I went to Beijing to study Chinese last year. I was ___(1)___ about all the chances to better my language skills, walk on the Great Wall, and most of all, eat real Chinese food! I ___(2)___ remember my first jianbing, jiaozi and Peking duck. Each of them was amazing in its own way.

I knew that real Chinese food would be different from the Chinese food I had eaten in the USA. I couldn’t wait to try all the ___(3)___ dishes that came up in my research about Chinese food. One of my favorites turned out to be hotpot（火锅）.

My first-ever hotpot experience in Old Beijing was ___(4)___. As a first-timer, I was moved by the waiters’___(5)___ and their warmth of welcome. They tried their best to introduce all of the oils and spices（调味香料）to me.

Looking around, I found that everyone had their own favorite sauce combinations（酱料组合）, ingredients and styles（食材和风格）. Some would carefully ____(6)___ their ingredients into the hotpot one after another. Others would impatiently put whole plates into the bubbling（冒泡的）oil. You can learn a lot from the ____(7)____ people eat hotpot.

When I went back to the USA, I ___(8)____ to prepare a hotpot meal for my family. It allowed me to not only share the culture that I had learned about, but also offer others a chance to ____(9)___ China like I had. It’s amazing that ___(10)___ could bring so much to life!

(1).

A．

sorry

B．

excited

C．

tired

(2).

A．

still

B．

never

C．

hardly

(3).

A．

heart-breaking

B．

mouth-watering

C．

time-saving

(4).

A．

unforgettable

B．

unpleasant

C．

unlucky

(5).

A．

coldness

B．

laziness

C．

friendliness

(6).

A．

play

B．

put

C．

wash

(7).

A．

way

B．

tool

C．

price

(8).

A．

hated

B．

refused

C．

decided

(9).

A．

help

B．

build

C．

experience

(10).

A．

jiaozi

B．

hotpot

C．

Peking duck