I spent two months with an American family last year when I studied in America. It is said，“The best house is in the USA, the best wife is in Japan, and the best food is in China．” So I took 16 and pleasure to 17_“the best food” for my American family．Each day，regardless of my poor skill of cooking，I performed（表演）my play in 18_ way：changing the dishes’ color，the meat’s type or the soup’s style（风味）．Thus，my American friends could discover the19_of eating Chinese food． Because of my“ 20_” job，I was often rewarded（奖励）by their21_of appreciation （感激）such as “very tasty”，“excellent”, etc．
But the joke was here: yesterday , I cooked Sichuan－style22_for dinner．I was23_at my achievement（成就）．
When all the family members arrived at the table，they first looked24_at the fish，then looked at me．“Why do all the fish have their25_？” they asked，“It’s horrible！”
Horrible or beautiful？I don’t know．But I 26_know that fish heads are delicious. The 27_is the best part of fish；in 28_only the respectable（受敬重的）guest can have the special 29_of enjoying it．
Another 30_thing is：the American friends often said to me“31_”as they 32_fruits or other things．According to Chinese tradition（传统），I would simply smile in answer to their kindness 33_actually helping myself to any of the food．34_，I said “help yourself” to them whenever I brought home fruits．Dear me，no matter how much or how often I brought home food，as long as it was nice to their taste，they35_hesitated（犹豫）to use their hands to “help themselves” until all was finished．
16． A． worry B. attention C. delight D. pride(自豪)
17． A． buy B. fetch C. cook D. leave
18． A． their B. a new C. the same D. a simple
19． A． way B. joy C. trouble D. importance
20． A． hard B. daily C. good D. new
21． A． expressions B. sentence C． doing D. smile
22． A． meat B. fish C. soup D. egg
23． A． praised B. pleased C. bad D. surprise
24． A． pleasedly B. excitedly C. surprisedly D. worriedly
25． A． bones B. flesh(肉) C. tails D. heads
26． A． do B. will C. want to D. should
27． A． tail B. head C. soup D. flesh
28． A． fact B. China C. USA D. the West
29． A． honour B. seat C. table D. plate
30． A． real B. exciting C. interesting D. easy
31． A． please help us B. excuse me
C． help yourself D. eat them please
32． A． brought home B. wanted
C． were buying D. were eating
33． A． not B. but not C. without D. nor
34． A． At last B. Above all C. After all D. In return
35． A． usually B. often C. never D. had