Question

综合填空阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

The customs in different countries are r___1.___ different. If I have dinner with a Chinese host, he always puts m__2.___food onto my plates as soon as I have emptied it. That often makes me u__3.__. I have to eat the food even if I don’t want to, because it is considered (认为) bad m__4.___ in the West to leave one’s food on the plate. I have already n_5.__ that when a Chinese sits at an American’s dinner party, he very often refuses the offer of food or drink though he is in fact still hungry or t___6.__. This might be good manners in China, but it is not in the West at all. In the United States, it is i__7.___ to keep asking someone again and again. Americans have a d__8.___ way of speaking. If they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say, “No, thanks.” When an American is fed with beer by the host, for e___9.___, he might say, “No, thanks. I’ll take some diet, Pepsi-Cola（百事可乐）if you have it. ”That is what an American will do. So when you go to the United States, you had better remember the famous s__10.___: When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Answer

1.rather

2.more

3.uncomfortable

4.manners

5.noticed

6.thirsty

7.impolite

8.direct

9.example

10.saying

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文以中美两个国家的风俗习惯为例，告诉读者不同的国家风俗习惯也不同。

1.句意：在不同国家的风俗是相当不同的。根据句意及首字母的单词故填rather 。

2.句意：我已吃完食物，他总是把更多的食物放在我的盘子里。这表示比较级，故用much的比较级。故填more 。

3.句意：那经常使我感到不舒服。短语make+宾语+形容词，做宾语补足语。根据句意故填uncomfortable。

4.句意：在西方国家留一些食物在盘子里被认为是不好的礼仪。根据句意及首字母的提示故填manners 。

5.句意：我已经注意到当一个中国人参加一个美国人的晚餐聚会时。根据句意及所给汉语提示故填noticed 。

6.句意：他经常拒绝食物和饮料的提供，尽管他实际上还很饿和口渴。根据句意及所给汉语提示故填thirsty。

7.句意：一次一次的问某个人是不礼貌的。固定句型It’s+形容词+to do表示做……是怎样的。根据题意故填impolite。

8.句意：美国人有一个直接的说的方式。如果他们想要一些东西。根据句意及所给单词提示故填direct。

9.句意：比如，他可能说：“不，谢谢”。根据句意及所给汉语提示故填example。

10.。根据句意及所给首字母的提示故填saying。

考点：短文填空