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Social CustomsThe Americans and the British not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs. For example, in both America and England people shake hands when they meet each other for the first time. This is often true for women as well as for men. Also most Englishmen will open a door for a woman or offer their seats to a woman and so will most Americans.
Neither the British nor the Americans object to (反对) standing in a queue, at the post office, the movies, the bank or anywhere. Promptness is important both in England and America. That is, if a dinner invitation is for seven o'clock, the dinner guest either arrives close to the time or calls up to explain why he will be late or why he can't come. Of course, these two peoples have other customs that are different: the Americans have “coffee breaks”, the British more often have “tea breaks”, for example. But there is much more that they have in common.
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(1) Both the American and the British peoples speak the same language and have many common social customs.
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(2) People would shake hands with foreigners in America, but they wouldn't do the same in England.
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(3) Men in both countries like doing women favors.
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(4) Men in both countries very much like talking to women.
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(5) Public places are always very crowded in both countries.
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(6) Both peoples like tea as well as coffee.
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(7) The Americans like coffee just as much as the British like tea.
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(8) Both peoples think it's important to be on time.
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(9) Yet the two peoples have nothing in common.
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(10) The word “promptness” means “arriving at about the right time.” ( )
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