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(布丁).And, of course, Americans are coffee-drinkers rather than tea-drinkers. The English 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(炉) and they pour the mixture into a can. Then they pour it from there into a cup and drink it without turning a hair.

1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The well-mannered American also holds his knife in the right hand at table.

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

C. Englishmen and Americans have coffee at the same time at the dinner.

D. Generally speaking, Americans prefer tea to coffee.

2. The well-mannered American __________.

A. doesn’t use a knife at all at table

B. places his knife down on the right of his hand

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

D. uses his knife for only once during his dining each dish

3.The underlined part “without turning a hair” means __________.

A. showing no fear, surprise, or excitement

B. putting down the cup

C. not moving a hair

D. to sit still

4. The whole passage tells us that __________.

A. different people have different manners

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

C. Englishmen and Americans have different manners at dinner

D. Englishmen and Americans all use knives and forks for a dinner

 

Answer 1

答案：1A2D3A4C
提示：

1题由文中“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…”可推知美国人吃饭时也是用右手拿刀叉。 2题仍由文中第二句话可知美国人在吃每道菜时，先是用刀子切碎，然后放下刀子，用叉子吃菜。 3题without turning a hair意为“毫不畏惧、惊慌、激动等”。 4题通读全文可知文章主要讲述了英国人和美国人在饭桌上的礼貌、风俗有所不同。