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If you are sitting at a table with people you don’t know, it is impolite to smoke without first asking if it will disturb them. At American restaurants and coffee shops, cold water is usually served before you order. You may find the bread and the butter are free, and if you order coffee, you may get a free refill.

Most cities and towns have no rules about opening and closing time for stores and restaurants, though they usually do make rules for bars. Especially in big cities, stores may be open 24 hours a day. Serving in restaurants are often large. If you can’t finish the meal but would like to enjoy the food later, ask the waiter or the waitress for a “doggie bag”(剩菜袋). It may have a picture of a dog on it, but everybody knows you are taking the food for yourself. Tips are not usually added to check. You should leave a tip of about 15% on the table when you leave. In some restaurants, a waiter or waitress often brings your check on a plate, and you can put your money there. Then the waiter or the waitress brings you your changes.

1.______is usually served before you order at American restaurants or coffee shops.

A. bread                 B. Butter              C. Coffee           D. Cold water

2.American people always _____ when servings are too large for them.

A. take the food home for their dogs  

B. leave the food on the table and go away

C. take the food home in doggie bags for themselves. 

D. ask the waiter or the waitress to keep the food for them. 

3.If you spend $120 for your meal, you’ll probably leave a tip of________.

A.$10                    B. $18                C. $30             D. $50

4.How can you give tips in America?

A. They are usually added to the check.

B. They are added to the price of the meal.  

C. A tip is usually 1/5 of the price of the meal.

D. You can leave them on the table when you leave.          

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. It’s bad manners to smoke if the people who sit at the same table mind it.

B. At American restaurants and coffee shops, bread, butter and coffee are all free.

C. American people never sit with people they don’t know.

D. Few cities and towns make rules for bars in America.

Some British and American people like to invite friends for a meal at home. You should not be upset（不安的）if your English friends don’t invite you home. It doesn’t mean they don’t like you. Dinner parties usually start between 7 and 8 p.m. and end at about 11. Ask your hosts（主人）what time you should arrive. It’s polite to bring flowers, chocolates or a bottle of wine as a gift. Usually the evening starts with drinks and snacks（小吃）. If you want to be extra polite, say how much you like the room, or the pictures on the wall. But remember－it’s not polite to ask how much things cost. In many families, the husband sits at one of the table and the wife sits at the other end. They eat with their guests. You’ll probably start the meal with soup or something small, then you’ll have meat or fish with vegetables, and then dessert（甜点心）, followed by coffee. It’s polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want it. Did you enjoy the evening? Call your hosts the next day, or write them a short “thank you” letter. British and American people like to say “thank you, thank, thank you” all the time!

1.If your English friend doesn’t invite you to dinner at home, it means he or she ______.

2.It’s impolite ______.

3.The meal ends with _______ usually.

4.When you are invited to a dinner party, you’d better _______.

5.Which of the following is true?

If you are sitting at a table with people you don’t know, it is impolite to smoke without first asking if it will disturb them. At American restaurants and coffee shops, cold water is usually served before you order. You may find the bread and the butter are free, and if you order coffee, you may get a free refill.
Most cities and towns have no rules about opening and closing time for stores and restaurants, though they usually do make rules for bars. Especially in big cities, stores may be open 24 hours a day. Serving in restaurants are often large. If you can’t finish the meal but would like to enjoy the food later, ask the waiter or the waitress for a “doggie bag”(剩菜袋). It may have a picture of a dog on it, but everybody knows you are taking the food for yourself. Tips are not usually added to check. You should leave a tip of about 15% on the table when you leave. In some restaurants, a waiter or waitress often brings your check on a plate, and you can put your money there. Then the waiter or the waitress brings you your changes.
【小题1】______is usually served before you order at American restaurants or coffee shops.

If you are sitting at a table with people you don’t know, it is impolite to smoke without first asking if it will disturb them.

At American restaurants and coffee shops, cold water is usually served before you order. You may find the bread and the butter are free, and if you order coffee, you may get a free refill.

Most cities and towns have no rules about opening and closing time for stores and restaurants, though they usually do make rules for bars. Especially in big cities, stores may be open 24 hours a day.

Servings in restaurants are often large. If you can’t finish the meal but would like to enjoy the food later, ask the waiter or the waitress for a “doggie bag”(剩菜袋). It may have a picture of a dog on it, but everybody knows you are taking the food for yourself.

Tips are not usually added to the check. You should leave a tip of about 15% on the table when you leave. In some restaurants, a waiter or waitress often bring your check on a plate, and you can put your money there. Then the waiter or the waitress brings you your changes.

1.______ is usually served before you order at American restaurants or coffee shops.

A．Bread            B．Butter            C．Coffee            D．Cold water

2.American people always ______ when servings are too large for them.

A．take the food home for their dogs.

B．leave the food on the table and go away

C．take the food home in doggie bags for themselves.

D．ask the waiter or the waitress to keep the food for them.

3.If you spend ＄120 for your meal, you’ll probably leave a tip of _____.

A．＄10             B．＄18             C．＄30             D．＄50

4.How can you give tips in America?

A．They are usually added to the check.

B．They are added to the price of the meal.

C．A tip is usually 1/5 of the price of the meal.

D．You can leave them on the table when you leave.

5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．It’s bad manners to smoke if the people who sit at the same table mind it.

B．At American restaurants and coffee shops, bread, butter and coffee are all free.

C．American people never sit with people they don’t know.

D．Few cities and towns make rules for bars in American.