Question

　　The well-mannered Englishman at table holds and keeps his knife in his right hand, his fork in his left, cuts his meat and presses his vegetables into his fork. The well mannered American first cuts up all his meat, then places his knife down on the right of his plate, takes his fork in his right hand and with his fork lifts the food to his mouth. He will have coffee half way through his dinner before the pudding. The Englishman drinks his coffee after the dinner. And, of course, Americans are coffee-drinkers rather than tea-drinkers. The Englishman would be surprised at the American's idea of how tea should be made.

　　The popular method to make tea is to take a cup or a pot of hot water and drop into it a cotton bag with tea leaves in it. For a change they will sometimes put a can of water on the electric stove and then pour the mixture into a teapot, pour it into a cup and drink it without turning a hair.

(1) Which is the correct order in which the well-mannered American do at dinner?

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a．He places his knife down.

b．He cuts up the meat.

c．He lifts the food to his mouth.

d．He takes his fork in his right hand.

A．b a d c

B．d b a c

C．c d b a

D．a b c d

(2) “Americans are coffee-drinkers rather than tea-drinkers” means ________.

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A．Americans can drink more tea than coffee

B．Americans prefer coffee to tea

C．Americans don't drink tea at all

D．Americans drink tea less than the English people

(3) A well-mannered American ________.

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A．doesn't use a knife

B．holds his knife in his right hand all the time at table

C．uses his knife for only one time each dish during the table

D．puts his knife in his pocket after he cuts up his meat

(4) Which is true according to the passage?

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A．Both Englishmen and Americans have coffee at the same time at dinner.

B．Both Englishmen and Americans hold their forks in the same hand when eating.

C．Neither Englishmen nor Americans are coffee-drinkers.

D．Neither Englishmen nor Americans takes their knives in the left hand.

(5) The passage tells us that ________.

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A．the Englishmen and Americans have the same way to make tea

B．all the nations have the same manners at table

C．the Englishmen and Americans have different manners at dinner

D．the westerners don't like drinking tea

Answer 1

答案：A;B;C;D;C
解析：

整体把握：文章讲述了英国人和美国人在饮食习惯上的不同点。特别是在餐桌上，英国人习惯右手拿刀，左手拿叉子；而美国人好像更讲究，虽然也是右手拿刀，但是放下刀后，还是用右手拿叉子。另外在喝茶或咖啡上也颇有不同，当然在沏茶方式上就更为讲究了。 (1) 点拨：由第一自然段的第二句话得知，美国人吃饭方式是： 切肉→放下刀→用右手拿起叉子→用叉子叉食物吃。 (2) 点拨：句中rather than意为“而不是……”句意是“美国人是喝咖啡的人而不是喝茶的人。”即美国喜欢喝咖啡而不喜欢喝茶。 (3) 点拨：由第一自然段的第二句得知。 (4) 点拨：由第一自然段的第一、二句综合得知。 (5) 点拨：既然英、美人在餐桌上有如此之差异，当然C正确。