Question

Around the world, people have different ideas about what good manners are.

When you go to restaurants in different parts of the world, it’s     to know the right and wrong things. For example, in China it’s OK to        a lot of noise in a restaurant. In fact, if a restaurant isn’t noisy or     , you may think there is something wrong with it. However, in many western countries, restaurants are         places. If a table is too loud, other people who are eating there even to to complain(抱怨) to the owner(主人) of the restaurant.

Paying the bill is also different       country to country. In China, one person usually pays for 6 . In western countries, one person pays if he or she is entertaining clients(宴请宾客), but 7 friends eat together, they usually share the cost. This is called “going Dutch”(均摊费用). Also, when westerners pay the bill, they usually leave some money for the waiter. This is called “leaving a tip”. Leaving a tip is thought to be     . In the U.S., it’s         to leave tips of 10%, 15%, or 20% of the bill, which is decided by how good the service is. Good waiters can make a lot of money!

The food people eat is different in the world, but you can         the same kind of food in many countries. Chinese and Italian food, for example, are popular all over the world.

1.A. popular    B. difficult   C. important   D. easy

2.A. cause      B. keep        C. hear        D. make

3.A. lively    B. friendly   C. lucky       D. happy

4.A. noisy      B. quiet       C. busy        D. clean

5.A. at         B. to          C. from      D. of

6.A. everybody  B. nobody      C. somebody   D. none

7.A. until     B. when       C. unless      D. since

8.A. badly      B. bad         C. polite      D. impolite

9.A. terrible  B. common      C. serious     D. usually

10.A. invent   B. find       C. prefer    D. look for

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.B

10.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了中美在饮食文化方面的一些不同特点。

1.C考查形容词及语境理解。A. popular 受欢迎的；B. Difficult困难的；C. important 重要的；D. Easy容易的。联系下文to know the right and wrong things to do描述，可知此处指的是知道做什么事情是正确的和错误的很重要。故选C，重要的。

2.D考查动词及语境理解。A. cause 造成；B. Keep保持；C. Hear听说 ；D. Make制作。联系下文，可知此处指的是制造很多噪音，故选D，制造

3.A考查形容词及语境理解。A. lively 活跃的；B. Friendly有好的；C. Lucky幸运的；D. Happy高兴的。联系前文，可知此处指的是如果一家饭店不热闹，故选A。生动的，热闹的。

4.B考查形容词及语境理解。A. Noisy吵闹的；B. quiet 安静的；C. Busy忙的；D. Clean干净的。联系下文，可知此处指的是在许多西方国家，饭店是安静的，故选B，安静的。

5.C考查形容词及语境理解。句意：付账在一个国家和一个国家也是不相同的，根据短语be different from表示不同于……；故选C。

6.A考查代词及语境理解。A. Everybody每个人；B. Nobody没有人；C. Somebody某人；D. None没有人。句意：在中国，一个人通常付所有人的钱；故选A。

7.B考查连词及语境理解。A. until 直到……；B. When当……的时候；C. Unless除非；D. Since自从。句意：但当朋友一起吃饭的时候，他们通常分担费用，所以根据句意此题应选B。

8.C考查形容词及语境理解。A. badly 坏地；B. bad 坏的；C. Polite礼貌的；D. Impolite不礼貌的。句意：在美国，通常付账单的10％,15％,或20％留作小费是礼貌的。所以选C。

9.B考查形容词及语境理解。A. terrible 糟糕的；B. Common普通的；C. serious 严重的；D. Usually通常。句意：结合语境可知此处指的是一般的付小费的数额是……，故选B。

10.但你能发现在许多国家有相同的食物。根据句意所以选B。

考点：文化类短文