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Every country has its own dining customs. Americans feel that the first rule of being a __36__ guest is to be on time. If a person is invited to dinner at six thirty，the hostess __37__ him to be there at six thirty or __38__ a few minutes after. Because she usually does the cooking, she has to time the meal __39__ the hot rolls and the coffee and the meat can be at their best when the guests come. If they are late，the food will not be so __40__，and the hostess will be __41__.__42__ the guest cannot come on time, he should call his host or hostess on the phone, give the reason，and tell __43__ what time he can come. __44__the situations, guests sometimes bring a box of candy, a bottle of wine or a bunch of flowers to give to the hostess as a __45__ of appreciation.
As guests continue to arrive, it is usually considered polite for the __46__ in the group to __47__ when a woman enters the room and continue to stand until she is seated. __48__， most young people and some groups of elder people __49__ stress equality of the sexes no longer observe the custom. A visitor should be __50__to each situation and follow the lead of the Americans present.
When the guests sit down at a dinner table，it is a __51__ for the men to help the ladies by pushing their chairs under them. However，some Americans __52__ do this, so the visitors must notice what others do and do the __53__.__54__ the meal is under way and if the dinner is in a private home，a guest __55__ avoid embarrassment by leaving talk to someone else.
36．A.polite B．elegant C．honored D．serious
37．A.tells B．expects C．asks D．hopes
38．A.at most B．less than C．at least D．more than
39．A.in case B．as long as C．so that D．on condition that
40．A.tender B．nutritious C．good D．enough
41．A.angry B．nervous C．shameful D．disappointed
42．A.If B．Unless C．Whether D．Although
43．A.at B．in C．on D．about
44．A.Looking at B．Combined with C．Depending on D．Related to
45．A.matter B．heart C．sense D．sign
46．A.host B．men C．hostess D．women
47．A.smile B．stand C．applaud D．nod
48．A.As a result B．Moreover C．In addition D．However
49．A.whose B．what C．who D．which
50．A.aware B．similar C．active D．sensitive
51．A.custom B．regulation C．habit D．principle
52．A.even B．no longer C．still D．no more
53．A.following B．same C．deed D．example
54．A.Unless B．Until C．While D．After
55．A.shouldn't B．must C．needn't D．may
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The hostess was to have a party and entertain guests at home．She busied herself so early in the morning, cleaning the house．She was so tired 1 she felt pain in her waist and on the back．Drops of sweat fell from her forehead．She did not finish cleaning the house 2 dusk．
3 (look)at the clean and tidy drawing room, she released a sigh with a smile on her face．The guests were coming! Entering the drawing room, they 4 (attract)by the fresh flowers．Surprisingly pleased, they cheered in praise, "Oh, what beautiful flowers!"
"How colorful and fragrant!"
"Just a look at it, and life is full of pleasure!"
Then they went on to express their thanks 5 the hostess for her 6 (delicate)arranged flowers．
With an embarrassed smile, the hostess said," I am glad you like it．Thank you for your praise．I was 7 bit surprised about it．I 8 make detailed arrangement for your honor．I was busy the whole day cleaning and mopping．As to the flowers in the vase, it is a piece of cake．I did it by just lifting my hand．Now you are 9 (aware)of my hard work and praise 10 highly for my easiest effort．It is beyond my expectation．"
A passenger told an air hostess that he needed a cup of water to take his medicine when the plane just took off. She told him that she would 1 him the water in ten minutes.
Thirty minutes later, when the passenger’s ring for 2 sounded, the air hostess realized it at once. She was kept so 3 that she forgot to deliver him the 4 . As a result, the passenger was held up (延误) to take his medicine. She hurried over to him 5 a cup of water, but he 6 it.
In the following hours on the flight, each time the stewardess? passed by the 7 , she would ask him with a 8 whether he needed help or not. But the passenger never paid attention to her.
When he was going to get 9 the plane, the passenger asked the air hostess? to ___10___ him the passengers?’ booklet(意见簿). She was very 11 . She knew that he would write down sharp words, ___12___ with a smile she handed it to him.
