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The customs in different countries are rather different. If I have dinner with a Chinese host, he always puts more food onto my plate as soon as I have emptied it. That often discomforts me greatly. I have to eat the food even if I do not want to, because it is considered bad manners in the West to leave one's food on the plate. I have also noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American's dinner party, he often refuses the offer of drink though he's in face still hungry or thirsty. This might be good manners in China but it is not in the West at all. In the United States, it is impolite to keep asking someone again and again or insist on his accepting something. Americans have a direct way of speaking. If they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say, “No, thanks.” When an American is served with beer by the host, for example, he might say, “No, thanks. I'll take some orange juice if you have it.” That is what an American will do. So when you go to the United States, you'd better remember the famous saying, “when in Rome, do as the Romans do.”

1．From this passage we can see that the writer is ________.

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2．When a Chinese host kept putting more food onto his plate, the writer felt ________.

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3．In the West, people consider it bad manners ________.

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A．to refuse an offer

B．to ask for something directly

C．to eat at a dinner party

D．to keep asking someone to accept something

4．A guest at an American's dinner party should show his polite－ness by ________.

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A．putting more food onto his plate as soon as he emptied it

B．refusing the offer of food or drink though he is still hungry of thirsty

C．asking for things directly if he wants them

D．not eating all the food offered

5．“When in Rome, do as the Romans do” means ________.

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A．the Romans are people of good manners

B．Americans always do the same things as the Romans so

C．you must follow the Romans in everything

D．you should get used to the local customs wherever you go

The customs in different countries are rather different. If I have dinner with a Chinese host, he always puts more food onto my plate as soon as I have emptied it. That often discomforts（让……不舒服） me greatly. I have to eat the food even if I do not want to. I have also noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American’s dinner party, he very often refuses the offer of food or drink though he’s in fact still hungry or thirsty. This might be good manners in China, but it is not in the West at all. In the United States, it is impolite to keep asking someone again and again or insist on his accepting something. Americans have a direct way of speaking. If they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say, “No thanks.” When an American is served with beer by the host, for example, he might say, “No, thanks. I’ll take some orange juice if you have it.” That is what an American will do. So when you go to the United States, you’d better remember the famous saying: “When in Rome, do as Romans do.”

65. From the passage we can see that the writer is ________.

A. a Chinese        B. a Roman       C. an American        D. a Thailand

66. In the West, people consider it bad manners ________ .

A. to put less food onto his plate             

B. to ask for something directly

C.      to eat much at a dinner party

D. to keep asking someone to accept something

67. A guest at an American’s dinner party should show his politeness by _________.

A. not eating up all the food offered

B. putting more food onto his plate as soon as he has emptied it

C. refuse the offer of food or drink though he is still hungry or thirsty

D. asking for things directly if he wants

68.   “When in Rome, do as the Romans do” means ____________ .

A. the Romans are people of good manners

B. people in the United States want to learn from the Romans

C. Americans always do the same things as the Romans do

D. You should get used to the local customs wherever you go      

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注意：方框中有多余的单词。

Dear Tom,

I’m very glad to know that you will study further in Beijing University in October and that you __1__ me so much. As we know, people make themselves __2__ not only by words and expressions but by body movements. Once you know the difference between China and your country Arab in body language, you will __3__ the customs better and more quickly. Now let me tell you some as follows. First Chinese people don’t like to stand __4__ to their friend when they are talking. And they never touch each other. They don’t kiss each other hello and goodbye. But girls like to walk hand in hand (hold their hands) to __5__ their friendship. Do remember Chinese people have their meals with their chopsticks. They __6__it bad manners to eat using the fingers of your right hand. Besides, the Chinese people wouldn’t like their heads to be __7__ by another person. In China touching the head means that it will __8__ on bad luck to them. In a word I truly hope my information will be of great help to you and that ___9__ body language in a correct way will help you __10__ with the Chinese and make the stay in China easy and comfortable. Do you know the saying ----When in Rome, do as the Romans do?

Best wishes. I’m looking forward to your coming.

                                                        Yours truly,

                                                          Li Hua