第二节、完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分,共30分）

    A young British woman had shortly arrived in Hong Kong and had not yet 36 anything

about the Chinese 37 . One day she went to the home of a Chinese friend and was 38

given a cup of Chinese tea .She was not 39 and she also found this type of tea

rather40.however,since she had been given the 41 ,she felt she should 42 it .Hoping

to finish it 43 so that she would not feel about having to drink this tea which she

did not 44 ,she started to drink as much of 45 as she could .But 46 her cup became

half-full,the host(主人) 47 giving her more .Several times she told the host that

she had had 48 ,but it seemed to have no 49 .Her cup kept being .

    50 ,and sae kept on drinking .During the time of her  51 ,she drank abut 12 cups of tea .Later did she find out that she should have just 52 the tea ,and that this would have meant that she had had enough.Influenced(受影响)by her 53 cultere ,she felt it too 54 to leave the tea and could not 55 why the host took no notice of her protdsts(抗议)that she had had enough!

36.A.got        B. learnt          C. taught         D. remenbered

37.A.culture    B. language        C. food           D. habit

38.A.hardly     B. certainly       C. carefully      D. immediately

39.A.tired      B. happy           C. thirsty        D. interested

40.A.bitter     B. sweet           C. nice           D. cold

41.A.cup        B. tea             C. present        D. water

42.A.refuse     B. receive         C. taste          D. drink

43.A.in time    B. slowly          C. all            D. quickly

44.A.take       B. have            C. like           D. buy

45.A.it         B. them            c. tea            D. water

46.A.as soon as B. while           C. as             D. because

47.A.practiced  B. insisted on     C. stopped        D. tried

48.A.some       B. enough          C. all            D. a little

49.A.value      B. end             C. effect         D. importance

50.A.filled     B. moved           C. changed        D. emptied

51.A.talk       B. visit           C. party          D. inspection

52.A.left       B. drunk           C. sucked         D. fiiled

53.A.modern     B. ancient         C. Western        D. Eastern

54.A.impolite   B. polite          C. easy           D. uneasy

55.A.guess      B. understand      C. forget         D. Remember