“Just ate chicken feet for lunch. ”These were the words I wrote on my blog yesterday. By the next day there were hundreds of comments from my friends. They included “OH MY GOD! That is so disgusting(令人厌恶的)! ”, “What were they like? ” and “Why can’t you eat sandwiches like everyone else? ”
To Chinese people, chicken feet are a normal snack. To my friends in Britain, the thought of eating a chicken’s feet is weird(不可思议的). As weird, in fact, as eating a bullfrog(牛蛙), scorpion(蝎子), snake, or turtle.
But if there are two things I love more than anything else in life, they are trying new things and food.
I arrived in Beijing five months ago. Since then, I’ve searched for the “weirdest” foods so I can try them, then treat my friends to some “virtual eating”on my blog.
One weekend, I went to Wangfujing, Beijing’s “snack street”. The trip gave me tons of blog materials.
“I chose a stick with three live, wriggling scorpions on it, ”I wrote. “And it was pretty good. The scorpion was warm and crispy. The legs did have a tendency to get stuck between one’s teeth, however. What’s more, I am sure scorpion stung(蜇伤)me twice with its tail in revenge. ”
Next came snake: “A bit like a cross between fish and chicken, with a slightly rubbery texture(弹性口感)and meaty taste. ”
Some people were actually angry when I ate turtle soup—especially when I posted pictures showing the poor little guy’s head staring sadly up at us from the bowl. “I am never speaking to you again, ”wrote one former friend.
Still, I will continue my culinary quest(美食征程).
Next on my list is starfish, though I feel I should have some vegetables too—algae, maybe.
So what am I eating, tonight, you may ask. Pizza. Well, a girl’s gotta have a break sometimes.
小题1:According to the passage, which of the following “weirdest” foods is the one the author hasn’t tried?
A．Chicken feet.
B．Bullfrog.
C．Scorpion.
D．Chicken head.小题2: What does the author like most in life?
A．Trying new things and food.
B．Traveling.
C．Walking.
D．Shopping.小题3:Where did the author get her blog material?
A．From her friends.
B．From Wangfujing, Beijing’s “snack street”.
C．From shopping.
D．From the Internet.小题4: What is the author’s friends’ attitude towards her trying “weird” foods?
A．They are satisfied.
B．They are happy.
C．They are surprised and even angry.
D．They are sorry.小题5: What can we learn from the passage about the author?
A．The author likes eating.
B．The author enjoys traveling.
C．The author is fond of shopping.
D．The author is interested in Chinese food.
