表示一道菜。
6、從聊天再把話題轉(zhuǎn)移到當(dāng)時(shí)所吃的食物上來，非常符合語言情景。
7、make up有“編造”的意思，同上文的“Was there a recipe for this”形成對照。
8、同上文的anything形成對照。
9、過期的東西才最有可能被扔掉。
10、在此點(diǎn)題，說明Ben的真實(shí)用意所在。
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