A friend's grandfather came to America from Britain. He went into a cafeteria（自助餐厅）in lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order. Of course nobody did．At last, a woman with a plate full of food sat down in front of him and told him how a cafeteria worked. “Start out at the end,” she said, “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end they'll tell you how much you have to pay.”
“I soon learned that's how everything works in America,” the grandfather told a friend. “Life is like a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want only if you like to pay the money. You can even get success, but you'll never get if you wait for someone to bring to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”
1．The old man was ___________.
A．English B．American
C．Germany D．Canadian
2．“Take his order” here means ___________.
A．have some food booked
B．put everything in order
C．eat something
D．take his turn
3．Which of the following sentence is true?
A．There was nobody eating in the cafeteria.
B．The woman was a friend of that man.
C．The waiters didn't like to serve him because he was old.
D．The woman hadn't been to a cafeteria for the first time.
4．From this story, we know if you want to get success in America, you should ___________.
A．take your order
B．know how a cafeteria works
C．get up again if you fail
D．try to get everything by yourself
5．The best title of the story is ___________.
A．From Britain to America
B．Life is Like a Cafeteria in America
C．How a Cafeteria Worked
D．Eating in an American Cafeteria
1－5 A A D D B
1．A
从文章的第一句话中可得出结论： A friend's grandfather came to America from Britain.
2．A 叫食物
3．D 从她告诉老人如何排队进餐就可以看出她不是第一次来吃自助餐。
4．D
5．B
第四题和第五题意义上实际上是相同的。通过吃自助餐这件事来说明一个道理：生活就像吃自助餐，要靠自己动手。
