阅读理解

　　Roast (烧烤) is very famous in Brazil (巴西). Customers (顾客) just sit, waiting for waiters to send them all kinds of meat. If you like, you take one; if you don't, the waiters pass you. If you don't give any messages (信息) of stopping sending, they will go on.

　　One day when I was in Brazil, I went to a restaurant to try the roast. After I took my seat, the waiter gave me a sign (牌子) with the colour “red” on one side and “green” on the other. I said “thank you”, then the waiters began to serve me. My plate was already full, but the waiters still kept on serving me more. I thought I had to eat more quickly. But to my surprise, the waiters still kept on serving more. Then a waiter found out the reason. He helped me turn the sign over, with red outside. When I finished, I found the waiter didn't serve me, just passed me. If I didn' t call them, they didn't take a look at me. Do you know why? It's just like the traffic lights in the street. How wonderful!

1．The waiters gave me a sign ________.

[　　]

A．after I went into the restaurant

B．when I sat down

C．when I tried the food

D．when my plate was full

2．When I began the meal, the colour red was ________.

[　　]

A．inside

B．outside

C．not seen

D．not on the sign

3．How did the waiter know you wanted food?

[　　]

A．Put the “green” side outside.

B．Take the sign away.

C．Put the “red” side outside.

D．Keep the waiters away.

4．Why didn't the waiters serve me? Because ________.

[　　]

A．I didn't call them

B．I didn't want more

C．the “red” was outside

D．they didn't like me

5.Which is the best title of his passage?

[　　]

A．How angry I was!

B．The sign.

C．Enjoy toast.

D．The traffic lights on the table.

阅读理解

　　Roast (烧烤) is very famous in Brazil (巴西). Customers (顾客) just sit, waiting for waiters to send them all kinds of meat. If you like, you take one; if you don't, the waiters pass you. If you don't give any messages (信息) of stopping sending, they will go on.

　　One day when I was in Brazil, I went to a restaurant to try the roast. After I took my seat, the waiter gave me a sign (牌子) with the colour “red” on one side and “green” on the other. I said “thank you”, then the waiters began to serve me. My plate was already full, but the waiters still kept on serving me more. I thought I had to eat more quickly. But to my surprise, the waiters still kept on serving more. Then a waiter found out the reason. He helped me turn the sign over, with red outside. When I finished, I found the waiter didn't serve me, just passed me. If I didn' t call them, they didn't take a look at me. Do you know why? It's just like the traffic lights in the street. How wonderful!

(1) The waiters gave me a sign ________.

[　　]

A．after I went into the restaurant

B．when I sat down

C．when I tried the food

D．when my plate was full

(2) When I began the meal, the colour red was ________.

[　　]

A．inside

B．outside

C．not seen

D．not on the sign

(3) How did the waiter know you wanted food?

[　　]

A．Put the “green” side outside.

B．Take the sign away.

C．Put the “red” side outside.

D．Keep the waiters away.

(4) Why didn't the waiters serve me? Because ________.

[　　]

A．I didn't call them

B．I didn't want more

C．the “red” was outside

D．they didn't like me

(5) Which is the best title of his passage?

[　　]

A．How angry I was!

B．The sign.

C．Enjoy toast.

D．The traffic lights on the table.

Warm weather and sunny days mean it’s barbecue (烧烤) season in the US. These days, when people say they’re going to a barbecue, they usually mean that they’re going to an outdoor event where food is cooked over a grill (烤架). Popular foods barbecue include hamburgers, hot dogs, and grilled vegetables.
    Barbecue fans say that this is not real barbecue; it’s just grilling. True barbecue – also called BBQ – is an American tradition that is as old as the country itself.
    The first president of the United States, George Washington, wrote about going to a barbecue. Barbecue refers to meat that is cooked for a very long time (sometimes as long as 24 hours) over low heat from a wood fire. The smell of the burning wood adds flavor(味道) to the meat, which becomes soft as it cooks.
    Different parts of the US have different ways of making barbecue. In Texas, people often use beef. In North and South Carolina, pork is the most common. In Kansas City, pork ribs (猪肋排) are the specialty. Each region says that its own barbecue is the best. There are barbecue contests every year, and even whole magazines about the art of making  great barbecue.
    Most Americans don’t have the time or patience(耐心) to dig a hole, fill it with special wood, light a fire and then cook meat carefully over it all day and night. So when they want real barbecue, they go to restaurants that do the hard work for them. For those who want to have their own, easy barbecues, there’s always grilling.

56. Popular barbecue foods include ___________.
  A. hamburgers          B. hot dogs         C. grilled vegetables         D. all of these
57. Which of the following is TRUE?
  A. BBQ means pork cooked only on an open fire.
  B. When we cook food on the grill we call it barbecue.
  C. People go to restaurants to have barbecue because it’s more delicious.
  D. In Texas, people don’t often have a barbecue.
58. ___________ adds a special flavor to the meat.
  A. Burning wood    B. Cooking a short time  C. Cooking outdoors             D. Digging a hole
59. What does the underlined word “region” mean?
  A. house             B. place           C. people                D. meat
60. What does this text mainly talk about?
  A. How to grill foods.                B. Barbecue culture in the US.
  C. A president and a barbecue.         D. The differences between barbecue and grilling.