My friend's grandfather came to America from a farm in Thailand．After arriving in New York，he went into a cafeteria（自助餐厅） in Manhattan to get something to eat．He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order．Of course nobody did．Finally，a woman with a big plate full of food came up to him．She sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked．
"Start out at that end，"she said，"Just go along the line and choose what you want．At the other end they'll tell you how much you have to pay．"
"I soon learned that's how everything works in America，"the grandfather told my friend later，"Life's a cafeteria here．You can get anything you want as long as you want to pay the price．You can even get success，but you'll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you．You have to get up and get ityourself．"
21．My friend's grandfather came from___．
A．Thailand
B．Manhattan
C．New York
D．China
22．The grandfather went into a cafeteria to___．
A．wait for someone．
B．get something to eat．
C．meet my friend．
D．buy something．
23．What should we do to get food in a cafeteria？___
A．Wait for the waiter．
B．Ask someone for help．
C．Get it ourselves．
D．Sit down at an empty table．
24．What can we learn from the grandfather's words about the life in the US？___
A．Get up early and you can succeed．
B．Act and get what you want on your own．
C．Nobody brings you anything unless you pay the price．
D．Waiting is very important．
孔德义回答：
21．A 细节理解题．My friend's grandfather came to America from a farm in Thailand．我朋友的爷爷从泰国的一个农场来到美国．可知朋友的祖父来自...
