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in different parts of the world, it"s 1 to know the right and wrong things to do. For example, in China it"s
OK to 2 a lot of noise in a restaurant. In fact, if a restaurant isn"t noisy and 3 , you may think there"s
something wrong with it. However, in many western countries, restaurants are 4 place. If a table is too
loud, other people who are eating there might even 5 to the owner of the restaurant.
Paying the bill is also different from country to country. In China, one person usually pays for 6 . In
western countries, one person pays if he or she is entertaining clients (宴请宾客), but 7 friends eat
together, they usually share the cost. This is called "going Dutch (均摊费用)". Also, when westerners pay the
bill, they usually leave some money for the 8 . This is called "leaving a tip". Leaving a tip is thought to be
polite. In the US, it"s 9 to leave tips of 10%, 15%, or 20% of the bill, which is decided by how good the
service (服务) is. Good waiters can make a lot of money!
The way people eat food is different in the world, but you can 10 the same kinds of food in many
countries. Chinese and Italian food, for example, are popular all over the world.
| ( )1. A. popular ( )2. A. cause ( )3. A. lively ( )4. A. noisy ( )5. A. shout ( )6. A. everybody ( )7. A. until ( )8. A. gatekeeper ( )9. A. terrible ( )10. A. invent | B. difficult B. keep B. friendly B. quiet B. explain B. nobody B. when B. seller B. common B. discover | C. important C. hear C. lucky C. busy C. complain C. somebody C. unless C. waiter C. serious C. prefer | D. enjoyable D. make D. polite D. clean D. speak D. none D. since D. common D. unusual D. find |
| 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. B 10. D | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| Just like Chinese, westerners give gifts on many occasions (场合), such as, on birthdays of good friends, at Christmas and some other holidays. Although gifts are always welcome, it is not necessary to exchange (交换) gifts at any time. They exchange gifts only among good friends. Usually when you are invited to dinner, you needn"t bring a gift except on special occasions, for example, when you are going to be a weekend guest (宾客). If you wish to bring something, the gifts should always be small, simple and cheap. You might bring some sweets or some small toys for the children, or a book, some flowers,a bottle of wine etc for the host (主人). If you want to make your gifts special, you can bring some Chinese tea, Chinese paintings, Chinese papercuts (剪纸) or other things like that,or even you can cook Chinese dish and bring it with you. Westerners prefer to open a gift at once, and admire (赞美) it. They would thank you and make some comment (谈论) about the gift"s beauty so that you know they like your gift very much. | |||
| 1. The westerners ______. | |||
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| A. never exchange gifts B. exchange gifts at any time C. exchange gifts among good friends D. don"t like gifts at all | |||
| 2. In this passage, the word "special" means ______. | |||
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| A. 一般的 B. 特殊的 C. 意外的 D. 不同的 | |||
| 3. You can bring ______ for the children if you are invited. | |||
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| A. some sweets B. some flowers C. a book D. a bottle of wine | |||
| 4. According to the passage, which sentence of the following is right? | |||
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| A. If you are invited to dinner, you"d better bring a gift. B. If you want to make your gifts special, you can bring a big, expensive one. C. Westerners like to open gifts at once. D. If you want to send a gift, don"t send the things made in China. | |||
| 5. The best title of this passage is ______. | |||
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| A. How to Exchange Gifts B. Westerners Gifts C. About Giving Gifts D. Special Gifts | |||
| 根据上下文或括号里的汉语提示，在下面短文的空白处写出正确的单词或词组，使短文意思完整， 语句连贯。 | |||
| All over the world mothers and fathers teach their children manners. There are all kinds of manners. Other children may have manners that they are not 1. (像) yours. Many years ago, children who had good manners were seen and not heard. They 2. (保持沉默) if grown-ups were talking. Today children have more freedom (自由). Sometimes good manners in one place are bad in 3. (另一个) place. If you visit some friends in Mongolia and they ask you to 4. (和……一起吃) them, what kind of manners do they 5. (想要) you to have? They want you to give a 6. (大声的) "belch" after you finish eating. Belching would 7. (显示) that you liked your food. But in some other countries, if you give a loud belch, you are told to say "Sorry, please". Manners are different 8. (全世界). But it is good to know that all manners begin 9. (用同样的方式). People needed ways to show that they wanted to 10. (成为朋友). | |||
| 根据上下文或括号里的汉语提示，在下面短文的空白处写出正确的单词或词组，使短文意思完整， 语句连贯。 | |||
| About more than a hundred years ago, an American produced a game. He called it 1. (室内的) tennis. The Americans were not interested in it 2. (起初), but he sent it to his London friends and it became very 3. (流行的) in Britain. The game was then played across dining-room tables, or 4. (在地板上) with the net strung (用绳缚) 5. (在……之间) two chairs. The balls 6. (由…制成) cork(软木)or rubber. The bats were made of wood. 7. (几年之后) a hollow (空心的) ball like the one we use today was invented. The game then 8. (快速地) spread all over the world. An Englishman once made a bat covered with rubber. He first sold the game in England and called it "Ping-pong". "Ping" was the 9. (声音) of the bat when it hit the ball, and "pang" was the 10. (第二) sound of the ball when it hit the table. | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
| The favorite food in the United States is the hamburger. The favorite place to buy a hamburger is a fast food restaurant. At fast food restaurant, people order their food, wait a few minutes, and carry it to their tables themselves. People also take their food out of the restaurants and eat it in their cars or in their homes. At some fast food restaurant, people can order their food, pay for it and pick it up without leaving their cars. There are many kinds of fast food restaurant in the United States. The greatest in number sell hamburger, French fries and so on. They are popular among Americans. Besides, fast food restaurant that serve Chinese food, Mexican food, Italian food, chicken, seafood and ice-cream are very many. The idea of a fast food restaurant is so popular that nearly every kind of food can be found in one. Fast food restaurants are popular because they reflect (反映) American life style. Customer can wear any type of dress when they go to a fast food place. Second, they are fast. People who are busy do not want to spend time preparing their own food or waiting while someone prepares it. In fast food restaurant, food is not expensive. Therefore, people often buy and eat at a fast restaurant, while they may not be able to go to a more expensive restaurant very often. | |||
| 1. In the United States the favorite food is ____. | |||
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| A. Chinese food B. Mexican food C. French fries D. the hamburger | |||
| 2. Americans like to fast food restaurant because ____. | |||
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| A. they can easily find fast food restaurant B. they like to eat hamburger and French fries C. they are too busy to want to spend time preparing or waiting D. they are so rich that they don"t want to do cooking themselves | |||
| 3. ____ of fast food restaurant sell hamburger, French fries. | |||
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| A. All B. Most C. Few D. None | |||
| 4. The food in fast food restaurant is ____ ready before the customers order it. | |||
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| A. always B. usually C. seldom D. never | |||
| 5. The best title for the passage is ____. | |||
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| A. The Fast Food Restaurant in the U.S.A. B. The Hamburger in the U.S.A. C. American Life Style D. All Kinds of Food in the U.S.A. | |||
| 任务型阅读。 | |||