Visitors to Britain may find the best place to sample local culture is in a trad

Visitors to Britain may find the best place to sample localculture is in a traditional pub．But these friendly pubs can be dangerous placesof potential gaffes（失礼）for the newcomers．

         A team ofresearchers have discovered some of the unknown customs of British pubs -starting with the difficulty of getting a drink．Most pubs have nowaiters - you have to go to the bar to buy drinks．A group of Italianyouths waiting 45 minutes before they realized they would have to fetch theirown．This may sound inconvenient, but there is a hidden purpose．

         Pubculture is designed to promote sociability（社交）in a society knownfor its reserve．Standing at the bar for service allows you tochat with others waiting to be served．The bar counter is possiblythe only site in the British Isles in which friendly conversation withstrangers is considered entirely suitable and really quite normal behavior．“Ifyou haven’t been to a pub, you haven’t been to Britain．”This tip can be found in a booklet, Passport to the Pub: The Tourists’ Guide toPub Etiquette, a customers’ rule of conduct for those wanting to sample “acentral part of British life and culture”．

         Thetrouble is that if you do not follow the local rules, the experience may fallflat．For example, if you are in a big group, it is best if onlyone or two people go to buy the drinks．Nothing annoys theregular customers and bar staff more than a group of strangers blocking allaccess to the bar while they chat and hesitate about what to order．

1.Theunderlined word “sample” in the first paragraph probably means “________”．

    A．taste                        B．experience               

         C．test                     D．record

2.The cultureof pub in Britain is so developed to ________．

    A．encourage people tocommunicate with each other

    B．encourage more peopleto consume drinks

    C．attract more touriststo the pubs            

         D．formits own character of culture

3.If you don’tfollow the local rules in a pub, ________．

    A．you won’t buy goodlocal drinks

    B．you may annoy theregular customers and bar staff

         C．youmay fail to feel the local culture

    D．you might get into adangerous place

4.What may bethe best title for the passage?

    A．Self-service Pubs inBritain

    B．British Local Pubs:Special Chat Places

    C．Local Pub Culture inBritain

         D．Mannersin British Local Pubs

试题答案

【答案】

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.C

【解析】略