A restaurant in Sweden,Table For One,only serves one diner every time,just as the restaurant's name shows.It is owned by a Swedish couple, Rasmus Persson and Linda Karlsson. The restaurant lies next to the couple's home in a far village.
According to their official(官方的)website.only one person can dine at the table. which means the couple can give their full attention to one guest at a time."For us, the act of eating is an amazing experience,” Persson says. The diner, sitting in the field, will receive their food from the kitchen in the couple's home about 150 feet away by a basket tied to a rope. Every guest will have the pleasure of dining with themselves.
Each meal is made up of three courses(一道菜)made by Persson,along with some drinks.“We welcome all no matter whether you are rich or poor. The price of the menu is up to the guest,” says Karlsson. The couple has also chosen a pay-what-you-wish system in order to feed people who may be in trouble because ofCOVID-19.
During the COVID-19, the former professional chef(厨师)，Persson,has been cooking for his wife's parents and serving them through the window. This resulted in the idea of Table For One. The couple is not doing this to make money. They say, "We want to avoid the feeling of being watched while eating.We all are facing difficult times and there are people who have lost their jobs, a loved one or even their mind. We want to do our best to make sure every guest has a respite from all the stress and difficulty in life.”The couple might make the Table For One larger in the future.
1.Which of the following features does Table For One have?
① It lies in a far village.
② It provides free meals for guests.
③It only serves one guest every time.
④ It is becoming more and more beautiful.
A.①③ B.①④ C.②③ D.③④
2. Which question is mainly discussed in paragraph 2?
A. How is the guest served?
B. Where does the restaurant lie?
C. Why is the restaurant opened?
D. What advice do the guest have?
3.Why was a pay-what-you-wish system chosen?
B. To help some people in need.
C. To draw more guests' attention.
D. To make the restaurant develop better.
4.What gave the couple the idea for opening the restaurant?
A. The advice of Karlsson's parents.
B. The influence of COVID-19.
C. The serving experience.
D. The cooking skill of Persson.
5. What does the underlined part “a respite”probably mean in English?
A. A chance. B. A choice.
C. A break. D. A feeling.
答案解析：
1. A.①③
解析：根据文章第一段，这家餐厅位于一个遥远的村庄(a far village)，并且每次只服务一位客人(only serves one diner every time)，所以选项①和③是正确的。
2. A. How is the guest served?
解析：第二段主要讨论了客人是如何被服务的，包括餐厅只服务一位客人，以及客人如何通过篮子和绳子从150英尺外的厨房接收食物，所以选项A是正确的。
3. B. To help some people in need.
解析：根据文章第三段，选择“你付多少就多少”的支付系统是为了帮助那些可能因为COVID-19而遇到困难的人，所以选项B是正确的。
4. C. The serving experience.
解析：根据文章最后一段，Persson在COVID-19期间通过窗户为妻子的父母做饭和服务，这给了他们开设Table For One餐厅的想法，所以选项C是正确的。
5. C. A break.
解析：划线部分“a respite”在这里的意思是“暂时的休息或放松”，与选项C中的“A break”意义相符，所以选项C是正确的。
