IspenttwomonthswithanAmericanfamilylastyearwhenIstudiedinAmerica.Itissaid，“ThebesthouseisintheUSAthebestwifeisinJapanandthebestfoodisinChina．”SoItook16andpleasureto17?_“thebestfood”formyAmericanfamily．Eachday，regardlessofmypoorskillofcooking，Iperformed（表演）myplayin18_way：changingthedishes’color，themeat’stypeorthesoup’sstyle（风味）．Thus，myAmericanfriendscoulddiscoverthe19_ofeatingChinesefood．Becauseofmy“20_”job，Iwasoftenrewarded（奖励）bytheir21_ofappreciation（感激）suchas“verytasty”，“excellent”etc．

　Butthejokewashere:yesterdayIcookedSichuan－style22_fordinner．Iwas23_atmyachievement（成就）．

　Whenallthefamilymembersarrivedatthetable，theyfirstlooked24_atthefish，thenlookedatme．“Whydoallthefishhavetheir25_？”theyasked，“It’shorrible！”

　Horribleorbeautiful？Idon’tknow．ButI26_knowthatfishheadsaredelicious.The27_isthebestpartoffish；in28_onlytherespectable（受敬重的）guestcanhavethespecial29_ofenjoyingit．

　Another30_thingis：theAmericanfriendsoftensaidtome“31_”asthey32_fruitsorotherthings．AccordingtoChinesetradition（传统），Iwouldsimplysmileinanswertotheirkindness33_actuallyhelpingmyselftoanyofthefood．34_，Isaid“helpyourself”tothemwheneverIbroughthomefruits．Dearme，nomatterhowmuchorhowoftenIbroughthomefood，aslongasitwasnicetotheirtaste，they35_hesitated（犹豫）tousetheirhandsto“helpthemselves”untilallwasfinished．

16．A．worry　B.attentionC.delight　D.pride(自豪)

17．A．buyB.fetchC.cook　D.leave

18．A．their　B.anewC.thesame　D.asimple

19．A．wayB.joy　C.trouble　D.importance

20．A．hardB.dailyC.good　D.new

21．A．expressionsB.sentenceC．doingD.smile

22．A．meatB.fishC.soup　D.egg　

23．A．praisedB.pleased　C.bad　D.surprise

24．A．pleasedly　B.excitedlyC.surprisedly　D.worriedly

25．A．bones　B.flesh(肉)C.tailsD.heads

26．A．do　B.willC.wantto　D.should

27．A．tailB.headC.soup　D.flesh

28．A．factB.ChinaC.USA　D.theWest

29．A．honour　B.seatC.tableD.plate

30．A．realB.excitingC.interesting