It was the first time Moham went to a restaurant in his new neighborhood. He looked up at the menu board, and ___(1)___ how he could understand what all of these strange names meant. Moham decided that he would ___(2)___ ask the waitress for ice cream in a cup. She smiled brightly, wrote down his ___(3)___ and disappeared behind the big glass display case (陈列柜).

A moment later, she came back with a tall paper cup. ___(4)___ it was a long straw (吸管) and some kind of drink. Moham, quite ___（5）__, took the cup and thanked her, thinking about the possibility that he had used wrong words.

“It’s the soda you ordered,” __（6）__ said, “an ice cream drink in a cup.”

He smiled at the waitress, pointed at one of the __（7）__ in the display case, and said, “That one, please,” which seemed to __（8）__ better.

Moham took the cake and his unexpected soda to a table and sat down to eat. Why was it that English had been so __（9）__ for him in his classes in Tunisia, but when it came to ___（10）__ speaking, he couldn’t even get what he wanted to eat?

Just then, a girl, who sat at the next table and had watched the whole __(11)___, smiled at him and said, “Hey, welcome to our beautiful city! Don’t feel __(12)__ about your English—you’ll get better at it __(13)___ you’ve lived here for a while. I’m from Spain, and the first time I tried to order a salad here, I __(14)___ with a plate of pig’s feet. At least you got a soda!”

Hearing this, Moham felt much better. He wasn’t the only one ___(15)___ to communicate, and his new city began to feel just a little more like he could call it home.

(1).

A．

imagined

B．

wondered

C．

described

D．

remembered

(2).

A．

just

B．

even

C．

never

D．

also

(3).

A．

wish

B．

suggestion

C．

dream

D．

order

(4).

A．

Above

B．

Inside

C．

Under

D．

Near

(5).

A．

moved

B．

bored

C．

surprised

D．

tired

(6).

A．

he

B．

you

C．

she

D．

I

(7).

A．

salads

B．

cakes

C．

drinks

D．

strawberries

(8).

A．

work

B．

spread

C．

develop

D．

read

(9).

A．

special

B．

popular

C．

important

D．

easy

(10).

A．

slowly

B．

carefully

C．

actually

D．

honestly

(11).

A．

discussion

B．

process

C．

performance

D．

argument

(12).

A．

crazy

B．

hopeful

C．

bad

D．

excited

(13).

A．

although

B．

if

C．

because

D．

since

(14).

A．

ended up

B．

cheered up

C．

showed up

D．

came up

(15).

A．

refusing

B．

planning

C．

regretting

D．

fighting