公共英语考试

【单选题】ChristmasEve arrives at my house each year. The center of the celebration is dinner. My mother spends days preparing a rich variety of seafoo
D、The guest list seldom changes. It is made up of my aunt, Marcy and her husband, my oldest brother, Sal, his wife, and their four children, my sister, Joann, her husband, and their two children, and my second brother, Richard, his wife, and their two children.
My aunt and uncle always come heavily loaded with enough food and wine for a whole army. My brother Sal and the gang usually show up an hour early and empty-hande
D、Joann’s family is usually late while Richard’s group generally arrives on time, bearing gifts for everyone. I am in charge of getting theChristmas tree. Plenty of food is served at the dinner table, and all the hours of preparation are wolfed down in a matter of minutes.Along with the yearly repeated menu comes the yearly repeated conversation.
Everyone talks about how good the food tastes. My mother then talks about all the supermarkets from which the fish was bought. This begins our period of comparison shopping. For at least 30 minutes, we show how better we are than each other at mentioning the bargains we have foun
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Personally, I do not feel the need to be with a crowd onChristmasEve.ChristmasEve, to me, is a quiet time, a time to think deeply. The over-crowdedness and noise ruin my feelings aboutChristmas.
One of the main subjects discussed at the dinner table is ______.A．the price of goods
B．the kind of seafood
C．the preparation of fish

D、the change of the menu

网考网参考答案：A
网考网解析：
[精解] 细节题。题干意为“在餐桌上谈论的主要话题之一是什么 ”从文章的第三段第三、四句话This begins our period of comparison shopping．For at least 30 minutes，we show how better we are than each other at mentioning the bargains we have found.可知，他们花费至少30分钟的时间谈论谁最能砍价，即商品的价格成了讨论的中心。所以本题的正确答案为A。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>