【IfyouarenotanykindofalongtimeA-listNewYorkercelebritylikeWoodyAllen,chancesarethatyouhaveneverexperienced,andwillneverexperience-amealinalegendary(神奇)Italian-AmericanrestaurantcalledRao’s.Rao’】
IfyouarenotanykindofalongtimeA-listNewYorkercelebritylikeWoodyAllen,chancesarethatyouhaveneverexperienced,andwillneverexperience-amealinalegendary(神奇)Italian-AmericanrestaurantcalledRao’s.
Rao’s,theEastHarlemrestaurantwithahistoryofmorethanl00years,issimplythetoughestrestauranttogetareservationintheUSifnottheworld.Michelinthree-starrestaurantslikeelBulliinSpain,oftenrankedtheworld’stoprestaurant,wouldselloutthesecondphonelinesopened.ButinthecaseofRao’s,thephonelinesneveropen.
Thereareaboutadozentablesinthetinyrestaurantandeachisspokenforsemi-permanentlyasregularshavehadtheirreservationsforyearsandwhentheycan'tusethem,theyoftengiftthemtofriends.Theplaceissosmallthattheownersrarelyhavetheflexibilitytodofavorsevenforpeopletheyknow.
Sinceitisalwaysbusy,therehasneverbeenaneedforpublicity.ThelastremarkablenationalreviewoftherestaurantcamefromTheNewYorkTimesmorethan35yearsago.ItwasalreadytoughtogetatableatRao’sbutreservationshavebeennon-existenteversinccethemagicreview.
Accordingtoacriticwhois“veryveryluckytohavedinedatRao’safewtimes,”theexperiencerivals(堪比)thetastyfood.TherearenomenusatRao’sandoneoftheownerswillpullupachairandrunthroughthemassivelistofoptionsallowingpeopletohavedinerbymixingandmatchingnearlyanyingredient(原料)withanyclassicalItalianstyleofcooking.Theplacedoesn’ttakecreditcardsisn’topenonweekendsorfor1unchand“atsomepointduringyourmealtheone-roomrestaurantwillalmostunavoidablybreakoutinsong.”Itistrulyoneofakind,”thecriticwrote.
61.Whichisprobablythebesttitleforthistext?
A.Aluckycritic. B.Thebestrestaurant
C.Amagicreview. D.Alegendaryrestaurant
62.WhydoestheauthorrefertoelBulliinSpaininParagraph2?
A.ToprovethelonghistoryofRao’s. B.ToshowthepopularityofRao’s.
C.TodescribetheserviceofRao’s. D.ToattractcustomerstoeatinRao’s.
63.WhatwasRao’slikebeforeTheNewYorkTimesreview?
A.Uniqueandattractive. B.Toughandgreedy.
C.Terribleandunknown.