The main difference on the Chinese dinner table is chopsticks 21_______knife and fork. Besides, in restaurants, you can always ask 22________ a pair of knife and fork, if you find the chopsticks not 23________. The real difference is that in the West, you have your own plate of food, while in China the dishes 24 ________ on the table and everyone shares（共享）. If you are being treated to a formal(正式的) dinner, 25________ if the host thinks you’re in the country 26________ the first time, he will try his 27 _______ to give you a taste of many different kinds of dishes.

The meal usually 28________a set of at least four cold dishes, to be followed by the main courses of hot meat and vegetable dishes. Soup then will be served. If you wish to have your rice to go with other dishes, you should 29 _______ in good time, for most of the Chinese choose to have the staple food(主食) 30_________ the end of the meal or have none of them at all.

Perhaps one of the things 31_______ surprises a Western visitor most is that some of the Chinese hosts like to put 32________ into the plates of their guests. In formal dinners, there are always “public” chopsticks and spoons for this purpose, but some hosts may use their own chopsticks. This is a sign of genuine friendship and politeness. 33_______ is always polite to eat the food. If you do not eat it, just leave the food in the plate.

People in China often over-order food, for they will find it embarrassing if all the food 34________up. When you have had enough, just say so, 35_______ you will overeat!

21. A. instead         B. instead of        C. instead for        D. different from

22. A. for             B. about           C. to               D. of

23. A. enough helpful   B. well enough      C. helpful enough    D. enough well

24. A. place           B. placed           C. are placing       D. are placed

25. A. exactly         B. except           C. especially        D. specifically

26. A. on             B. for              C. by              D. until

27. A. best            B. good            C. well             D. better

28. A. begins with      B. ends with        C. starts            D. ends

29. A. say no          B. say so           C. ask             D. do so

30. A. by             B. in              C. at               D. to

31. A. what          B. how             C. /                D. that

32. A. fruit          B. soup              C. food            D. drinks

33. A. That          B. It                C. This             D. He

34. A. is eaten       B. will be eaten       C. are eaten          D. was eaten

35. A. and          B. then              C.but               D. or