Some British people and American people like to invite friends for a meal at home. You should not be upset 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 pm and end at about 11 pm. Ask your hosts 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). Do you want to be extra polite? Say how much you like them,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 end of the table and the wife sit 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,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”,British and American people like to say”Thank you,thank you,thank you”all the time.

(　 )51.An English doesn’t invite you to his or her dinner which______________.

A. means she or he doesn’t like you.　　 B. means she or he likes you.

C. doesn’t mean he or she likes you.　　 D. doesn’t mean he or she doesn’t like you

(　 )52.You are going to take part in a dinner party and _____________.

A. you’d better bring a certain present with you　　 B. you must leave home for it at 7 pm

C. you should ask your host when you should leave D. you must arrive at it before 8 pm

(　 )53.It’s impolite______________.

A. to say that you like the host’s room very much

B. for a guest to ask the host the price of the thing in the room

C. for guests to have drinks and snacks before the evening

D. for the host and the hostess to sit and eat with their guests

(　 )54.In which order will you eat or drink the following things the meal?

A. Snacks,vegetables,meat,coffee.　　　　　　

B.Coffee,drinks,soup,fish,vegetables,dessert

C. Soup,meat with vegetables,dessert and coffee　

D. Drinks,soup,something small,fish and coffee.

(　 )55.Which is the good manner(方式，态度) in which you express your enjoyment of the evening?

A. Before leaving for home,you should say:Thank you for inviting me.

B. When you shake hands with your host,you should say,”I did enjoy the evening”

C. You can write a “Thank-you letter”to your host after that.

D. You should finish everything in your plate and take if you want it.

When I was 13 years old, I became a vegetarian and quickly realized that I would have to learn how to cook for myself. The first thing I ever asked my mom to teach me how to make was bean soup. “Oh, that’s easy!” She told me. She started by explaining: “Almost every soup starts with onions and carrots.”

My mom is a chef who is able to cook delicious meals. She also told me that the very first thing she had learned in cooking school was to make soup stock (拼盘)----followed by soup. Her teacher had told the class: “If you learn anything here, it should be soup.”

In the US, soup isn’t so much a part of a meal as a meal in itself. Soups are often made from the leftovers(剩菜) of last night’s dinner----a baked chicken or turkey can easily be made into a new meal by adding broth(肉汤) and some vegetables. Soups are accompanied(伴随) by bread and topped with cheese.

It was easy to impress my college roommates with my mom’s great soup recipes(菜谱). Bean soup, vegetable noodle soup, mushroom soup… For only a few dollars, three or four of us could eat well from the same pot of soup for a whole week. Add a loaf of bread and some cheese, and our soup became a proper feast(盛宴).

I’m not a vegetarian any more, but I still make bean soup. It fills the house with lovely smells and reminds me of my mom, and my home.

66. The first thing that the writer learnt to make was _____.

A. bean soup                         B. vegetable noodle soup

C. mushroom soup                       D. beef soup  

 67. What is the writer’s mother’s job? __________

A. teacher               B. officer       C. chef                 D. secretary

68. According to the writer’s mother, almost every soup has ____.

A. onions and carrots         B. celery(芹菜) and chili(辣椒)

C. carrots and mushroom      D. bread and cheese

69. Which of the statements is TRUE?

A. Soup is as important as a meal in America.

B. Americans don’t like to make soup from leftovers.

C. Americans think it is difficult to make soup.

D. Americans like to add cheese to soup.

70. From this passage, we can learn that _____.

A. in the US, soup isn’t part of every meal

B. you can’t make soup with a baked chicken or turkey

C. the writer often made different kinds of soup at home with her roommates

D. the writer doesn’t make bean soup any more because she isn’t a vegetarian