A Simple Dish Surprises the Judges

3 questions. Choose the meaning or usage that best fits each situation. Try answering before reopening the passage.

1What does exalted describe about the guest judge?A. The judge holds a high and honored position.B. The judge is guaranteed to make no mistaken judgment.C. The judge must feel intense joy, even though the passage describes status rather than emotion.D. The judge has been assigned the least recognized place with no special standing.

2A higher level of quality relative to the compared dishes is _____.A. equivalenceB. superiorityC. parityD. inferiority

3Why does the outcome seem paradoxical to the spectator?A. A plainer dish makes the strongest impression, contrary to the spectator's expectation about elaborate presentation.B. The judges secretly apply no criteria and provide no possible explanation.C. The dish is literally both garnished and entirely without garnish in exactly the same respect.D. The spectator expected the plain dish to win and finds the result completely ordinary.

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