The main difference on the Chinese dinner table is chopsticks 21_______knife and fork. Besides, in restaurants, you can always ask 22________ a pair of knife and fork, if you find the chopsticks not 23________. The real difference is that in the West, you have your own plate of food, while in China the dishes 24 ________ on the table and everyone shares（共享）. If you are being treated to a formal(正式的) dinner, 25________ if the host thinks you’re in the country 26________ the first time, he will try his 27 _______ to give you a taste of many different kinds of dishes.

The meal usually 28________a set of at least four cold dishes, to be followed by the main courses of hot meat and vegetable dishes. Soup then will be served. If you wish to have your rice to go with other dishes, you should 29 _______ in good time, for most of the Chinese choose to have the staple food(主食) 30_________ the end of the meal or have none of them at all.

Perhaps one of the things 31_______ surprises a Western visitor most is that some of the Chinese hosts like to put 32________ into the plates of their guests. In formal dinners, there are always “public” chopsticks and spoons for this purpose, but some hosts may use their own chopsticks. This is a sign of genuine friendship and politeness. 33_______ is always polite to eat the food. If you do not eat it, just leave the food in the plate.

People in China often over-order food, for they will find it embarrassing if all the food 34________up. When you have had enough, just say so, 35_______ you will overeat!

21. A. instead         B. instead of        C. instead for        D. different from

22. A. for             B. about           C. to               D. of

23. A. enough helpful   B. well enough      C. helpful enough    D. enough well

24. A. place           B. placed           C. are placing       D. are placed

25. A. exactly         B. except           C. especially        D. specifically

26. A. on             B. for              C. by              D. until

27. A. best            B. good            C. well             D. better

28. A. begins with      B. ends with        C. starts            D. ends

29. A. say no          B. say so           C. ask             D. do so

30. A. by             B. in              C. at               D. to

31. A. what          B. how             C. /                D. that

32. A. fruit          B. soup              C. food            D. drinks

33. A. That          B. It                C. This             D. He

34. A. is eaten       B. will be eaten       C. are eaten          D. was eaten

35. A. and          B. then              C.but               D. or

Of course, the main difference on the Chinese dinner table is *chopsticks instead of knife and fork, but that’s only *superficial. Besides, in some nice restaurants, you can always ask for a pair of knife and fork, if you find the chopsticks not helpful enough. The real difference is that in the west, you have your own plate of food, while in China the dishes are placed on the table and everyone *shares. If you are being invited to a formal dinner and particularly if the *host thinks you’re in the country for the first time, he will do the best to give you a taste of many different kinds of dishes.

In China, the meal usually begins with a set of at least four cold dishes, to be followed by the main *courses of hot meat and vegetable dishes. Soup then will be served (unless in Guangdong restaurants) to be followed by *staple foods that are from rice, noodles to dumplings. If you wish to have your rice to go with other dishes, you should say so in good time, for most of the Chinese choose to have staple food at last or have none of them at all.

Perhaps one of the things that surprise a western visitor most is that some of the Chinese hosts like to put food into the plates of their guests. In formal dinners, there are always public chopsticks and spoons for this purpose, but some hosts may use their own chopsticks. This is a sign of friendship and politeness. It is always polite to eat the food. But if you do not eat it, it is OK to leave the food in the plate.

People in China *tend to over-order food, for they will find it embarrassing if all the food is eaten up. When you have had enough, just say so. Or you will always overeat!

（　 ）57. The real difference between Chinese manners and western manners is that _____________.

　 A. you have your own plate of food in China

　 B. you can’t ask for knife and fork in China

　 C. people use chopsticks instead of knife and fork in China

D. the dishes are placed on the table and everyone shares in China

（　 ）58. In China, ____________ comes first in a formal dinner.

A. hot meat B. staple food

C. vegetable dishes　　　　　　　　　　　 D. four cold dishes

（　 ）59. The thing that surprises western visitor most on a dinner is that ____________.

A. the Chinese have none of the staple food at all

B. the Chinese choose to have the staple food at last

C. there are public chopsticks and spoons on the table

D. the Chinese hosts put food into the plates of their guests

（　 ）60. We can know from passage that ___________ on a dinner in China.

　 A. the staple foods are dumplings, rice and noodles

　 B. you should eat up all the food when you have meals

　 C. it is very impolite for the guests to leave the food in the plate

　 D. you must wait if you wish to have your rice to go with other dishes