【题目】Whether you’re eating at a fancy restaurant or dining in someone’s homeproper table manners are likely to help you make a good impressionAccording to a US expertEmily Post“All rules of table manners are made to avoid ugliness

While Henry Hitchings of the Los Angeles Times admits that good manners can reduce social conflicthe points out that mostly their purpose is protective – they turn our natural warrior like selves into more elegant ones

So where did table manners come from

In medieval Englanda writer named Petrus Alfonsi took the lead to urge people not to speak with their mouths fullAnd King David I of Scotland also proposed that any of his people who learned to eat more neatly be given a tax deduction (减除)

Disappointinglythat idea never caught onIt was during the Renaissancewhen there were real technical developmentsopinions of correct behavior changed for good“None of these was more significant than the introduction of the table fork,” wrote Hitchings“Graduallyas forks became popularthey brought the new way of eatingmaking it possiblefor instanceto consume berries without making one’s fingers dirty

Forks were introduced to Britain in 1608 and 25 years laterthe first table fork reached AmericaYet while most of the essentials (基本要素) are the same on both sides of the Atlanticthere are a few clear differences between what’s normal in the US and what holds true in the UKFor examplein the USwhen food needs cutting with a knifepeople generally cut a bitethen lay aside the knife and switch the fork to their right handThen they pick up one bite at a timeBy contrastBritons keep the fork in the left hand and don’t lay the knife down

Though globalization has developed a newsimpler international standard of table mannerssome people still stick with the American cut and switch methodThe Los Angeles Times noted“They are hanging on to a form of behavior that favors manners above efficiency

1What does the story mainly talk about

A. The importance of proper table manners

B. The development of table manners in Western countries

C. Some unwritten rules of table manners in the US and UK

D. Differences between American and British table manners

2The underlined phrase “caught on” in the passage probably means ______

A. worked in practice

B. became popular

C. drew attention

D. had a positive effect

3Which of the following events influenced people’s table manners most according to the article

A. The introduction of forks

B. The tax deduction policy

C. The rise of the Renaissance

D. Petrus Alfonsi’s efforts in promoting table manners

4What can we conclude from the article

A. British and American table manners are completely different from each other

B. American people pay more attention to their table manners than British people do

C. With globalizationthe American cut and switch method has been abandoned in the US

D. British people’s way of using a knife and fork may be more efficient than American people’s

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