1. (2023高一上·奉贤月考)  Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need. 

A. People often ask me about what food I miss the most from back home. 

B. I understand that Chinese food is closely related to the Chinese way of life. 

C. After arriving here, I quickly found out that not a single one of those things is served in China. 

D. For example, Chinese people enjoy eating just about any part of an animal. 

E. When Chinese people place an order, they are expecting a series of courses. 

F. Usually it starts out with some cold dishes, and then moves into a wide variety of main courses. 

Dining in China: Culture Shock

Before coming to China, I thought of Chinese food as General Tso's chicken, egg rolls, and fortune cookies. In my first few weeks here, the group I was working with went out to dozens of group dinners. We were introduced to the Chinese way of dining out, and there was quite a bit of culture shock involved.

For one, the community style of dining was new to me. In America, I was used to sharing an appetizer with someone sometimes and then everyone ordering their own main course. In China, many dishes are ordered and placed on a lazy Susan. The table is spun around and you grab what you like. And we're not just talking a starter, a main, and dessert here; a Chinese dinner is a marathon of food. of course, there are always some staple foods around-rice, dumplings, or noodles. Soup comes last in a Chinese dinner instead of first, and dessert usually consists of a massive fruit plate.

Using chopsticks was also new to me and took quite some time to get used to. It was always embarrassing at first when I couldn't grab something tasty from the moving table and had to wait until the next time around. After years of practice, I can now confidently snatch a peanut as it's flying by me on a lazy Susan-practice really does make perfect! In the first few months, I was laughed at so many times by Chinese people while they watched me struggle with chopsticks. That probably explains why one of my favorite things to do while dining out in many Western restaurants in town is watching young, trendy Chinese people struggle with their forks and knives.

I had eaten chow mein before, as well as egg fried rice and Kung Pao chicken, but there were plenty of Chinese dishes that gave me culture shock in my first few months here. While Americans basically only eat chicken breasts, wings, and thighs, Chinese will also dig into the liver, heart and especially the feet. There's an old Chinese belief that eating an animal organ will benefit your corresponding organ-eating a heart is good for your heart, and eating a brain will make you smart. You can figure out the rest yourself.

Despite all of this food-related culture shock, I can honestly say that one of the best things about living here is the food and dining out. Chinese cuisine is so complex and varied that you could spend an entire lifetime here and not taste it all.  To be honest, now when I go home to visit I actually end up missing Chinese food more. Sometimes, culture shock is a good thing!