Off the plane, she 13 the booklet, and cracked a smile, 14 the passenger put it, “On the flight, you asked me whether I need help or not for twelve times 15 . How can I refuse your twelve sincere smiles?”
That’s right! Who can refuse your twelve sincere smiles from a person?
1. A. take B．bring C．carry D．hold
2. A. food B．drink C．service D．medicine
3. A. tired B．silent C．calm D．busy
4. A. water B．help C．milk D．warning
5. A. for B．about C．with D．in
6. A. refused B．accepted C．liked D．hated
7. A. customer B．passenger C．guest D．visitor
8. A. glance B．look C．smile D．cry
9. A. on B．to C．off D．from
10. A. hand B．take C．throw D．lend
11. A. glad B．angry C．curious D．sad
12. A. So B．Because C．And D．But
13. A. hid B．tore C．opened D．closed
14. A. if B．for C．after D．when
15. A. in all B．above all C．or else D．or so
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I was on my way to the Taiyetos Mountains．The sun was setting when my car 1 (break)down near a remote and poor village．Cursing my misfortune, I was wondering where I was going to spend the night when I realized that the villagers who had gathered around me were arguing as to 2 should have the honor of receiving me 3 a guest in their house．Finally, I accepted the offer of an old woman who lived alone in a little house．While she was getting me 4 (settle)into a tiny but clean room, the head of the village was tying up his horse to my car to pull it to 5 small town some 20 kilometres away 6 there was a garage．
I had noticed three hens running free in my hostess’s courtyard and that night one of them ended up in a dish on my table． 7 villagers brought me goat’s cheese and honey．We drank together and talked 8 (merry)till far into the night．
When the time came for me to say goodbye to my friends in the village, I wanted to reward the old woman 9 the trouble I had caused 10 ．
Every Chinese-language textbook starts out with the standard phrases for greeting people; but as an American, I always found myself 1 to speak freely when it came to seeing guests off at the door. Just a good-bye would not do, yet that was all I had ever learned from the 2 books. So I would smile and nod, bowing like a Japanese and searching madly for words that would 3 over the visitor's leaving and make them feel they would be welcome to come again. In my unease, I often hid behind the skirts of my Chinese husband's kindness.
Then finally, listening to others, I began to pick up the phrases that 4 relationships and sent people off not only successfully but also skillfully.
5 for the Chinese includes a lot of necessary habitual practice. Although as a foreigner, I'm not expected to observe or even know all the rules, I've had to learn the expressions of politeness and 6 at a leaving-taking.
The Chinese feel they 7 see a guest off to the farthest possible point-down the flight of stairs to the street below or perhaps all the way to the nearest bus stop. I've sometimes waited half an hour or more for my husband to return from seeing a guest off, 8 he's gone to the bus stop and waited for the bus to arrive.
That's very well, but when I'm the guest being seen off, my protests are always 9 . My hostess or host, or both, insists on 10 me down the stairs and well on my way, with my repeating the “Don't 11 to see me off at the every landing”. If I try to go fast to 12 them from following, they are simply out to the discomfort of having to run after me. Better to accept the inevitable (不可避免的).
Besides, that’s going against Chinese 13 , because haste (doing things quickly) is to be avoided. What do you say when you 14 someone？Not “farewell or Godspeed (祝福)”, but “Go slowly”. To the Chinese it means “Take care” or “Watch your 15 ”,or some such caution, but translated literally it means “Go slowly.”
1. A. easy B. difficult C. unable D. effective
2.A.useful B. terrible C. priceless D. proper
3.A.smooth B. talk C. calm D. take
4.A.speeded B. broke C. destroyed D. eased
5.A.Parting B. Leaving C. Separating D. Interviewing
6.A.protest B. refuse C. explain D. state
7.A.can B. will C. may D. must
8.A.although B. unless C. if D. since
9.A.effective B. unnecessary C. useless D. troublesome
10.A.leading B. seeing C. inviting D. pushing
11.A.trouble B. have C. decide D. walk
12.A.protect B. keep C. discourage D. dismiss
13.A.rule B. custom C. design D. opinion
14.A.meet with B. talk with C. part from D. call on
15.A.foot B. health C. shoe D. step
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