Question

Some British and American people like to invite friends for a meal at home. You should not be upset（不安的）if your English friends don’t invite you home. It doesn’t mean they don’t like you. Dinner parties usually start between 7 and 8 p.m. and end at about 11. Ask your hosts（主人）what time you should arrive. It’s polite to bring flowers, chocolates or a bottle of wine as a gift. Usually the evening starts with drinks and snacks（小吃）. If you want to be extra polite, say how much you like the room, or the pictures on the wall. But remember－it’s not polite to ask how much things cost. In many families, the husband sits at one of the table and the wife sits at the other end. They eat with their guests. You’ll probably start the meal with soup or something small, then you’ll have meat or fish with vegetables, and then dessert（甜點心）, followed by coffee. It’s polite to finish everything on your plate and to take more if you want it. Did you enjoy the evening? Call your hosts the next day, or write them a short “thank you” letter. British and American people like to say “thank you, thank, thank you” all the time!
【小題1】If your English friend doesn’t invite you to dinner at home, it means he or she ______.

A．doesn’t like you	B．likes you
C．can’t afford to do so	D．is too busy

【小題2】It’s impolite ______.

A．to ask about the price of a certain thing

B．to say “thank you” to hosts

C．take nothing with you when you are invited to dinner

D．to eat up everything on your plate

【小題3】The meal ends with _______ usually.

A．soup

B．coffee

C．meat or fish

D．dessert

【小題4】When you are invited to a dinner party, you’d better _______.

A．ask what time you should arrive	B．take your wife with you
C．drink as more as possible	D．eat more snacks as you can

【小題5】Which of the following is true?

A．The hosts like the people who sit closer to them.

B．The hosts like the people who ask them time, price, age, etc.

C．The husband and the wife usually sit together.

D．You can call your host the next day or write a letter of thanks after that

Answer 1

【小題1】B
【小題2】A
【小題3】B
【小題4】A
【小題5】D

解析文章講的是英國和美國吃飯的禮儀，特別講到了哪些是禮貌的和哪些是不禮貌的禮儀。
1. B 推理題。文章說You should not be upset（不安的）if your English friends don’t invite you home（你不必因為你的英語朋友沒邀請你而感到不安），后面接著說明原因 It doesn’t mean they don’t like you（這并不意味著他們不喜歡你），故A答案錯誤，C,D答案文章沒有提到，故最有可能就是他們也喜歡你，故選B。
2. A 細節題，文章講了很多禮貌的行為，后面提到it’s not polite to ask how much things cost，故問價格是不禮貌的，選A。
3 B 細節題。由于用了start …then….and then…followed by coffee等表示先后的詞，但最后落到了coffee上面，故選B。
4.A 從Ask your hosts（主人）what time you should arrive可知A正確，外國人最講究準時，其它三個答案并沒有提到，選A。
5.D  此題要從全文來分析答案。我們從it’s not polite to ask how much things cost可知問價格不禮貌，故B錯；從the husband sits at one of the table and the wife sits at the other end可知C錯。再從下文Call your hosts the next day, or write them a short “thank you” letter可知D正確，外國人喜歡說感謝之類的話。A答案文章沒講到，選D。