We know the westerners like to plan for their time carefully in order to do all the things that are important to them. So if your American or English friend asks you to dinner, he usually invites you a week ahead. But if you really have no time and can't go to the dinner, you can ring him to say sorry. The dinner is usually served at home, sometimes at a restaurant. You should get there on time, and don't forget to put on your fine clothes. It is also a good idea to take some little presents to your friend, such as flowers, chocolates and so on. When you are at dinner, you should also observe (遵守) some other customs. Here I'll give you some dos and don'ts about them in the following: 

1) Don't leave bones on the table or the floor. (You should put them on your plate with fingers.) 

2) Don't use your bowl to drink soup, but use your spoon to help you instead.

3) Don't talk with much food in your mouth.

4) Don't ask others to have more wine. (This is quite different from that in China.)

5) After dinner, use your napkin (餐巾) to clean your mouth and hands.

6) Make sure small pieces of food are not left on your face.

        Then after dinner, you can stay there a little time. And your friend will be pleased if you leave in half an hour or so. Next day, you had better ring him up to thank him for the good dinner.

1.If your American or English friend wants to invite you to dinner, he will invite you _________

A. on the night before the dinner

B. on the day before the dinner

C. at the last moment

D. a week before the dinner

2.It would be impolite to _____.

A. put bones on your plates with fingers

B. persuade others to drink more

C. drink soup with your spoon

D. make sure that there is nothing left on your face after dinner

3.Which of the following is not true?

A. After dinner, you'd better stay and talk with your friends for a long time to show your thanks.

B. You'd better ring your friend the next day to show your thanks. 

C. After dinner, you'd better leave in half an hour. 

D. After dinner, use napkin to clean your mouth.

 

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.A

【解析】

試題分析:

【文章大意】本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了在美國(guó)或英國(guó)吃飯時(shí),你應(yīng)該遵守的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣。

1.D考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章第一段中的if your American or English friend asks you to dinner, he usually invites you a week ahead.可知,如果美國(guó)人或是英國(guó)人請(qǐng)你吃飯,他通常提前一周邀請(qǐng)你。故選D。

2.B考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章中的Don't ask others to have more wine. (This is quite different from that in China.)可知,不要讓別人多喝酒,這和中國(guó)不同。故選B。

3.A考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章最后一段中的And your friend will be pleased if you leave in half an hour or so. 可知,半個(gè)小時(shí)后離開,你的朋友會(huì)很高興。而不是待很長(zhǎng)的時(shí)間。故選A。其他與文章內(nèi)容一致。

考點(diǎn):考查說明文的閱讀。

 

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