中考英语阅读实战演练(常州市，2001)

A friend's grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe（东欧）. After being processed （移民入境检查）at Ellis Island, he went into a cafeteria（自助餐） in lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order（点菜）. Of course nobody did. At last, a woman with a plate full of food sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked.

　　"Start out at that 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 are willing（愿意）to pay the money. You can even get success（成功）, but you'll never get it if you wait for someone to bring to you. You have to get up and get it yourself."

　　(1) Which is the best title（标题）for the text?

　　　　A. From Eastern Europe to America.

　　　　B. Life is Like a Cafeteria in America.

　　　　C. How to Eat in a Cafeteria.

　　　　D. Eating in an American Cafeteria.

　　(2) Maybe the old man came from ________.

　　　　A. Poland（波兰）　　　　　　B. Australia.

　　　　C. Canada.　　　　　　　　　 D. Egypt（埃及）.

　　(3) From the text, we know if you want to get success in America, you should ________.

　　　　A. get help from your friends

　　　　B. know how a cafeteria works

　　　　C. get up again if you fail

　　　　D. try to get it by yourself

    Key: (1) — (3) BAD