The customs in different countries are rather different. If I have dinner with a

The customs in different countries arerather different. If I have dinner with a Chinese host, he always puts morefood onto my plate as soon as I have emptied it. That often discomforts megreatly. I have to eat the food even if I do not want to, because it isconsidered bad manners in the west to leave one’s food on the plate. I havealso noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American’s dinner party, he oftenrefuses the offer of drink though he’s in fact still hungry or thirsty. Thismight be good manners in China but it is not in the west at all. In the UnitedStates, it is impolite to keep asking someone again and again or insist on hisaccepting something. Americans have a direct way of speaking. If they wantsomething, they will ask for it. If not, they will say, “No, thanks.” When anAmerican is served with beer by the host, for example, he might say, “No,thanks. I’ll take some orange juice if you have it.” That is what an Americanwill do. So when you go to the United States, you’d better remember the famoussaying: “when in Rome, do as the Romans do.”

1.From this passage we can see that thewriter is         .

2.When a Chinese host kept putting morefood onto his plate, the writer felt       .

3.In the west, people consider it badmanners         .

4.A guest at an American’s dinner partyshould show his politeness by         .

试题答案

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.C

【解析】

1.推理判断题。结合In the United States, it is impolite to keep asking someone againand again or insist on his accepting something可知答案。

2.细节理解题。结合he always puts more food onto my plate as soon as I have emptied it.That often discomforts me greatly可知答案。

3.细节理解题。结合In the United States, it is impolite to keep asking someone againand again or insist on his accepting something可知答案。

4.细节理解题。结合If they want something, they will ask for it可知答案。