One day it was time for lunch, and I was eating my sandwich that I prepared myself. Vera, the secretary(秘书) of our company, asked meabsent-mindedly(心不在焉地),Brown bagging today?” For a while, I was at a loss to find a word to respond(回答) to what she had said. Ithought to myself, You should have seen the black bag that I takewith me to work every day.”

  Seeing I was wearing a puzzled expression(表情),Vera promptly(立刻)explained that “brown bagging” had the meaning of providing lunchfor oneself or taking ones lunch to eat in one’s office. Usually the food is kept in a brown paper bag, so it has this name. The persons who take their lunch with them are called brown baggers.

( ) 1.The writer had lunch________.

A. at home B. in a restaurant C. in the office D. at school

( ) 2. Vera was the ___ of our company.

A. boss B. cleaner C. manager D. secretary

( ) 3. The writer took a black bag to work__.

A. every day B. every Sunday C. every other day D. every two days

( )4. “Brown bagging” means___.

A. eat at homeB. take one’s lunch to eat in one’s office

C. eat in a restaurant

D.share (分享) lunch with ones colleagues (同事)

( ) 5. According to this passage,__ was a “brown bagger”.

A. Vera B. the secretary C. the boss D. the writer