Question

    Around the world,people have different ideas about what good manners are.

When you go to restaurants 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^ noisy and 3 ,you may think there is something wrong with it. However,in many western countries,restaurants are 4 places. 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 (宴請賓客) ，but when friends eat together,they usually share the cost. This is called doing Dutch (均攤費用). Also,when westerners pay the 7,they usually leave some money for the 8 This is called “Leaving a tip”. Leaving a tip is thought to be polite. In the U. S.，it's 9 to leave tips of 10%，15%，or 20% of the bill,which is decided by how good the service is. Good waiters can make a lot of money!

    The food people eat is different in the world,but you can find the same kind of food in many countries. Chinese and Italian food,for example,are 10 all over the world.

() 1. A. popular   B. difficult   C. important   D. enjoyable

() 2. A. cause   B. keep   C. stop   D. make

() 3. A. lively   B. dangerous   C. lucky   D. polite

() 4. A. noisy   B. quiet   C. busy   D. clean

() 5. A. shout   B. explain   C. complain   D. ask

() 6. A. everybody   B. nobody   C. somebody   D. none

() 7. A. bill   B. waiter   C. visitors   D. food

() 8. A. gatekeeper   B. seller   C. waiter   D. visitor

() 9. A. terrible   B. common   C. serious   D. unusual

() 10. A. different   B. popular   C. expensive   D. cheap

Answer 1

1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. A 8. C 9. B 10. B

[解析]這篇短文主要介紹了中美在飲食文化方面的一些不同特點。

1. C 聯(lián)系下文…to know the right and wrong things to do,可知此處指的是知道做什么事情是 正確的和錯誤的很重要。故選C.重要的。

2. D聯(lián)系下文，可知此處指的是制造很多噪聲，故 選D.制造。

3. A聯(lián)系前文，可知此處指的是如果一家飯店不 熱鬧，故選A.生動的，熱鬧的。

4. B聯(lián)系下文，可知此處指的是在許多西方國家， 飯店是安靜的，故選B.安靜的。

5. C結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是顧客向飯店主人抱 怨，故選C.

6. A結(jié)合常識及下文對西方人的描述，可知此處 指的是一個人為大家付款，故選A.

7. A 結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是付賬單，故選A. 賬單。

8. C  Good waiters can make a lot of money!可 知指的是留一些錢給服務(wù)員，故選C.

9. B結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是一般的付小費的數(shù) 額是……，故選B.

10. B結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是它們在全世界都受 歡迎，故選B.