5、
(河南省信阳二高中高二月考) 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 38iven
a cup of Chinese tea. She was not
39 and she also found
this type of tea rather 40 . However, since she had been given the
tea , she felt she should drink it. Hoping to finish it 41 so that she would not feel about
having to drink this tea which she did not 42 , she started to drink as much of
it as she could. But as soon as her cup became half - full, the host 43 giving her more. Several times she
told the host that she had had
44 , but it seemed
to have no 45 . Her cup kept being 46 , and she kept on drinking. During the
time of her 47 , she drank about twelve cups of tea.
Later she found out that she should have just 48 the tea, and that this would have
meant that she had had enough. Influenced by her 49 culture, she felt it too 50 to leave the tea and could not
understand why the host took no notice of her protests(抗议) that she had had enough!
